Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres
Final

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

Mal Whitfield	United States	1:49.2	=OR

Arthur Wint	Jamaica	1:49.4

Heinz Ulzheimer	Germany	1:49.7

4	Gunnar Nielsen	Denmark	1:49.7

5	Albert Webster	Great Britain	1:50.2

6	Günther Steines	Germany	1:50.6

7	Reggie Pearman	United States	1:52.1

8	Lars Wolfbrandt	Sweden	1:52.1

9	Hans Ring	Sweden	1:54.0

Sentence(s)

Whitfield equalled the Olympic record with a time of 1:49.2.

final_sentence: Whitfield equalled the Olympic record with a time of 1:49.2.