List of 1952 Summer Olympics medal winners

The 1952 Summer Olympics were held in Helsinki, Finland, from 19 July to 3 August 1952.

Athletics

Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	15	10	6	31
2	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4	1	0	5
3	Australia (AUS)	3	0	1	4
4	Soviet Union (URS)	2	8	7	17
5	Jamaica (JAM)	2	3	0	5
6	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
6	South Africa (RSA)	1	1	0	2
8	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	4	5
9	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	2	3
10	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
10	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	1	2
12	Luxembourg (LUX)	1	0	0	1
13	Germany (GER)	0	3	5	8
14	France (FRA)	0	2	0	2
15	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	4	5
16	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
19	Finland (FIN)*	0	0	1	1
19	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		33	33	33	99

Men's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Lindy Remigino United States	10.4	Herb McKenley Jamaica	10.4	McDonald Bailey Great Britain	10.4
200 metres	Andy Stanfield United States	20.7	Thane Baker United States	20.8	James Gathers United States	20.8
400 metres	George Rhoden Jamaica	45.9 OR	Herb McKenley Jamaica	45.9	Ollie Matson United States	46.8
800 metres	Mal Whitfield United States	1:49.2	Arthur Wint Jamaica	1:49.4	Heinz Ulzheimer Germany	1:49.7
1500 metres	Josy Barthel Luxembourg	3:45.2 OR	Bob McMillen United States	3:45.2	Werner Lueg Germany	3:45.4
5000 metres	Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia	14:06.6 OR	Alain Mimoun France	14:07.4	Herbert Schade Germany	14:08.6
10,000 metres	Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia	29:17.0 WR	Alain Mimoun France	29:32.8	Aleksandr Anufriyev Soviet Union	29:48.2
110 metres hurdles	Harrison Dillard United States	13.7	Jack Davis United States	13.7	Arthur Barnard United States	14.1
400 metres hurdles	Charles Moore United States	50.8 OR	Yuriy Lituyev Soviet Union	51.3	John Holland New Zealand	52.2
3000 metres steeplechase	Horace Ashenfelter United States	8:45.4 OR	Vladimir Kazantsev Soviet Union	8:51.6	John Disley Great Britain	8:51.8
4 × 100 metres relay	United States (USA) Dean Smith Harrison Dillard Lindy Remigino Andy Stanfield	40.1	Soviet Union (URS) Boris Tokarev Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Vladimir Sukharev	40.3	Hungary (HUN) László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi	40.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica (JAM) Arthur Wint Leslie Laing Herb McKenley George Rhoden	3:03.9 WR	United States (USA) Ollie Matson Gene Cole Charles Moore Mal Whitfield	3:04.0	Germany (GER) Günther Steines Hans Geister Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas	3:06.6
Marathon	Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia	2:23:03 OR	Reinaldo Gorno Argentina	2:25:35	Gustaf Jansson Sweden	2:26:07
10 kilometres walk	John Mikaelsson Sweden	45:02.8 OR	Fritz Schwab Switzerland	45:41.0	Bruno Junk Soviet Union	45:41.0
50 kilometres walk	Pino Dordoni Italy	4:28:07.8 OR	Josef Doležal Czechoslovakia	4:30:17.8	Antal Róka Hungary	4:31:27.2
High jump	Walt Davis United States	2.04 OR	Ken Wiesner United States	2.01 m	José da Conceição Brazil	1.98 m
Pole vault	Bob Richards United States	4.55 m OR	Don Laz United States	4.50 m	Ragnar Lundberg Sweden	4.40 m
Long jump	Jerome Biffle United States	7.57 m	Meredith Gourdine United States	7.53 m	Ödön Földessy Hungary	7.30 m
Triple jump	Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Brazil	16.22 m WR	Leonid Shcherbakov Soviet Union	15.98 m	Asnoldo Devonish Venezuela	15.52 m
Shot put	Parry O'Brien United States	17.41 OR	Darrow Hooper United States	17.39 m	Jim Fuchs United States	17.06 m
Discus throw	Sim Iness United States	55.03 OR	Adolfo Consolini Italy	53.78 m	James Dillion United States	53.28 m
Hammer throw	József Csermák Hungary	60.34 m WR	Karl Storch Germany	58.86 m	Imre Németh Hungary	57.74 m
Javelin throw	Cy Young United States	73.78 m OR	Bill Miller United States	72.46 m	Toivo Hyytiäinen Finland	71.89 m
Decathlon	Bob Mathias United States	7,887 pts WR	Milt Campbell United States	6,975 pts	Floyd Simmons United States	6,788 pts

Women's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Marjorie Jackson Australia	11.5	Daphne Hasenjäger South Africa	11.8	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia	11.9
200 metres	Marjorie Jackson Australia	23.7	Bertha Brouwer Netherlands	24.2	Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili Soviet Union	24.2
80 metres hurdles	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia	10.9 WR	Mariya Golubnichaya Soviet Union	11.1	Maria Sander Germany	11.1
4 × 100 metres relay	United States (USA) Mae Faggs Barbara Jones Janet Moreau Catherine Hardy	45.9 WR	Germany (GER) Ursula Knab Maria Sander Helga Klein Marga Petersen	45.9	Great Britain (GBR) Sylvia Cheeseman June Foulds Jean Desforges Heather Armitage	46.2
High jump	Esther Brand South Africa	1.67 m	Sheila Lerwill Great Britain	1.65 m	Aleksandra Chudina Soviet Union	1.63 m
Long jump	Yvette Williams New Zealand	6.24 m OR	Aleksandra Chudina Soviet Union	6.14 m	Shirley Cawley Great Britain	5.92 m
Shot put	Galina Zybina Soviet Union	15.28 m WR	Marianne Werner Germany	14.57 m	Klavdia Tochonova Soviet Union	14.50 m
Discus throw	Nina Romashkova Soviet Union	51.42 m OR	Elizaveta Bagryantseva Soviet Union	47.08 m	Nina Dumbadze Soviet Union	46.29 m
Javelin throw	Dana Zátopková Czechoslovakia	50.47 m OR	Aleksandra Chudina Soviet Union	50.01 m	Yelena Gorchakova Soviet Union	49.76 m

Basketball

Medal table

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's	United States (USA) Ron Bontemps Marc Freiberger Wayne Glasgow Charlie Hoag Bill Hougland John Keller Dean Kelley Bob Kenney Bob Kurland Bill Lienhard Clyde Lovellette Frank McCabe Dan Pippin Howie Williams	Soviet Union (URS) Stepas Butautas Nodar Dzhordzhikiya Anatoly Konev Otar Korkiya Heino Kruus Ilmar Kullam Justinas Lagunavičius Joann Lõssov Aleksandr Moiseyev Yuri Ozerov Kazys Petkevičius Stasys Stonkus Maigonis Valdmanis Viktor Vlasov	Uruguay (URU) Martín Acosta y Lara Enrique Baliño Victorio Cieslinskas Héctor Costa Nelson Demarco Héctor García Otero Tabaré Larre Borges Adesio Lombardo Roberto Lovera Sergio Matto Wilfredo Peláez Carlos Roselló

Boxing

Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	5	0	0	5
2	Italy (ITA)	1	1	1	3
3	Poland (POL)	1	1	0	2
4	Finland (FIN)*	1	0	4	5
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	0	1
5	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
7	Soviet Union (URS)	0	2	4	6
8	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	3	4
9	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	1	2
	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	1	2
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
13	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
14	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		10	10	20	40

Medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (−51 kg)	Nate Brooks United States	Edgar Basel Germany	Anatoli Bulakov Soviet Union
Flyweight (−51 kg)	Nate Brooks United States	Edgar Basel Germany	Willie Toweel South Africa
Bantamweight (−54 kg)	Pentti Hämäläinen Finland	John McNally Ireland	Kang Joon-Ho South Korea
Bantamweight (−54 kg)	Pentti Hämäläinen Finland	John McNally Ireland	Gennady Garbuzov Soviet Union
Featherweight (−57 kg)	Ján Zachara Czechoslovakia	Sergio Caprari Italy	Joseph Ventaja France
Featherweight (−57 kg)	Ján Zachara Czechoslovakia	Sergio Caprari Italy	Leonard Leisching South Africa
Lightweight (−60 kg)	Aureliano Bolognesi Italy	Aleksy Antkiewicz Poland	Gheorghe Fiat Romania
Lightweight (−60 kg)	Aureliano Bolognesi Italy	Aleksy Antkiewicz Poland	Erkki Pakkanen Finland
Light welterweight (−63.5 kg)	Charles Adkins United States	Viktor Mednov Soviet Union	Bruno Visintin Italy
Light welterweight (−63.5 kg)	Charles Adkins United States	Viktor Mednov Soviet Union	Erkki Mallenius Finland
Welterweight (−67 kg)	Zygmunt Chychla Poland	Sergei Scherbakov Soviet Union	Günther Heidemann Germany
Welterweight (−67 kg)	Zygmunt Chychla Poland	Sergei Scherbakov Soviet Union	Victor Jörgensen Denmark
Light middleweight (−71 kg)	László Papp Hungary	Theunis van Schalkwyk South Africa	Boris Tishin Soviet Union
Light middleweight (−71 kg)	László Papp Hungary	Theunis van Schalkwyk South Africa	Eladio Herrera Argentina
Middleweight (−75 kg)	Floyd Patterson United States	Vasile Tiță Romania	Boris Nikolov Bulgaria
Middleweight (−75 kg)	Floyd Patterson United States	Vasile Tiță Romania	Stig Sjölin Sweden
Light heavyweight (−81 kg)	Norvel Lee United States	Antonio Pacenza Argentina	Anatoly Perov Soviet Union
Light heavyweight (−81 kg)	Norvel Lee United States	Antonio Pacenza Argentina	Harry Siljander Finland
Heavyweight (+81 kg)	Ed Sanders United States	Ingemar Johansson Sweden	Ilkka Koski Finland
Heavyweight (+81 kg)	Ed Sanders United States	Ingemar Johansson Sweden	Andries Nieman South Africa

Canoeing

Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)*	4	1	1	6
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	3	0	4
3	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	1	1	3
4	France (FRA)	1	0	1	2
5	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
5	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
7	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	1	3
8	Austria (AUT)	0	1	1	2
9	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
10	Germany (GER)	0	0	3	3
11	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		9	9	9	27

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 metres	Josef Holeček Czechoslovakia	János Parti Hungary	Olavi Ojanperä Finland
C-1 10000 metres	Frank Havens United States	Gábor Novák Hungary	Alfréd Jindra Czechoslovakia
C-2 1000 metres	Denmark Bent Peder Rasch Finn Haunstoft	Czechoslovakia Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudrna	Germany Egon Drews Wilfried Soltau
C-2 10000 metres	France Georges Turlier Jean Laudet	Canada Kenneth Lane Donald Hawgood	Germany Egon Drews Wilfried Soltau
K-1 1000 metres	Gert Fredriksson Sweden	Thorvald Strömberg Finland	Louis Gantois France
K-1 10000 metres	Thorvald Strömberg Finland	Gert Fredriksson Sweden	Michael Scheuer Germany
K-2 1000 metres	Finland Kurt Wires Yrjö Hietanen	Sweden Lars Glassér Ingemar Hedberg	Austria Maximilian Raub Herbert Wiedermann
K-2 10000 metres	Finland Kurt Wires Yrjö Hietanen	Sweden Gunnar Åkerlund Hans Wetterström	Hungary Ferenc Varga József Gurovits

Women's event

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Sylvi Saimo Finland	Gertrude Liebhart Austria	Nina Savina Soviet Union

Cycling

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	2	1	5
2	Australia (AUS)	2	1	0	3
2	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	0	3
4	South Africa (RSA)	0	2	1	3
5	Germany (GER)	0	0	2	2
6	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

Road cycling

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual road race	André Noyelle Belgium	Robert Grondelaers Belgium	Edi Ziegler Germany
Team road race	Belgium (BEL) Robert Grondelaers André Noyelle Lucien Victor	Italy (ITA) Dino Bruni Gianni Ghidini Vincenzo Zucconelli	France (FRA) Jacques Anquetil Claude Rouer Alfred Tonello

Track cycling

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team pursuit	Italy (ITA) Marino Morettini Loris Campana Mino de Rossi Guido Messina	South Africa (RSA) Alfred Swift George Estman Robert Fowler Thomas Shardelow	Great Britain (GBR) Ronald Stretton Donald Burgess George Newberry Alan Newton
Sprint	Enzo Sacchi Italy	Lionel Cox Australia	Werner Potzernheim Germany
Tandem	Australia Lionel Cox Russell Mockridge	South Africa Raymond Robinson Thomas Shardelow	Italy Antonio Maspes Cesare Pinarello
Time trial	Russell Mockridge Australia	Marino Morettini Italy	Raymond Robinson South Africa

Diving

Medal table

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	David Browning United States	Miller Anderson United States	Bob Clotworthy United States
10 m platform	Samuel Lee United States	Joaquín Capilla Mexico	Günther Haase Germany

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Pat McCormick United States	Madeleine Moreau France	Zoe-Ann Olsen-Jensen United States
10 m platform	Pat McCormick United States	Paula Jean Myers United States	Juno Stover-Irwin United States

Equestrian events

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	4	0	0	4
2	France (FRA)	1	1	1	3
3	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
4	Chile (CHI)	0	2	0	2
5	Germany (GER)	0	1	3	4
6	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
6	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
8	United States (USA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	6	18

Medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual dressage	Henri Saint Cyr and Master Rufus (SWE)	Lis Hartel and Jubilee (DEN)	André Jousseaume and Harpagon (FRA)
Team dressage	Sweden (SWE) Henri Saint Cyr and Master Rufus Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr. and Krest Gehnäll Persson and Knaust	Switzerland (SUI) Gottfried Trachsel and Kursus Henri Chammartin and Wöhler Gustav Fischer and Soliman	Germany (GER) Heinz Pollay and Adular Ida von Nagel and Afrika Fritz Thiedemann and Chronist
Individual eventing	Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr. and Jubal (SWE)	Guy Lefrant and Verdun (FRA)	Wilhelm Büsing and Hubertus (GER)
Team eventing	Sweden (SWE) Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr. and Jubal Olof Stahre and Komet Folke Frölén and Fair	Germany (GER) Wilhelm Büsing and Hubertus Klaus Wagner and Dachs Otto Rothe and Trux von Kamax	United States (USA) Charles Hough Jr. and Cassivellannus Walter Staley Jr. and Craigwood Park John Wofford and Benny Grimes
Individual jumping	Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola and Ali Baba (FRA)	Óscar Cristi and Bambi (CHI)	Fritz Thiedemann and Meteor (GER)
Team jumping	Great Britain (GBR) Wilfred White and Nizefela Douglas Stewart and Aherlow Harry Llewellyn and Foxhunter	Chile (CHI) Óscar Cristi and Bambi César Mendoza and Pillán Ricardo Echeverría and Lindo Peal	United States (USA) William Steinkraus and Hollandia Arthur McCashin and Miss Budweiser John William Russell and Democrat

Fencing

Medal table

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée	Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy	Dario Mangiarotti Italy	Oswald Zappelli Switzerland
Team épée	Italy (ITA) Roberto Battaglia Carlo Pavesi Franco Bertinetti Giuseppe Delfino Dario Mangiarotti Edoardo Mangiarotti	Sweden (SWE) Berndt-Otto Rehbinder Bengt Ljungquist Per Hjalmar Carleson Carl Forssell Sven Fahlman Lennart Magnusson	Switzerland (SUI) Otto Rüfenacht Paul Meister Oswald Zappelli Paul Barth Willy Fitting Mario Valota
Individual foil	Christian d'Oriola France	Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy	Manlio Di Rosa Italy
Team foil	France (FRA) Christian d'Oriola Jacques Lataste Jehan Buhan Claude Netter Jacques Noël Adrien Rommel	Italy (ITA) Giancarlo Bergamini Antonio Spallino Manlio Di Rosa Giorgio Pellini Edoardo Mangiarotti Renzo Nostini	Hungary (HUN) Endre Palócz Tibor Berczelly Endre Tilli Aladár Gerevich Jozsef Sakovics Lajos Maszlay
Individual sabre	Pál Kovács Hungary	Aladár Gerevich Hungary	Tibor Berczelly Hungary
Team sabre	Hungary (HUN) Bertalan Papp László Rajcsányi Rudolf Kárpáti Tibor Berczelly Aladár Gerevich Pál Kovács	Italy (ITA) Giorgio Pellini Vincenzo Pinton Renzo Nostini Mauro Racca Gastone Darè Roberto Ferrari	France (FRA) Maurice Piot Jacques Lefèvre Bernard Morel Jean Laroyenne Jean Francois Tournon Jean Levavasseur

Women's event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual foil	Irene Camber Italy	Ilona Elek Hungary	Karen Lachmann Denmark

Field hockey

Medal table

Medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's	India (IND) K. D. Singh Leslie Claudius Meldric Daluz Keshav Dutt Chinadorai Deshmutu Ranganathan Francis Raghbir Lal Govind Perumal Muniswamy Rajgopal Balbir Singh Sr. Randhir Singh Gentle C. S. Dubey Udham Singh Dharam Singh Grahanandan Singh Chaman Singh Gurung Jaswant Rai	Netherlands (NED) Jules Ancion André Boerstra Harry Derckx Han Drijver Dick Esser Roepie Kruize Dick Loggere Lau Mulder Eddy Tiel Wim van Heel Leonard Wery	Great Britain (GBR) Denys Carnill (capt) John Cockett John Conroy Graham Dadds Derek Day Dennis Eagan Robin Fletcher W A Lindsay-Smith Roger Midgley Richard Norris Neil Nugent Anthony Nunn Anthony John Robinson P D R Smith John Paskin Taylor S T Theobald Eric Claude Newby^[1]

Football

Medal table

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's	Hungary (HUN) Gyula Grosics Jenő Dalnoki Imre Kovács László Budai Ferenc Puskás Zoltán Czibor Lajos Csordás Jenő Buzánszky Gyula Lóránt Mihály Lantos József Bozsik József Zakariás Nándor Hidegkuti Sándor Kocsis Péter Palotás	Yugoslavia (YUG) Vladimir Beara Branko Stanković Tomislav Crnković Zlatko Čajkovski Ivan Horvat Vujadin Boškov Tihomir Ognjanov Rajko Mitić Bernard Vukas Stjepan Bobek Branko Zebec Dušan Cvetković Milorad Diskić Ratko Čolić Slavko Luštica Zdravko Rajkov Vladimir Čonč Vladimir Firm	Sweden (SWE) Karl Svensson Lennart Samuelsson Erik Nilsson Holger Hansson Bengt Gustavsson Gösta Lindh Sylve Bengtsson Gösta Löfgren Ingvar Rydell Yngve Brodd Gösta Sandberg Olof Åhlund

Gymnastics

Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	9	11	2	22
2	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	3	7
3	Hungary (HUN)	2	1	5	8
4	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	0	2
5	Japan (JPN)	0	2	2	4
6	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
6	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
8	Finland (FIN)*	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		15	18	14	47

Men’s events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union	Josef Stalder Switzerland
Team all-around	Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Belyakov Iosif Berdiev Viktor Chukarin Yevgeny Korolkov Dmytro Leonkin Valentin Muratov Mikhail Perelman Hrant Shahinyan	Switzerland (SUI) Hans Eugster Ernst Fivian Ernst Gebendinger Jack Günthard Hans Schwarzentruber Josef Stalder Melchior Thalmann Jean Tschabold	Finland (FIN) Paavo Aaltonen Kalevi Laitinen Onni Lappalainen Kaino Lempinen Berndt Lindfors Olavi Rove Heikki Savolainen Kalevi Viskari
Floor exercise	William Thoresson Sweden	Jerzy Jokiel Poland	none awarded (as there was a tie for silver)
Floor exercise	William Thoresson Sweden	Tadao Uesako Japan	none awarded (as there was a tie for silver)
Horizontal bar	Jack Günthard Switzerland	Josef Stalder Switzerland	none awarded (as there was a tie for silver)
Horizontal bar	Jack Günthard Switzerland	Alfred Schwarzmann Germany	none awarded (as there was a tie for silver)
Parallel bars	Hans Eugster Switzerland	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Josef Stalder Switzerland
Pommel horse	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union	none awarded (as there was a tie for silver)
Pommel horse	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Yevgeny Korolkov Soviet Union	none awarded (as there was a tie for silver)
Rings	Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Dmytro Leonkin Soviet Union
Rings	Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Hans Eugster Switzerland
Vault	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Masao Takemoto Japan	Takashi Ono Japan
Vault	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Masao Takemoto Japan	Tadao Uesako Japan

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around	Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union	Nina Bocharova Soviet Union	Margit Korondi Hungary
Team all-around	Soviet Union (URS) Nina Bocharova Pelageya Danilova Maria Gorokhovskaya Ekaterina Kalinchuk Galina Minaicheva Galina Shamrai Galina Urbanovich Medea Jugeli	Hungary (HUN) Andrea Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Ágnes Keleti Margit Korondi Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Mária Kövi-Zalai	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Hana Bobková Alena Chadimová Jana Rabasová Alena Reichová Matylda Šínová Božena Srncová Věra Vančurová Eva Věchtová
Balance beam	Nina Bocharova Soviet Union	Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union	Margit Korondi Hungary
Floor exercise	Ágnes Keleti Hungary	Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union	Margit Korondi Hungary
Uneven bars	Margit Korondi Hungary	Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union	Ágnes Keleti Hungary
Vault	Ekaterina Kalinchuk Soviet Union	Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union	Galina Minaicheva Soviet Union
Team, portable apparatus	Sweden (SWE) Karin Lindberg Ann-Sofi Pettersson Evy Berggren Gun Röring Göta Pettersson Ingrid Sandahl Hjördis Nordin Vanja Blomberg	Soviet Union (URS) Maria Gorokhovskaya Nina Bocharova Galina Minaicheva Galina Urbanovich Pelageya Danilova Galina Shamrai Medea Jugeli Ekaterina Kalinchuk	Hungary (HUN) Margit Korondi Ágnes Keleti Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Mária Kövi-Zalai Andrea Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics

Modern pentathlon

Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Lars Hall Sweden	Gábor Benedek Hungary	István Szondy Hungary
Team	Hungary (HUN) Gábor Benedek Aladár Kovácsi István Szondy	Sweden (SWE) Lars Hall Thorsten Lindqvist Claes Egnell	Finland (FIN) Olavi Mannonen Lauri Vilkko Olavi Rokka

Rowing

Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
2	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	0	3
3	France (FRA)	1	1	0	2
4	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	0	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	0	0	1
7	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
7	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
9	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
9	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
11	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)*	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		7	7	7	21

Medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Single sculls	Yuriy Tyukalov Soviet Union	Mervyn Wood Australia	Teodor Kocerka Poland
Double sculls	Argentina Tranquilo Cappozzo Eduardo Guerrero	Soviet Union Heorhiy Zhylin Ihor Yemchuk	Uruguay Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez
Coxless pair	United States Charlie Logg Tom Price	Belgium Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens	Switzerland Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt
Coxed pair	France Raymond Salles Gaston Mercier Bernard Malivoire	Germany Heinz Manchen Helmut Heinhold Helmut Noll	Denmark Svend Ove Pedersen Poul Svendsen Jørgen Frantzen
Coxless four	Yugoslavia (YUG) Duje Bonačić Velimir Valenta Mate Trojanović Petar Šegvić	France (FRA) Pierre Blondiaux Jean-Jacques Guissart Marc Bouissou Roger Gautier	Finland (FIN) Veikko Lommi Kauko Wahlsten Oiva Lommi Lauri Nevalainen
Coxed four	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Karel Mejta Jiří Havlis Jan Jindra Stanislav Lusk Miroslav Koranda	Switzerland (SUI) Rico Bianchi Karl Weidmann Heini Scheller Émile Ess Walter Leiser	United States (USA) Carl Lovsted Al Ulbrickson Richard Wahlstrom Matt Leanderson Al Rossi
Eight	United States (USA) Frank Shakespeare William Fields James Dunbar Richard Murphy Robert Detweiler Henry Proctor Wayne Frye Edward Stevens Charles Manring	Soviet Union (URS) Yevgeny Brago Vladimir Rodimushkin Aleksey Komarov Igor Borisov Slava Amiragov Leonid Gissen Yevgeny Samsonov Vladimir Kryukov Igor Polyakov	Australia (AUS) Bob Tinning Ernest Chapman Nimrod Greenwood David Anderson Geoff Williamson Mervyn Finlay Edward Pain Phil Cayzer Tom Chessell

Sailing

Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	1	0	3
2	Norway (NOR)	1	2	0	3
3	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
3	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
5	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	2	3
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
7	Finland (FIN)*	0	0	1	1
	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		5	5	5	15

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finn	Paul Elvstrøm Denmark	Charles Currey Great Britain	Rickard Sarby Sweden
Star	Italy Agostino Straulino Nicolò Rode	United States John Price John Reid	Portugal Joaquim Fiúza Francisco de Andrade
Dragon	Norway Thor Thorvaldsen Haakon Barfod Sigve Lie	Sweden Per Gedda Erland Almqvist Sidney Boldt-Christmas	Germany Theodor Thomsen Erich Natusch Georg Nowka
5.5 metre	United States Britton Chance Michael Schoettle Edgar White Sumner White	Norway Peder Lunde Vibeke Lunde Børre Falkum-Hansen	Sweden Folke Wassén Carl-Erik Ohlson Magnus Wassén
6 metre	United States Herman Whiton Everard Endt John Morgan Eric Ridder Julian Roosevelt Emelyn Whiton	Norway Finn Ferner Tor Arneberg Johan Ferner Erik Heiberg Carl Mortensen	Finland Ernst Westerlund Ragnar Jansson Jonas Konto Rolf Turkka Paul Sjöberg

Shooting

Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	2	0	0	2
2	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	2	4
3	Hungary (HUN)	1	1	1	3
4	Romania (ROU)	1	0	1	2
4	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
6	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	1	3
8	Finland (FIN)*	0	1	1	2
9	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
9	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		7	7	7	21

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m pistol	Huelet Benner United States	Angel Leon de Gozalo Spain	Ambrus Balogh Hungary
25 m rapid fire pistol	Károly Takács Hungary	Szilárd Kun Hungary	Gheorghe Lichiardopol Romania
50 m rifle prone	Iosif Sîrbu Romania	Boris Andreyev Soviet Union	Arthur Jackson United States
50 m rifle three positions	Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug Norway	Vilho Ylönen Finland	Boris Andreyev Soviet Union
300 m free rifle three positions	Anatoli Bogdanov Soviet Union	Robert Bürchler Switzerland	Lev Weinstein Soviet Union
100 m running deer	John Larsen Norway	Per Olof Sköldberg Sweden	Tauno Mäki Finland
Trap	George Genereux Canada	Knut Holmqvist Sweden	Hans Liljedahl Sweden

Swimming

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	4	2	3	9
2	Hungary (HUN)	4	2	1	7
3	France (FRA)	1	1	1	3
4	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
4	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	0	1
6	Japan (JPN)	0	3	0	3
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	3	0	3
8	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
9	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		11	11	11	33

Men's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Clarke Scholes United States	57.4	Hiroshi Suzuki Japan	57.4	Göran Larsson Sweden	58.2
400 m freestyle	Jean Boiteux France	4:30.7 (OR)	Ford Konno United States	4:31.3	Per-Olof Östrand Sweden	4:35.2
1500 m freestyle	Ford Konno United States	18:30.3 (OR)	Shiro Hashizume Japan	18:41.4	Tetsuo Okamoto Brazil	18:51.3
100 m backstroke	Yoshi Oyakawa United States	1:05.4 (OR)	Gilbert Bozon France	1:06.2	Jack Taylor United States	1:06.4
200 m breaststroke	John Davies Australia	2:34.4 (OR)	Bowen Stassforth United States	2:34.7	Herbert Klein Germany	2:35.9
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Wayne Moore Bill Woolsey Ford Konno Jimmy McLane	8:31.1 (OR)	Japan (JPN) Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa	8:33.5	France (FRA) Joseph Bernardo Aldo Eminente Alexandre Jany Jean Boiteux	8:45.9

Women's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Katalin Szöke Hungary	1:06.8	Hannie Termeulen Netherlands	1:07.0	Judit Temes Hungary	1:07.1
400 m freestyle	Valéria Gyenge Hungary	5:12.1 (OR)	Éva Novák Hungary	5:13.7	Evelyn Kawamoto United States	5:14.6
100 m backstroke	Joan Harrison South Africa	1:14.3	Geertje Wielema Netherlands	1:14.5	Jean Stewart New Zealand	1:15.8
200 m breaststroke	Éva Székely Hungary	2:51.7 (OR)	Éva Novák Hungary	2:54.4	Helen Gordon Great Britain	2:57.6
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Hungary (HUN) Ilona Novák Judit Temes Éva Novák Katalin Szöke	4:24.4 (WR)	Netherlands (NED) Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Koosje van Voorn Hannie Termeulen Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher	4:29.0	United States (USA) Jackie LaVine Marilee Stepan Jody Alderson Evelyn Kawamoto	4:30.1

Water polo

Medal table

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's	Hungary (HUN) Róbert Antal Antal Bolvári Dezső Fábián Dezső Gyarmati István Hasznos László Jeney György Kárpáti Dezső Lemhényi Kálmán Markovits Miklós Martin Károly Szittya István Szivós György Vizvári	Yugoslavia (YUG) Veljko Bakašun Marko Brainović Vladimir Ivković Zdravko Ježić Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić Ivo Kurtini Lovro Radonjić Ivo Štakula Boško Vuksanović	Italy (ITA) Gildo Arena Lucio Ceccarini Renato De Sanzuane Raffaello Gambino Salvatore Gionta Maurizio Mannelli Geminio Ognio Carlo Peretti Enzo Polito Cesare Rubini Renato Traiola

Weightlifting

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	4	2	0	6
2	Soviet Union (URS)	3	3	1	7
3	Iran (IRI)	0	1	1	2
4	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
5	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	0	2	2
6	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		7	7	7	21

Medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
56 kg	Ivan Udodov Soviet Union	Mahmoud Namjoo Iran	Ali Mirzaei Iran
60 kg	Rafael Chimishkyan Soviet Union	Nikolai Saksonov Soviet Union	Rodney Wilkes Trinidad and Tobago
67.5 kg	Tommy Kono United States	Yevgeni Lopatin Soviet Union	Vern Barberis Australia
75 kg	Pete George United States	Gérald Gratton Canada	Kim Sung-Jip South Korea
82.5 kg	Trofim Lomakin Soviet Union	Stanley Stanczyk United States	Arkady Vorobyev Soviet Union
90 kg	Norbert Schemansky United States	Grigory Novak Soviet Union	Lennox Kilgour Trinidad and Tobago
+90 kg	John Davis United States	James Bradford United States	Humberto Selvetti Argentina

Wrestling

Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	6	2	2	10
2	Sweden (SWE)	3	4	1	8
3	Hungary (HUN)	2	1	1	4
4	Turkey (TUR)	2	0	1	3
5	United States (USA)	1	2	1	4
6	Finland (FIN)*	1	1	2	4
7	Japan (JPN)	1	1	0	2
8	Iran (IRI)	0	2	3	5
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
9	Lebanon (LIB)	0	1	1	2
11	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
12	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		16	16	16	48

Freestyle

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Hasan Gemici Turkey	Yushu Kitano Japan	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Iran
Bantamweight	Shohachi Ishii Japan	Rashid Mammadbeyov Soviet Union	Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav India
Featherweight	Bayram Sit Turkey	Nasser Givehchi Iran	Josiah Henson United States
Lightweight	Olle Anderberg Sweden	Jay Thomas Evans United States	Tofigh Jahanbakht Iran
Welterweight	William Smith United States	Per Berlin Sweden	Abdollah Mojtabavi Iran
Middleweight	David Tsimakuridze Soviet Union	Gholamreza Takhti Iran	György Gurics Hungary
Light heavyweight	Viking Palm Sweden	Henry Wittenberg United States	Adil Atan Turkey
Heavyweight	Arsen Mekokishvili Soviet Union	Bertil Antonsson Sweden	Kenneth Richmond Great Britain

Greco-Roman

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Boris Gurevich Soviet Union	Ignazio Fabra Italy	Leo Honkala Finland
Bantamweight	Imre Hódos Hungary	Zakaria Chibab Lebanon	Artem Teryan Soviet Union
Featherweight	Yakov Punkin Soviet Union	Imre Polyák Hungary	Abdel Aaal Rashed Egypt
Lightweight	Shazam Safin Soviet Union	Gustav Freij Sweden	Mikuláš Athanasov Czechoslovakia
Welterweight	Miklós Szilvásy Hungary	Gösta Andersson Sweden	Khalil Taha Lebanon
Middleweight	Axel Grönberg Sweden	Kalervo Rauhala Finland	Nikolay Belov Soviet Union
Light heavyweight	Kelpo Gröndahl Finland	Shalva Chikhladze Soviet Union	Karl-Erik Nilsson Sweden
Heavyweight	Johannes Kotkas Soviet Union	Josef Růžička Czechoslovakia	Tauno Kovanen Finland

References

^ "OUR HOCKEY CORRESPONDENT. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 27 May 1952". The Times.

External links

"Helsinki 1952". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

[1] "OUR HOCKEY CORRESPONDENT. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 27 May 1952". The Times.

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