South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	RSA
Nocname:	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	64 (60 men and 4 women)
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Schalk Booysen^[1]
Rank:	12
Gold:	2
Silver:	4
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1904

The Union of South Africa competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 64 competitors, 60 men and 4 women, took part in 59 events in 13 sports.^[2]

Medalists

Gold

• Esther Brand - Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Joan Harrison - Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke

Silver

• Daphne Hasenjager - Athletics, Women's 100 metres
• Theunis van Schalkwyk - Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
• George Estman, Robert Fowler, Thomas Shardelow, and Alfred Swift - Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
• Raymond Robinson and Thomas Shardelow - Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem

Bronze

• Willie Toweel - Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Leonard Leisching - Boxing, Men's Featherweight
• Andries Nieman - Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Raymond Robinson - Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• George Estman - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Alfred Swift - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Robert Fowler - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Raymond Robinson

• Final - 1:13.0 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Raymond Robinson - 5th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

• Final - Lost to Italy (→ Silver Medal)

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Men's 3m Springboard

• Willem Welgemoed

• Preliminary Round - 61.64 points (→ 22nd place)

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics. One male pentathlete represented South Africa in 1952.

• Harry Schmidt

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

South Africa had five male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[3]

Men's single sculls

• Ian Stephen

Men's coxless four

• Don Dyke-Wells
• Damian Nichol
• John Webb
• Christopher Veitch

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. One shooter represented South Africa in 1952.

50 m rifle, prone

• William Murless

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schalk Booysen . olympedia.org . 7 January 2024.
2. Web site: South Africa at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090232/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/RSA/summer/1952/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 February 2015 . sports-reference.com.
3. South Africa Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234831/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/RSA/summer/1952/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 March 2018.