Vietnam at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	VIE
Nocname:	Vietnam Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Website:
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	8
Sports:	5
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

The State of Vietnam competed as Vietnam in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. It was the first time the nation had participated at the Summer Olympic Games. Eight competitors, all men, took part in seven events in five sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Men's 10,000 metres

• Trần Văn Lý - 37:33.0 (→ 32nd place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Bantamweight (-54 kg)

• Tiến Vình

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road CompetitionMen's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Quan Luu - 5:24:34.1 (→ 47th place)
• Chau Phuoc Vinh - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Nguyen Duc Hien - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Van Phuoc Le - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. One fencer represented Vietnam in 1952.

Men's épée

• Tôn Thất Hải

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Men's 100 metre freestyle

• Nguyễn Văn Phan - 1:05.0

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vietnam at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092230/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/VNM/summer/1952/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-09-27 . sports-reference.com.