Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon


The Men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 25 and 26 July, at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Now 21-year-old Bob Mathias from the United States repeated his performances from the previous games by winning the gold medal and setting new world and Olympic records. It was the second time the United States Olympic team earned all three medals in the event, the first one being in the 1936 Olympic Games.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
At the end of the competition the following world and Olympic records were set:
DateEventAthletePointsORWR
26 JulyFinal7887ORWR

Results

Note: All scores are based on the tables used in 1952.

100m

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Milt Campbell10.781034
2Carlos Vera11.28870
3Vladimir Volkov11.49768
4Bob Adams11.95650

Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Friedel Schirmer11.68678
2Pat Leane11.82623
3Georges Breitman13.70254

Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Sergey Kuznetsov11.56768
2Kjell Tånnander11.59768
3Erkki Hautamäki12.22572

Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Geoff Elliott11.45869
2Brígido Iriarte11.66707
3Héctor Román11.70678
4Max Wehrli11.93650

Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Floyd Simmons11.52737
2Hugues Frayer11.61707
3Oto Rebula11.72678

Heat 6
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Olli Reikko11.43800
2Fotios Kosmas11.53737
3Hernán Figueroa11.73678
4Reinaldo Oliver11.89623

Heat 7
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Göran Widenfelt11.53768
2Pyotr Kozhevnikov11.60768

Heat 8
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Bob Mathias11.08948
2Sepp Hipp11.46768
3Fernando Fernandes11.54737

Heat 9
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Ignace Heinrich11.61737
2Eeles Landström12.10597

Long Jump

RankAthleteCountryDistancePoints
1Ignace Heinrich7.10818
2Vladimir Volkov7.09815
2Sergey Kuznetsov7.09815
4Floyd Simmons7.06804
4Brígido Iriarte7.06804
6Bob Mathias6.98779
7Carlos Vera6.96773
8Kjell Tånnander6.90755
9Sepp Hipp6.85740
10Hugues Frayer6.80725
11Göran Widenfelt6.76713
12Milt Campbell6.74707
13Eeles Landström6.70695
14Olli Reikko6.66684
15Oto Rebula6.64678
16Fernando Fernandes6.52645
17Max Wehrli6.48635
18Héctor Román6.47632
19Geoff Elliott6.44624
20Hernán Figueroa6.38608
21Friedel Schirmer6.37605
21Erkki Hautamäki6.37605
23Bob Adams6.22567
24Fotios Kosmas6.20562
25Reinaldo Oliver6.15550
26Pyotr Kozhevnikov5.80466
27Georges Breitman5.43385
28Pat Leane5.22341

Shot Put

High Jump

RankAthleteCountryDistancePoints
1Göran Widenfelt1.94960
2Floyd Simmons1.92930
3Bob Mathias1.90900
4Ignace Heinrich1.88872
5Milt Campbell1.85832
5Kjell Tånnander1.85832
7Friedel Schirmer1.80770
8Vladimir Volkov1.75711
8Sepp Hipp1.75711
8Geoff Elliott1.75711
8Eeles Landström1.75711
8Bob Adams1.75711
8Carlos Vera1.75711
14Olli Reikko1.70656
14Fernando Fernandes1.70656
14Reinaldo Oliver1.70656
14Erkki Hautamäki1.70656
18Sergey Kuznetsov1.65605
18Hugues Frayer1.65605
18Oto Rebula1.65605
18Héctor Román1.65605
22Brígido Iriarte1.60555
22Hernán Figueroa1.60555
22Max Wehrli1.60555
25Georges Breitman1.50464

400m

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Bob Mathias50.2828
2Sergey Kuznetsov52.8654
3Max Wehrli54.7545

Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Vladimir Volkov51.2758
2Göran Widenfelt51.3751
3Hugues Frayer51.3751
4Reinaldo Oliver53.4618

Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Hernán Figueroa52.8654
2Oto Rebula54.3565

Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Milt Campbell50.9779
2Sepp Hipp51.3751
3Bob Adams55.2520

Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Olli Reikko50.3821
2Ignace Heinrich51.0772
3Floyd Simmons51.1765

Heat 6
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Friedel Schirmer50.5807
2Geoff Elliott53.0642
3Brígido Iriarte53.1636

Heat 7
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Kjell Tånnander52.6666
2Héctor Román52.7660
3Erkki Hautamäki53.9588

Heat 8
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Fernando Fernandes51.2758
2Eeles Landström56.7445
3Georges Breitman1:03.9189

110m Hurdles

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Friedel Schirmer16.0593
2Bob Adams16.6489

Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Ignace Heinrich16.0593
2Brígido Iriarte16.6489
3Reinaldo Oliver16.7473
4Eeles Landström17.1413

Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Hugues Frayer15.4716
2Kjell Tånnander15.8632
3Fernando Fernandes15.8632
4Olli Reikko18.8208

Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Milt Campbell14.5953
2Floyd Simmons15.0813
3Vladimir Volkov15.8632
4Erkki Hautamäki16.3540

Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Sepp Hipp16.1575
2Hernán Figueroa16.4523

Heat 6
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Göran Widenfelt16.1575
2Héctor Román16.4523

Heat 7
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Bob Mathias14.7894
2Geoff Elliott15.7652

Heat 8
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Oto Rebula16.0593
2Sergey Kuznetsov16.4523
3Max Wehrli16.4523

Discus Throw

RankAthleteCountryDistancePoints
1Bob Mathias46.89838
2Sepp Hipp45.84802
3Bob Adams42.45696
4Sergey Kuznetsov41.04656
5Milt Campbell40.50640
6Hugues Frayer40.02627
7Göran Widenfelt39.53613
8Kjell Tånnander39.30607
9Oto Rebula38.55587
10Brígido Iriarte38.23578
11Hernán Figueroa38.08574
12Vladimir Volkov38.04573
13Floyd Simmons37.77566
14Erkki Hautamäki37.20552
15Friedel Schirmer37.01547
16Max Wehrli36.81541
17Eeles Landström34.51483
18Fernando Fernandes34.27477
19Geoff Elliott34.21476
20Héctor Román32.98446
21Olli Reikko30.72392
22Reinaldo Oliver29.95374

Pole Vault

Javelin Throw

RankAthleteCountryDistancePoints
1Bob Mathias59.21715
2Eeles Landström57.61680
3Vladimir Volkov56.68660
4Reinaldo Oliver56.68660
5Brígido Iriarte55.55637
6Floyd Simmons54.69620
7Milt Campbell54.54617
8Sepp Hipp54.14609
9Friedel Schirmer54.00606
10Erkki Hautamäki53.57597
11Kjell Tånnander52.79582
12Olli Reikko51.41554
13Oto Rebula51.39554
14Hernán Figueroa51.22550
15Max Wehrli51.08548
16Héctor Román49.80525
17Geoff Elliott49.56520
18Göran Widenfelt49.36517
19Bob Adams44.83436
20Fernando Fernandes43.55414
21Sergey Kuznetsov43.19408
22Hugues Frayer41.31376

1500m

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Olli Reikko4:28.0526
2Fernando Fernandes4:37.0441
3Göran Widenfelt4:38.6427
4Reinaldo Oliver4:51.8321
5Bob Adams4:57.0283
6Max Wehrli4:58.6272

Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Vladimir Volkov4:33.2475
2Kjell Tånnander4:57.2281
3Eeles Landström5:01.0255
4Hugues Frayer5:14.4175
5Héctor Román5:14.4175

Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Sergey Kuznetsov4:42.0396
2Friedel Schirmer4:47.6352
3Brígido Iriarte4:49.8336
4Bob Mathias4:50.8328
5Floyd Simmons4:53.4309

Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Sepp Hipp4:57.2281
2Hernán Figueroa4:58.2274
3Oto Rebula5:01.8249
4Geoff Elliott5:03.6238
5Milt Campbell5:07.2216

Final standings

Standings after Event 10
PosAthleteTotal
Points
100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500m
7,887 WR948779912900828894838745715328
6,9751,034707759832779953640438617216
6,788737804688930765813566556620309
6,674768815637711758632573645660475
6,449768740696711751575802516609281
6,388768713548960751575613516517427
6,308768755669832666632607516582281
6,118678605644770807593547516606352
6,044768624618711642652476795520238
105,937768815556605654523656556408396
115,772707725614605751716627476376175
125,770707804552555636489578476637336
135,725800684568656821208392516554526
145,694597695560711445413483855680255
155,648678678663605565593587476554249
165,604737645516656758632477328414441
175,592678608660555654523574516550274
185,561650635647555545523541645548272
195,530650567582711520489696596436283
205,264678632544605660523446476525175
215,228623550437656618473374516660321
572605599656588540552476597
737818656872772593
254385369464189
870773387711
737562
768446
623341