United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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United States at the
1952 Summer Olympics
US flag 48 stars.svg
Flag of the United States
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
in Helsinki
Competitors286 (245 men and 41 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Norman Armitage
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
40
Silver
19
Bronze
17
Total
76
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 286 competitors - 245 men and 41 women - took part in 133 events in 18 sports.[1] It won 76 medals (40 gold), including 6 podium sweeps; the highest number of medal sweeps in a single Olympiad by one country since World War II and still a record (though achieved a few more times since).

Medalists[]

Gold[]

Silver[]

  • Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
  • Bob McMillen — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
  • Jack Davis — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
  • Gene Cole, Ollie Matson, Charles Moore, and Mal Whitfield — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
  • Ken Wiesner — Athletics, Men's High Jump
  • Don Laz — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
  • Meredith Gourdine — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
  • Darrow Hooper — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
  • Bill Miller — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
  • Milt Campbell — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
  • Miller Anderson — Diving, Men's Springboard Diving
  • Paula Myers-Pope — Diving, Women's Platform Diving
  • Ford Konno — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
  • Bowen Stassforth — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
  • Stanley Stanczyk — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
  • James Bradford — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
  • Jay Thomas Evans — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
  • Henry Wittenberg — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
  • John Price and John Reid — Sailing, Men's Star

Bronze[]

  • James Gathers — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
  • Ollie Matson — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
  • Arthur Barnard — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
  • James Fuchs — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
  • James Dillion — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
  • Floyd Simmons — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
  • Bob Clotworthy — Diving, Men's Springboard Diving
  • Zoe Olsen-Jensen — Diving, Women's Springboard Diving
  • Juno Irwin — Diving, Women's Platform Diving
  • Charles Hough, Jr., Walter Staley, and John Wofford — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
  • Arthur McCashin, John Russell, and William Steinkraus — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
  • Matt Leanderson, Carl Lovsted, Al Rossi, Al Ulbrickson, and Richard Wahlstrom — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
  • Arthur Jackson — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Prone
  • Jack Taylor — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
  • Evelyn Kawamoto — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
  • Jody Alderson, Evelyn Kawamoto, Jackie LaVine, and Marilee Stepan — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
  • Josiah Henson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

  • Lindy Remigino
  • First Round – 10.4s
  • Second Round – 10.4s
  • Semifinals – 10.5s
  • Final – 10.4s (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Dean Smith
  • First Round – 10.6s
  • Second Round – 10.4s
  • Semifinals – 10.6s
  • Final – 10.4s (→ 4th place)

Basketball[]

Main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Main Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Hungary (66-48)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (72-47)
  • Defeated Uruguay (57-44)
  • Final Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Soviet Union (86-58)
  • Defeated Chile (103-55)
  • Defeated Brazil (57-53)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Argentina (85-76)
  • Final
  • Defeated Soviet Union (36-25) → Gold medal.svg Gold Medal
  • Team Roster

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Final — 1:17.8 (→ 23rd place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Men's 4.000 m Team Pursuit

Diving[]

Main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

  • David Browning
  • Final — 205.29 points (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Final — 199.84 points (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Bob Clotworthy
  • Final — 184.92 points (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Pat McCormick
  • Preliminary Round — 51.25 points
  • Final — 79.37 points (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Paula Myers-Pope
  • Preliminary Round — 44.22 points
  • Final — 71.63 points (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Juno Stover-Irwin
  • Preliminary Round — 43.60 points
  • Final — 70.49 points (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)

Equestrian[]

Main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

20 fencers represented the United States in 1952.

Men's foil
  • Nate Lubell
  • Albie Axelrod
  • Daniel Bukantz
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
  • Edward Vebell, Paul Makler, Sr., Alfred Skrobisch, Joe de Capriles, James Strauch, Albert Wolff
Men's sabre
  • Joe de Capriles
  • George Worth
  • Allan Kwartler
Men's team sabre
  • Norman Cohn-Armitage, Joe de Capriles, Tibor Nyilas, Alex Treves, George Worth, Allan Kwartler
Women's foil

Football[]

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Preliminary round
Italy 8–0 United States
Gimona Goal 3', 51', 75'
Pandolfini Goal 16', 62'
Venturi Goal 27'
Fontanesi Goal 52'
Mariani Goal 87'		 Report
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 15,342
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

Roster:

Bob Burkard
Charlie Colombo
Bill Conterio
Elwood Cook
Jack Dunn
Harry Keough
Ed McHugh
Ruben Mendoza
Lloyd Monsen
Willy Schaller
Bill Sheppell
John Souza
Larry Surock

Coach: John Wood

Gymnastics[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon[]

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1952.

Individual
Team
  • Frederick Denman
  • Thad McArthur
  • Guy Troy

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

Men's single sculls
  • John B. Kelly Jr.
Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four
Men's eight

Sailing[]

Main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Six shooters represented the United States in 1952. Huelet Benner won gold in the 50 m pistol and Art Jackson won bronze in the 50 m rifle, prone.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Water polo[]

Main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

References[]

  1. ^ "United States at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United States Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

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