Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Dates	July 20 (heats, quarterfinals) July 21 (semifinals, final)
Medalists
Charles Moore United States   Yuriy Lituyev Soviet Union   John Holland New Zealand

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games took place July 20 and July 21. The final was won by American Charles Moore.

Results

Heats

The first round was held on July 20. The three fastest runners from each heat qualified for the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Charles Moore	United States	51.8
2	Lars Ylander	Sweden	53.7
3	Eitaro Okano	Japan	54.2
4	Rudolf Haidegger	Austria	54.8
5	Johny Fonck	Luxembourg	57.8

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Timofey Lunev	Soviet Union	54.3
2	Lee Yoder	United States	55.2
3	Ken Doubleday	Australia	55.4
4	Muhammad Shafi	Pakistan	56.1
5	Ingi Þorsteinsson	Iceland	56.5

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Anatoly Yulin	Soviet Union	53.6
2	Fotios Kosmas	Greece	53.9
3	Roland Blackman	United States	54.8
4	Ragnar Graeffe	Finland	55.0
5	Jörn Gevert	Chile	56.1
6	Emin Doybak	Turkey	56.6

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Yuriy Lituyev	Soviet Union	53.5
2	Rainer Pelkonen	Finland	54.2
3	Robert Bart	France	54.5
4	Pedro Yoma	Chile	56.8
5	Paulino Ferrer	Venezuela	1:02.1

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Ron Wilkie	South Africa	54.5
2	Arvo Hilli	Finland	54.6
3	Rune Larsson	Sweden	55.9
4	Mirza Khan	Pakistan	56.3

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	John Holland	New Zealand	53.3
2	Sven-Olov Eriksson	Sweden	54.3
3	Angus Scott	Great Britain	54.9
4	Kemal Horulu	Turkey	55.2
5	Karl Schmid	Switzerland	57.5

Heat 7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	David Gracie	Great Britain	54.2
2	Wilson Carneiro	Brazil	56.0
3	Hans Schwarz	Switzerland	56.3
4	Fernando Fernandes	Portugal	56.8
5	Doğan Acarbay	Turkey	1:02.8

Heat 8

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Armando Filiput	Italy	53.8
2	Harry Whittle	Great Britain	53.9
3	Antal Lippay	Hungary	54.0
4	Amadeo Francis	Puerto Rico	54.0
5	Jean Thureau	France	56.7

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on July 20. The three fastest runners from each heat qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Charles Moore	United States	50.8	OR
2	Anatoly Yulin	Soviet Union	52.4
3	Armando Filiput	Italy	53.0
4	Robert Bart	France	53.0
5	Sven-Olov Eriksson	Sweden	53.8
6	Hans Schwarz	Switzerland	54.0

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	John Holland	New Zealand	52.2
2	Lee Yoder	United States	53.3
3	David Gracie	Great Britain	53.9
4	Arvo Hilli	Finland	54.0
5	Fotios Kosmas	Greece	55.3
6	Wilson Carneiro	Brazil	59.4

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Yuriy Lituyev	Soviet Union	52.2
2	Antal Lippay	Hungary	52.7
3	Harry Whittle	Great Britain	52.8
4	Lars Ylander	Sweden	53.1
5	Ron Wilkie	South Africa	54.5
6	Ken Doubleday	Australia	1:00.2

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Timofey Lunev	Soviet Union	52.7
2	Roland Blackman	United States	52.7
3	Rune Larsson	Sweden	53.3
4	Angus Scott	Great Britain	53.4
5	Rainer Pelkonen	Finland	53.9
6	Eitaro Okano	Japan	54.4

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on July 21. The three fastest runners from each heat qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Yuriy Lituyev	Soviet Union	51.8
2	John Holland	New Zealand	52.0
3	Anatoly Yulin	Soviet Union	52.1
4	David Gracie	Great Britain	52.4
5	Roland Blackman	United States	52.7
6	Rune Larsson	Sweden	53.9

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Charles Moore	United States	52.0
2	Harri Whittle	Great Britain	52.9
3	Armando Filiput	Italy	53.0
4	Lee Yoder	United States	53.0
5	Antal Lippay	Hungary	53.0
6	Timofey Lunev	Soviet Union	53.1

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
01 !	Charles Moore	United States	50.8	=OR
02 !	Yuriy Lituyev	Soviet Union	51.3
03 !	John Holland	New Zealand	52.2
4	Anatoliy Yulin	Soviet Union	52.8
5	Harry Whittle	Great Britain	53.1
6	Armando Filiput	Italy	54.4

Key: =OR = Equalled Olympic record

References

• 1952 Summer Olympics results: Men's 400 metre hurdles, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-11-28.