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1952
 
Finland

 
 


The shown diploma is from:
EMIL ZATOPEK
1st place, 10.000 m
Czechoslovakia

Size:  35,5 x 50,5 cm

Design by:   Rolf Christianson
Signed by:   IOC President Edstroem
and Organising Committee President
Copies:  1.800
 

                                                1st    Emil Zatopek, Czechoslowakia
                                                2nd   O`Kacha Alain Mimoun, France
                                                3rd   Alexander Anufrijev U.S.S.R
 
The judges in a competition for the diploma, which closed on Sept. 15th 1951, found none of the designs submitted sufficiently dignified. The five prize-winners were invited to submit new designs. Of these the one by the artist Rolf Christianson was judged to be the best, and it also won the aproval of the Organising Committee. The diplomas were printed in Finnish and Swedish. Swedes, Danes, Norwegians and members of Finland`s Swedish-speaking population received diplomas with text in Swedish, all other Finnish diplomas. Diplomas were awarded to the six best in each event. The number printed was 1800, and they were forwarded to the respective National Olympic Committees at the end of 1952.

(Source document:   Official Report 1952,  page 111)

 
 
 
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