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XIV Olympic Game, London 1948
Men, Field
High Jump
1
John Winter
AUS
1.98
2
Bjørn Paulson
NOR
1.95
3
George Stanich
USA
1.95
4
Dwight Eddleman
USA
1.95
5
Georges Damitio
FRA
1.95
6
Arthur Jackes
CAN
1.90
7
Alan Paterson
GBR
1.90
8
Hans Wahli
SUI
1.90
Pole Vault
1
Guinn Smith
USA
4.30
2
Erkki Kataja
FIN
4.20
3
Robert Richards
USA
4.20
4
Erling Kaas
NOR
4.10
5
Ragnar Lundberg
SWE
4.10
6
Richmond Morcom
USA
3.95
7
Hugo Gollors
SWE
3.95
8
Valto Olenius
FIN
3.95
Long Jump
1
William Steele
USA
7.82
2
Theodore Bruce
AUS
7.55
3
Herb Douglas
USA
7.54
4
Lorenzo Wright
USA
7.45
5
Adegboyega Adedoyin
GBR
7.27
6
Georges Damitio
FRA
7.07
7
Harold Whittle
GBR
7.03
8
Felix Würth
AUT
7.00
Triple Jump
1
Arne Åhman
SWE
15.40
2
George Avery
AUS
15.36
3
Ruhi Sarialp
TUR
15.02
4
Preben Larsen
DEN
14.83
5
Geraldo de Oliveira
BRA
14.82
6
Valdemar Rautio
FIN
14.70
7
Les McKeand
AUS
14.53
8
Helio Coutinho da Silva
BRA
14.49
Shot Put
1
Wilbur Thompson
USA
17.12
OR
2
James Delaney
USA
16.68
3
James Fuchs
USA
16.42
4
Mieczyslaw Lomowski
POL
15.43
5
Gösta Arvidsson
SWE
15.37
6
Yrjö Lehtilä
FIN
15.05
7
Pentti Jouppila
FIN
14.59
8
Cestmir Kalina
TCH
14.55
Discus Throw
1
Adolfo Consolini
ITA
52.78
OR
2
Guiseppe Tosi
ITA
51.78
3
Fortune Gordien
USA
50.77
4
Ivar Ramstad
NOR
49.21
5
Ferenc Klics
HUN
48.21
6
Veikko Nyqvist
FIN
47.33
7
Nikolas Syllas
GRE
47.25
8
Stein Johnson
NOR
46.54
Hammer Throw
1
Imre Németh
HUN
56.07
2
Ivan Gubijan
YUG
54.27
3
Robert Bennett
USA
53.73
4
Samuel Felton
USA
53.66
5
Lauri Tamminen
FIN
53.08
6
Bo Ericson
SWE
52.98
7
Teseo Taddia
ITA
51.74
8
Einar Söderqvist
SWE
51.48
Javelin Throw
1
Tapio Rautavaara
FIN
69.77
2
Steve Seymour
USA
67.56
3
József Várszegi
HUN
67.03
4
Pauli Vesterinen
FIN
65.89
5
Odd Mæhlum
NOR
65.32
6
Martin Biles
USA
65.17
7
Mirko Vujacic
YUG
64.89
8
Bob Likens
USA
64.51
Decathlon
1
Robert Mathias
USA
7139
2
Ignace Heinrich
FRA
6974
3
Floyd Simmons
USA
6950
4
Enrique Kistenmacher
ARG
6929
5
Erik-Peter Andersson
SWE
6877
6
Peter Mullins
AUS
6739
7
Per-Axel Eriksson
SWE
6731
8
Irving Mondschein
USA
6715