OfficialReport Helsinki 1952 p 248 f The 400 metres reached its hottest already in the semi-finals. In the first semi-final Cole was eliminated with a time of 46.8, and in the second Geister with 46.7. Of the 1948 medallists Wint, McKenley and Whitfield again made the final, but only McKenley achieved the same place, second, as four years earlier. The defender of the Gold Medal, Wint, had to content himself with a fifth position, and Whitfield with sixth. McKenley might be said to have had bad luck in Helsinki, for now too he clocked the same time as the victor G. Rhoden. Rhoden, however, was so clearly in front that a difference of 0.1 sec. would have been justified. Rhoden had the outer lane in the final and during the race was out of touch with the rest, who for their part could keep an eye on him. For the first time in the Olympic 400 metres the winner clocked under 46 seconds. 1 George Rhoden Jamaica 46.09 OR 2 Herb McKenley Jamaica 46.20 3 Ollie Matson United States 46.94 4 Karl-Friedrich Haas Germany 47.22 5 Arthur Wint Jamaica 47.24 6 Mal Whitfield United States 47.30 Vincent George Rhoden (born December 13, 1926 in Kingston) is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1952. Rhoden, who lived in San Francisco, was one of the successful long sprinters from Jamaica in the late 1940s and early 1950s, along with Arthur Wint and Herb McKenley. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal, being eliminated in the heats of the ...

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