Editing 1952 Summer Olympics (section)

===Athletics===
{{Main article | Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
[[File:Zatopek-Gorno-1952.jpg|thumbnail | [[Emil Zátopek]] and [[Reinaldo Gorno]] after the marathon.]]

Athletics was competed in 33 sports, 24 for men and 9 for women. By far the most successful state was the United States, which won 31 medals, nine of which were gold. The Soviet Union reached 17 medals, but won only two championships, and the eight-medal country Germany was left without first places. The second medalist was Czechoslovakia, with four of the five medals being the brightest.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=155–158}}

[[Emil Zátopek]] won the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, as well as the marathon, which he had never run before, all in new Olympic record times. On the women's side, the Australian [[Marjorie Jackson]] won the 100 and 200 meter runs. World records were set in seven events. In the triple jump [[Adhemar Ferreira da Silva]] broke the old world record four times. In the decathlon, [[Bob Mathias]] made a new ME and took the victory with a total score of 7,887 points, more than 900 points to the next.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=155–158}} [[Josy Barthel]] of [[Luxembourg]] pulled a major surprise by winning the 1500 m.