Race profile

Olympic Games
Helsinki FIN
27 Jul 1952
Road
Marathon
Record quality course
Total: 53
Men: 53
Women:
Olympic Games

Results (men)

Finished Time Flags Given name Surname Alternate name Citizenship Birth date Prize money Actions
1 2:23:03.2 Emil Zatopek CZE 19 Sep 1922
2 2:25:35 Reinaldo Gorno ARG 18 Jun 1918
3 2:26:07 Gustaf-Nils Jansson SWE 05 Jan 1922
4 2:26:36 Yoon-Chil Choi KOR 19 Jul 1928
5 2:26:41.8 Veikko Karvonen FIN 05 Jan 1926
6 2:26:42.4 Delfo Cabrera ARG 12 Nov 1919
7 2:28:04.8 Jozef Dobronyi HUN 17 Jun 1917
8 2:29:35 Erkki Puolakka FIN 17 May 1925
11 2:32:41 Sidney Luyt RSA 11 Dec 1925
13 2:32:52.4 Victor Dyrgall USA 08 Oct 1917
15 2:33:50 Janus vanderZande NED 16 Sep 1924
16 2:33:58.4 Viktor Olsen NOR 05 Feb 1924
17 2:34:01 Mikko Hietanen FIN 22 Sep 1911
19 2:34:38 William Keith RSA 26 Nov 1925
20 2:34:43.8 Yakov Mostachenkov RUS 17 Aug 1916
21 2:35:10 Mihaly Esztergomi HUN 13 Jun 1912
25 2:36:19 Katsuo Nishida JPN 24 Jan 1929
26 2:38:11.2 Keizo Yamada JPN 30 Nov 1927
27 2:38:22 Feodosiy Vanin RUS 25 Feb 1914
34 2:41:29.8 John Systad NOR 14 Sep 1912
35 2:41:40.4 Jaroslav Sourek CZE 09 Sep 1927
37 2:43:13.4 Robert Prentice AUS 04 Jul 1917
39 2:45:02 Adolf Gruber AUT 15 May 1920
40 2:45:58 Paul Albert Collins CAN 22 Jul 1926
41 2:46:00.8 Vasile Teodosiu ROM 21 Dec 1916
44 2:51:09 Ted Corbitt USA 31 Jan 1919
DNF DNF James-Henry Peters ENG 24 Oct 1918
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