- Fanny Blankers-Koen
Francina Elsje (Fanny) Blankers-Koen (Lage Vuursche, 26 April 1918-Hoofddorp, 25 January 2004) was a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She accomplished this as a mother of two, during a time when many disregarded women's athletics. Her background and performances earned her the nickname "the Flying Housewife." Having started competing in athletics in 1935, she took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics a year later. - Leslie Laing
Leslie Alphonso Laing (born February 19, 1925) is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Linstead, Jamaica, Leslie Laing competed already in the 1948 Summer Olympics, where he finished sixth in 200 m and was eliminated in the heats of 100 m. He probably missed a medal, when Arthur Wint pulled a muscle in the 4 x 400 m relay final. - Arthur Wint
Arthur Stanley Wint (March 25, 1920 - October 19, 1992) was the first Jamaican Olympic gold medallist, winning the 400 m at 1948 Summer Olympics. Arthur Wint, known as the "Gentle Giant", was born in Plowden, Manchester, Jamaica. In 1937 he was the Jamaica Boy Athlete of the year, the following year he won a gold medal in the 800 m at the Central American Games in Panama. In 1942 he joined the Royal Air Force and set the Canadian 400 m record while training there. - Herb McKenley
Herbert ("Herb") Henry McKenley (born July 10, 1922) is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Pleasant Valley, Clarendon, Jamaica, Herb McKenley enrolled the University of Illinois, and won the NCAA championships in 220 yd and 440 yd in 1946 and 1947. He was also the AAU champion in 440 yd in 1945, 1947 and 1948, and was also the head of the list of world best times in 100 m (10.3), … - Josy Barthel
Joseph ("Josy") Barthel (born April 24, 1927 - died July 7, 1992) was a Luxembourg athlete, surprise winner of 1500 m at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Mamer, Josy Barthel's abilities as a middle-distance runner was discovered during the World War II. His first fame came by winning the 800 m at the Military World Championships in Berlin in 1947. The next year at Military World Championships in Brussels he won both 800 m and 1500 m. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, … - Alice Coachman
Alice Marie Coachman is an American former athlete. She specialized in high jump, and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal. Coachman dominated the AAU outdoor high jump championship from 1939 through 1948, but was unable to compete in the Olympic Games as they were cancelled in 1940 and 1944 because of World War II. In the high jump finals of the 1948 Summer Olympics, Coachman leaped 1.68 m (5 ft 6⅛ in) on her first try. - Gert Fredriksson
Gert Fredriksson (November 21, 1919 - July 5 2006) was a Swedish kayaker. He was the most successful male canoeist ever, having gained medals in a succession of Swedish, Nordic, World and Olympic championships from 1942 - 1960. Fredriksson remains the most successful Swede at the Olympics, winning six gold medals at four Olympics. Fredriksson won his first Olympic gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics winning the 1,000 and 10,000 metre events. - Martin Stokken
Martin Stokken (Jan 16 1923, Snillfjord - Mar 25 1984) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and athlete who competed in the 1950s. He represented Selsbakk IF in Trondheim. He won a silver in the 4 x 10 km at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo and had his best individual finishes of 6th in both 1952 (18 km) and 1956 (15 km). - Alain Mimoun
Alain ("Ali") Mimoun (born January 1, 1921) is a French Olympic marathon champion. Born in El Telagh, Algeria, Mimoun lost several years of competition to World War II. After the war, he was several times French champion in the 5000 metres and 10000 metres. His path to an Olympic gold medal was blocked in both 1948 and 1952 by the Czech champion Emil Zátopek. Mimoun won silver medals in 10000 metres in 1948 and 1952 as well as another silver medal in 5000 metres in 1952. - Shirley Strickland
Shirley Barbara Strickland (July 18, 1925 - February 11, 2004), later Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, was an Australian athlete. She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in the running sports. - Alastair McCorquodale
Alastair McCorquodale (born 5 December 1925 in Hillhead, Glasgow,) was a Scottish athlete and cricketer. McCorquodale was educated at Harrow where he opened the bowling for the 1st XI in the 1948 Eton vs Harrow match at Lord's. He represented Britain in Athletics at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. He was denied a bronze medal in the 100m final by a photo finish while he won a silver medal in the 4x100m relay. He never ran again. - Duncan White
Duncan White (March 1, 1918, Lathpandura - Jul 3 1998, Warwickshire) was the first Sri Lankan athlete to win a medal for his country in an Olympic event. He won a silver in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. White was born on March 1, 1918 in Lathpandura near Kalutara, in the then British-ruled Ceylon, the second of four children of John Bernard White and Cecilia Hawk White. - Clifford Bourland
Clifford Frederick "Cliff" Bourland (born January 1, 1921) is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born in Los Angeles, California, of a German mother and an American father, Bourland ran in a competition for the first time in 1932. - Netty Witziers-Timmer
Jeannette Josephina Maria ("Netty") Witziers-Timmer (July 22, 1923 - January 25, 2005) was a former Dutch athlete. Born Jeannette Josephina Maria Timmer in Amsterdam her greatest success was when she won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, together with Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Fanny Blankers-Koen. Two years earlier, she had already won the same event at the 1946 European Championships. - Harrison Dillard
William Harrison Dillard (born July 8, 1923) is an American athlete, the only male so far to win Olympic titles in both sprinting and hurdling events. Harrison Dillard, born in Cleveland, Ohio, after serving in the army duty during World War II, returned to college, joined Pi Lambda Phi International Fraternity, and resumed athletics, to which he had been inspired by Jesse Owens, who was also from Cleveland and attended East Technical High School as well. - Ingemar Johansson
Bror Ingemar T. Johansson (born April 25, 1924) was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 10 kilometer walk. He competed for a Sweden in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 10 kilometer walk where he won the silver medal. - George Rhoden
Vincent George Rhoden (born December 13, 1926) is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1952. Rhoden, who lived in San Francisco, was one of the successful long sprinters from Jamaica in the late 1940s and early 1950s, along with Arthur Wint and Herb McKenley. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, but did not medal, … - Audrey Patterson
Audrey ("Mickey") Patterson (born September 27 1926 - died August 23 1996 in National City, California), later Audrey P. Tyler, was an American athlete who competed mainly on the sprints. She competed for the United States in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London in the 200 meters where she won the bronze medal behind Fanny Blankers-Koen and Audrey Williamson. - Audrey Williamson
Audrey Doreen Swayne Williamson (born September 28, 1926) is a retired British athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres. She competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the 200 metres where she won the Silver medal. - Mal Whitfield
Malvin ("Mal") Greston Whitfield (born October 11, 1924) is a former American athlete, a double winner of 800 m at the Olympic Games. Born in Bay City, Texas, Mal Whitfield, or "Marvelous Mal" as he was called, joined the United States Air Force in 1943. After World War II, he remained in the air force but also enrolled at the Ohio State University. In the early 1950s he also served in the air force during the Korean War. - Rune Larsson
Carl Rune Larsson (born 17 June,1924) was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He competed for Sweden in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the bronze medal. He then ran with Kurt Lundquist, Lars Wolfbrandt and Folke Alnevik as the Swedish 4 x 400 metre relay team that also won a bronze medal. Larsson won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1951. - John Mikaelsson
John Fredrik Mikaelsson (born November 6, 1913 - June 16, 1987) was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 10 kilometer walk. He competed for a Sweden in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 10 kilometer walk where he won the gold medal leading to a Swedish sweep of the Gold Medals in Race Walking after John Ljunggren won the 50 kilometre walk. At the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, … - Roy Cochran
LeRoy Braxton ("Roy") Cochran (January 26, 1919 - September 26, 1981) was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born in Richton, Mississippi, as the ninth of ten children to a sportive family. Cochran played football and was a one-man track team in the high school. Cochran wanted to go to Tulane University with a football scholarship, but was persuaded by his older brother Commodore, … - William Porter
William Franklin "Bill" Porter II (March 24, 1926 - March 10, 2000) was an American athlete, winner of 110 metre hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born in Essex Township, Michigan, William Porter attended The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania and graduated class of 44'. Then attending Western Michigan University. Porter won his only AAU Championship title in 1948 in 110 m hurdles and thus qualified to the Olympic Games. - Gaston Reiff
Gaston Reiff was a Belgian athlete, winner of the 1948 Olympic title in the 5,000 m. Reiff was born in Braine-l'Alleud, and competed in boxing and football before switching to running. His greatest performance is no doubt his 5000 m title at the 1948 Summer Olympics. In a rainy London, he held off Czechoslovakian Emil Zátopek, winner of the 10000 m, who closed in fast in the final meters. - Lorenzo Wright
Lorenzo Christopher Wright (9 December 1926 - 27 March 1972) is a former American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics. At the London Olympics Lorenzo Wright was fourth in the long jump and ran the second leg in the gold medal winning American 4x100 m relay team. He was shot and killed by his wife in 1972, aged 45. - Arthur Harnden
Arthur Harold "Art" Harnden (born 20 May, 1924) is a former American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics. At the London Olympics, Arthur Harnden ran the opening leg in the gold medal winning American 4x400 m relay team. - Delfo Cabrera
Delfo Cabrera (April 2, 1919 - August 2, 1981) was an Argentine athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in one of the most dramatic finishes in athletics history. Born in Armstrong, Santa Fe, Delfo Cabrera played football as a youth, but decided to turn to athletics after Juan Carlos Zabala's triumph at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He moved to Buenos Aires in 1938 and began training under Francisco Walls. - Mel Patton
Melvin Emery "Mel" Patton (born November 16, 1924) is an American former athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics. - Joyce King
Joyce A. King (born September 1, 1927 in Sydney) is a retired Australian sprinter. In 1948, she won the Australian national championships over 100 yards and 220 yards. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London the same year she won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Shirley Strickland, June Maston and Elizabeth McKinnon. - Marcel Hansenne
Marcel Hansenne (born January 24, 1917 in Tourcoing - died March 22, 2002) was a French middle distance runner, who won the bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London over 800 m in a time of 1:49.8 min. The race was won by Mal Whitfield. Hansenne also equalled Rune Gustafsson's 1000 m world record of 2:21.4 in Gothenburg in 1948. - Carlo Monti
Carlo Monti (born 24 March,1920) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for an Italy in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Michele Tito, Enrico Perucconi and Antonio Siddi. In 1946 in the European Championships Monti won the bronze medal in the 100 metres. - Michele Tito
Michele Tito (born 18 June,1920) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for an Italy in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Enrico Perucconi, Antonio Siddi and Carlo Monti. - Elizabeth McKinnon
Elizabeth ("Betty") McKinnon (born January 1, 1924) is a retired Australian sprinter who won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Shirley Strickland, June Maston and Joyce King at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. - Xenia Stad-De Jong
Xenia Stad-de Jong (born March 4, 1922) is a former Dutch athlete. Born Xenia de Jong in Semarang (former Dutch East Indies), her greatest success was when she won the gold medal as the first runner in the 4 x 100 m relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics, together with Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs and Fanny Blankers-Koen. She also took part in the individual 100 m, but was eliminated in the semi-finals. - John Archer
John Archer (August 10, 1921 - July 29, 1997) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates John Gregory, Alastair McCorquodale and Kenneth Jones. - Dorothy Manley
Dorothy Gladys Manley (born 29 April, 1927) is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the 100 metres where she won the Silver medal. - Etienne Gailly
Etienne Gailly (November 26, 1922 - November 3, 1971) was a Belgian athlete who competed mainly in the Marathon. An Olympic Hero Etienne Gailly was a Belgian who served as a paratrooper during WW2. Towards the end of the War, as he participated in the liberation of his home country in late 1944, Gailly was profoundly moved by the devastation to his home. He vowed that he would win an Olympic gold medal or drop trying. - Tapio Rautavaara
Kaj Tapio ”Tapsa” Rautavaara (March 8, 1915 in Northern Pirkkala, Finland - September 25, 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish athlete, performing artist and movie actor. - Barney Ewell
Harold Norwood "Barney" Ewell (February 25, 1918 - April 4, 1996) was an American athlete, winner of one gold and two silver medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born into poverty in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Barney Ewell was one of the world's leading sprinters of the 1940s. Mr. Ewell attended J. Piersol McCaskey High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. McCaskey High School honored Mr. Ewell by dedicating their stadium in his name.
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