List of gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics

This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki from 19 July to 3 August 1952. Only one discipline, artistic gymnastics, was included in the Games.

Female artistic gymnasts

NameCountryDate of birth (Age)Youngest competitorMiranda CicognaniOldest competitorMarie Hoesly

NOCNameDate of birth (Age)HometownGerti FeslTrude Gollner-KolarGraz, AustriaGertrude GriesHildegard GrillIda KadlecEdeltraud SchrammLinz, AustriaHedwig TraindlGertrude Winnige-BaroschStoyanka AngelovaBurgas, BulgariaIvanka DolzhevaSofia, BulgariaRayna GrigorovaVarna, BulgariaPenka PrisadashkaSaltirka Spasova-TarpovaGulyantsi, BulgariaTsvetanka StanchevaVasilka StanchevaYordanka YovkovaHana BobkováPrague, CzechoslovakiaAlena ChadimováOlomouc, CzechoslovakiaJana RabasováPrague, CzechoslovakiaAlena ReichováPlzeň, CzechoslovakiaMatylda ŠínováBrno, CzechoslovakiaBožena SrncováPrague, CzechoslovakiaVěra VančurováPrague, CzechoslovakiaEva VěchtováMladá Boleslav, CzechoslovakiaRaili HoviniemiJoensuu, FinlandArja LehtinenHelsinki, FinlandMaila NisulaVyborg, FinlandPirkko PyykönenHelsinki, FinlandVappu SalonenTampere, FinlandRaija SimolaLahti, FinlandRaili Tuominen-HämäläinenTampere, FinlandPirkko VilppunenVyborg, FinlandGinette DurandRoanne, FranceColette FanaraColette HuéParis, FranceMadeleine JouffroyChalon-sur-Saône, FranceAlexandra LemoineLiliane MontagneIrène PittelioenLille, FranceJeanette VogelbacherBelfort, FranceHanna GragesVerden, GermanyBrigitte KieslerLudwigslust, GermanyHilde KoopBremen, GermanyElisabeth OstermeyerNuremberg, GermanyInge SedlmaierLandshut, GermanyWolfgard VoßOldenburg, GermanyIrma WaltherNuremberg, GermanyLydia ZeitlhoferNeuötting, GermanyCissy DaviesSwansea, WalesIrene HirstNorth Bierley, EnglandPat HirstWortley, EnglandGwynedd Lewis-LingardCardiff, WalesMargo MorganValerie MullinsSwansea, WalesMarjorie RaistrickBradford, EnglandMargaret Thomas-NealeCardiff, WalesAndrea BodóBudapest, HungaryIrén Daruházi-KarcsicsBudapest, HungaryErzsébet Gulyás-KötelesBudapest, HungaryÁgnes KeletiBudapest, HungaryMargit KorondiCelje, YugoslaviaMária Kövi-ZalaiTârgu Mureș, RomaniaEdit Perényi-WeckingerKispent, HungaryOlga TassPécs, HungaryRenata BianchiCornigliano, ItalyGrazia BozzoSestri Ponente, ItalyMiranda CicognaniForlì, ItalyElisabetta DurelliLodi, ItalyLicia MacchiniLodi, ItalyLidia PitteriVenice, ItalyLuciana RealiLiliana ScaricabarozziLodi, ItalyJo Cox-LadruAmsterdam, NetherlandsLenie GerrietsenUtrecht, NetherlandsHuiberdina KrulThe Hague, NetherlandsAnnie RosUtrecht, NetherlandsToetie SelbachAmsterdam, NetherlandsTootje SelbachAmsterdam, NetherlandsNanny SimonAmsterdam, NetherlandsCootje van Kampen-TonnemanHorn, NetherlandsNorveig KarlsenMoss, NorwayBergljot Sandvik-JohansenOslo, NorwayGrethe WernerOslo, NorwayDorota Horzonek-JokielNowy Bytom, PolandZofia KowalczykKraków, PolandUrszula ŁukomskaPoznań, PolandHonorata MarcińczakKraków, PolandHelena RakoczyKraków, PolandStefania ReindlKraków, PolandStefania ŚwierzyRuda Śląska, PolandBarbara Wilk-ŚlizowskaKraków, PolandMaria Laura AmorimDália da Cunha-SammerLisbon, PortugalNatália SilvaElisabeta AbrudeanuTeofila BăiașuHelga BîrsanOlga GöllnerCluj-Napoca, RomaniaIleana GyarfașCluj-Napoca, RomaniaOlga MunteanuStela PerinArad, RomaniaEveline SlaviciBucharest, RomaniaNina BocharovaSupranivka, Ukrainian SSRPelageya DanilovaBoroviki, Russian SFSRMaria GorokhovskayaYevpatoria, Ukrainian SSRMedea JugeliKutaisi, Georgian SSREkaterina KalinchukZhitovo, Russian SFSRGalina MinaichevaMoscow, Russian SFSRGalina ShamraiTashkent, Uzbek SSRGalina UrbanovichBaku, Azerbaijan SSREvy BerggrenSkellefteå, SwedenVanja BlombergGothenburg, SwedenKarin LindbergKalix, SwedenHjördis NordinLund, SwedenAnn-Sofi PetterssonStockholm, SwedenGöta PetterssonStockholm, SwedenGun RöringUmeå, SwedenIngrid SandahlStockholm, SwedenMarian BaronePhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaDorothy DaltonNewark, New JerseyMeta ElsteBremen, GermanyRuth GrulkowskiWaumandee, WisconsinMarie HoeslyPerry, WisconsinDoris KirkmanElizabeth, New JerseyClara Schroth-LomadyPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaRuth TopalianNew York CityAnka DrinićMarija IvandekićTereza KočišSombor, YugoslaviaMilica Rožman1932Ljubljana, YugoslaviaSonja Rožman1934Jesenice, YugoslaviaAda Smolnikar1935Jesenice, YugoslaviaNada SpasićTanja ŽutićPtuj, Yugoslavia

Male artistic gymnasts NameCountryDate of birth (Age)Youngest competitorGraham HarcourtOldest competitorHeikki Savolainen

NOCNameDate of birth (Age)HometownCésar BonorisJuan CavigliaCórdoba, ArgentinaFriedrich FetzSchlins, AustriaHans FriedrichWolfgang GirardiPaul GrubenthalFranz KemterDornbirn, AustriaHans SauterBregenz, AustriaWilli WeltErnst WisterMaurice De GrooteFrederik De WaeleZele, BelgiumJeroom RiskeTemse, BelgiumNikolay AtanasovBotevgrad, BulgariaVasil KonstantinovBurgas, BulgariaNikolay MilevStoyan StoyanovNikolovo, BulgariaMincho TodorovKrivnya, BulgariaTodor TodorovIliya TopalovDimitar YordanovÁngel AguiarHavana, CubaFrancisco CascanteHavana, CubaRafael LecuonaHavana, CubaFerdinand DanišLučenec, CzechoslovakiaVladimír KejřÚvaly, CzechoslovakiaMiloš KolejkaNěmčice nad Hanou, CzechoslovakiaJindřich MikulecRokytnice, CzechoslovakiaZdeněk RůžičkaIvančice, CzechoslovakiaJosef ŠkvorDojetřice, CzechoslovakiaLeo SotorníkVítkovice, CzechoslovakiaJosef SvobodaFreddy JensenNuuk, GreenlandPoul JessenCopenhagen, DenmarkBjarne JørgensenCopenhagen, DenmarkBørge MinerthCopenhagen, DenmarkBørge NielsenViborg, DenmarkGunnar PedersenAarhus, DenmarkVolmer ThomsenHorsens, DenmarkAhmed Issam AllamCairo, EgyptAhmed Khalil El-Giddawi1931Cairo, EgyptRagai Youssef Farhat1932Alexandria, EgyptMagdy GherianiAlexandria, EgyptMohamed Sayed HamdiCairo, EgyptMahmoud RedaCairo, EgyptMahmoud SafwatCairo, EgyptAli Zaky1930Alexandria, EgyptPaavo AaltonenKemi, FinlandKalevi LaitinenKotka, FinlandOnni LappalainenMikkeli, FinlandKaino LempinenLemu, FinlandBerndt LindforsHelsinki, FinlandOlavi RoveHelsinki, FinlandHeikki SavolainenJoensuu, FinlandKalevi ViskariEnso, FinlandRaymond BadinMâcon, FranceRené ChangeatLyon, FranceMarcel de WolfTrith-Saint-Léger, FranceRaymond DotPuteaux, FranceGeorges FloquetAnor, FranceJean GuillouPlouédern, FranceMichel MathiotBesançon, FranceAndré WeingandLuxeuil-les-Bains, FranceHelmut BantzSpeyer, GermanyAdalbert DickhutDortmund, GermanyJakob KieferBad Kreuznach, GermanyFriedel OverwienHans PfannNuremberg, GermanyAlfred SchwarzmannFürth, GermanyErich WiedStuttgart, GermanyTheo WiedStuttgart, GermanyKen BuffinBarry, WalesGraham HarcourtSwansea, WalesPeter StarlingNorwich, EnglandFrank TurnerLondon, EnglandGeorge WeedonRichmond, EnglandJack WhitfordSwansea, WalesJózsef FeketeKecskemét, HungaryFerenc KeményNyíregyháza, HungaryKároly KocsisDebrecen, HungaryJános Mogyorósi-KlencsDebrecen, HungaryFerenc PatakiBudapest, HungarySándor RéthyDebrecen, HungaryLajos SánthaCsorvás, HungaryLajos TóthDebrecen, HungaryKhushi RamGurdaspur, IndiaVir SinghGurdaspur, IndiaFabio BonacinaLecco, ItalySilvio BrivioComo, ItalyArrigo CarnoliRavenna, ItalyGuido FigoneChiavari, ItalyOrlando PolmonariFerrara, ItalyLittorio SampieriForlì, ItalyQuinto VadiFaenza, ItalyLuigi ZanettiPadua, ItalyAkitomo KanekoFukushima Prefecture, JapanTetsumi NabeyaTakashi OnoNoshiro, JapanMasao TakemotoHamada, JapanTadao UesakoHamada, JapanMarcel CoppinParis, FranceHubert ErangEsch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgArmand HubertyEsch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgJey KugelerSchifflange, LuxembourgRené SchroederEsch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgJosy StoffelDifferdange, LuxembourgMathias JamtvedtGjerpen, NorwayGeorg JohansenTune, NorwayMagne KleivenLillehammer, NorwayArne KnudsenDrammen, NorwayOdd LieDrammen, NorwayErnst MadlandStavanger, NorwayAlf NørgaardSauda, NorwayAlf OlsenStavanger, NorwayPaweł GacaRadlin, PolandPaweł GawronRydułtowy, PolandJerzy JokielRuda Śląska, PolandRyszard KucjasRybnik, PolandZdzisław LesińskiPoznań, PolandSzymon SobalaPiekary Śląskie, PolandJerzy SolarzKraków, PolandPaweł ŚwiętekPiekary Śląskie, PolandRaúl CaldeiraManuel CardosoPorto, PortugalManuel GouveiaLisbon, PortugalJoaquim GrangerAntónio LeiteManuel PrazeresEugen BalintZoltan BaloghChișineu-Criș, RomaniaCarol BedöAiud, RomaniaMihai BotezOradea, RomaniaFrancisc CocișGiungi, RomaniaAndrei KerekeșReșița, RomaniaAurel LoșnițăFrederic OrendiMediaș, RomaniaNorbert DietrichBildstock, GermanyRolf LauerBildstock, GermanyWalter MüllerNeunkirchen, GermanyHeinz OstheimerBexbach, GermanyArthur SchmittDudweiler, GermanyFred WiederspornSchwalbach, GermanyRonnie LombardNamibiaJack WellsBloemfontein, South AfricaRolf YelsethDurban, South AfricaVladimir BelyakovDmitrov, Russian SFSRIosif BerdievAshgabat, Turkmen SSRViktor ChukarinKrasnoarmeyskoye, Ukrainian SSRYevgeny KorolkovMoscow, Russian SFSRDmytro LeonkinRyazan, Russian SFSRValentin MuratovKostyukovo, Russian SFSRMikhail PerlmanMoscow, Russian SFSRHrant ShahinyanGyulagarak, Armenian SSRJoaquín BlumeBarcelona, SpainArne CarlssonÖrebro, SwedenAnders LindhÖrebro, SwedenErich PetersKreuzlingen, SwitzerlandNils SjöbergFalun, SwedenBörje StattinGävle, SwedenWilliam ThoressonGothenburg, SwedenKurt WigartzMariestad, SwedenHans EugsterHeiden, SwitzerlandErnst FivianThun, SwitzerlandErnst GebendingerWinterthur, SwitzerlandJack GünthardHirzel, SwitzerlandHans SchwarzentruberLucerne, SwitzerlandJosef StalderMelchior ThalmannJean TschaboldJack BecknerLos Angeles, CaliforniaWalter BlattmannNew Orleans, LouisianaVincent D'AutorioNewark, New JerseyDon HolderJersey City, New JerseyBill RoetzheimChicago, IllinoisEd ScrobeNew York CityCharles SimmsNew York CityBob StoutPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaIvan ČaklecVaraždin, YugoslaviaDušan FurlanBrezovica pri Ljubljani, YugoslaviaKarel JanežLjubljana, YugoslaviaIvica JelićFranjo JurjevićBjelovar, YugoslaviaAntun KropivšekŠentjur, YugoslaviaEde MađarSubotica, YugoslaviaSreten StefanovićSarajevo, Yugoslavia

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