HELSINKI 1952

The Games of the XV Summer Olympiad. July 19 - August 3, 1952. Helsinki, Finland.

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ATHLETICS

MEN

400 m

1.George Rhoden (Jamaica)

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1500 m

1.Josy Barthel (Luxembourg)

2.Bob McMillen (USA)

3.Werner Lueg (Germany)

4.Roger Bannister (Great Britain)

5.Patrik El Mabrouk (France)

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5000 m

1.Emil Zatopek (Czechoslovakia)

5000 m: 2.Alain Mimoun (France)

10000 m: 2.Alain Mimoun (France)

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10000 m

1.Emil Zatopek (Czechoslovakia)

3.Aleksandr Anufriyev (USSR)

110 m hurdles: 1.Harrison Dillard (USA) 4 x 100 m: 1.USA (Harrison Dillard)

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4 x 400 m

1.Jamaica (Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden)

100 m: 2.Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 400 m: 2.Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 800 m: 2.Arthur Wint (Jamaica)

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Marathon

1.Emil Zatopek (Czechoslovakia)

3.Gustaf Jansson (Sweden)

50 km walk

1.Giuseppe Dordoni (Italy)

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Triple jump

1.Adhemar da Silva (Brazil)

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High jump Shot put

1.Walt Davis (USA) 1.Parry O’Brien (USA)

Pole vault

1.Bob Richards (USA) 3.Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden)

Discus throw

2.Adolfo Consolini (Italy)

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Hammer throw

1.Jozsef Csermak (Hungary)

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Decathlon

1.Bob Mathias (USA)

2.Milt Campbell (USA)

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WOMEN

100 m 80 m hurdles

1.Marjorie Jackson (Australia) 1.Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (Australia)

200 m: 1.Marjorie Jackson (Australia) 100 m: 3.Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (Australia)

Long jump

1.Yvette Williams (New Zealand)

Javelin throw

1.Dana Zatopkova (Czechoslovakia)

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Discus throw

1.Nina Romashkova (USSR)

3.Nina Dumbadze (USSR)

Long jump: 2.Alexandra Chudina (USSR) Javelin throw: 2.Alexandra Chudina (USSR) High jump: 3.Alexandra Chudina (USSR)

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BASKETBALL

Final

USA - USSR 36:25

(Dean Kelley, Bob Kurland - Ilmar Kullam)

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1.USA

2.USSR

3.Uruguay (Adesio Lombardo)

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BOXING

54 kg

1.Pentti Hamalainen (Finland)

67 kg

1.Zygmunt Chychla (Poland)

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71 kg

1.Laszlo Papp (Hungary)

75 kg

1.Floyd Patterson (USA)

3-4.Boris Nikolov (Bulgaria)

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81+ kg

2.Ingemar Johansson (Sweden)

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CANOEING

MEN

C-1 1000 m

2.Janos Parti (Hungary)

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C-2 10000 m

1.Georges Turlier / Jean Laudet (France)

K-1 1000 m:1.Gert Fredriksson (Sweden) K-1 10000 m: 2.Gert Fredriksson (Sweden)

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CYCLING

ROAD

Team road race

1.Belgium (Rick Van Looy)

3.France (Jacques Anquetil)

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TRACK

Sprint

1.Enzo Sacchi (Italy)

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Tandem

1.Lionel Cox / Russell Mockridge (Australia)

Sprint: 2.Lionel Cox (Australia) Time trial: 1.Russell Mockridge (Australia)

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DIVING

MEN

10 m platform

1.Sammy Lee (USA)

2.Joaquin Capilla (Mexico)

WOMEN

3 m springboard 10 m platform

1.Pat McCormick (USA) 1.Pat McCormick (USA)

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EQUESTRIAN

Individual dressage

1.Henri Saint Cyr (Sweden)

2.Lis Hartel (Denmark)

Team dressage: 1.Sweden (Henri Saint Cyr)

Team dressage: 2.Switzerland (Henri Chammartin)

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Individual jumping

1.Pierre Jonqueres d’Oriola (France)

Team jumping

3.USA (William Steinkraus)

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FENCING

MEN

Team epee

1.Italy (Giuseppe Delfino)

Team epee: 1.Italy (Carlo Pavesi, Edoardo Mangiarotti) Individual epee: 1.Edoardo Mangiarotti (Italy) Individual foil: 2.Edoardo Mangiarotti (Italy) Team foil: 2.Italy (Edoardo Mangiarotti)

Individual foil

1.Christian d’Oriola (France)

Team foil: 1.France (Christian d’Oriola)

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Individual sabre: 1.Pal Kovacs (Hungary)

Team sabre: 1.Hungary (Bertalan Papp, Laszlo Rajcsanyi, Rudolf Karpati, Tibor Berczelly, Aladar Gerevich, Pal Kovacs)

Team foil: 3.Hungary (Tibor Berczelly, Aladar Gerevich) Individual sabre: 2.Aladar Gerevich (Hungary), 3.Tibor Berczelly (Hungary)

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FIELD HOCKEY

1.India (Leslie Claudius)

Balbir Singh Sr (India)

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FOOTBALL

Final

Hungary - Yugoslavia 2:0

(Gyula Grosics, Jeno Buzansky, Mihaly Lantos, Gyula Lorant, Jozsef Bozsik, Jozsef Zakarias, Sandor Kocsis, Nandor Hidekguti, Peter Palotas, Ferenc Puskas, Zoltan Czibor (Hungary))

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1.Hungary

Ferenc Puskas (Hungary)

2.Yugoslavia

Vujadin Boskov (Yugoslavia)

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3.Sweden (Karl Svensson)

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GYMNASTICS

MEN

Team all-around: 1.USSR (Hrant Shahinyan)

Rings: 1.Hrant Shahinyan (USSR)

Individual all-around: 2.Hrant Shahinyan (USSR) Pommel horse: 2.Hrant Shahinyan (USSR)

Individual all-around

1.Viktor Chukarin (USSR)

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Pommel horse

1.Viktor Chukarin (USSR)

Vault: 1.Viktor Chukarin (USSR) Parallel bars: 2.Viktor Chukarin (USSR) Rings: 2.Viktor Chukarin (USSR) Team all-around: 1.USSR (Viktor Chukarin)

Team all-around: 1.USSR (Valentin Muratov) Vault: 3-4.Takashi Ono (Japan)

Horizontal bar: 2-3.Josef Stalder (Switzerland) Individual all-around: 3.Josef Stalder (Switzerland) Parallel bars: 3.Josef Stalder (Switzerland) Team all-around: 2.Switzerland (Josef Stalder)

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WOMEN

Team all-around

1.USSR (Medea Jugeli)

Team portable apparatus: 2.USSR (Medea Jugeli)

Individual all-around

1.Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR)

Balance beam: 2.Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR) Floor exercise: 2.Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR) Uneven bars: 2.Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR) Vault: 2.Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR) Team all-around: 1.USSR (Maria Gorokhovskaya) Team portable apparatus: 2.USSR (Maria Gorokhovskaya)

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Team all-around: 3.Czechoslovakia (Eva Vechtova)

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Uneven bars

1.Margit Korondi (Hungary)

Individual all-around: 3.Margit Korondi (Hungary) Balance beam: 3.Margit Korondi (Hungary) Floor exercise: 3.Margit Korondi (Hungary) Team all-around: 2.Hungary (Margit Korondi) Team portable apparatus: 3.Hungary (Margit Korondi)

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Floor exercise

1.Agnes Keleti (Hungary)

Uneven bars: 3.Agnes Keleti (Hungary) Team all-around: 2.Hungary (Agnes Keleti) Team portable apparatus: 3.Hungary (Agnes Keleti)

Balance beam: 1.Nina Bocharova (USSR) Individual all-around: 2.Nina Bocharova (USSR) Team all-around: 1.USSR (Nina Bocharova) Team portable apparatus: 2.USSR (Nina Bocharova)

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MODERN PENTATHLON

Individual

1.Lars Hall (Sweden)

Team: 2.Sweden (Lars Hall)

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Team

1.Hungary (Gabor Benedek, Aladar Kovacsi, Istvan Szondy)

Individual: 2.Gabor Benedek (Hungary), 3.Istvan Szondy (Hungary)

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ROWING

Coxed pairs

1.France (Raymond Salles, Gaston Mercier, Bernard Malivoire)

SAILING

Finn

1.Paul Elvstrom (Denmark)

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SHOOTING

25 m rapid fire pistol

1.Karoly Takacs (Hungary)

50 m pistol

1.Huelet Benner (USA)

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2.Angel Leon (Spain)

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SWIMMING

MEN

400 m freestyle

1.Jean Boiteux (France)

4 x 200 m freestyle: 3.France (Jean Boiteux)

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WOMEN

100 m freestyle: 1.Katalin Szoke (Hungary)

400 m freestyle: 1.Valeria Gyenge (Hungary)

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200 m breaststroke: 1.Eva Szekely (Hungary)

4 x 100 m freestyle: 1.Hungary (Ilona Novak, Judit Temes, Eva Novak, Katalin Szoke)

100 m freestyle: 3.Judit Temes (Hungary) 400 m freestyle: 2.Eva Novak (Hungary) 200 m breaststroke: 2.Eva Novak (Hungary)

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WATER POLO

Semifinals

Group F

Hungary - Yugoslavia 2:2

(Dezso Gyarmati, Gyorgy Vizvari, Antal Bolvari, Laszlo Jeney, Kalman Markovits, Istvan Szivos, Gyorgy Karpati (Hungary))

1.Hungary (qualified for Final Round)

2.Yugoslavia (qualified for Final Round)

1.Hungary

2.Yugoslavia

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WEIGHTLIFTING

60 kg

1.Rafael Chimishkyan (USSR)

3.Rodney Wilkes (Trinidad and Tobago)

67.5 kg

1.Tommy Kono (USA)

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82.5 kg

3.Arkadi Vorobyev (USSR)

90 kg

3.Lennox Kilgour (Trinidad and Tobago)

90+ kg

1.John Davis (USA)

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WRESTLING

GRECO-ROMAN

57 kg: 1.Imre Hodos (Hungary)

73 kg: 1.Miklos Szilvasy (Hungary)

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79 kg

1.Axel Gronberg (Sweden)

87+ kg

1.Johannes Kotkas (USSR)

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FREESTYLE

79 kg

1.David Tsimakuridze (USSR)

2.Gholamreza Takhti (Iran)

87+ kg

Round 2

Arsen Mekokishvili (USSR) - Willi Waltner (Germany) 3:0

1.Arsen Mekokishvili (USSR)

5-8.Willi Waltner (Germany)

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MEDAL COUNT

1.USA (40-19-17)

2.USSR (22-30-19)

3.HUNGARY (16-10-16)

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20.POLAND (1-2-1)

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