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Medal winners London 1948

Sport/Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Art Competitions
Architecture, Designs For Town Planning, Open	Yrjö Lindegren	FIN	Switzerland	SUI	Ilmari Niemeläinen	FIN
Architecture, Architectural Designs, Open	Adolf Hoch	AUT	Alfred Rinesch	AUT	Nils Olsson	SWE
Literature, Epic Works, Open	Giani Stùparich	ITA	Josef Petersen	DEN	Éva Földes	HUN
Literature, Lyric Works, Open	Aale Tynni	FIN	Ernst Van Heerden	RSA	Gilbert Prouteau	FRA
Music, Compositions For Orchestra, Open	Zbigniew Turski	POL	Kalervo Tuukkanen	FIN	Erling Brene	DEN
Music, Compositions For Solo Or Chorus, Open	—	—	—	—	Gabriele Bianchi	ITA
Music, Instrumental And Chamber, Open	—	—	John Weinzweig	CAN	Sergio Lauricella	ITA
Painting, Graphic Arts, Open	Albert Decaris	FRA	John Copley	GBR	Walter Battiss	RSA
Painting, Paintings, Open	Alfred Thomson	GBR	Giovanni Stradone	ITA	Letitia Hamilton	IRL
Painting, Applied Arts, Open	—	—	Alex Walter Diggelmann	SUI	Alex Walter Diggelmann	SUI
Sculpturing, Medals And Plaques, Open	—	—	Oskar Thiede	AUT	Edwin Grienauer	AUT
Sculpturing, Reliefs, Open	—	—	—	—	Rosamund Fletcher	GBR
Sculpturing, Statues, Open	Gustaf Nordahl	SWE	Chintamoni Kar	GBR	Hubert Yencesse	FRA
Artistic Gymnastics
Individual All-Around, Men	Veikko Huhtanen	FIN	Walter Lehmann	SUI	Paavo Aaltonen	FIN
Team All-Around, Men	Finland	FIN	Switzerland	SUI	Hungary	HUN
Floor Exercise, Men	Ferenc Pataki	HUN	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	HUN	Zdeněk Růžička	TCH
Horse Vault, Men	Paavo Aaltonen	FIN	Olavi Rove	FIN	Ferenc Pataki János Mogyorósi-Klencs Leo Sotorník	HUN HUN TCH
Parallel Bars, Men	Michael Reusch	SUI	Veikko Huhtanen	FIN	Christian Kipfer Sepp Stalder	SUI SUI
Horizontal Bar, Men	Sepp Stalder	SUI	Walter Lehmann	SUI	Veikko Huhtanen	FIN
Rings, Men	Karl Frei	SUI	Michael Reusch	SUI	Zdeněk Růžička	TCH
Pommelled Horse, Men	Heikki Savolainen Veikko Huhtanen Paavo Aaltonen	FIN FIN FIN	—	—	—	—
Team All-Around, Women	Czechoslovakia	TCH	Hungary	HUN	United States	USA
Athletics
100 metres, Men	Harrison Dillard	USA	Barney Ewell	USA	Lloyd LaBeach	PAN
200 metres, Men	Mel Patton	USA	Barney Ewell	USA	Lloyd LaBeach	PAN
400 metres, Men	Arthur Wint	JAM	Herb McKenley	JAM	Mal Whitfield	USA
800 metres, Men	Mal Whitfield	USA	Arthur Wint	JAM	Marcel Hansenne	FRA
1,500 metres, Men	Henry Eriksson	SWE	Lennart Strand	SWE	Wim Slijkhuis	NED
5,000 metres, Men	Gaston Reiff	BEL	Emil Zátopek	TCH	Wim Slijkhuis	NED
10,000 metres, Men	Emil Zátopek	TCH	Alain Mimoun	FRA	Bertil Albertsson	SWE
Marathon, Men	Delfo Cabrera	ARG	Tom Richards	GBR	Étienne Gailly	BEL
110 metres Hurdles, Men	Bill Porter	USA	Clyde Scott	USA	Craig Dixon	USA
400 metres Hurdles, Men	Roy Cochran	USA	Duncan White	SRI	Rune Larsson	SWE
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men	Tore Sjöstrand	SWE	Erik Elmsäter	SWE	Göte Hagström	SWE
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men	United States	USA	Great Britain	GBR	Italy	ITA
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men	United States	USA	France	FRA	Sweden	SWE
10 kilometres Race Walk, Men	John Mikaelsson	SWE	Ingemar Johansson	SWE	Fritz Schwab	SUI
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men	John Ljunggren	SWE	Gaston Godel	SUI	Lloyd Johnson	GBR
High Jump, Men	Jack Winter	AUS	Bjørn Paulson	NOR	George Stanich	USA
Pole Vault, Men	Guinn Smith	USA	Erkki Kataja	FIN	Bob Richards	USA
Long Jump, Men	Willie Steele	USA	Bill Bruce	AUS	Herb Douglas	USA
Triple Jump, Men	Arne Åhman	SWE	George Avery	AUS	Ruhi Sarıalp	TUR
Shot Put, Men	Wilbur Thompson	USA	Jim Delaney	USA	Jim Fuchs	USA
Discus Throw, Men	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	Giuseppe Tosi	ITA	Fortune Gordien	USA
Hammer Throw, Men	Imre Németh	HUN	Ivan Gubijan	YUG	Bob Bennett	USA
Javelin Throw, Men	Tapio Rautavaara	FIN	Steve Seymour	USA	József Várszegi	HUN
Decathlon, Men	Bob Mathias	USA	Ignace Heinrich	FRA	Floyd Simmons	USA
100 metres, Women	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	Dorothy Manley	GBR	Shirley Strickland	AUS
200 metres, Women	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	Audrey Williamson	GBR	Mickey Patterson	USA
80 metres Hurdles, Women	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	Maureen Gardner	GBR	Shirley Strickland	AUS
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women	Netherlands	NED	Australia	AUS	Canada	CAN
High Jump, Women	Alice Coachman	USA	Dorothy Tyler	GBR	Micheline Ostermeyer	FRA
Long Jump, Women	Olga Gyarmati	HUN	Noemí Simonetto de Portela	ARG	Ann-Britt Leyman	SWE
Shot Put, Women	Micheline Ostermeyer	FRA	Amelia Piccinini	ITA	Ine Schäffer	AUT
Discus Throw, Women	Micheline Ostermeyer	FRA	Edera Cordiale-Gentile	ITA	Jacqueline Mazéas	FRA
Javelin Throw, Women	Herma Bauma	AUT	Kaisa Parviainen	FIN	Lily Carlstedt	DEN
Basketball
Basketball, Men	United States	USA	France	FRA	Brazil	BRA
Boxing
Flyweight, Men	Pascual Pérez	ARG	Spartaco Bandinelli	ITA	Han Su-An	KOR
Bantamweight, Men	Tibor Csík	HUN	Gianni Zuddas	ITA	Juan Venegas	PUR
Featherweight, Men	Ernesto Formenti	ITA	Dennis Shepherd	RSA	Aleksy Antkiewicz	POL
Lightweight, Men	Gerald Dreyer	RSA	Jos Vissers	BEL	Svend Vad	DEN
Welterweight, Men	Július Torma	TCH	Hank Herring	USA	Alessandro D'Ottavio	ITA
Middleweight, Men	László Papp	HUN	Johnny Wright	GBR	Ivano Fontana	ITA
Light-Heavyweight, Men	George Hunter	RSA	Don Scott	GBR	Mauro Cía	ARG
Heavyweight, Men	Rafael Iglesias	ARG	Gunnar Nilsson	SWE	Johnny Arthur	RSA
Canoe Marathon
Kayak Singles, 10,000 metres, Men	Gert Fredriksson	SWE	Kurt Wires	FIN	Eivind Skabo	NOR
Kayak Doubles, 10,000 metres, Men	Sweden	SWE	Norway	NOR	Finland	FIN
Canadian Singles, 10,000 metres, Men	František Čapek	TCH	Frank Havens	USA	Norm Lane	CAN
Canadian Doubles, 10,000 metres, Men	United States	USA	Czechoslovakia	TCH	France	FRA
Canoe Sprint
Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men	Gert Fredriksson	SWE	Frederik Kobberup Andersen	DEN	Henri Eberhardt	FRA
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men	Sweden	SWE	Denmark	DEN	Finland	FIN
Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres, Men	Josef Holeček	TCH	Douglas Bennett	CAN	Robert Boutigny	FRA
Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men	Czechoslovakia	TCH	United States	USA	France	FRA
Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women	Karen Hoff	DEN	Lida van der Anker-Doedens	NED	Fritzi Schwingl	AUT
Cycling Road
Road Race, Individual, Men	José Beyaert	FRA	Gerrit Voorting	NED	Lode Wouters	BEL
Road Race, Team, Men	Belgium	BEL	Great Britain	GBR	France	FRA
Cycling Track
Sprint, Men	Mario Ghella	ITA	Reg Harris	GBR	Axel Schandorff	DEN
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men	Jacques Dupont	FRA	Pierre Nihant	BEL	Tommy Godwin	GBR
Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men	Italy	ITA	Great Britain	GBR	France	FRA
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men	France	FRA	Italy	ITA	Great Britain	GBR
Diving
Springboard, Men	Bruce Harlan	USA	Miller Anderson	USA	Sammy Lee	USA
Platform, Men	Sammy Lee	USA	Bruce Harlan	USA	Joaquín Capilla	MEX
Springboard, Women	Vicki Draves	USA	Zoe Ann Olsen	USA	Patsy Elsener	USA
Platform, Women	Vicki Draves	USA	Patsy Elsener	USA	Birte Christoffersen	DEN
Equestrian Dressage
Individual, Men	Hans Moser	SUI	André Jousseaumé	FRA	Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr.	SWE
Team, Men	France	FRA	United States	USA	Portugal	POR
Equestrian Eventing
Individual, Men	Bernard Chevallier	FRA	Frank Henry	USA	Robert Selfelt	SWE
Team, Men	United States	USA	Sweden	SWE	Mexico	MEX
Equestrian Jumping
Individual, Men	Humberto Mariles	MEX	Rubén Uriza	MEX	Jean, Marquis d'Orgeix	FRA
Team, Men	Mexico	MEX	Spain	ESP	Great Britain	GBR
Fencing
Foil, Individual, Men	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	Lajos Maszlay	HUN
Foil, Team, Men	France	FRA	Italy	ITA	Belgium	BEL
Épée, Individual, Men	Gino Cantone	ITA	Oswald Zappelli	SUI	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA
Épée, Team, Men	France	FRA	Italy	ITA	Sweden	SWE
Sabre, Individual, Men	Aladár Gerevich	HUN	Vincenzo Pinton	ITA	Pál Kovács	HUN
Sabre, Team, Men	Hungary	HUN	Italy	ITA	United States	USA
Foil, Individual, Women	Ilona Elek	HUN	Karen Lachmann	DEN	Ellen Müller-Preis	AUT
Football
Football, Men	Sweden	SWE	Yugoslavia	YUG	Denmark	DEN
Hockey
Hockey, Men	India	IND	Great Britain	GBR	Netherlands	NED
Modern Pentathlon
Individual, Men	Wille Grut	SWE	George Moore	USA	Gösta Gärdin	SWE
Rowing
Single Sculls, Men	Merv Wood	AUS	Eduardo Risso	URU	Romolo Catasta	ITA
Double Sculls, Men	Great Britain	GBR	Denmark	DEN	Uruguay	URU
Coxless Pairs, Men	Great Britain	GBR	Switzerland	SUI	Italy	ITA
Coxed Pairs, Men	Denmark	DEN	Italy	ITA	Hungary	HUN
Coxless Fours, Men	Italy	ITA	Denmark	DEN	United States	USA
Coxed Fours, Men	United States	USA	Switzerland	SUI	Denmark	DEN
Eights, Men	United States	USA	Great Britain	GBR	Norway	NOR
Sailing
One Person Dinghy, Open	Paul Elvstrøm	DEN	Ralph Evans	USA	Koos de Jong	NED
Two Person Keelboat, Open	Hilarius	USA	Kurush II	CUB	Starita	NED
Two Person Keelboat, Open	Swift	GBR	Symphony	POR	Margaret	USA
Three Person Keelboat, Open	Pan	NOR	Slaghoken	SWE	Snap	DEN
6 metres, Open	Llanoria	USA	Djinn	ARG	Ali-Baba II	SWE
Shooting
Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men	Károly Takács	HUN	Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente	ARG	Sven Lundquist	SWE
Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men	Edwin Vásquez	PER	Rudolf Schnyder	SUI	Torsten Ullman	SWE
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men	Emil Grünig	SUI	Pauli Janhonen	FIN	Willy Røgeberg	NOR
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men	Art Cook	USA	Walter Tomsen	USA	Jonas Jonsson	SWE
Swimming
100 metres Freestyle, Men	Wally Ris	USA	Alan Ford	USA	Géza Kádas	HUN
400 metres Freestyle, Men	Bill Smith	USA	Jimmy McLane	USA	John Marshall	AUS
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men	Jimmy McLane	USA	John Marshall	AUS	György Mitró	HUN
4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men	United States	USA	Hungary	HUN	France	FRA
100 metres Backstroke, Men	Allen Stack	USA	Bob Cowell	USA	Georges Vallerey, Jr.	FRA
200 metres Breaststroke, Men	Joe Verdeur	USA	Keith Carter	USA	Bob Sohl	USA
100 metres Freestyle, Women	Greta Andersen	DEN	Ann Curtis	USA	Marie-Louise Vaessen	NED
400 metres Freestyle, Women	Ann Curtis	USA	Karen Margrethe Harup	DEN	Cathie Gibson	GBR
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women	United States	USA	Denmark	DEN	Netherlands	NED
100 metres Backstroke, Women	Karen Margrethe Harup	DEN	Suzanne Zimmerman	USA	Judy-Joy Davies	AUS
200 metres Breaststroke, Women	Nel van Vliet	NED	Nancy Lyons	AUS	Éva Novák	HUN
Water Polo
Water Polo, Men	Italy	ITA	Hungary	HUN	Netherlands	NED
Weightlifting
Bantamweight, Men	Joe DePietro	USA	Julian Creus	GBR	Rich Tom	USA
Featherweight, Men	Mahmoud Fayad	EGY	Rodney Wilkes	TTO	Jafar Salmasi	IRI
Lightweight, Men	Ibrahim Shams	EGY	Attia Mohammed	EGY	Jim Halliday	GBR
Middleweight, Men	Frank Spellman	USA	Pete George	USA	Kim Seong-Jip	KOR
Light-Heavyweight, Men	Stan Stanczyk	USA	Harold Sakata	USA	Gösta Magnusson	SWE
Heavyweight, Men	John Davis	USA	Norb Schemansky	USA	Bram Charité	NED
Wrestling
Flyweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	Kenan Olcay	TUR	Reino Kangasmäki	FIN
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Kurt Pettersén	SWE	Mahmoud Hassan	EGY	Halil Kaya	TUR
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Mehmet Oktav	TUR	Olle Anderberg	SWE	Ferenc Tóth	HUN
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Gustav Freij	SWE	Aage Eriksen	NOR	Károly Ferencz	HUN
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Gösta Andersson	SWE	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	Henrik Hansen	DEN
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Axel Grönberg	SWE	Muhlis Tayfur	TUR	Ercole Gallegati	ITA
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Karl-Erik Nilsson	SWE	Kelpo Gröndahl	FIN	Ibrahim Orabi	EGY
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Ahmet Kireççi	TUR	Tor Nilsson	SWE	Guido Fantoni	ITA
Flyweight, Freestyle, Men	Lenni Viitala	FIN	Halit Balamir	TUR	Thure Johansson	SWE
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men	Nasuh Akar	TUR	Gerry Leeman	USA	Charles Kouyos	FRA
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	Adolf Müller	SUI
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men	Celal Atik	TUR	Gösta Frändfors	SWE	Hermann Baumann	SUI
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men	Yaşar Doğu	TUR	Dick Garrard	AUS	Lee Merrill	USA
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men	Glen Brand	USA	Adil Candemir	TUR	Erik Lindén	SWE
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men	Henry Wittenberg	USA	Fritz Stöckli	SUI	Bengt Fahlkvist	SWE
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men	Gyula Bóbis	HUN	Bertil Antonsson	SWE	Jim Armstrong	AUS