| Men 800m Athletics XV Olympic Games Helsinki, Finland 1952 - Tuesday 22 July - Gold Medal: Malvin Whitfield, United States     | 
| Final 16:50 | time |  | 1. Malvin Whitfield |  USA | 1:49.2 |  | 2. Arthur Wint |  JAM | 1:49.4 |  | 3. Heinz Ulzheimer |  GER | 1:49.7 |  | 4. Gunnar Nielsen |  DEN | 1:49.7 |  | 5. Albert Webster |  GBR | 1:50.2 |  | 6. Gunter Steines |  FRG | 1:50.6 |  | 7. Reginald Pearman |  USA | 1:52.1 |  | 8. Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt |  SWE | 1.52.1 |  | 9. Hans Ring |  SWE | 1.54.0 |   
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 |  | Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Capp.: 70,000. |  | 50 competitors from -- nations. |   
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 Semifinals - Monday 21.07 16:40 |  | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |   
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| Heat 1 | time |  | 1. Gunnar Nielsen |  DEN | 1:50.0 |  | 2. Malvin Whitfield |  USA | 1:50.1 |  | 3. Albert Webster |  GBR | 1:50.1 |  | 4. Audun Boysen |  NOR | 1:50.4 |  | 5. Urban Cleve |  GER | 1:51.6 |  | 6. William Parnell |  CAN | 1:52.7 |  | 7. Pyotr Tshevgun |  URS | 1:52.8 |  | 8. Donald Macmillan |  AUS | 1:58.4 |   
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| Heat 2 | time |  | 1. Arthur Wint |  JAM | 1:52.7 |  | 2. Gunther Steines |  GER | 1:52.9 |  | 3. Hans Ring |  SWE | 1:53.0 |  | 4. John Barnes |  USA | 1:53.4 |  | 5. Charles White |  GBR | 1:53.6 |  | 6. Ludvik Liska |  TCH | 1:54.8 |  | 7. Gennady Mudoj |  URS | 1:55.7 |  | -. Patrick El-Mabrouk |  FRA |   
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| Heat 3 | time |  | 1. Heinz Ulzheimer |  GER | 1:51.9 |  | 2. Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt |  SWE | 1:52.4 |  | 3. Reginald Pearman |  USA | 1:52.5 |  | 4. James Hutchins |  CAN | 1:52.8 |  | 5. Edmund Potrzebowski |  POL | 1:53.7 |  | 6. Sonah Dhanoa |  IND | 1:54.9 |  | 7. Jeno Bakos |  HUN | 1:55.5 |  | 8. Frank Evans |  GBR | 1:56.8 |   
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| Heat 1 | time |  | 1. Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt |  SWE | 1:55.3 |  | 2. Albert Webster |  GBR | 1:55.5 |  | 3. Gennady Modoj |  URS | 1:55.8 |  | 4. Maurice Marshall |  NZL | 1:56.2 |  | 5. Johannes Baumgartner |  SUI | 1:57.1 |  | 6. Mohamed Sanni-Thomas |  GHA | 2:05.8 |   
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| Heat 2 | time |  | 1. Malvin Whitfield |  USA | 1:52.5 |  | 2. Edmund Potrzebowski |  POL | 1:52.6 |  | 3. Charles White |  GBR | 1:52.7 |  | 4. Olavi Talja |  FIN | 1:52.9 |  | 5. Turhan G¶ker |  TUR | 1:55.9 |  | 6. Evelio Planas del Rio |  CUB | 1:57.6 |   
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| Heat 3 | time |  | 1. James Hutchins |  CAN | 1:54.5 |  | 2. John Barnes |  USA | 1:54.5 |  | 3. Jeno Bakos |  HUN | 1:54.5 |  | 4. Roman Korban |  POL | 1:54.7 |  | 5. Alan Zeb |  PAK | 1:56.3 |  | 6. Vasilios Mavroidis |  GRE | 1:58.7 |   
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| Heat 4 | time |  | 1. Reginald Pearman |  USA | 1:51.6 |  | 2. PYotr Tshevgun |  URS | 1:51.8 |  | 3. Gunther Steines |  GER | 1:52.7 |  | 4. Louis Desmet |  BEL | 1:52.9 |  | 5. Rene Djian |  FRA | 1:54.3 |   
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| Heat 5 | time |  | 1. Hans Ring |  SWE | 1:53.6 |  | 2. Arthur Wint |  JAM | 1:54.2 |  | 3. Donald Macmillan |  AUS | 1:55.0 |  | 4. Oscar Soetewey |  BEL | 1:55.4 |  | 5. Georgy Ivakin |  URS | 1:56.4 |  | 6. Francisco Rivera Paniagua |  PUR | 1:57.6 |  | 7. Victor Solares |  GUA | 2:01.4 |   
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| Heat 6 | time |  | 1. Heinz Ulzheimer |  GER | 1:51.4 |  | 2. Sonah Dhanoa |  IND | 1:52.0 |  | 3. Ludvik Liska |  TCH | 1:52.3 |  | 4. John Ross |  CAN | 1:52.5 |  | 5. Argemiro Roque |  BRA | 1:54.1 |  | 6. Lucien Demuynck |  BEL | 1:57.4 |  | 7. Boonpak Kwancharoen |  THA | 2:12.6 |   
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| Heat 7 | time |  | 1. Audun Boysen |  NOR | 1:53.2 |  | 2. Urban Cleve |  GER | 1:53.4 |  | 3. Frank Evans |  GBR | 1:53.8 |  | 4. Ekrem Kocak |  TUR | 1:54.5 |  | 5. Filemon Camacho |  VEN | 2:00.0 |  | 6. Aryeh Gill |  ISR | 2:00.9 |   
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| Heat 8 | time |  | 1. Patrick El-Mabrouk |  FRA | 1:52.0 |  | 2. Gunnar Nielsen |  DEN | 1:53.0 |  | 3. William Parnell |  CAN | 1:53.1 |  | 4. Yoshitaka Muroya |  JPN | 1:54.0 |  | 5. Fred Lüthy |  SUI | 1:55.0 |  | 6. Erkki Rönnholm |  FIN | 1:55.7 |  | 7. Gudmundur Lárusson |  ISL | 1:56.5 |   
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