The 1952 Summer Olympics were held in Helsinki, Finland, from 19 July to 3 August 1952.
Athletics
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Men's events 100 metres 10.4 10.4 10.4 200 metres 20.7 20.8 20.8 400 metres 45.9 45.9 46.8 800 metres 1:49.2 1:49.4 1:49.7 1500 metres 3:45.2 3:45.2 3:45.4 5000 metres 14:06.6 14:07.4 14:08.6 10,000 metres 29:17.0 29:32.8 29:48.2 110 metres hurdles 13.7 13.7 14.1 400 metres hurdles 50.8 51.3 52.2 3000 metres steeplechase 8:45.4 8:51.6 8:51.8 4 × 100 metres relayDean SmithHarrison DillardLindy RemiginoAndy Stanfield 40.1Boris TokarevLevan KalyayevLevan SanadzeVladimir Sukharev 40.3László ZarándiGéza VarasdiGyörgy CsányiBéla Goldoványi 40.5 4 × 400 metres relayArthur WintLeslie LaingHerb McKenleyGeorge Rhoden 3:03.9 Ollie MatsonGene ColeCharles MooreMal Whitfield 3:04.0Günther SteinesHans GeisterHeinz UlzheimerKarl-Friedrich Haas 3:06.6 Marathon 2:23:03 2:25:35 2:26:07 10 kilometres walk 45:02.8 45:41.0 45:41.0 50 kilometres walk 4:28:07.8 4:30:17.8 4:31:27.2 High jump 2.04 2.01 m 1.98 m Pole vault 4.55 m 4.50 m 4.40 m Long jump 7.57 m 7.53 m 7.30 m Triple jump 16.22 m 15.98 m 15.52 m Shot put 17.41 17.39 m 17.06 m Discus throw 55.03 53.78 m 53.28 m Hammer throw 60.34 m 58.86 m 57.74 m Javelin throw 73.78 m 72.46 m 71.89 m Decathlon 7,887 pts 6,975 pts 6,788 pts
Women's events 100 metres 11.5 11.8 11.9 200 metres 23.7 24.2 24.2 80 metres hurdles 10.9 11.1 11.1 4 × 100 metres relayMae FaggsBarbara JonesJanet MoreauCatherine Hardy 45.9 Ursula KnabMaria SanderHelga KleinMarga Petersen 45.9Sylvia CheesemanJune FouldsJean DesforgesHeather Armitage 46.2 High jump 1.67 m 1.65 m 1.63 m Long jump 6.24 m 6.14 m 5.92 m Shot put 15.28 m 14.57 m 14.50 m Discus throw 51.42 m 47.08 m 46.29 m Javelin throw 50.47 m 50.01 m 49.76 m
Basketball
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Medalists Men'sRon BontempsMarc FreibergerWayne GlasgowCharlie HoagBill HouglandJohn KellerDean KelleyBob Kenney Bob KurlandBill LienhardClyde LovelletteFrank McCabeDan PippinHowie WilliamsStepas ButautasNodar DzhordzhikiyaAnatoly KonevOtar KorkiyaHeino KruusIlmar KullamJustinas LagunavičiusJoann LõssovAleksandr MoiseyevYuri OzerovKazys PetkevičiusStasys StonkusMaigonis ValdmanisViktor VlasovMartín Acosta y LaraEnrique BaliñoVictorio CieslinskasHéctor CostaNelson DemarcoHéctor García OteroTabaré Larre BorgesAdesio LombardoRoberto LoveraSergio MattoWilfredo PeláezCarlos Roselló
Boxing
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Medalists Flyweight(−51 kg)Bantamweight(−54 kg)Featherweight(−57 kg)Lightweight(−60 kg)Light welterweight(−63.5 kg)Welterweight(−67 kg)Light middleweight(−71 kg)Middleweight(−75 kg)Light heavyweight(−81 kg)Heavyweight(+81 kg)
Canoeing
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Men's events C-1 1000 metresC-1 10000 metresC-2 1000 metresBent Peder RaschFinn HaunstoftJan Brzák-FelixBohumil KudrnaEgon DrewsWilfried SoltauC-2 10000 metresGeorges TurlierJean LaudetKenneth LaneDonald HawgoodEgon DrewsWilfried SoltauK-1 1000 metresK-1 10000 metresK-2 1000 metresKurt WiresYrjö HietanenLars GlassérIngemar HedbergMaximilian RaubHerbert WiedermannK-2 10000 metresKurt WiresYrjö HietanenGunnar ÅkerlundHans WetterströmFerenc VargaJózsef Gurovits
Women's event K-1 500 metres
Cycling
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Road cycling Individual road race Team road race Robert GrondelaersAndré NoyelleLucien Victor Dino BruniGianni GhidiniVincenzo Zucconelli Jacques AnquetilClaude RouerAlfred Tonello
Track cycling Team pursuit Marino MorettiniLoris CampanaMino de RossiGuido Messina Alfred SwiftGeorge EstmanRobert FowlerThomas Shardelow Ronald StrettonDonald BurgessGeorge NewberryAlan Newton Sprint TandemLionel CoxRussell MockridgeRaymond RobinsonThomas ShardelowAntonio MaspesCesare Pinarello Time trial
Diving
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Men's events 3 m springboard10 m platform
Women's events 3 m springboard10 m platform
Equestrian events
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Medalists
Individual dressage Team dressageHenri Saint Cyr and Master Rufus Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr. and Krest Gehnäll Persson and KnaustGottfried Trachsel and Kursus Henri Chammartin and Wöhler Gustav Fischer and SolimanHeinz Pollay and Adular Ida von Nagel and Afrika Fritz Thiedemann and Chronist Individual eventing Team eventing Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr. and Jubal Olof Stahre and Komet Folke Frölén and Fair Wilhelm Büsing and Hubertus Klaus Wagner and Dachs Otto Rothe and Trux von Kamax Charles Hough Jr. and Cassivellannus Walter Staley Jr. and Craigwood Park John Wofford and Benny Grimes Individual jumping Team jumping Wilfred White and Nizefela Douglas Stewart and Aherlow Harry Llewellyn and Foxhunter Óscar Cristi and Bambi César Mendoza and Pillán Ricardo Echeverría and Lindo Peal William Steinkraus and Hollandia Arthur McCashin and Miss Budweiser John William Russell and Democrat
Fencing
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Men's events Individual épée Team épéeRoberto BattagliaCarlo PavesiFranco BertinettiGiuseppe DelfinoDario MangiarottiEdoardo MangiarottiBerndt-Otto RehbinderBengt LjungquistPer Hjalmar CarlesonCarl ForssellSven FahlmanLennart MagnussonOtto RüfenachtPaul MeisterOswald ZappelliPaul BarthWilly FittingMario Valota Individual foil Team foilChristian d'OriolaJacques LatasteJehan BuhanClaude NetterJacques NoëlAdrien RommelGiancarlo BergaminiAntonio SpallinoManlio Di RosaGiorgio PelliniEdoardo MangiarottiRenzo NostiniEndre PalóczTibor BerczellyEndre TilliAladár GerevichJozsef SakovicsLajos Maszlay Individual sabre Team sabreBertalan PappLászló RajcsányiRudolf KárpátiTibor BerczellyAladár GerevichPál KovácsGiorgio PelliniVincenzo PintonRenzo NostiniMauro RaccaGastone DarèRoberto FerrariMaurice PiotJacques LefèvreBernard MorelJean LaroyenneJean Francois TournonJean Levavasseur
Women's event Individual foil
Field hockey
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Medalists
Men's K. D. SinghLeslie ClaudiusMeldric DaluzKeshav DuttChinadorai DeshmutuRanganathan FrancisRaghbir LalGovind PerumalMuniswamy RajgopalBalbir Singh Sr.Randhir Singh GentleC. S. DubeyUdham SinghDharam SinghGrahanandan SinghChaman Singh GurungJaswant Rai Jules AncionAndré BoerstraHarry DerckxHan DrijverDick EsserRoepie KruizeDick LoggereLau MulderEddy TielWim van HeelLeonard Wery Denys Carnill (capt) John CockettJohn ConroyGraham DaddsDerek DayDennis EaganRobin FletcherW A Lindsay-SmithRoger MidgleyRichard NorrisNeil NugentAnthony NunnAnthony John RobinsonP D R SmithJohn Paskin TaylorS T TheobaldEric Claude Newby
Football
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Medalists Men's Gyula GrosicsJenő DalnokiImre KovácsLászló BudaiFerenc PuskásZoltán CziborLajos CsordásJenő BuzánszkyGyula LórántMihály LantosJózsef BozsikJózsef ZakariásNándor HidegkutiSándor KocsisPéter Palotás Vladimir BearaBranko StankovićTomislav CrnkovićZlatko ČajkovskiIvan HorvatVujadin BoškovTihomir OgnjanovRajko MitićBernard VukasStjepan BobekBranko ZebecDušan CvetkovićMilorad DiskićRatko ČolićSlavko LušticaZdravko RajkovVladimir ČončVladimir Firm Karl SvenssonLennart SamuelssonErik NilssonHolger HanssonBengt GustavssonGösta LindhSylve BengtssonGösta LöfgrenIngvar RydellYngve BroddGösta SandbergOlof Åhlund
Gymnastics
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Men’s events
Individual all-around Team all-around Vladimir BelyakovIosif BerdievViktor Chukarin Yevgeny KorolkovDmytro LeonkinValentin MuratovMikhail PerelmanHrant Shahinyan Hans EugsterErnst FivianErnst GebendingerJack GünthardHans SchwarzentruberJosef StalderMelchior ThalmannJean Tschabold Paavo AaltonenKalevi LaitinenOnni Lappalainen Kaino LempinenBerndt LindforsOlavi RoveHeikki SavolainenKalevi Viskari Floor exercise none awarded(as there was a tie for silver) Horizontal bar none awarded(as there was a tie for silver) Parallel bars Pommel horse none awarded(as there was a tie for silver) Rings Vault
Women's events Individual all-around Team all-around Nina BocharovaPelageya Danilova Maria GorokhovskayaEkaterina KalinchukGalina MinaichevaGalina ShamraiGalina UrbanovichMedea Jugeli Andrea BodóIrén Daruházi-KarcsicsErzsébet Gulyás-KötelesÁgnes KeletiMargit Korondi Edit Perényi-WeckingerOlga Tass Mária Kövi-Zalai Hana BobkováAlena ChadimováJana Rabasová Alena ReichováMatylda Šínová Božena SrncováVěra Vančurová Eva Věchtová Balance beam Floor exercise Uneven bars Vault Team, portable apparatusKarin LindbergAnn-Sofi PetterssonEvy BerggrenGun RöringGöta PetterssonIngrid SandahlHjördis NordinVanja BlombergMaria GorokhovskayaNina BocharovaGalina MinaichevaGalina UrbanovichPelageya DanilovaGalina ShamraiMedea JugeliEkaterina KalinchukMargit KorondiÁgnes KeletiEdit Perényi-WeckingerOlga TassErzsébet Gulyás-KötelesMária Kövi-ZalaiAndrea BodóIrén Daruházi-Karcsics
Modern pentathlon
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Medalists IndividualTeamGábor BenedekAladár KovácsiIstván SzondyLars HallThorsten LindqvistClaes EgnellOlavi MannonenLauri VilkkoOlavi Rokka
Rowing
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Medalists Single scullsDouble scullsTranquilo CappozzoEduardo GuerreroHeorhiy ZhylinIhor YemchukMiguel SeijasJuan RodríguezCoxless pairCharlie LoggTom PriceMichel KnuysenBob BaetensKurt SchmidHans KaltCoxed pairRaymond SallesGaston MercierBernard MalivoireHeinz ManchenHelmut HeinholdHelmut NollSvend Ove PedersenPoul SvendsenJørgen FrantzenCoxless fourDuje BonačićVelimir ValentaMate TrojanovićPetar ŠegvićPierre BlondiauxJean-Jacques GuissartMarc BouissouRoger GautierVeikko LommiKauko WahlstenOiva LommiLauri NevalainenCoxed fourKarel MejtaJiří HavlisJan JindraStanislav LuskMiroslav KorandaRico BianchiKarl WeidmannHeini SchellerÉmile EssWalter LeiserCarl LovstedAl UlbricksonRichard WahlstromMatt LeandersonAl RossiEightFrank ShakespeareWilliam FieldsJames DunbarRichard MurphyRobert DetweilerHenry ProctorWayne FryeEdward StevensCharles ManringYevgeny BragoVladimir RodimushkinAleksey KomarovIgor BorisovSlava AmiragovLeonid GissenYevgeny SamsonovVladimir KryukovIgor PolyakovBob TinningErnest ChapmanNimrod GreenwoodDavid AndersonGeoff WilliamsonMervyn FinlayEdward PainPhil CayzerTom Chessell
Sailing
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Medalists
FinnStarAgostino StraulinoNicolò RodeJohn PriceJohn ReidJoaquim FiúzaFrancisco de AndradeDragonThor ThorvaldsenHaakon BarfodSigve LiePer GeddaErland AlmqvistSidney Boldt-ChristmasTheodor ThomsenErich NatuschGeorg Nowka5.5 metreBritton ChanceMichael SchoettleEdgar WhiteSumner WhitePeder LundeVibeke LundeBørre Falkum-HansenFolke WassénCarl-Erik OhlsonMagnus Wassén6 metreHerman WhitonEverard EndtJohn MorganEric RidderJulian RooseveltEmelyn WhitonFinn FernerTor ArnebergJohan FernerErik HeibergCarl MortensenErnst WesterlundRagnar JanssonJonas KontoRolf TurkkaPaul Sjöberg
Shooting
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Medalists
50 m pistol 25 m rapid fire pistol 50 m rifle prone 50 m rifle three positions 300 m free rifle three positions 100 m running deer Trap
Swimming
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Men's events 100 m freestyle 57.4 57.4 58.2 400 m freestyle 4:30.7 (OR) 4:31.3 4:35.2 1500 m freestyle 18:30.3 (OR) 18:41.4 18:51.3 100 m backstroke 1:05.4 (OR) 1:06.2 1:06.4 200 m breaststroke 2:34.4 (OR) 2:34.7 2:35.9 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Wayne MooreBill WoolseyFord KonnoJimmy McLane 8:31.1 (OR) Hiroshi SuzukiYoshihiro HamaguchiToru GotoTeijiro Tanikawa 8:33.5 Joseph BernardoAldo EminenteAlexandre JanyJean Boiteux 8:45.9
Women's events 100 m freestyle 1:06.8 1:07.0 1:07.1 400 m freestyle 5:12.1 (OR) 5:13.7 5:14.6 100 m backstroke 1:14.3 1:14.5 1:15.8 200 m breaststroke 2:51.7 (OR) 2:54.4 2:57.6 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Ilona NovákJudit TemesÉva NovákKatalin Szöke 4:24.4 (WR) Marie-Louise Linssen-VaessenKoosje van VoornHannie TermeulenIrma Heijting-Schuhmacher 4:29.0 Jackie LaVineMarilee StepanJody AldersonEvelyn Kawamoto 4:30.1
Water polo
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Medalists Men'sRóbert AntalAntal BolváriDezső FábiánDezső GyarmatiIstván HasznosLászló JeneyGyörgy KárpátiDezső LemhényiKálmán MarkovitsMiklós MartinKároly SzittyaIstván SzivósGyörgy VizváriVeljko BakašunMarko BrainovićVladimir IvkovićZdravko JežićZdravko-Ćiro KovačićIvo KurtiniLovro RadonjićIvo ŠtakulaBoško VuksanovićGildo ArenaLucio CeccariniRenato De SanzuaneRaffaello GambinoSalvatore GiontaMaurizio MannelliGeminio OgnioCarlo PerettiEnzo PolitoCesare RubiniRenato Traiola
Weightlifting
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