Medal table of the 1952 Summer Olympics

This table shows the medal table of the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki . The placements are sorted by the number of gold medals won, followed by the number of silver and bronze medals. If two or more countries have an identical medal balance, they are listed alphabetically on the same rank. This corresponds to the system used by the IOC.

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	40	19th	17th	76
2	Soviet Union	22nd	30th	19th	71
3	Hungary	16	10	16	42
4th	Sweden	12	13	10	35
5	Italy	8th	9	4th	21st
6th	Czechoslovakia	7th	3	3	13
7th	France	6th	6th	6th	18th
8th	Finland	6th	3	13	22nd
9	Australia	6th	2	3	11
10	Norway	3	2	-	5
11	Switzerland	2	6th	6th	14th
12	South African Union	2	4th	4th	10
13	Jamaica	2	3	-	5
14th	Belgium	2	2	-	4th
15th	Denmark	2	1	3	6th
16	Turkey	2	-	1	3
17th	Japan	1	6th	2	9
18th	Great Britain	1	2	8th	11
19th	Argentina	1	2	2	5
20th	Poland	1	2	1	4th
21st	Canada	1	2	-	3
	Yugoslavia	1	2	-	3
23	Romania	1	1	2	4th
24	New Zealand	1	-	2	3
	Brazil	1	-	2	3
26th	India	1	-	1	2
27	Luxembourg	1	-	-	1
28	Germany	-	7th	17th	24
29	Netherlands	-	5	-	5
30th	Iran	-	3	4th	7th
31	Chile	-	2	-	2
32	Austria	-	1	1	2
	Lebanon	-	1	1	2
34	Mexico	-	1	-	1
	Ireland	-	1	-	1
	Spain	-	1	-	1
37	South Korea	-	-	2	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	2	2
	Uruguay	-	-	2	2
40	Venezuela	-	-	1	1
	Portugal	-	-	1	1
	Bulgaria	-	-	1	1
	Egypt	-	-	1	1
Total		149	152	158	459

footnote

1. ↑ The German team consisted exclusively of athletes from West Germany, as the GDR refused to participate in a joint team.