List of 1952 Summer Olympics medal winners explained

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

Athletics

See also: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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 relay		40.1		40.3		40.5
4 × 400 metres relay		3:03.9		3:04.0		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 relay		45.9		45.9		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

See also: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Men's

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

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

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

See also: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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

See also: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's events

C-1 1000 metres
C-1 10000 metres
C-2 1000 metres	Bent Peder Rasch Finn Haunstoft	Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudrna	Egon Drews Wilfried Soltau
C-2 10000 metres	Georges Turlier Jean Laudet	Kenneth Lane Donald Hawgood	Egon Drews Wilfried Soltau
K-1 1000 metres
K-1 10000 metres
K-2 1000 metres	Kurt Wires Yrjö Hietanen	Lars Glassér Ingemar Hedberg	Maximilian Raub Herbert Wiedermann
K-2 10000 metres	Kurt Wires Yrjö Hietanen	Gunnar Åkerlund Hans Wetterström	Ferenc Varga József Gurovits

Women's event

K-1 500 metres

Cycling

See also: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road cycling

Individual road race
Team road race	Robert Grondelaers André Noyelle Lucien Victor	Dino Bruni Gianni Ghidini Vincenzo Zucconelli	Jacques Anquetil Claude Rouer Alfred Tonello

Track cycling

Team pursuit	Marino Morettini Loris Campana Mino de Rossi Guido Messina	Alfred Swift George Estman Robert Fowler Thomas Shardelow	Ronald Stretton Donald Burgess George Newberry Alan Newton
Sprint
Tandem	Lionel Cox Russell Mockridge	Raymond Robinson Thomas Shardelow	Antonio Maspes Cesare Pinarello
Time trial

Diving

See also: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's events

3 m springboard
10 m platform

Women's events

3 m springboard
10 m platform

Equestrian events

See also: Equestrian events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Individual dressage
Team dressage	Henri Saint Cyr and Master Rufus Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr. and Krest Gehnäll Persson and Knaust	Gottfried Trachsel and Kursus Henri Chammartin and Wöhler Gustav Fischer and Soliman	Heinz 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

See also: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's events

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

Women's event

Individual foil

Field hockey

See also: Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Men's

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

Jules Ancion André Boerstra Harry Derckx Han Drijver Dick Esser Roepie Kruize Dick Loggere Lau Mulder Eddy Tiel Wim van Heel Leonard Wery

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

See also: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Men's

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

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

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

See also: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men’s events

Individual all-around
Team all-around	Vladimir Belyakov Iosif Berdiev Viktor Chukarin Yevgeny Korolkov Dmytro Leonkin Valentin Muratov Mikhail Perelman Hrant Shahinyan	Hans Eugster Ernst Fivian Ernst Gebendinger Jack Günthard Hans Schwarzentruber Josef Stalder Melchior Thalmann Jean Tschabold	Paavo Aaltonen Kalevi Laitinen Onni Lappalainen Kaino Lempinen Berndt Lindfors Olavi Rove Heikki Savolainen Kalevi 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 Bocharova Pelageya Danilova Maria Gorokhovskaya Ekaterina Kalinchuk Galina Minaicheva Galina Shamrai Galina Urbanovich Medea Jugeli	Andrea Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Ágnes Keleti Margit Korondi Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Mária Kövi-Zalai	Hana Bobková Alena Chadimová Jana Rabasová Alena Reichová Matylda Šínová Božena Srncová Věra Vančurová Eva Věchtová
Balance beam
Floor exercise
Uneven bars
Vault
Team, portable apparatus	Karin Lindberg Ann-Sofi Pettersson Evy Berggren Gun Röring Göta Pettersson Ingrid Sandahl Hjördis Nordin Vanja Blomberg	Maria Gorokhovskaya Nina Bocharova Galina Minaicheva Galina Urbanovich Pelageya Danilova Galina Shamrai Medea Jugeli Ekaterina Kalinchuk	Margit Korondi Ágnes Keleti Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Mária Kövi-Zalai Andrea Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics

Modern pentathlon

See also: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Individual
Team	Gábor Benedek Aladár Kovácsi István Szondy	Lars Hall Thorsten Lindqvist Claes Egnell	Olavi Mannonen Lauri Vilkko Olavi Rokka

Rowing

See also: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

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

Sailing

See also: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

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

Shooting

See also: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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

See also: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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		8:31.1 (OR)		8:33.5		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		4:24.4 (WR)		4:29.0		4:30.1

Water polo

See also: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Men's

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

Veljko Bakašun Marko Brainović Vladimir Ivković Zdravko Ježić Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić Ivo Kurtini Lovro Radonjić Ivo Štakula Boško Vuksanović

Gildo Arena Lucio Ceccarini Renato De Sanzuane Raffaello Gambino Salvatore Gionta Maurizio Mannelli Geminio Ognio Carlo Peretti Enzo Polito Cesare Rubini Renato Traiola

Weightlifting

See also: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

56 kg
60 kg
67.5 kg
75 kg
82.5 kg
90 kg
+90 kg

Wrestling

See also: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Freestyle

Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight

Greco-Roman

Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight

Notes and References

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