The Sports Almanac


1952 Summer Olympics
Helsinki, Finland

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES -  76 Medals
SOVIET UNION -  71 Medals
HUNGARY -  42 Medals

Athletics
 Swimming Diving Water Polo
Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling
Equestrian
 Fencing
 Field Hockey
 Soccer
Gymnastics Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing
Shooting Weightlifting Wrestling

1952 Helsinki Overall Medal Standings
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 40
 19
 17
 76
2
 Soviet Union
 22
 30
 19
 71
3
 Hungary
 16
 10
 16
 42
4
 Sweden
 12
 13
 10
 35
5
 Germany
 0
 7
 17
 24
6
 Finland
 6
 3
 13
 22
7
 Italy
 8
 9
 4
 21
8
 France
 6
 6
 6
 18
9
 Switzerland
 2
 6
 6
 14
10
 Czechoslovakia
 7
 3
 3
 13
11
 Australia
 6
 2
 3
 11
12
 Great Britain
 1
 2
 8
 11
13
 South Africa
 2
 4
 4
 10
14
 Japan
 1
 6
 2
 9
15
 Iran
 0
 3
 4
 7
16
 Denmark
 2
 1
 3
 6
17
 Norway
 3
 2
 0
 5
18
 Jamaica
 2
 3
 0
 5
19
 Argentina
 1
 2
 2
 5
20
 Netherlands
 0
 5
 0
 5
21
 Belgium
 2
 2
 0
 4
22
 Poland
 1
 2
 1
 4
23
 Romania
 1
 1
 2
 4
24
 Turkey
 2
 0
 1
 3
25
 Canada
 1
 2
 0
 3
26
 Yugoslavia
 1
 2
 0
 3
27
 Brazil
 1
 0
 2
 3
28
 New Zealand
 1
 0
 2
 3
29
 India
 1
 0
 1
 2
30
 Chile
 0
 2
 0
 2
31
 Austria
 0
 1
 1
 2
32
 Lebanon
 0
 1
 1
 2
33
 South Korea
 0
 0
 2
 2
34
 Trinidad and Tobago
 0
 0
 2
 2
35
 Uruguay
 0
 0
 2
 2
36
 Luxembourg
 1
 0
 0
 1
37
 Ireland
 0
 1
 0
 1
38
 Mexico
 0
 1
 0
 1
39
 Spain
 0
 1
 0
 1
40
 Bulgaria
 0
 0
 1
 1
41
 Egypt
 0
 0
 1
 1
42
 Portugal
 0
 0
 1
 1
43
 Venezuela
 0
 0
 1
 1

1952 Helsinki Athletics
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 100 Meters
 Lindy Remigino - United States
 Herb McKenley - Jamaica
 McDonald Bailey - Great Britain
Women's 100 Meters
 Marjorie Jackson - Australia
 Daphne Hasenjager - South Africa
 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty - Australia
Men's 200 Meters
 Andy Stanfield - United States
 Thane Baker - United States
 James Gathers - United States
Women's 200 Meters
 Marjorie Jackson - Australia Bertha Brouwer - Netherlands
 Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili - Soviet Union
Men's 400 Meters
 George Rhoden - Jamaica
 Herb McKenley - Jamaica Ollie Matson - United States
Men's 800 Meters
 Mal Whitfield - United States
 Arthur Wint - Jamaica
 Heinz Ulzheimer - Germany
Men's 1500 Meters
 Josy Barthel - Luxembourg
 Bob McMillen - United States
 Werner Lueg - Germany
Men's 5000 Meters
 Emil Zátopek - Czechoslovakia
 Alain Mimoun - France
 Herbert Schade - Germany
Men's 10000 Meters
 Emil Zátopek - Czechoslovakia Alain Mimoun - France Aleksandr Anufriyev - Soviet Union
Men's 110 Meter Hurdles
 Harrison Dillard - United States
 Jack Davis - United States
 Arthur Barnard - United States
Women's 80 Meter Hurdles
 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty - Australia Mariya Golubnichaya - Soviet Union
 Maria Sander - Germany
Men's 400 Meter Hurdles
 Charles Moore - United States
 Yuriy Lituyev - Soviet Union
 John Holland - New Zealand
Men's 3000 Meter Steeplechase
 Horace Ashenfelter - United States
 Vladimir Kazantsev - Soviet Union
 Joh Disley - Great Britain
Men's 4X100 Meter Relay
 United States
 Soviet Union
 Hungary
Women's 4X100 Meter Relay
 United States
 Germany
 Great Britain
Men's 4X400 Meter Relay
 Jamaica
 United States
 Germany
Men's Marathon
 Emil Zátopek - Czechoslovakia Reinaldo Gorno - Argentina
 Gustaf Jansson - Sweden
Men's 10KM Walk
 John Mikaelsson - Sweden
 Fritz Schwab - Switzerland
 Bruno Junk - Soviet Union
Men's 50KM Walk
 Giuseppe Dordoni - Italy
 Josef Doležal - Czechoslovakia
 Antal Róka - Hungary
Men's Long Jump
 Jerome Biffle - United States
 Meredith Gourdine - United States
 Ödön Földessy - Hungary
Women's Long Jump
 Yvette Williams - New Zealand
 Aleksandra Chudina - Soviet Union Shirley Cawley - Great Britain
Men's Triple Jump
 Adhemar da Silva - Brazil
 Leonid Shcherbakov - Soviet Union
 Asnoldo Devonish - Venezuela
Men's High Jump
 Walt Davis - United States
 Ken Wiesner - United States
 José da Conceição - Brazil
Women's High Jump
 Esther Brand - South Africa
 Sheila Lerwill - Great Britain
 Aleksandra Chudina - Soviet Union
Men's Pole Vault
 Bob Richards - United States
 Don Laz - United States
 Ragnar Lundberg - Sweden
Men's Shot Put
 Parry O'Brien - United States
 Darrow Hooper - United States
 Jim Fuchs - United States
Women's Shot Put
 Galina Zybina - Soviet Union
 Marianne Werner - Germany
 Klavdia Tochonova - Soviet Union
Men's Discus
 Sim Iness - United Staes
 Adolfo Consolini - Italy
 James Dillion - United States
Women's Discus
 Nina Romashkova - Soviet Union
 Elizaveta Bagryantseva - Soviet Union
 Nina Dumbadze - Soviet Union
Men's Javelin
 Cy Young - United States
 Bill Miller - United States
 Toivo Hyytiäinen - Finland
Women's Javelin
 Dana Zátopková - Czechoslovakia
 Aleksandra Chudina - Soviet Union Yelena Gorchakova - Soviet Union
Men's Hammer Throw
 József Csermák - Hungary
 Karl Storch - Germany
 Imre Németh - Hungary
Decathlon
 Bob Mathias - United States
 Milt Campbell - United States
 Floyd Simmons - United States

1952 Helsinki Swimming
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 100 Meter Freestyle
 Clarke Scholes - United States
 Hiroshi Suzuki - Japan
 Göran Larsson - Sweden
Women's 100 Meter Freestyle
 Katalin Szöke - Hungary
 Hannie Termeulen - Netherlands
 Judit Temes - Hungary
Men's 400 Meter Freestyle
 Jean Boiteux - France
 Ford Konno - United States
 Per-Olof Östrand - Sweden
Women's 400 Meter Freestyle
 Valéria Gyenge - Hungary
 Éva Novák - Hungary
 Evelyn Kawamoto - United States
Men's 1500 Meter Freestyle
 Ford Konno - United States Shiro Hashizume - Japan
 Tetsuo Okamoto - Brazil
Men's 100 Meter Backstroke
 Yoshi Oyakawa - United States
 Gilbert Bozon - France
 Jack Taylor - United States
Women's 100 Meter Backstroke
 Joan Harrison - South Africa
 Geertje Wielema - Netherlands
 Jean Stewart - New Zealand
Men's 200 Meter Breaststroke
 John Davies - Australia
 Bowen Stassforth - United States
 Herbert Klein - Germany
Women's 200 Meter Breaststroke
 Éva Székely - Hungary Éva Novák - Hungary Helen Gordon - Great Britain
Women's 4X100 Meter Freestyle Relay
 Hungary
 Netherlands
 United States
Men's 4X200 Meter Freestyle Relay
 United States
 Japan
 France

1952 Helsinki Diving
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 3 Meter Springboard
 David Browning - United States
 Miller Anderson - United States
 Bob Clotworthy - United States
Women's 3 Meter Springboard
 Pat McCormick - United States
 Madeleine Moreau - France
 Zoe-Ann Olsen-Jensen - United States
Men's 10 Meter Platform
 Samuel Lee - United States
 Joaquín Capilla - Mexico
 Günther Haase - Germany
Women's 10 Meter Platform
 Pat McCormick - United States Paula Jean Myers - United States Juno Stover-Irwin - United States

1952 Helsinki Water Polo
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Hungary
 Yugoslavia
 Italy

1952 Helsinki Basketball
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 United States
 Soviet Union
 Uruguay

1952 Helsinki Boxing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Flyweight
 Nate Brooks - United States
 Edgar Basel - Germany
 Anatoli Bulakov - Soviet Union
Willie Toweel - South Africa
Bantanweight
 Pentti Hämäläinen - Finland
 John McNally - Ireland
 Kang Joon-Ho - South Korea
Gennady Garbuzov - Soviet Union
Featherweight
 Ján Zachara - Czechoslovakia
 Sergio Caprari - Italy
 Joseph Ventaja - France
Leonard Leisching - South Africa
Lightweight
 Aureliano Bolognesi - Italy
 Aleksy Antkiewicz - Poland
 Gheorghe Fiat - Romania
Erkki Pakkanen - Finland
Light Welterweight
 Charles Adkins - United States
 Viktor Mednov - Soviet Union
 Bruno Visintin - Italy
Erkki Mallenius - Finland
Welterweight
 Zygmunt Chychla - Poland
 Sergei Scherbakov - Soviet Union
 Günther Heidemann - Germany
Victor Jörgensen - Denmark
Light Middleweight
 László Papp - Hungary Theunis van Schalkwyk - South Africa
 Boris Tishin - Soviet Union
Eladio Herrera - Argentina
Middleweight
 Floyd Patterson - United States
 Vasile Tiţǎ - Romania
 Boris Nikolov - Bulgaria
Stig Sjölin - Sweden
Light Heavyweight
 Norvel Lee - United States
 Antonio Pacenza - Argentina
 Anatoly Perov - Soviet Union
Harry Siljander - Finland
Heavyweight
 Ed Sanders - United States
 Ingemar Johansson - Sweden
 Ilkka Koski - Finland
Andries Nieman - South Africa

1952 Helsinki Canoeing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's C-1 1000 Meters
 Josef Holeček - Czechoslovakia
 János Parti - Hungary
 Olavi Ojanperä - Finland
Men's C-1 10000 Meters Frank Havens - United States
 Gábor Novák - Hungary
 Alfréd Jindra - Czechoslovakia
Men's C-2 1000 Meters
 Bent Peder Rasch, Finn Haunstoft - Denmark
 Jan Brzák-Felix, Bohumil Kudrna - Czechoslovakia
 Egon Drews, Wilfried Soltau - Germany
Men's C-2 10000 Meters Georges Turlier, Jean Laudet - France
 Kenneth Lane, Donald Hawgood - Canada
 Egon Drews, Wilfried Soltau - Germany
Men's K-1 1000 Meters
 Gert Fredriksson - Sweden
 Thorvald Strömberg - Finland
 Louis Gantois - France
Men's K-1 10000 Meters
 Thorvald Strömberg - Finland Gert Fredriksson - Sweden Michael Scheuer - Germany
Men's K-2 1000 Meters
 Kurt Wires, Yrjö Hietanen - Finland Lars Glasser, Ingemar Hedberg - Sweden Maximilian Raub, Herbert Wiedermann - Austria
Men's K-2 10000 Meters
 Kurt Wires, Yrjö Hietanen - Finland Gunnar Åkerlund, Hans Wetterström - Sweden
 Ferenc Varga, József Gurovits - Hungary
Women's K-1 500 Meters
 Sylvi Saimo - Finland
 Gertrude Liebhart - Austria
 Nina Savina - Soviet Union

1952 Helsinki Cycling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
ROAD CYCLING
Invididual
 André Noyelle - Belgium
 Robert Grondelaers - Belgium
 Edi Ziegler - Germany
Team
 Belgium
 Italy
 France
TRACK CYCLING
Team Pursuit Italy
 South Africa
 Great Britain
Sprint Enzo Sacchi - Italy
 Lionel Cox - Australia
 Werner Potzernheim - Germany
Tandem
 Lionel Cox, Russell Mockridge - Australia Raymond Robinson, Thomas Shardelow - South Africa
 Antonio Maspes, Cesare Pinarello - Italy
Time Trial
 Russell Mockridge - Australia Marino Morettini - Italy
 Raymond Robinson - South Africa

1952 Helsinki Equestrian
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual Dressage
 Henri Saint Cyr - Sweden
 Lis Hartel - Denmark
 André Jousseaume - France
Team Dressage
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Germany
Individual Eventing
 Hans von Blixen-Finecke, Jr. - Sweden
 Guy Lefrant - France
 Wilhelm Büsing - Germany
Team Eventing
 Sweden
 Germany
 United States
Individual Jumping
 Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola - France
 Óscar Cristi - Chile
 Fritz Thiedemann - Germany
Team Jumping
 Great Britain
 Chile
 United States

1952 Helsinki Fencing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Individual Épée
 Edoardo Mangiarotti - Italy
 Dario Mangiarotti - Italy
 Oswald Zappelli - Switzerland
Men's Team Épée Italy
 Sweden
 Switzerland
Men's Individual Foil
 Christian d'Oriola - France
 Edoardo Mangiarotti - Italy Manlio Di Rosa - Italy
Men's Team Foil
 France
 Italy
 Hungary
Men's Individual Sabre
 Pál Kovács - Hungary
 Aladár Gerevich - Hungary
 Tibor Berczelly - Hungary
Men's Team Sabre
 Hungary
 Italy
 France
Women's Individual Foil
 Irene Camber - Italy
 Ilona Elek - Hungary
 Karen Lachmann - Denmark

1952 Helsinki Field Hockey
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 India
 Netherlands
 Great Britain

1952 Helsinki Soccer
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Hungary
 Yugoslavia
 Sweden

1952 Helsinki Gymnastics
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Individual All-Around
 Viktor Chukarin - Soviet Union
 Hrant Shahinyan - Soviet Union
 Josef Stalder - Switzerland
Women's Individual All-Around
 Maria Gorokhovskaya - Soviet Union
 Nina Bocharova - Soviet Union
 Margit Korondi - Hungary
Men's Team All-Around
 Soviet Union
 Switzerland
 Finland
Women's Team All-Around
 Soviet Union
 Hungary
 Czechoslovakia
Men's Vault
 Viktor Chukarin - Soviet Union Masao Takemoto - Japan
 Takashi Ono - Japan
Tadao Uesako - Japan
Women's Vault
 Ekaterina Kalinchuk - Soviet Union
 Maria Gorokhovskaya - Soviet Union Galina Minaicheva - Soviet Union
Men's Floor
 William Thoresson - Sweden
 Jerzy Jokiel - Poland
Tadao Uesako - Japan
 None Awarded
Women's Floor
 Ágnes Keleti - Hungary
 Maria Gorokhovskaya - Soviet Union Margit Korondi - Hungary
Men's Pommel Horse
 Viktor Chukarin - Soviet Union Hrant Shahinyan - Soviet Union
Yevgeny Korolkov - Soviet Union
 None Awarded
Women's Balance Beam
 Nina Bocharova - Soviet Union Maria Gorokhovskaya - Soviet Union Margit Korondi - Hungary
Men's Rings
 Hrant Shahinyan - Soviet Union Viktor Chukarin - Soviet Union Dmytro Leonkin - Soviet Union
Hans Eugster - Switzerland
Men's Horizontal Bar
 Jack Günthard - Switzerland
 Josef Stalder - Switzerland
Alfred Schwarzmann - Germany
 None Awarded
Men's Parallel Bars
 Hans Eugster - Switzerland
 Viktor Chukarin - Soviet Union Josef Stalder - Switzerland
Women's Uneven Bars
 Margit Korondi - Hungary Maria Gorokhovskaya - Soviet Union Ágnes Keleti - Hungary
Women's Team Portable Apparatus
 Sweden
 Soviet Union
 Hungary

1952 Helsinki Modern Pentathlon
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual
 Lars Hall - Sweden
 Gábor Benedek - Hungary
 István Szondy - Hungary
Team
 Hungary
 Sweden
 Finland

1952 Helsinki Rowing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Single Sculls
 Yuriy Tyukalov - Soviet Union
 Mervyn Wood - Australia
 Teodor Kocerka - Poland
Double Sculls
 Tranquilo Cappozzo, Eduardo Guerrero - Argentina
 Heorhiy Zhylin, Ihor Yemchuk - Soviet Union
 Miguel Saijas, Juan Rodríguez - Uruguay
Coxless Pairs
 Charlie Logg, Tom Price - United States
 Michel Knuysen, Bob Baetens - Belgium
 Kurt Schmid, Hans Kalt - Switzerland
Coxed Pairs
 France
 Germany
 Denmark
Coxless Fours
 Yugoslavia
 France
 Finland
Coxed Fours
 Czechoslovakia
 Switzerland
 United States
Eights
 United States
 Soviet Union
 Australia

1952 Helsinki Sailing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Finn
 Paul Elvstrøm - Denmark
 Charles Currey - Great Britain
 Rickard Sarby - Sweden
Star
 Agostino Straulino, Nicolò Rode - Italy
 John Price, John Reid - United States
 Joaquim Fiúza, Francisco de Andrade - Portugal
Dragon
 Thor Thorvaldsen, Haakon Barfod, Sigve Lie - Norway
 Per Gedda, Erland Almqvist, Sidney Boldt-Chritsmas - Sweden
 Theodor Thomsen, Erich Natusch, Georg Nowka - Germany
5.5 Meter Keelboat
 United States
 Norway
 Sweden
6 Meter Keelboat
 United States
 Norway
 Finland

1952 Helsinki Shooting
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Rapid Fire Pistol
 Károly Takács - Hungary
 Szilárd Kun - Hungary
 Gheorghe Lichiardopol - Romania
Pistol
 Huelet Benner - United States
 Angel Leon de Gozalo - Spain
 Ambrus Balogh - Hungary
Rifle Prone
 Iosif Sîrbu - Romania
 Boris Andreyev - Soviet Union
 Arthur Jackson - United States
Rifle Three Positions
 Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug - Norway
 Vilho Ylönen - Finland
 Boris Andreyev - Soviet Union
Running Deer
 John Larsen - Norway
 Per Olof Sköldberg - Sweden
 Tauno Mäki - Finland
300 Meter Rifle Three Positions
 Anatoli Bogdanov - Soviet Union
 Robert Bürchler - Switzerland
 Lev Weinstein - Soviet Union
Trap
 George Genereux - Canada
 Knut Holmqvist - Sweden
 Hans Liljedahl - Sweden

1952 Helsinki Weightlifting
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Bantanweight
 Ivan Ubodov - Soviet Union
 Mahmoud Namjoo - Iran
 Ali Mirzaei - Iran
Featherweight
 Rafael Chimishkyan - Soviet Union
 Nikolai Saksonov - Soviet Union
 Rodney Wilkes - Trinidad and Tobago
Lightweight
 Tommy Kono - United States
 Yevgeni Lopatin - Soviet Union
 Vern Barberis - Australia
Middleweight
 Pete George - United States
 Gérald Gratton - Canada
 Kim Sung-Jip - South Korea
Light Heavyweight
 Trofim Lomakin - Soviet Union
 Stanley Stanczyk - United States
 Arkady Vorobyev - Soviet Union
Middle Heavyweight
 Norbert Schemansky - United States
 Grigory Novak - Soviet Union
 Lennox Kilgour - Trinidad and Tobago
Heavyweight
 John Davis - United States
 James Bradford - United States
 Humberto Selvetti - Argentina

1952 Helsinki Wrestling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Freestyle Flyweight
 Hasan Gemici - Turkey
 Yushu Kitano - Japan
 Mahmoud Mollaghasemi - Iran
Freestyle Bantamweight
 Shohachi Ishii - Japan
 Rashid Mammadbeyov - Soviet Union
 Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav - India
Freestyle Featherweight
 Bayram Sit - Turkey
 Nasser Givehchi - Iran
 Josiah Henson - United States
Freestyle Lightweight
 Olle Anderberg - Sweden
 Jay Thomas Evans - United States
 Jahanbakht Tofigh - Iran
Freestyle Welterweight
 William Smith - United States
 Per Berlin - Sweden
 Abdollah Mojtabavi - Iran
Freestyle Middleweight
 David Tsimakuridze - Soviet Union
 Gholamreza Takhti - Iran
 György Gurics - Hungary
Freestyle Light Heavyweight
 Viking Palm - Sweden
 Henry Wittenberg - United States
 Adil Atan - Turkey
Freestyle Heavyweight
 Arsen Mekokishvilli - Soviet Union
 Bertil Antonsson - Sweden
 Kenneth Richmond - Great Britain
Greco-Roman Flyweight Boris Gurevich - Soviet Union
 Ignazio Fabra - Italy
 Leo Honkala - Finland
Greco-Roman Bantamweight Imre Hódos - Hungary
 Zakaria Chibab - Lebanon
 Artem Teryan - Soviet Union
Greco-Roman Featherweight Yakov Punkin - Soviet Union
 Imre Polyák - Hungary
 Abdel Aaal Rashed - Egypt
Greco-Roman Lightweight Shazam Safin - Soviet Union
 Gustav Freij - Sweden
 Mikuláš Athanasov - Czechoslovakia
Greco-Roman Welterweight Miklós Szilvásy - Hungary
 Gösta Andersson - Sweden
 Khalil Taha - Lebanon
Greco-Roman Middleweight Axel Grönberg - Sweden
 Kalervo Rauhala - Finland
 Nikolay Belov - Soviet Union
Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight Kelpo Gröndahl - Finland
 Shalva Chikhladze - Soviet Union
 Karl-Erik Nilsson - Sweden
Greco-Roman Heavyweight Johannes Kotkas - Soviet Union
 Josef Růžička - Czechoslovakia
 Tauno Kovanen - Finland