HELSINKI 1952
The Games of the XV Summer Olympiad. July 19 - August 3, 1952. Helsinki, Finland.
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MEN
100 m
2.Herb McKenley (Jamaica)
400 m
1.George Rhoden (Jamaica)
2.Herb McKenley (Jamaica)
800 m
2.Arthur Wint (Jamaica)
1500 m
1.Josy Barthel (Luxembourg)
2.Bob McMillen (USA)
3.Werner Lueg (Germany)
4.Roger Bannister (Great Britain)
5.Patrik El Mabrouk (France)
5000 m
1.Emil Zatopek (Czechoslovakia)
2.Alain Mimoun (France)
10000 m
1.Emil Zatopek (Czechoslovakia)
2.Alain Mimoun (France)
3.Aleksandr Anufriyev (USSR)
110 m hurdles: 1.Harrison Dillard (USA)
4 x 100 m: 1.USA (Harrison Dillard)
4 x 400 m
1.Jamaica (Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden)
Marathon
1.Emil Zatopek (Czechoslovakia)
3.Gustaf Jansson (Sweden)
50 km walk
1.Giuseppe Dordoni (Italy)
Triple jump
1.Adhemar da Silva (Brazil)
High jump
1.Walt Davis (USA)
Pole vault
1.Bob Richards (USA)
3.Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden)
Shot put
1.Parry O’Brien (USA)
Discus throw
2.Adolfo Consolini (Italy)
Hammer throw
1.Jozsef Csermak (Hungary)
Decathlon
1.Bob Mathias (USA)
2.Milt Campbell (USA)
WOMEN
100 m
1.Marjorie Jackson (Australia)
3.Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (Australia)
200 m
1.Marjorie Jackson (Australia)
80 m hurdles
1.Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (Australia)
Long jump
1.Yvette Williams (New Zealand)
2.Aleksandra Chudina (USSR)
High jump
3.Aleksandra Chudina (USSR)
Discus throw
1.Nina Romashkova (USSR)
3.Nina Dumbadze (USSR)
Javelin throw
1.Dana Zatopkova (Czechoslovakia)
2.Aleksandra Chudina (USSR)
1.USA
3.Uruguay (Adesio Lombardo)
54 kg
1.Pentti Hamalainen (Finland)
67 kg
1.Zygmunt Chychla (Poland)
71 kg
1.Laszlo Papp (Hungary)
75 kg
1.Floyd Patterson (USA)
3-4.Boris Nikolov (Bulgaria)
81+ kg
2.Ingemar Johansson (Sweden)
MEN
C-1 1000 m
2.Janos Parti (Hungary)
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)
ROAD
Team road race
1.Belgium (Rik Van Looy)
3.France (Jacques Anquetil)
TRACK
Sprint
1.Enzo Sacchi (Italy)
MEN
10 m platform
1.Sammy Lee (USA)
2.Joaquin Capilla (Mexico)
WOMEN
3 m springboard
1.Pat McCormick (USA)
10 m platform
1.Pat McCormick (USA)
Individual dressage
1.Henri Saint Cyr (Sweden)
2.Lis Hartel (Denmark)
Team dressage
1.Sweden (Henri Saint Cyr)
2.Switzerland (Henri Chammartin)
Individual jumping
1.Pierre Jonqueres d’Oriola (France)
Team jumping
3.USA (William Steinkraus)
MEN
Individual epee
1.Edoardo Mangiarotti (Italy)
Team epee
1.Italy (Carlo Pavesi, Giuseppe Delfino, Edoardo Mangiarotti)
Individual foil
1.Christian d’Oriola (France)
2.Edoardo Mangiarotti (Italy)
Team foil
1.France (Christian d’Oriola)
2.Italy (Edoardo Mangiarotti)
3.Hungary (Tibor Berczelly, Aladar Gerevich)
Individual sabre: 1.Pal Kovacs (Hungary)
2.Aladar Gerevich (Hungary)
3.Tibor Berczelly (Hungary)
Team sabre: 1.Hungary (Bertalan Papp, Laszlo Rajcsanyi, Rudolf Karpati, Tibor Berczelly, Aladar Gerevich, Pal Kovacs)
1.India (Balbir Singh Sr)
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))
1.Hungary (Gyula Grosics, Jeno Buzansky, Mihaly Lantos, Gyula Lorant, Jozsef Bozsik, Jozsef Zakarias, Sandor Kocsis, Nandor Hidekguti, Peter Palotas, Ferenc Puskas, Zoltan Czibor)
Ferenc Puskas (Hungary)
2.Yugoslavia (Vujadin Boskov)
MEN
Team all-around: 1.USSR (Viktor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov, Hrant Shahinyan)
2.Switzerland (Josef Stalder)
Rings: 1.Hrant Shahinyan (USSR)
2.Viktor Chukarin (USSR)
Individual all-around
1.Viktor Chukarin (USSR)
2.Hrant Shahinyan (USSR)
3.Josef Stalder (Switzerland)
Horizontal bar
2-3.Josef Stalder (Switzerland)
Parallel bars
2.Viktor Chukarin (USSR)
3.Josef Stalder (Switzerland)
Pommel horse
1.Viktor Chukarin (USSR)
2-3.Hrant Shahinyan (USSR)
Vault
1.Viktor Chukarin (USSR)
3-4.Takashi Ono (Japan)
WOMEN
Team all-around
1.USSR (Nina Bocharova, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Medea Jugeli)
2.Hungary (Agnes Keleti, Margit Korondi)
Individual all-around
1.Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR)
2.Nina Bocharova (USSR)
3.Margit Korondi (Hungary)
Balance beam
1.Nina Bocharova (USSR)
2.Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR)
3.Margit Korondi (Hungary)
Floor exercise
1.Agnes Keleti (Hungary)
2.Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR)
3.Margit Korondi (Hungary)
Uneven bars
1.Margit Korondi (Hungary)
2.Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR)
3.Agnes Keleti (Hungary)
Vault
2.Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR)
Team portable apparatus
2.USSR (Maria Gorokhovskaya, Nina Bocharova)
3.Hungary (Margit Korondi, Agnes Keleti)
Individual
1.Lars Hall (Sweden)
2.Gabor Benedek (Hungary)
3.Istvan Szondy (Hungary)
Team
1.Hungary (Gabor Benedek, Aladar Kovacsi, Istvan Szondy)
2.Sweden (Lars Hall)
Coxed pairs
1.France (Raymond Salles, Gaston Mercier, Bernard Malivoire)
Finn
1.Paul Elvstrom (Denmark)
25 m rapid fire pistol
1.Karoly Takacs (Hungary)
50 m pistol
1.Huelet Benner (USA)
2.Angel Leon (Spain)
MEN
400 m freestyle
1.Jean Boiteux (France)
4 x 200 m freestyle
3.France (Jean Boiteux)
WOMEN
100 m freestyle: 1.Katalin Szoke (Hungary)
3.Judit Temes (Hungary)
400 m freestyle: 1.Valeria Gyenge (Hungary)
2.Eva Novak (Hungary)
200 m breaststroke: 1.Eva Szekely (Hungary)
2.Eva Novak (Hungary)
4 x 100 m freestyle: 1.Hungary (Ilona Novak, Judit Temes, Eva Novak, Katalin Szoke)
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 (Laszlo Jeney, Antal Bolvari, Dezso Gyarmati, Gyorgy Karpati, Kalman Markovits, Istvan Szivos, Gyorgy Vizvari)
2.Yugoslavia
60 kg
1.Rafael Chimishkyan (USSR)
3.Rodney Wilkes (Trinidad and Tobago)
67.5 kg
1.Tommy Kono (USA)
82.5 kg
3.Arkady Vorobyev (USSR)
90 kg
3.Lennox Kilgour (Trinidad and Tobago)
GRECO-ROMAN
57 kg: 1.Imre Hodos (Hungary)
73 kg: 1.Miklos Szilvasy (Hungary)
79 kg
1.Axel Gronberg (Sweden)
87+ kg
1.Johannes Kotkas (USSR)
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)
1.USA (40-19-17)
2.USSR (22-30-19)
3.HUNGARY (16-10-16)
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