- Marjorie Jackson
Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, AC, CVO, MBE (born September 13, 1931) is the Governor of South Australia and a former Australian athlete. She finished her sporting career with 2 Olympic and 7 Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, 10 world records and every Australian State and National title she contested from 1950-1954. Marjorie Jackson was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, … - 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), … - 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. - 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. - 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, … - John Landy
John Michael Landy, AC, CVO, MBE, (born April 12, 1930) is a former track athlete and was the 26th Governor of Victoria, Australia. He married his wife, Lynne, in 1971, and they have two children. While serving as Governor, John and Lynne Landy resided at Government House, Melbourne. He retired from the position after serving a five-year term on 7 April 2006, and was succeeded by medical researcher David de Kretser. - 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, … - Charles Moore
Charles Hewes Moore, Jr (born August 12, 1929) is a former American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Charles Moore never lost a 400 m hurdles race and was an innovator in the event. As a student of Cornell University, Moore won the NCAA titles in 440 yd flat race in 1949 and 220 yd hurdles in 1951. He also won four straight AAU titles in 400 m hurdles from 1949 to 1952. - Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek (September 19, 1922 - November 22, 2000) was a Czech athlete probably best known for his amazing feat of winning three gold medals in athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5 km and 10 km runs, but his final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the first marathon of his life. Zátopek was the first athlete to break the 29-minute barrier in the 10 km run (in 1954). - Dean Smith
Finis Dean Smith (born January 15, 1932) is a former American athlete and stuntman, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Breckenridge, Texas, Smith won the AAU championships in 100 m in 1952. At the Helsinki Olympics, he was fourth in the 100 m and ran the leadoff leg for American gold medal winning 4x100 m relay team. After graduating from University of Texas at Austin, … - Bob Mathias
Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17 1930 - September 2 2006) was an American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and United States Congressman. - Galina Zybina
Galina Ivanovna Zybina (born January 22, 1931 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian shot-putter and javelin thrower who won three Olympic medals. She trained at VSS Zenit and later at VSS Trud. Her fame rests primarily on eight consecutive world records in the shot put (1952 - 1956). - 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. - 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. - Lindy Remigino
Lindy John Remigino (born June 3 1931) is an American athlete, the 1952 Olympic 100 m champion. - 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. - 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). - Lia Manoliu
Lia Manoliu was a Romanian discus thrower who competed at a record six Summer Olympics, winning three discus medals. Manoliu not only became the first track and field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games, but she also represented her country with distinction, winning medals on three of the six occasions. Lia started her Olympic odyssey at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where she finished 6th with a throw of 42,64m. - 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. - Gordon Pirie
Douglas Alistair Gordon Pirie (born February 10 1931, Leeds - died 1991) was a middle-distance runner and orienteerer from England. In 1955 he won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. He won silver in the 1956 Summer Olympics in the men's 5.000 metres. - Jerome Biffle
Jerome Cousins Biffle (March 20, 1928, Denver - September 4, 2002, Denver) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. Biffle attended Denver East High School, where he won all-state honors in the 100 and 220-yard sprints, high jump and broad jump before landing at the University of Denver. Biffle was known as "the one-man track team" while attending DU. He led the Pioneers to the Skyline Conference title in 1949. - Wes Santee
Wes Santee (born March 25, 1932) was an American middle distance runner and athlete who competed mainly in the 1,500 meters. Born in Ashland, Kansas, Santee was nicknamed the "Ashland Antelope." Santee attended high school in Ashland, where he set a state record in the mile run. He later attended the University of Kansas where he set records in Cross Country and the mile and two-mile events. He was the Individual NCAA Cross Country Champion in 1953, … - Barbara Jones
Barbara Pearl Jones (born 26 March, 1937 in Chicago) is an American athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres. She competed for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Mae Faggs, Janet Moreau and Catherine Hardy. She missed the following Olympics but returned in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, … - Christopher Chataway
Sir Christopher John Chataway (born January 31, 1931) was a British athlete, television news broadcaster, and a Conservative politician. - Mae Faggs
Aeriwentha ("Mae") Faggs Starr (born April 10, 1932 in Bayside, New York - died January 27 2000 in Cincinnati) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the sprint events. She competed for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where she won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau and Catherine Hardy. - 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. - Yvette Williams
Yvette Corlett, née Yvette Winifred Williams is a retired athlete from New Zealand, the first woman from her country to win an Olympic gold medal. Williams, who grew up in Dunedin, is recalled naturally for her dramatic long jump gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and for her world record leap of 6.29m (20ft 7 1/2 inches) at Gisborne in 1954. But she was a versatile athlete who won Empire Games gold medals in the shot and discus, … - Nina Romashkova
Nina Apollonovna Romashkova (Ponomaryova) (Russian: Нина Аполлоновна Ромашкова (Пономарёва)) (born April 27 1929 in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet/Russian discus thrower, the first Soviet Olympic Champion. Born Ponomaryova (Romashkova after marriage), she became interested in athletics since 1947, when she entered the Physical Training Faculty of the Stavropol Pedagogical Institute. - Marianne Werner
Marianne Werner is a retired West German athlete who mainly competed in the shot put events. Werner competed for West Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the Women's Shot Put, where she won the silver medal. Four years later she returned with the United Team of Germany to Melbourne for the 1956 Summer Olympics where she won the bronze medal one place behind Soviet Galina Zybina for the second Olympics and eventual winner, … - Wim Slijkhuis
Willem Frederik ("Wim") Slijkhuis was a Dutch athlete, who during his career from 1939 until 1954 for a long time was one of the world’s best middle distance runners. He excelled in all distances from 1500 to 5000 metres. Born in Leiden on January 13, 1923, Slijkhuis began his international sports career shortly after World War II, having competed nationally since 1939. In 1946, he won a silver medal in the 5000 m at the European Championships in Oslo. - Erling Kaas
Erling Kaas (19 August 1915 - 17 June 1996) was a Norwegian pole vaulter. He represented IK Tjalve. At the 1948 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in the pole vault final with a vault of 4.10 metres. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he finished sixteenth with 3.80 m. He finished fourth at the 1946 European Championships and fifth at the 1950 European Championships, both times with 4.10 m. He became Norwegian champion in 1939 and 1946-1952. - Stein Johnson
Stein Johnson (born 1922 in Bergen) is a former Norwegian speed skating trainer and athlete. Johnson was a competitor in discus throw in the 1948 (where he finished eighth) and 1952 Summer Olympics. In addition he finished fifth at the 1946 European Championships and fourth at the 1950 European Championships. He later became trainer for the Norwegian national speed skating team. - Janusz Sidło
Janusz Sidło was a Polish athlete, who competed in the javelin throw. - Thane Baker
Walter Thane Baker (born October 4, 1931 in Elkhart, Kansas) is a former American athlete and winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a new world record of 39.5 seconds. At those Olympics Baker also won a silver medal in the 100-meter and a bronze in the 200-meter. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he won a silver medal in the 200-meter. In 1953, as a Kansas State University student, … - 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. - 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, … - Adhemar Da da Silva
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva is a former Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump. He won two Olympic gold medals and set four athletic world records, the last being 16,56 metres in 1955 Pan American Games. He was born in São Paulo, in a poor family, and began in the triple jump in 1947. Under the coaching of German Dietrich Gerner, he soon showed his talent, breaking the national record and taking a place in the Brazilian athletics team to 1948 Olympics, … - Milt Campbell
Milton Gray Campbell (born December 9, 1933 at Plainfield, New Jersey) is an American decathlete of the 1950s. He was a fine all around athlete born in New Jersey in 1933. At Plainfield High School he competed in track and swimming. He then enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington While a student at Plainfield High School, Campbell won a place on the 1952 Olympic team in the decathlon. - Giuseppe Dordoni
Giuseppe ("Pino") Dordoni (born June 28, 1926 - died October 24, 1998) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk. He competed for Italy in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 50 kilometre walk where he won the gold medal. In 1950 he became European champion. - Janet Moreau
Janet Teresa Moreau (born October 26, 1927) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 meters. She competed for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 meters where she won the Gold medal with her teammates Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones and Catherine Hardy.
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