Editing 1952 Summer Olympics (section)

==Sports events==
There were 4,925 athletes from 69 countries, with the [[Soviet Union at the Olympics|Soviet Union]] making its Olympic debut and [[Germany at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Germany]] participating for the first time since [[World War II]]. A total of 149 events were held in 17 different sports.<ref name="archive">{{cite web | title = Helsinki 1952 – Games of the XV Olympiad | publisher = International Olympic Committee | url = http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1952 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080619052922/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1952 | url-status = dead | date = 2016-03-11 |archive-date=2008-06-19}}</ref><ref name="facts">{{cite web| title= Factsheet – The Games of the Olympiad |url = http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Summer_Games.pdf | publisher = International Olympic Committee | date = 2013 | access-date= 2016-03-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110112051935/http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Summer_Games.pdf | archive-date = 2011-01-12 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

The most-medalling athletes of the Games were [[Viktor Chukarin]] of the Soviet Union, who won four gymnastics Olympic gold medals, and [[Czechoslovakia at the Olympics|Czechoslovakia]]'s [[Emil Zátopek]], who won three track golds. The [[United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics|United States]] won the most gold and total medals, with 40 and 76. The host country, [[Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Finland]], had 6 gold, 3 silver and 13 bronze medals.<ref name="about">{{cite web | title = Helsinki 1952 | publisher = Official Website of the Olympic Movement | url = http://www.olympic.org/helsinki-1952-summer-olympics | date = 2016-03-11}}</ref><ref name="event">{{cite web | title = Event results | publisher = Official Website of the Olympic Movement | url = http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/eventresultpagegeneral/?athletename=&country=&sport2=&games2=1952%2f1&event2=&mengender=true&womengender=true&mixedgender=true&goldmedal=true&silvermedal=true&bronzemedal=true&worldrecord=false&olympicrecord=false&teamclassification=true&individualclassification=true&winter=true&summer=true | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160423161922/http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/eventresultpagegeneral/?athletename=&country=&sport2=&games2=1952%2f1&event2=&mengender=true&womengender=true&mixedgender=true&goldmedal=true&silvermedal=true&bronzemedal=true&worldrecord=false&olympicrecord=false&teamclassification=true&individualclassification=true&winter=true&summer=true | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2016-04-23 | date = 2016-03-11 }}</ref><ref name="sr">{{cite web | url = http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ | title = 1952 Helsinki Summer Games | publisher = Sports-Reference | date = 2016-03-11 | access-date = June 8, 2021 | archive-date = September 6, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080906203327/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Shooting===
[[File:Juhlaliputettu Malmin ampumarata.jpg|thumb|Malmi Shooting Range]]
{{Main article | Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Shooting was competed in seven events, six of which (rifle sports) were conducted at the [[Malmi Shooting Range]] in moderately difficult wind conditions. Tough results were still fired in Helsinki, as the top four deer shooting broke world records. World records for knee position were also broken in free and small rifles. Shotgun shooting took place at the Huopalahti shooting range.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=118}}

Ten countries took medals from the shooting. Norway was the only country to win two gold medals, with the Soviet Union winning the most medals. [[Boris Andreyev (shooter)|Boris Andreyev]] was the only Soviet shooter to win two multiple medals.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|p=166}} A Finnish winner was already celebrated in a miniature rifle when [[Vilho Ylönen]] had time to play on the radio ''[[Björneborgarnas marsch]]''. However, in an hour-long countdown, the Norwegian [[Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug]] was declared the winner of the competition.{{sfn|Raevuori|2002|pp=160–162}}

===Football===
[[File:Football match Hungary-Finland 1952 (7-OS; JOKAHBL3D C01-3).tif|thumb|Football match between Hungary and Finland, [[Veikko Asikainen]] and [[Ferenc Puskas]] are in the forefront]]
{{Main article | Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
The football tournament started even before the official opening, as the one-piece qualifiers took place on 15–16 July in Kotka, Lahti, Tampere, Turku and Helsinki. There were 27 countries registered for the tournament, but [[Saarland national football team|Saarland]] and [[Mexican national football team|Mexico]] dropped out before the Games.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=130}}

[[Hungarian national football team|Hungary]] ''[[Golden Team]]'' won the gold when it knocked down the [[Yugoslav national football team|Yugoslavia]] in the final with a score of 2–0. [[Swedish national football team|Sweden]] won a bronze medal.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|p=168}} In the final, the Olympic Stadium had 58 553 paid spectators, the largest number of spectators in Finland watching a football match.{{sfn|Raevuori|2002|p=73}}

The first meeting between the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]] and [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] in football is still amongst the most famous matches. On the political level, the Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]] and the Yugoslav leader [[Josip Broz Tito|Josip Tito]] [[Tito–Stalin Split|split in 1948]], which resulted in [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] being excluded from the [[Informbiro period|Communist Information Bureau]]. The origin of the conflict was Tito's refusal to submit to Stalin's interpretations and visions of politics and in process becoming a Soviet [[satellite state]]. Before the match, both Tito and Stalin sent telegrams to their national teams, which showed just how important it was for the two head of states. Yugoslavia led 5–1, but a Soviet comeback in the last 15 minutes resulted in a 5–5 draw. The match was replayed, Yugoslavia winning 3–1. The defeat to the archrivals hit Soviet football hard, and after just three games played in the season, [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], who had made up most of the USSR squad, was forced to withdraw from the [[Soviet Top League|league]] by Joseph Stalin and later disbanded. Furthermore, [[Boris Arkadiev]], who coached both USSR and CDKA, was stripped of his [[Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR and Russia|Merited Master of Sports]] of the USSR title.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Piskor |first1=Tommy | title=USSR – Yugoslavia, the Story of Two Different Football Conceptions| work=russianfootballnews.com | url=http://russianfootballnews.com/ussr-yugoslavia-the-story-of-two-different-football-conceptions/ | date=December 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170424080019/http://russianfootballnews.com/ussr-yugoslavia-the-story-of-two-different-football-conceptions/ |archive-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref>

===Basketball===
[[File:Suomi-Argentiina.jpg|thumbnail|[[Finland men's national basketball team|Finland]] and [[Mexico men's national basketball team|Mexico]] in the preliminary stage]]
{{Main article | Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
23 teams entered basketball, ten of which made it directly to the actual tournament. The remaining 13 countries took the final six places in the Olympic tournament before the official opening of the Olympic Games.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=672}}

In basketball, the gold medal was won by the [[United States men's national basketball team|United States]], who defeated [[Soviet Union men's national basketball team|Soviet Union]] in the final 36–25. The final match was relatively slow-paced, as the Soviet Union tried to keep up with the United States by freezing the game. The United States had already clearly beat the Soviet Union 86–58 earlier in the tournament. The bronze was won by [[Uruguay men's national basketball team|Uruguay]], who also organized a mass battle after being dissatisfied with the referee's work.{{sfn|Raevuori|2002|p=180}}

===Field hockey===
{{Main|Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Field hockey was included in the Helsinki Olympic Games in the range of sports on the condition that a maximum of 12 teams register for the Games. In the end, 16 teams applied for the competition, from which the [[Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon|International Field Hockey Federation]] selected 12 countries to participate in the competition venue. Eventually, four countries dropped out of the Games, so the remaining 12 teams that had applied for the competition were able to take part in the Olympic tournament.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=690}}

The tournament started with two rounds before the Games opened,{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=690}} and the final match was held on July 24.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=691}} [[India men's national field hockey team|India]] and [[Netherlands men's national field hockey team|Netherlands]] met in the [[Helsinki Velodrome|Velodrome]] final, with India winning its fifth consecutive gold under captaincy of [[Kunwar Digvijay Singh]] with a score of 6–1.{{sfn|Raevuori|2002|p=180}}

===Canoeing===
{{Main article | Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
[[Canoeing]] competitions were held [[Taivallahti (Helsinki)|Taivallahti]] 27–28 July. There were a total of 159 participants in eight men's and women's only races, coming from 21 countries.{{Sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=624}}

Canoeing was a celebration in Finland, as four of the nine sports went to the host country. In addition, the Finns took one silver and a bronze. The double gold medalists were [[Kurt Wires]] and [[Yrjö Hietanen]] who won the [[kayak]] duo's 1,000 and 10,000 meters. In the only women's sport, the 500-meter kayak unit, gold was taken by [[Sylvi Saimo]], who was the first Finnish female gold medalist in the summer competitions. The second most successful country in kayaking was Sweden, which won one gold and three silver.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|p=165}}

===Fencing===
{{Main article | Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Helsinki Olympics [[fencing]] competitions were held on the [[Espoo]] side of the [[Westend Tennis Hall]].{{sfn|Raevuori|2002|p=126}} The men competed with [[Épée]], [[Sabre (fencing)|sabre]] and [[Foil (fencing)|foil]] in both personal competition and team competition. The women had only a personal competition for foil in the program. There were 250 men and 37 women from 32 countries.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=471}}

Italy, Hungary and France were, as usual, the best fencing countries and took all the gold medals. A total of six countries reached medals. The Mangiarot brothers [[Edoardo Mangiarotti|Edoardo]] and [[Dario Mangiarotti|Dario]] took a double victory over the film. Hungarian swordsmen won a triple victory over the preserve.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=166–167}}

===Modern Pentathlon===
{{Main article | Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
The Modern pentathlon Olympic competitions was held at Ahvenisto [[Hämeenlinna]]. A total of 51 competitors from 19 countries entered the sport. For the first time in Olympic history, the sport also included a team competition.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=505}}

Sweden, Hungary and Finland shared the medals. Sweden's [[Lars Hall]] won the individual competition, and Hungary was the best in the team competition. Before Hall, all Olympic winners of the sport have been [[Officer (armed forces)|officers]]. However, Hall was a carpenter by profession.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|p=167}}

===Boxing===
[[File:Helsinki Olympics 1952 (334-OS; JOKAHBL3D C01-126).tif|thumb|The Finnish boxers exercise. [[Pentti Niinivuori]] and [[Erkki Mallenius]] amongst others are watching while [[Börje Grönroos]] is boxing]]

{{Main article | Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
[[Töölö Sports Hall]] held Olympic boxing between 28 July to 2 August in ten weight classes. There were a total of 240 participants.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=396}} A total of 17 countries won medals. The most successful boxing country was the United States, which won five gold. The Soviet Union won the most medals, but its boxers did not win a single championship. Finnish boxers reached five medals.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=160–161}} In the middle series, the American [[Floyd Patterson]] knocked out Romanian [[Vasile Tiță]] in a record-breaking 42 seconds. The American [[Norvel Lee]], who won the heavyweight series, was awarded as the most technical boxer in the Games. In the heavyweight series [[Ed Sanders (boxer)|Ed Sanders]] got gold when the Swedish [[Ingemar Johansson]] was rejected for his passivity. Johansson did not receive his silver medal until 1982.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|p=161}}

===Wrestling===
[[File:Helsinki Olympic Games 1952 (Numeroimaton; JOKAHBL3D C01-223).tif|thumb|250px|Wrestling in Helsinki]]
{{Main article | Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Wrestling was held in Helsinki in eight weight classes in both [[Greco-Roman wrestling]] and [[freestyle wrestling]]. All finals were held in the larger Exhibition Hall I, but freestyle wrestling events were held in the smaller Exhibition Hall II. Free button competitions were held on 20–23. July, and Greco-Roman wrestling matches took place on 24–27 July.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=346}}

The most successful wrestling country was the Soviet Union, whose athletes won six gold and a total of ten medals in the sport. Sweden dominated free wrestling and received the second highest number of medals in wrestling overall.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=159–160}} The overwhelming athlete in wrestling was the Soviet [[Johannes Kotkas]], who competed in the heavy series of Greco-Roman wrestling. He managed to beat all his opponents in less than five minutes.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|p=160}}

===Weightlifting===
[[File:Mannerheimintie 17 - Helsinki 1952 - N157785 - hkm.HKMS000005-km0000m5ul.jpg|thumb|250px|Weightlifting light heavyweight (90kg) competition in the [[Töölön kisahalli]]]]
{{Main article | Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
The Olympic weightlifting competition was held in seven weight classes with 141 competitors. Initially, there were to be only six weight classes, but a light heavyweight series was also added to the program, as a result of which the weight limit for the heavyweight series increased from 82.5 kilograms to 90 kilograms. The addition of the new weight class took place so late that there was no time to change the race program. Weightlifting was carried out according to plan at the Exhibition Hall on 25–27 July.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=382}}

All seven gold medals were awarded to athletes from the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviets won a total of seven medals, but the Americans took four championships, while the Soviets only took three. A total of five world records were set in weightlifting.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=160–161}} In the heavyweight series [[John Davis (weightlifter)|John Davis]] continued his superiority, Davis had not lost a single event since 1938 and continued with his victory in Helsinki as well.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|p=161}}

===Sailing===
{{Main article | Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
[[File:1952 5.5m race.PNG|thumbnail|5.5m class competition. The second boat left is the championship winning ''Complex II''.]]

The competition took place in the waters of Helsinki from 20 to 28 May in five different categories. Larger boats sailed in front of [[Harmaja]] lighthouse island, and the [[Finn (dinghy)|Finn]] race was held near [[Liuskasaari]]. A total of 93 crews from 29 countries took part in the competition.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=638}}

The United States, Norway and Sweden took three medals. The United States was the only country to reach two gold medals in sailing. In the [[Finn (dinghy)|Finn]] that developed from the Firefly class, the Danish [[Paul Elvstrøm]] won the overwhelming championship.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=165–166}} The gold medal was the second in Elvstrøm's career. He later became the first athlete to win the same sport four times in a row (individual disciplines).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?par_i_id=37250 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080801130749/http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?par_i_id=37250 | url-status = dead |archive-date = August 1, 2008 | title = Paul Elvstrom | publisher = Official website of the Olympic Movement |work=Olympic.ca}}</ref>

===Cycling===
{{Main article | Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
[[File:Helsingin_olympialaiset_1952.jpg|thumb|Racers turn from Käpyläntie to Koskelantie during the road cycling race.]]
In cycling, medals were awarded in six sports, four for [[track cycling]] and two for [[road bicycle racing|road racing]]. In total, 214 competitors from 36 countries took part in the cycling. Track cycling competitions were held from 29 to 31 July and road driving on 2 August.

A total of seven countries collected medals and gold medals went to Italy, Australia and Belgium. Italy was the most successful country with five medals. Two gold medals went to Australian [[Russell Mockridge]], who won the championship in the kilometer time trial and with his partner in tandem racing, and the Belgian [[André Noyelle]], who won the 190 kilometer road race personal competition and team competition.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|p=164}}

===Equestrian===
{{Main article | Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Equestrian events were competed in [[dressage]], [[Eventing]] and [[show jumping]] in person and in team competition in a total of six sports. Eight countries won medals in horseback riding, and Sweden was by far the most successful country. The Swedes won both races in both dressage and field riding.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|p=167}}

For the events in first time non-military officers including women were allowed to take part in dressage events in Helsinki. In a show jumping, Danish [[Lis Hartel]], paralyzed from her knees down, was the first woman to win a riding medal after finishing second in the Olympics.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|p=167}}

===Rowing===
{{Main article | Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
[[Rowing (sport)|Rowers]] competed in seven sports from the 20th to the 23rd of July.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=606}} The competition was held in [[Meilahti]], as Taivallahti, where the canoeing competitions took place, was too open to the sea breeze.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=54}} There were a total of 409 entrants from 33 countries.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=606}}

Representatives from fourteen countries won medals, and only American rowers won two gold medals.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|p=164}} The youngest Olympic winner of the Games was seen in Rowing. In the coxswain duo, the French winning team included 14 years old [[Bernard Malivoire]].{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=607}}

===Diving===
[[File:Helsingin olympialaiset 1952 - XLVIII-287 - hkm.HKMS000005-km0000mrfl.jpg|thumb|Diving competitions at [[Helsinki Swimming Stadium]]]]

{{Main | Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Diving competed in a total of four men's and women's events. The United States led the events, as nine of the 12 medals in the distribution went to the country. In addition to the United States, only France, Mexico and Germany won medals in the sport. [[Pat McCormick (diver)|Patricia McCormick]] won Olympic gold in the women's events from both the three-meter springboard and the ten-meter floor jump.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=158–159}}

===Swimming===
{{Main article | Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
At the [[Helsinki Swimming Stadium]] men competed in six sports and women in five sports. High-level competitions were held from July 25 to 2 August. [[Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics in London]] had resulted in significant progress in the sport, and every Olympic record was broken in each event.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=558}}

The Americans dominated men's events and the Hungarians dominated women. Both countries won four gold medals.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=158–159}} [[Ford Konno]] was the most successful swimmer with two gold medals and one silver. In the women's events [[Katalin Szőke]] won two gold medals and [[Éva Novák]] two silver in addition to the gold medal. The only world record in the Games was set by the Hungarian women's 4 × 100 meter freestyle message team. The Helsinki Olympics, was the last instance where competitors could participate in [[Breaststroke]] in the [[butterfly stroke]]. In the men's events, no athlete swimming in the breaststroke style made it to the finals. In women, Novák won silver.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=158–159}}

===Water polo===
[[File:Helsingin olympialaiset 1952 - XLVIII-286 - hkm.HKMS000005-km0000mrfj.jpg|thumb|Water polo match at [[Helsinki Swimming Stadium]]]]
{{Main article | Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
A total of 21 countries took part in the water polo tournament. The initial series of the Games was to be played in the offshore pools, but due to the coolness of the water, the [[FINA|International Swimming Federation]] ordered all the matches to be played at the Swimming Stadium. Because of this, some of the matches in the first series had to be played as early as six in the morning.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=121}}

The water polo championship was decided in the final block, where the four teams faced each other once. [[Hungarian national water polo team|Hungary]] and [[Yugoslavia men's national water polo team|Yugoslavia]] ended in a draw after winning two other matches and playing 2–2 each other. Hungary won gold with a better goal difference.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=121}}

===Gymnastics===
{{Main article | Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
The 1952 Olympic gymnastics was dominated by the Soviet Union, which despite participating in the Games for the first time, had already been an established gymnastics power by 1952. The USSR's athletes won nine gold medals and took a total of 22 medals. Finland, Germany and Switzerland, who previously dominated the gymnastics at the Olympics, were content with more modest success.{{sfn|Raevuori|2002|p=87}} A total of fifteen medals were awarded, eight men's and seven women's sports.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=162–163}}

The most personal medals in gymnastics were taken by [[Viktor Chukarin]] in the men's events and [[Maria Gorokhovskaya]] in the women's events. Chukarin won four gold and two silver. Gorokhovskaya won medals in every women's sport. Her seven-medal catch (two gold and five silver) was a record for one women's Olympics.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=162–163}}

===Athletics===
{{Main article | Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
[[File:Zatopek-Gorno-1952.jpg|thumbnail | [[Emil Zátopek]] and [[Reinaldo Gorno]] after the marathon.]]

Athletics was competed in 33 sports, 24 for men and 9 for women. By far the most successful state was the United States, which won 31 medals, nine of which were gold. The Soviet Union reached 17 medals, but won only two championships, and the eight-medal country Germany was left without first places. The second medalist was Czechoslovakia, with four of the five medals being the brightest.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=155–158}}

[[Emil Zátopek]] won the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, as well as the marathon, which he had never run before, all in new Olympic record times. On the women's side, the Australian [[Marjorie Jackson]] won the 100 and 200 meter runs. World records were set in seven events. In the triple jump [[Adhemar Ferreira da Silva]] broke the old world record four times. In the decathlon, [[Bob Mathias]] made a new ME and took the victory with a total score of 7,887 points, more than 900 points to the next.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=155–158}} [[Josy Barthel]] of [[Luxembourg]] pulled a major surprise by winning the 1500 m.

===Demonstration sports===
{{Main article | Handball at the 1952 Summer Olympics | Pesäpallo at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
According to the Olympic rules, the organizer of the Games was allowed to choose between two types of demonstration sports, one from abroad and one from Finland. In connection with the Helsinki Games, a [[handball]] and [[pesäpallo]] (Finnish baseball) match was held. In the handball match of the Games, Sweden and Denmark faced at the Olympic Stadium. The level of playing outside was modest due to heavy rain. Sweden won by a goal from 19 to 11.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=122}}

The pesäpallo  match was also played at the Olympic Stadium. The {{ill|Finnish Baseball Federation|fi|Suomen Pesäpalloliitto}} and [[Finnish Workers' Sports Federation]] teams competed in the event. The Baseball Federation won the match 8–4. During the breaks in both shows, the audience was entertained by the performances of Finnish male and female gymnasts.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=125}}

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! Events of the 1952 Summer Olympics 
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*Aquatics
**{{GamesSport|Diving|Events=4|Format=d}}
**{{GamesSport|Swimming|Events=11|Format=d}}
**{{GamesSport|Water polo|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Athletics|Events=33|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Basketball|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Boxing|Events=10|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Canoeing|Events=9|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}}
**Road <small>(2)</small>
**Track <small>(4)</small>
*{{GamesSport|Equestrian|Format=d}}
**Dressage <small>(2)</small>
**Eventing <small>(2)</small>
**Show jumping <small>(2)</small>
*{{GamesSport|Fencing|Events=7|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Field hockey|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Football|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Gymnastics|Events=15|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Modern pentathlon|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Rowing|Events=7|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Sailing|Events=5|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Shooting|Events=7|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Events=7|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}}
**Freestyle <small>(8)</small>
**Greco-Roman <small>(8)</small>
* [[Handball at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Handball]] (Demonstration)
* [[Pesäpallo at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Pesäpallo]] (Demonstration)
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