1952 Summer Olympics

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were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.

The Football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was won by Hungary.

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women.

Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. 23 nations entered the competition.

Final results for the boxing competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested.

The cycling competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. 215 cyclists from 36 countries competed in the six events.

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, four diving events were contested.

The equestrian events at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics included dressage, eventing, and show jumping.

At the 1952 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.

The men's field hockey tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the seventh edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men.

Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only.

The Sailing program of the 1952 Summer Olympics consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines).

With the competitions in shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the Olympic shooting program began its expansion.

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, a total number of eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.

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seven gold medals at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics

at four Olympic Games (1948-1960)

He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics

1952 Summer Olympics

1952 Summer Olympics

Four years later, still a strong hurdler, Dillard did qualify for the 110 m hurdles event, and won the event in Helsinki

Kovács also won individual gold in 1952, as well as individual bronze in 1948

He won Olympic gold medals in the épée team events in 1952, 1956 and 1960, and silver in 1964

D'Oriola took part in the 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960 Olympics

He won four gold medals in total at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics in the individual and team épée events

He won an Olympic gold medal in 1952

a silver in 1952

He represented Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki

He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics

Kárpáti was born in Budapest, and was a member of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal in the 1952 tournament.

He won the gold medal in the 10-meter platform competition at the Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

To his gold medals in 1948, 1952 and 1956, he added a silver in 1960

gold medals at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics

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at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Guerrero participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki

in the 1952 Olympics game against Yugoslavia

in the coxless four event at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Elek won the silver medal at the 1952 Helsinki Games

who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics

at the 1952 Summer Olympics

In 1952 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Soviet boat in the eights event

was an Australian rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, the 1954 Commonwealth Games and in the 1956 Summer Olympics

He won a silver medal in the Greco-Roman light-heavyweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Baillie competed at the 1952 Olympic Games finishing 5th and the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games finishing in 6th place each time.

She took part in three events at the 1952 Olympics

She competed at the 1952 Olympics and won two gold medals

Scholes was awarded the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Four years later at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki

At the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki she received a gold medal

Konno won four medals at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics

She competed at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki

He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won the 400 m event in 1952

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She also competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

won the 400 m freestyle event at the 1952 Summer Olympics

she won gold in the 100 metres backstroke event at the Helsinki Olympics

Four years later at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

She also competed at the 1952 Olympics and finished seventh in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.

He competed in the 100 m and 4×200 m relay events at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics

She won three medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, after a bronze four years earlier in London.

He was also part of the Brazilian team that tied for 13th in water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

She competed at the 1952 Olympics

He was a bronze medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki (1500-metre freestyle)

Robert Archibald Prentice (4 July 1917-19 May 1987) was an Australian long-distance runner who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Pedersoli participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland

He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events

won the silver medal in the men's team road race at the 1952 Summer Olympics

who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland

He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Wood represented Australia in the single scull event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki

He competed in the field hockey tournament for Pakistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.

As an amateur he won a silver medal in the heavyweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Emil Zátopek (Czech: [ˈɛmɪl ˈzaːtopɛk] ; 19 September 1922 - 21 November 2000) was a Czech long-distance runner who won three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

He was left-handed and won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia.

Dana Zátopková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdana ˈzaːtopkovaː]; née Ingrová [ˈɪŋɡrovaː], 19 September 1922 - 13 March 2020) was a Czech javelin thrower who won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

She won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and the silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics, set six world records, and won 44 national titles.

He won three gold and two bronze medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and another silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

He participated in five different Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals with the Hungarian team at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics

At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres