<page_title> Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres </page_title> <section_title> Final </section_title> <table> <cell> Mal Whitfield <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1:49.2 <col_header> Time </col_header> </cell> <cell> =OR <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
Whitfield equalled the Olympic record with a time of 1:49.2.