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Medal winners Helsinki 1952

Sport/Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Artistic Gymnastics
Individual All-Around, Men	Viktor Chukarin	URS	Hrant Shahinyan	URS	Sepp Stalder	SUI
Team All-Around, Men	Soviet Union	URS	Switzerland	SUI	Finland	FIN
Floor Exercise, Men	William Thoresson	SWE	Tadao Uesako Jerzy Jokiel	JPN POL	—	—
Horse Vault, Men	Viktor Chukarin	URS	Masao Takemoto	JPN	Tadao Uesako Takashi Ono	JPN JPN
Parallel Bars, Men	Hans Eugster	SUI	Viktor Chukarin	URS	Sepp Stalder	SUI
Horizontal Bar, Men	Jack Günthard	SUI	Alfred Schwarzmann Sepp Stalder	GER SUI	—	—
Rings, Men	Hrant Shahinyan	URS	Viktor Chukarin	URS	Hans Eugster Dmitry Leonkin	SUI URS
Pommelled Horse, Men	Viktor Chukarin	URS	Hrant Shahinyan Yevgeny Korolkov	URS URS	—	—
Individual All-Around, Women	Mariya Gorokhovskaya	URS	Nina Bocharova	URS	Margit Korondi	HUN
Team All-Around, Women	Soviet Union	URS	Hungary	HUN	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Team Portable Apparatus, Women	Sweden	SWE	Soviet Union	URS	Hungary	HUN
Floor Exercise, Women	Ágnes Keleti	HUN	Mariya Gorokhovskaya	URS	Margit Korondi	HUN
Horse Vault, Women	Yekaterina Kalinchuk	URS	Mariya Gorokhovskaya	URS	Galina Minaicheva	URS
Uneven Bars, Women	Margit Korondi	HUN	Mariya Gorokhovskaya	URS	Ágnes Keleti	HUN
Balance Beam, Women	Nina Bocharova	URS	Mariya Gorokhovskaya	URS	Margit Korondi	HUN
Athletics
100 metres, Men	Lindy Remigino	USA	Herb McKenley	JAM	McDonald Bailey	GBR
200 metres, Men	Andy Stanfield	USA	Thane Baker	USA	Jimmy Gathers	USA
400 metres, Men	George Rhoden	JAM	Herb McKenley	JAM	Ollie Matson	USA
800 metres, Men	Mal Whitfield	USA	Arthur Wint	JAM	Heinz Ulzheimer	GER
1,500 metres, Men	Josy Barthel	LUX	Bob McMillen	USA	Werner Lueg	GER
5,000 metres, Men	Emil Zátopek	TCH	Alain Mimoun	FRA	Herbert Schade	GER
10,000 metres, Men	Emil Zátopek	TCH	Alain Mimoun	FRA	Aleksandr Anufriyev	URS
Marathon, Men	Emil Zátopek	TCH	Reinaldo Gorno	ARG	Gustaf Jansson	SWE
110 metres Hurdles, Men	Harrison Dillard	USA	Jack Davis	USA	Art Barnard	USA
400 metres Hurdles, Men	Charlie Moore	USA	Yury Lituyev	URS	John Holland	NZL
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men	Horace Ashenfelter	USA	Vladimir Kazantsev	URS	John Disley	GBR
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men	United States	USA	Soviet Union	URS	Hungary	HUN
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men	Jamaica	JAM	United States	USA	Unified Team of Germany	GER
10 kilometres Race Walk, Men	John Mikaelsson	SWE	Fritz Schwab	SUI	Bruno Junk	URS
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men	Pino Dordoni	ITA	Josef Doležal	TCH	Antal Róka	HUN
High Jump, Men	Buddy Davis	USA	Ken Wiesner	USA	José da Conceição	BRA
Pole Vault, Men	Bob Richards	USA	Don Laz	USA	Ragnar Lundberg	SWE
Long Jump, Men	Jerome Biffle	USA	Meredith Gourdine	USA	Ödön Földessy	HUN
Triple Jump, Men	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	Leonid Shcherbakov	URS	Asnoldo Devonish	VEN
Shot Put, Men	Parry O'Brien	USA	Darrow Hooper	USA	Jim Fuchs	USA
Discus Throw, Men	Sim Iness	USA	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	Jim Dillion	USA
Hammer Throw, Men	József Csermák	HUN	Karl Storch	GER	Imre Németh	HUN
Javelin Throw, Men	Cy Young	USA	Bill Miller	USA	Toivo Hyytiäinen	FIN
Decathlon, Men	Bob Mathias	USA	Milt Campbell	USA	Floyd Simmons	USA
100 metres, Women	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS
200 metres, Women	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	Puck Brouwer	NED	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS
80 metres Hurdles, Women	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	Mariya Golubnichaya	URS	Maria Sander	GER
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women	United States	USA	Unified Team of Germany	GER	Great Britain	GBR
High Jump, Women	Esther Brand	RSA	Sheila Lerwill	GBR	Aleksandra Chudina	URS
Long Jump, Women	Yvette Williams	NZL	Aleksandra Chudina	URS	Shirley Cawley	GBR
Shot Put, Women	Galina Zybina	URS	Marianne Werner	GER	Klavdiya Tochonova	URS
Discus Throw, Women	Nina Romashkova	URS	Yelizaveta Bagryantseva	URS	Nino Dumbadze	URS
Javelin Throw, Women	Dana Zátopková	TCH	Aleksandra Chudina	URS	Yelena Gorchakova	URS
Basketball
Basketball, Men	United States	USA	Soviet Union	URS	Uruguay	URU
Boxing
Flyweight, Men	Nate Brooks	USA	Edgar Basel	GER	Willie Toweel Anatoly Bulakov	RSA URS
Bantamweight, Men	Pentti Hämäläinen	FIN	John McNally	IRL	Gang Jun-Ho Gennady Garbuzov	KOR URS
Featherweight, Men	Ján Zachara	TCH	Sergio Caprari	ITA	Joseph Ventaja Len Leisching	FRA RSA
Lightweight, Men	Aureliano Bolognesi	ITA	Aleksy Antkiewicz	POL	Erkki Pakkanen Gheorghe Fiat	FIN ROU
Light-Welterweight, Men	Chuck Adkins	USA	Viktor Mednov	URS	Erkki Mallenius Bruno Visintin	FIN ITA
Welterweight, Men	Zygmunt Chychła	POL	Sergey Shcherbakov	URS	Viktor Jørgensen Günther Heidemann	DEN GER
Light-Middleweight, Men	László Papp	HUN	Theunis van Schalkwyk	RSA	Eladio Herrera Boris Tishin	ARG URS
Middleweight, Men	Floyd Patterson	USA	Vasile Tiță	ROU	Boris Nikolov Stig Sjölin	BUL SWE
Light-Heavyweight, Men	Norvel Lee	USA	Antonio Pacenza	ARG	Harry Siljander Anatoly Perov	FIN URS
Heavyweight, Men	Ed Sanders	USA	Ingemar Johansson	SWE	Ilkka Koski Dries Niemann	FIN RSA
Canoe Marathon
Kayak Singles, 10,000 metres, Men	Thorvald Strömberg	FIN	Gert Fredriksson	SWE	Michel Scheuer	GER
Kayak Doubles, 10,000 metres, Men	Finland	FIN	Sweden	SWE	Hungary	HUN
Canadian Singles, 10,000 metres, Men	Frank Havens	USA	Gábor Novák	HUN	Alfréd Jindra	TCH
Canadian Doubles, 10,000 metres, Men	France	FRA	Canada	CAN	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Canoe Sprint
Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men	Gert Fredriksson	SWE	Thorvald Strömberg	FIN	Louis Gantois	FRA
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men	Finland	FIN	Sweden	SWE	Austria	AUT
Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres, Men	Josef Holeček	TCH	János Parti	HUN	Olavi Ojanperä	FIN
Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men	Denmark	DEN	Czechoslovakia	TCH	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women	Sylvi Saimo	FIN	Gertrude Liebhart	AUT	Nina Savina	URS
Cycling Road
Road Race, Individual, Men	André Noyelle	BEL	Robert Grondelaers	BEL	Edi Ziegler	GER
Road Race, Team, Men	Belgium	BEL	Italy	ITA	France	FRA
Cycling Track
Sprint, Men	Enzo Sacchi	ITA	Lionel Cox	AUS	Werner Potzernheim	GER
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men	Russell Mockridge	AUS	Marino Morettini	ITA	Ray Robinson	RSA
Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men	Australia	AUS	South Africa	RSA	Italy	ITA
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men	Italy	ITA	South Africa	RSA	Great Britain	GBR
Diving
Springboard, Men	Skippy Browning	USA	Miller Anderson	USA	Bob Clotworthy	USA
Platform, Men	Sammy Lee	USA	Joaquín Capilla	MEX	Günther Haase	GER
Springboard, Women	Pat McCormick	USA	Mady Moreau	FRA	Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen	USA
Platform, Women	Pat McCormick	USA	Paula Jean Myers	USA	Juno Irwin	USA
Equestrian Dressage
Individual, Open	Henri Saint Cyr	SWE	Lis Hartel	DEN	André Jousseaumé	FRA
Team, Open	Sweden	SWE	Switzerland	SUI	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Equestrian Eventing
Individual, Men	Hans, Baron von Blixen-Finecke, Jr.	SWE	Guy Lefrant	FRA	Willi Büsing	GER
Team, Men	Sweden	SWE	Unified Team of Germany	GER	United States	USA
Equestrian Jumping
Individual, Men	Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola	FRA	Óscar Cristi	CHI	Fritz Thiedemann	GER
Team, Men	Great Britain	GBR	Chile	CHI	United States	USA
Fencing
Foil, Individual, Men	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA
Foil, Team, Men	France	FRA	Italy	ITA	Hungary	HUN
Épée, Individual, Men	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA	Dario Mangiarotti	ITA	Oswald Zappelli	SUI
Épée, Team, Men	Italy	ITA	Sweden	SWE	Switzerland	SUI
Sabre, Individual, Men	Pál Kovács	HUN	Aladár Gerevich	HUN	Tibor Berczelly	HUN
Sabre, Team, Men	Hungary	HUN	Italy	ITA	France	FRA
Foil, Individual, Women	Irene Camber-Corno	ITA	Ilona Elek	HUN	Karen Lachmann	DEN
Football
Football, Men	Hungary	HUN	Yugoslavia	YUG	Sweden	SWE
Hockey
Hockey, Men	India	IND	Netherlands	NED	Great Britain	GBR
Modern Pentathlon
Individual, Men	Lars Hall	SWE	Gábor Benedek	HUN	István Szondy	HUN
Team, Men	Hungary	HUN	Sweden	SWE	Finland	FIN
Rowing
Single Sculls, Men	Yury Tyukalov	URS	Merv Wood	AUS	Teodor Kocerka	POL
Double Sculls, Men	Argentina	ARG	Soviet Union	URS	Uruguay	URU
Coxless Pairs, Men	United States	USA	Belgium	BEL	Switzerland	SUI
Coxed Pairs, Men	France	FRA	Unified Team of Germany	GER	Denmark	DEN
Coxless Fours, Men	Yugoslavia	YUG	France	FRA	Finland	FIN
Coxed Fours, Men	Czechoslovakia	TCH	Switzerland	SUI	United States	USA
Eights, Men	United States	USA	Soviet Union	URS	Australia	AUS
Sailing
One Person Dinghy, Open	Paul Elvstrøm	DEN	Charles Currey	GBR	Rickard Sarby	SWE
Two Person Keelboat, Open	Merope	ITA	Comanche	USA	Espadarte	POR
Three Person Keelboat, Open	Pan	NOR	Tornado	SWE	Gustel X	GER
5.5 metres, Open	Complex II	USA	Encore	NOR	Hojwa	SWE
6 metres, Open	Llanoria	USA	Elisabeth X	NOR	Ralia	FIN
Shooting
Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men	Károly Takács	HUN	Szilárd Kun	HUN	Gheorghe Lichiardopol	ROU
Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men	Joe Benner	USA	Ángel León	ESP	Ambrus Balogh	HUN
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men	Anatoly Bogdanov	URS	Robert Bürchler	SUI	Lev Vaynshteyn	URS
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men	Erling Kongshaug	NOR	Vilho Ylönen	FIN	Boris Andreyev	URS
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men	Iosif Sîrbu	ROU	Boris Andreyev	URS	Art Jackson	USA
Running Target, Single and Double Shot, Men	John H. Larsen, Sr.	NOR	Olof Sköldberg	SWE	Tauno Mäki	FIN
Trap, Men	George Genereux	CAN	Knut Holmqvist	SWE	Hans Liljedahl	SWE
Swimming
100 metres Freestyle, Men	Clarke Scholes	USA	Hiroshi Suzuki	JPN	Göran Larsson	SWE
400 metres Freestyle, Men	Jean Boiteux	FRA	Ford Konno	USA	Per-Olof Östrand	SWE
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men	Ford Konno	USA	Shiro Hashizume	JPN	Tetsuo Okamoto	BRA
4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men	United States	USA	Japan	JPN	France	FRA
100 metres Backstroke, Men	Yoshi Oyakawa	USA	Gilbert Bozon	FRA	Jack Taylor	USA
200 metres Breaststroke, Men	John Davies	AUS	Bo Stassforth	USA	Herbert Klein	GER
100 metres Freestyle, Women	Katalin Szőke	HUN	Hannie Termeulen	NED	Judit Temes	HUN
400 metres Freestyle, Women	Valéria Gyenge	HUN	Éva Novák	HUN	Evelyn Kawamoto	USA
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women	Hungary	HUN	Netherlands	NED	United States	USA
100 metres Backstroke, Women	Joan Harrison	RSA	Geertje Wielema	NED	Jean Stewart	NZL
200 metres Breaststroke, Women	Éva Székely	HUN	Éva Novák	HUN	Elenor Gordon	GBR
Water Polo
Water Polo, Men	Hungary	HUN	Yugoslavia	YUG	Italy	ITA
Weightlifting
Bantamweight, Men	Ivan Udodov	URS	Mahmoud Namdjou	IRI	Ali Mirzai	IRI
Featherweight, Men	Rapael Chimishk'iani	URS	Nikolay Saksonov	URS	Rodney Wilkes	TTO
Lightweight, Men	Tommy Kono	USA	Yevgeny Lopatin	URS	Vern Barberis	AUS
Middleweight, Men	Pete George	USA	Gerry Gratton	CAN	Kim Seong-Jip	KOR
Light-Heavyweight, Men	Trofim Lomakin	URS	Stan Stanczyk	USA	Arkady Vorobyov	URS
Middle-Heavyweight, Men	Norb Schemansky	USA	Grigory Novak	URS	Lennox Kilgour	TTO
Heavyweight, Men	John Davis	USA	Jim Bradford	USA	Humberto Selvetti	ARG
Wrestling
Flyweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Boris Gurevich	URS	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Leo Honkala	FIN
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Imre Hódos	HUN	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	Artyom Teryan	URS
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Yakov Punkin	URS	Imre Polyák	HUN	Abdel Aal Rashid	EGY
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Shazam Safin	URS	Gustav Freij	SWE	Mikuláš Athanasov	TCH
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	Gösta Andersson	SWE	Khalil Taha	LBN
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Axel Grönberg	SWE	Kalervo Rauhala	FIN	Nikolay Belov	URS
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Kelpo Gröndahl	FIN	Shalva Chikhladze	URS	Karl-Erik Nilsson	SWE
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men	Johannes Kotkas	URS	Josef Růžička	TCH	Tauno Kovanen	FIN
Flyweight, Freestyle, Men	Hasan Gemici	TUR	Yushu Kitano	JPN	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men	Shohachi Ishii	JPN	Rəşid Məmmədbəyov	URS	Khashaba Jadhav	IND
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men	Bayram Şit	TUR	Nasser Givehchi	IRI	Joe Henson	USA
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men	Olle Anderberg	SWE	Tommy Evans	USA	Tofigh Jahanbakht	IRI
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men	Bill Smith	USA	Per Berlin	SWE	Abdollah Mojtabavi	IRI
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men	Davit Tsimak'uridze	URS	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI	György Gurics	HUN
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men	Viking Palm	SWE	Henry Wittenberg	USA	Adil Atan	TUR
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men	Arsen Mek'ok'ishvili	URS	Bertil Antonsson	SWE	Ken Richmond	GBR