1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 81 athletes, 10 women and 71 men, in twelve sports.

Since 1896 , it was the twelfth participation of an Australian team in the Summer Olympics . This made Australia, along with Greece , France , Switzerland , the United Kingdom and the USA, one of the six nations that had previously participated in all the Summer Olympics.

Flag bearer

The rower Mervyn Wood carried the flag of Australia during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

See also → List of flag bearers of the Australian teams at the Olympic Games

Medalist

With six won gold, two silver and three bronze medals, the Australian team finished 9th in the medal count .

gold

Name / s	sport	competition
Marjorie Jackson	athletics	Women 100 meters
Marjorie Jackson	athletics	Women 200 meters
Shirley Strickland	athletics	Women 80 meter hurdles
John Davies	swim	200 meters chest
Russell Mockridge	Cycling	1,000 meters time trial
Lionel Cox and Russel Mockridge	Cycling	tandem

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Mervyn Wood	rowing	One
Lionel Cox	Cycling	sprint

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Shirley Strickland	athletics	Women 100 meters
David Anderson , Phil Cayzer , Ernest Chapman , Tom Chessell , Mervyn Finlay , Nimrod Greenwood , Edward Pain , Bob Tinning and Geoff Williamson	rowing	Eighth
Verdi Barberis	Weightlifting	lightweight

Participants by sport

Boxing

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Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)

• Ron Gower

  17th place

Feather weight (up to 57 kg)

• Don McDonnell

  17th place

Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)

• Norman Jones

  17th place

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

• Anthony Madigan

  5th place

Heavy weight (over 81 kg)

• Carl Fitzgerald

  9th place

fencing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Fencing

Men

Foil single

• John Fethers

  Preliminary round, group 5: five wins / two defeats, 4th place; qualified for the quarter-finals

  Quarter-finals, group 6: two wins / three losses, rank 6; eliminated

• Jock Gibson

  Preliminary round, group 3: one win / four losses, rank 6; eliminated

• Ivan Lund

  Preliminary round, group 2: three wins / three losses, 5th place; eliminated

Foil team

• John Fethers, Jock Gibson, Ivan Lund and Charles Stanmore

  Preliminary round, group 4: 3-13 defeat against Sweden and 9-0 defeat against France, 3rd place; eliminated

Epee single

• John Fethers

  Preliminary round, group 8: three wins / four losses, 4th place; qualified for the quarter-finals

  Quarter-finals, group 5: four wins / four losses, 5th place; eliminated

• Ivan Lund

  Preliminary round, group 5: five wins / two losses, 1st place; qualified for the quarter-finals

  Quarter-finals, group 3: one win / six losses, rank 8; eliminated

• Charles Stanmore

  Preliminary round, group 4: one win / six losses, rank 8; eliminated

Epee team

• John Fethers, Jock Gibson, Ivan Lund and Charles Stanmore

  Preliminary round, group 5: 4:11 loss to Finland and 3: 8 loss to Luxembourg, 3rd place; eliminated

Saber single

• John Fethers

  Preliminary round, group 4: two wins / six losses, 6th place; eliminated

  Quarter finals

• Jock Gibson

  Preliminary round, group 2: two wins / five losses, 7th place; eliminated

• Ivan Lund

  Preliminary round, group 1: two wins / five losses, rank 8; eliminated

  Quarter finals

Saber crew

• John Fethers, Jock Gibson, Ivan Lund and Charles Stanmore

  Preliminary round, group 3: 4:12 defeat against Denmark and 1: 9 defeat against Egypt, 3rd place; eliminated

Women

Foil single

• Patricia Norford

  Preliminary round, group 3: no win / five defeats, rank 6; eliminated

• Catherine Pym

  Preliminary round, group 5: one win / four losses, rank 5; eliminated

Weightlifting

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Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

• Verdi Barberis

  3rd place

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

• Fred Giffin

  15th place

Medium weight (up to 90 kg)

• Kenneth McDonald

  6th place

athletics

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Men

100 m

• John Treloar

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the quarter-finals in run 1 (rank 1) with 10.7 s (hand-stopped) or 10.92 s (electronic)

  Quarter-finals: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 1 (rank 2) with 10.7 s (hand-stopped) or 10.84 s (electronic)

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the final in run 2 (3rd place) with 10.6 s (hand-stopped) or 10.76 s (electronic)

  Final: 10.5 s (hand-stopped) or 10.91 s (electronic), rank 6

200 m

• Edwin Carr

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the quarter-finals in run 17 (1st place) with 22.0 s (hand-stopped) or 22.19 s (electronic)

  Quarter-finals: in run 3 (3rd place) with 21.8 s (hand-stopped) or 21.98 s (electronically) not qualified for the semi-finals

• John Treloar

  Preliminary runs: in run 18 (rank 1) with 21.5 s (hand-stopped) or 21.75 s (electronic) qualified for the quarter-finals

  Quarter-finals: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 6 (rank 1) with 21.6 s (hand-stopped) or 21.86 s (electronic)

  Semi-finals: Run 2 not finished

400 m

• Edwin Carr

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (3rd place) with 48.0 s (hand-stopped) or 48.23 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Morris Curotta

  Preliminary runs: in run 7 (rank 2) with 48.7 s (hand-stopped) or 48.87 s (electronically) qualified for the quarter-finals

  Quarter-finals: in run 2 (rank 4) with 48.8 s (hand-stopped) or 48.86 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

800 m

• Don MacMillan

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 5 (3rd place) with 1: 55.0 minutes

  Semi-finals: in run 1 (rank 8) with 1: 58.4 min. Not qualified for the final

1,500 m

• John Landy

  Preliminary runs: in run 4 (5th place) with 3: 57.0 minutes (hand-stopped) or 3: 57.14 minutes (electronically) not qualified for the semi-finals

• Don MacMillan

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 1 (4th place) with 3: 52.0 minutes (hand-stopped) or 3: 52.30 minutes (electronic)

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the final in run 1 (3rd place) with 3: 50.8 minutes (hand-stopped) or 3: 50.81 minutes (electronic)

  Final: 3: 49.6 min. (Hand-stopped) or 3: 49.77 min., Rank 9

5,000 m

• John Landy

  Prelims: in run 1 (rank 10) with 14: 56.4 minutes (hand-stopped) not qualified for the final

• Leslie Perry

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the final in run 3 (4th place) with 14: 27.0 minutes (hand-stopped) or 14: 27.18 minutes (electronically)

  Final: 14: 23.6 min. (Hand-stopped) or 14: 23.16 min. (Electronic), rank 6

10,000 m

• Leslie Perry

  Race not finished

marathon

• Robert Prentice

  2: 43: 13.4 hours, rank 37

• Claude Smeal

  2: 52: 23.0 hours, rank 45

110 m hurdles

• Ken Doubleday

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 4 (rank 1) with 14.5 s (hand-stopped) or 14.65 s (electronic)

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the finals in run 1 (3rd place) with 14.5 s (hand-stopped) or 14.74 s (electronic)

  Final: 14.7 s (hand-stopped) or 14.82 s (electronic), 5th place

• Ray Weinberg

  Preliminary runs: in run 5 (rank 1) with 14.4 s (hand-stopped) or 14.62 s (electronic) qualified for the semi-finals

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the final in run 2 (3rd place) with 14.6 s (hand-stopped) or 14.99 s (electronically)

  Final: 14.8 s (hand-stopped) or 15.15 s (electronic), rank 6

400 m hurdles

• Ken Doubleday

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 4) with 55.4 s (hand-stopped) qualified for the quarter-finals

  Quarter-finals: in run 3 (rank 6) with 1: 00.2 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

4 × 100 m relay

• Edwin Carr , Morris Curotta , Ken Doubleday and Ray Weinberg

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 5) with 42.3 s (hand-stopped) or 42.39 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

4 × 400 m relay

• Edwin Carr, Morris Curotta, Ken Doubleday and Ray Weinberg

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (rank 5) with 3: 15.8 minutes (hand-stopped) or 3: 16.00 minutes (electronically) not qualified for the final

10,000 m walking

• Donald Keane

  Preliminary round, group 1: qualified for the final with 46: 55.2 minutes (5th place)

  Final: 47: 37.0 min., 10th place

high jump

• Patrick Leane

  Qualification, Group A: 1.70 m O - 1.80 m XO - 1.84 m XO - 1.87 XO; Rank 12, qualified for the final

  Final: 1.70 m O - 1.80 m O - 1.90 m XXX; Rank 24

Long jump

• Patrick Leane

  Qualification, group B: 6.35 m - 6.40 m - 5.18 m; did not qualify for the finals

Discus throw

• Ian Reed

  Qualification, group B: 41.51 m - 45.12 m - 44.24 m; did not qualify for the finals

Decathlon

• Patrick Leane

  100 m: 11.9 s = 623 points, rank 24

  Long jump: 5.22 m = 341 points, rank 28; total 964 points, rank 27

  no longer started the third discipline, the shot put; Competition not ended

Women

100 m

Marjorie Jackson

• Winsome Cripps

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the quarter-finals in run 1 (rank 1) with 12.0 s (hand-stopped) or 12.18 s (electronic)

  Quarter-finals: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 3 (3rd place) with 12.1 s (hand-stopped) or 12.30 s (electronic)

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the final in run 1 (rank 2) with 12.0 s (hand-stopped) or 12.16 s (electronic)

  Final: 11.9 s (hand-stopped) or 12.16 s (electronic), 4th place

• Marjorie Jackson

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the quarter finals in run 8 (1st place) with 11.6 s (hand-stopped) or 11.86 s (electronic) ( OR )

  Quarter-finals: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 1 (rank 1) with 11.6 s (hand-stopped) or 11.84 s (electronically) (OR set)

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the finals in run 1 (1st place) with 11.5 s (hand- stopped ) or 11.75 s (electronic) ( WR set / OR)

  Final: 11.5 s (hand-stopped) or 11.67 s (electronic), WR and OR set, 1st place

• Shirley Strickland

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the quarter-finals in run 9 (rank 1) with 12.0 s (hand-stopped) or 12.20 s (electronic)

  Quarter-finals: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 4 (3rd place) with 12.0 s (hand-stopped) or 12.28 s (electronic)

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the final in run 2 (rank 2) with 11.9 s (hand-stopped) or 12.17 s (electronic)

  Final: 11.9 s (hand-stopped) or 12.12 s (electronic), 3rd place

200 m

• Winsome Cripps

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 6 (rank 2) with 24.4 s (hand-stopped) or 24.54 s (electronic)

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the final in run 2 (rank 2) with 24.3 s (hand-stopped) or 24.47 s (electronic)

  Final: 24.2 s (hand-stopped) or added 24.40 s (electronic), 4th place

• Marjorie Jackson

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 3 (rank 1) with 23.6 s (hand-stopped) or 23.73 s (electronic) (WR discontinued, OR)

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the final in run 1 (1st place) with 23.4 s (hand-stopped) or 23.59 s (electronic) (WR)

  Final: 23.7 s (hand-stopped) or 23.89 s (electronic), 1st place

80 m hurdles

• Shirley Strickland

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 1 (rank 1) with 11.0 s (hand-stopped) or 11.03 s (electronic) (WR set)

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the finals in run 1 (1st place) with 10.8 s (hand-stopped) or 11.16 s (electronically), not recognized as WR due to strong tailwind

  Final: 10.9 s (hand-stopped) or 11.01 s (electronic) (= WR), 1st place

4 × 100 m relay

• Winsome Cripps , Marjorie Jackson , Verna Johnston and Shirley Strickland

  Prelims: Qualified for the finals in run 1 (1st place) with 46.1 s (hand-stopped) or 46.22 s (electronic) (WR)

  Final: 46.6 s (+ 0.7 s; hand-stopped) or 46.86 s (+ 0.72 s; electronic), 5th place

Long jump

• Verna Johnston

  Qualification, group A: qualified for the final with a width of 5.58 m (3rd place)

  Final: 5.51 m - 5.60 m - 5.74 m, rank 8

Modern pentathlon

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Modern Pentathlon

singles

• Forbes Carlile

  123 points, place 25

Cycling

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train

sprint

• Lionel Cox

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (rank 1) qualified for the quarter-finals with 11.9 s

  Quarter-finals: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 1 (rank 1) with 12.5 s

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the finals in run 2 (1st place) with 11.6 s ( OR )

  Final: 2nd place

1000 m time trial

• Russell Mockridge

  Final: 1: 11.1 min. (OR), 1st place

tandem

• Lionel Cox and Russell Mockridge

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the quarter-finals in run 7 (1st place) with 11.4 s

  Quarter-finals: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 3 (rank 1) with 11.1 s

  Semi-finals: Qualified for the final in run 1 (rank 1) with 11.0 s

  Final against South Africa: 11.0 s, 1st place

Road racing

190.4 km

• Kenneth Caves

  Race not finished

• Peter Nelson

  Race not finished

• Jim Nevin

  5: 22: 33.6 hours , rank 35

• Peter Pryor

  5: 22: 33.5 hours, rank 34

Wrestling

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Freestyle

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)

• John Elliott

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Próspero Mammana from Argentina

  2nd round: loss to Josiah Henson from the USA

  Rank 16

Lightweight (up to 67 kg)

• Dick Garrard

  1st round: 3-0 win against John Ward from Ireland

  2nd round: 3-0 win against Osvaldo Blasi from Argentina

  3rd round: 0-3 defeat against Takeo Shimotori from Japan

  Rank 10

Welter weight (up to 73 kg)

• Bevan Scott

  1st round: 3-0 win against Donald Irvine from Great Britain

  2nd round: 1: 2 defeat against Jean-Baptiste Leclerc from France

  3rd round: 0-3 defeat against Abdullah Modjtabavi from Iran

  Rank 11

Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)

• Kevin Coote

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Viking Palm from Sweden

  2nd round: 0-3 defeat against Abbas Zandi from Iran

  Rank 10

rowing

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The Australian rowing team

Silver medalist Mervyn Wood

One

• Mervyn Wood

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 2 (1st place) with 7: 44.1 minutes

  Semi-finals: in run 1 (rank 2) with 8: 02.5 min. Qualified for the second hopeful round

  2nd round of hope: qualified for the final in run 1 (rank 1) with 7: 45.5 minutes

  Final: 8: 14.5 minutes (+ 1.7 s ), 2nd place

Double scull

• John Rogers and Murray Riley

  Preliminary runs: in run 4 (3rd place) qualified with 7: 16.7 minutes for the first hopeful round

  1. Hoping round: Qualified for the second hoping round in run 2 (rank 1) with 7: 03.0 min

  2nd round of hope: in run 1 (3rd place) with 7: 13.1 minutes not qualified for the final

Two without a helmsman

• Don Palmer and Victor Middleton

  Prelims: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 2 (1st place) with 8: 06.4 minutes

  Semi-finals: in run 2 (1st place) qualified for the second round of hope with 7: 46.8 minutes

  2nd round of hope: in run 1 (3rd place) with 7: 50.5 minutes not qualified for the final

Eighth

• David Anderson , Phil Cayzer , Ernest Chapman , Tom Chessell , Mervyn Finlay , Nimrod Greenwood , Edward Pain , Bob Tinning and Geoff Williamson

  Prelims: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 1 (2nd place) with 6: 07.2 minutes

  Semi-finals: in run 2 (3rd place) qualified for the second round of hope with 6: 44.5 minutes

  2nd round of hope: in run 1 (1st place) qualified for the final with 6: 09.6 minutes

  Final: 6: 33.1 min. (+ 7.2 s), 3rd place

swim

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Swimming

Men

100 m freestyle

• Rex Aubrey

  Preliminaries: Qualified for the semi-finals in preliminary 3 (rank 1) with 58.2 s

  Semi-finals: in semi-finals 3 (rank 2) qualified for the final with 57.8 seconds

  Final: 58.7 s, 6th place

• Frank O'Neill

  Preliminary runs: in preliminary run 2 (rank 4) with 1: 00.6 minutes, not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m freestyle

• Garrick Agnew

  Prelims: Qualified for the semi-finals in prelim 6 (3rd place) with 4: 55.5 minutes

  Semi-finals: semi-final 2 (rank 8) not finished and therefore not qualified for the final

• John Marshall

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in Worlauf 7 (2nd place) with 4: 46.8 minutes

  Semi-finals: in semi-finals 2 (4th place) with 4: 50.3 minutes not qualified for the final

1,500 m freestyle

• Garrick Agnew

  Prelims: In prelim 2 (rank 4) with 20: 03.8 min. Not qualified for the final

• John Marshall

  Prelims: Qualified for the finals in prelim 6 (rank 2) with 19: 09.2 minutes

  Final: 19: 53.4 min., 8th place

100 m back

• Frank O'Neill

  Preliminary runs: in the preliminary run 6 (rank 5) with 1: 10.5 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

200 m chest

• John Davies

  Prelims: Qualified for the semi-finals in prelim 2 (rank 1) with 2: 39.7 minutes

  Semi-finals: in semi-finals 1 (1st place) qualified for the final with 2: 36.8 minutes

  Final: 2: 34.4 min. ( OR ), 1st place

• David Hawkins

  Preliminaries: Qualified for the semi-finals in the 4 th preliminary run (rank 2) with 2: 41.2 minutes

  Semi-finals: in semi-finals 2 (rank 6) qualified for the final with 2: 39.8 minutes

4 × 200 m freestyle

• Rex Aubrey, Frank O'Neill, John Marshall and Garrick Agnew

  Preliminary runs: in preliminary 1 (3rd place) with 9: 01.4 min. Not qualified for the final, overall rank 9

Women

100 m freestyle

• Marjorie McQuade

  Prelims: Qualified for the semi-finals in prelim 6 (rank 2) with 1: 07.9 minutes

  Semi-finals: in semi-final 1 (rank 7) with 1: 08.2 min. Not qualified for the finals

• Denise Norton

  Preliminary runs: in the preliminary run 4 (rank 5) with 1: 11.8 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m freestyle

• Judy-Joy Davies

  Prelims: Qualified for the semi-finals in prelim 2 (3rd place) with 5: 21.2 minutes

  Semi-finals: in semi-finals 1 (rank 6) with 5: 25.6 min. Not qualified for the final

• Denise Norton

  Prelims: Qualified for the semi-finals in prelim 5 (rank 4) with 5: 28.5 minutes

  Semi-finals: in semi-final 2 (rank 7) with 5: 30.9 min. Not qualified for the final

200 m chest

• Nancy Lyons

  Prelims: Qualified for the semi-finals in prelim 2 (rank 2) with 3: 04.4 minutes

  Semi-finals: in semi-final 1 (rank 8) with 3: 05.6 min. Not qualified for the final; Overall rank 15

sailing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Sailing

Finn dinghy

• Peter Attrill

  2,013 points, 22nd place

Dragons

• Jock Sturrock , Douglas Buxton and Bevan Worcester

  1,916 points, 12th place

star

• Barton Harvey and Kevin Wilson

  1,575 points, 18th place

Water polo

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Water polo

• Douglas Laing , Raymond Smee , John Foster , Peter Bennett , Frank Jordan , Malcolm Hastie, and William Orchard

  1st qualifying round : 2:10 (1: 4) defeat against Yugoslavia

  Second qualifying round : 0: 6 (0: 4) defeat against Austria

  Rank 17

Diving

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Diving

Men

Jump 3 m

• Ronald Faulds

  Preliminary round: 59.90 points, not qualified for the final

  Rank 24

• Francis Murphy

  Preliminary round: 48.42 points, did not qualify for the final

  Rank 34

Diving

• Francis Murphy

  Preliminary round: 64.10 points, did not qualify for the final

  Rank 21

Web links

• Australian Olympic team from 1952 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )