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Games of the XV Olympiad
Games of the XV Olympiad
Host city Helsinki, Finland
Nations participating 69
Athletes participating 4,955
(4,436 men, 519 women)
Events 149 in 17 sports
Opening ceremony July 19
Closing ceremony August 3
Officially opened by Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Athlete's Oath Heikki Savolainen
Olympic Torch Paavo Nurmi and
Hannes Kolehmainen
Stadium Olympic Stadium

The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were celebrated in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The Olympic sports comprise all the Sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Juho Kusti Paasikivi juho kusti pɑsikiʋi ( November 27, 1870 &ndash December 14, 1956) was the 7th President of Finland (1946–1956 The Olympic Oath is taken by one athlete and one judge at the opening ceremonies of each Olympic Games. The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a Symbol of the Olympic Games. Paavo Johannes Nurmi ( ( 13 June 1897 &ndash 2 October 1973) was a Finnish runner. Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen ( ( 9 December 1889 &ndash 11 January 1966) was a Finnish long-distance The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece Stadium of the Summer Olympic Games. The Helsinki Olympic Stadium, (in Finnish and Swedish: Olympiastadion) located in the Töölö district about 2 km from the center of the Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Helsinki had been elected as the host city over rival bids from Amsterdam and five American cities: Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Philadelphia at the 40th IOC Session on June 21, 1947, in Stockholm, Sweden. Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə This is the list of International Olympic Committee (IOC meetings Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics but they were cancelled due to World War II. The anticipated 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad and originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6 World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The voting results, in a chart below, comes from the International Olympic Committee Vote History web page.

1952 Summer Olympics Bidding Results
City NOC Name Round 1 Round 2
Helsinki Flag of Finland Finland 14 15
Los Angeles, California Flag of the United States United States 4 5
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota Flag of the United States United States 4 5
Amsterdam Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 3 3
Detroit, Michigan Flag of the United States United States 2 -
Chicago, Illinois Flag of the United States United States 1 -
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Flag of the United States United States - -

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Highlights

Paavo Nurmi and the Olympic Flame
Paavo Nurmi and the Olympic Flame

Sports

A Romanian poster promoting the 1952 Olympics
A Romanian poster promoting the 1952 Olympics

Demonstration sports

Participating nations

Participating nations. Pictured in blue are nations participating for the first time.
Participating nations. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania 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 Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, nine events in flatwater 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 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 Final results for the Hockey Competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics: Only a men's competition occurred that year The 1952 Olympic football tournament signalled the arrival (to Western Europeans at least of the ' Golden Team ' the 'Magical Magyars' Hungary. Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events 7 for women and 8 for men At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, two events in Modern pentathlon were contested Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics featured 7 events for men only At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, five events in Sailing were contested 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 Final results for the Water polo tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics: Medal summary The Weightlifting competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki consisted of seven weight classes all for men only At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 16 Wrestling events were contested for all men Baseball returned as a Demonstration sport for the third time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Pictured in blue are nations participating for the first time.

A total of 69 nations participated in these Games, up from 59 in the 1948 Games. The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was held in London Twelve nations made their first Olympic appearance in 1952: The Bahamas, Gold Coast (now Ghana), Guatemala, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Netherlands Antilles, Nigeria, Soviet Union (USSR), Thailand, and Vietnam. The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent sovereign English -speaking country consisting of two thousand Cays and This article is about the British colony in west Africa 1821-1957 The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Netherlands Antilles ( Dutch:) previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies, is part of the Lesser Antilles Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially Due to the division of Germany, German athletes from Saar entered a separate team for the first and only time. As a consequence of Germany 's defeat in World War II and the onset of the Cold War, the country was split between the two global blocs in the East and West The Saar or Saar Area or Saar Protectorate or Saar Region was a French-German borderland territory twice temporarily made a protectorate

Medal count

Main article: 1952 Summer Olympics medal count

These are the top ten nations that won medals at these Games. Argentina competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Australia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Austria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Bahamas competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland Belgium competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Bermuda competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Brazil competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. British Guiana (now Guyana) competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Bulgaria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Burma competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Canada competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Chile competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Cuba competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Denmark competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Egypt competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Finland was the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. France competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Germany competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Gold Coast, now known as Ghana, competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland Greece competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Guatemala competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland Hong Kong competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland Hungary competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Iceland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. India competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Indonesia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland Iran competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Ireland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Israel competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Italy competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Jamaica competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Japan competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Lebanon competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Liechtenstein competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Luxembourg competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Mexico competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Monaco competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Netherlands Antilles competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, New Zealand competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Nigeria competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Norway competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Pakistan competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Panama competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Philippines competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Poland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Portugal competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Puerto Rico competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Romania competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. A NOC of the Saarland was founded in spring of 1950 in the Saar protectorate which existed from 1947 to 1956 in the Saarland, a region of Western Germany Singapore competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. South Africa competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Soviet Union (USSR competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland Spain competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Sweden competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Switzerland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Thailand competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Athletes from Trinidad competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Turkey competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Uruguay competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Venezuela competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The State of Vietnam competed as Vietnam in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States 40 19 17 76
2 Soviet Union Soviet Union 22 30 19 71
3 Hungary Hungary 16 10 16 42
4 Sweden Sweden 12 13 10 35
5 Italy Italy 8 9 4 21
6 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7 3 3 13
7 France France 6 6 6 18
8 Finland Finland (host nation) 6 3 13 22
9 Australia Australia 6 2 3 11
10 Norway Norway 3 2 0 5

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The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Soviet Union (USSR competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland Hungary competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Sweden competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Italy competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. France competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Finland was the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Australia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Norway competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC) uses Three letter acronym country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic Although the first Olympic coin can be traced back to 480 BC the modern Olympics did not see its first commemoratives until 1951
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