1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Luxembourg)

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Luxembourg took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 44 male athletes in nine sports.

It was the eighth time a Luxembourg team had taken part in the Summer Olympics since 1900 .

Medalist

With a gold medal won the Luxembourg team finished 27th place in the medal table .

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Josy Barthel	athletics	1500 meters

Participants by sport

Boxing

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Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)

• Fernand Backes

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round: 0-3 defeat against Belgian Jean Louis Paternotte

Welter weight (up to 67 kg)

• Jean Welter, Jr.

  1st round: 0-2 defeat against the Italian Franco Vescovi

Medium weight (up to 71 kg)

• Bruno Mattiussi

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Italian Guido Mazzinghi

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

• Alfred Stuermer

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Boris Nikolov from Bulgaria

fencing

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Epee single

• Leon Buck

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round, group 3: qualified for the semi-finals with five wins (3rd place)

  Semi-finals, group 2: qualified for the final with five wins (5th place)

  Final: six wins, 4th place

• Émile Gretsch

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round, group 4: qualified for the semi-finals with five wins (rank 1)

  Semi-finals, Group 1: with two wins (7th place) not qualified for the final

• Jean-Fernand Leischen

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round, group 5: not qualified for the semi-finals with two wins (rank 8)

Epee team

• Paul Anen , Léon Buck, Émile Gretsch and Jean-Fernand Leischen

  1st round, group 5: a win, rank 2, qualified for the 2nd round

  8: 3 win against Australia / Paul Anen (2), Léon Buck (2), Émile Gretsch (2), Jean-Fernand Leischen (2) 

  2nd round, group 1: two wins, rank 2, qualified for the semi-finals

  4-10 defeat against Hungary / Paul Anen (2), Émile Gretsch (1), Jean-Fernand Leischen (1) 

  9: 6 win against France / Paul Anen (2), Léon Buck (2), Émile Gretsch (2), Jean-Fernand Leischen (1) 

  10: 6 win against Finland / Paul Anen (4), Léon Buck (2), Émile Gretsch (3), Jean-Fernand Leischen (1) 

  Semi-finals, group 1: one win, rank 1, qualified for the final

  10: 5 win against Denmark / Paul Anen (4), Léon Buck (3), Émile Gretsch (2), Jean-Fernand Leischen (1) 

  Final: no win, 4th place

  3:13 defeat against Sweden / Émile Gretsch (3) 

  2:12 defeat against Italy / Émile Gretsch (1), Jean-Fernand Leischen (1) 

  4-8 defeat against Switzerland / Jean-Fernand Leischen (1), Paul Anen (1), Émile Gretsch (2) 

Soccer

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• Jules Gales , Fernand Guth , Jean Jaminet , Fernand Lahure , Léon Letsch , François Muller , Victor Nurenberg , Michel Reuter , Joseph Roller , Léon Spartz and Camille Wagner

  Preliminary round , on July 16 in Lahden kisapuisto in Lahti in front of 3,656 spectators: 5: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1) victory against the United Kingdom

  Goal scorers: Roller 1: 1 (60th min.), 2: 1 (95th), 3: 1 (97th); Letsch 2: 1 (91st); 5: 2 Gales (102nd)

  Round of 16 , on July 20 in Kotkan urheilukeskus in Kotka in front of 6,776 spectators: 1: 2 (0: 1) defeat against Brazil 

  Goalscorer: Gales 1: 2 (86.)

canoe

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A kayak 1,000 m

• Roland Licker

  Prelims: in run 1 (rank 7) with 4: 48.1 minutes not qualified for the final

A kayak 10,000 m

• Léon Roth

  56: 02.9 min. (+ 8: 40.1 min.), 17th place

Two-person kayak 1,000 m

• Johnny Lucas and Léon Roth

  Prelims: in run 2 (rank 6) with 4: 21.6 minutes not qualified for the final

Double kayak 10,000 m

• Eugène Hanck and Roland Licker

  50: 08.4 min. (+ 5: 47.1 min.), Rank 18

athletics

200 m

• Frédéric Hammer

  Preliminary runs : in run 9 (rank 4) with 22.4 s (hand-stopped) or 22.63 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Francois Robert Schaeffer

  Prelims: in run 10 (3rd place) with 22.4 s (hand-stopped) or 22.76 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

400 m

• Jean Hamilius

  Preliminary runs : in run 9 (rank 6) with 50.3 s (hand-stopped) or 50.75 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Frédéric Hammer

  Prelims: in run 12 (rank 6) with 49.6 s (hand-stopped) or 49.90 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Gérard Rasquin

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 4) with 50.0 s (hand-stopped) or 50.12 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

1,500 m

• Josy Barthel

  Preliminary runs : Qualified for the semi-finals in run 1 (1st place) with 3: 51.6 minutes (hand-stopped) or 3: 51.75 minutes (electronically)

  Semi-finals : Qualified for the final in run 2 (rank 1) with 3: 50.4 minutes (hand-stopped) or 3: 50.51 minutes (electronically)

  Final : 3: 45.2 min. (Hand-stopped, OR ) 3: 45.28 min. (Electronic), 1st place

5,000 m

• Paul Peace

  Prelims : in run 3 (rank 13) with 15: 23.2 minutes not qualified for the final

110 m hurdles

• Jean Fonck

  Preliminary runs : in run 6 (rank 6) with 16.1 s (hand-stopped) or 16.35 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m hurdles

• Jean Fonck

  Preliminary runs : in run 1 (rank 5) with 57.8 s (hand-stopped) or 57.93 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

4 × 400 m

• Jean Hamilius, Frédéric Hammer, Gérard Rasquin and Robert Schaeffer

  Preliminary runs : in run 1 (5th place) with 3: 16.2 minutes (hand-stopped) or 3: 16.38 minutes (electronically) not qualified for the final

Cycling

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Road race (190.4 km), individual classification

• Roger Ludwig

  5: 11: 20.0 hours (+ 5: 16.6 min.), Rank 14

• André Moes

  5: 11: 19.0 hours (+ 5: 15.6 min.), Rank 11

• Nicolas Morn

  5: 26: 25.0 hours (+ 20: 21.6 min.), Rank 51

• Jean Schmit

  Race not finished

Road race (190.4 km), team competition

• Roger Ludwig, André Moes and Nicolas Morn

  15:49:04 hours (+ 28:18 min.), Rank 7

Wrestling

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Greco-Roman style

Lightweight (up to 67 kg)

• Mathias Scheitler

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Jan Cools from Belgium

  2nd round: 0-3 defeat against Kamal Hussain from Egypt

  Rank 14

Welter weight (up to 73 kg)

• Henri Freylinger

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Lebanese Khalil Taha

  2nd round: 0-3 defeat against the Austrian Gottfried Anglberger

  Rank 13

Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)

• Josef Schummer

  1st round: defeat against Kelpo Grondahl from Finland

  2nd round: defeat against İsmet Atlı from Turkey

  Rank 8

swim

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200 m chest

• René Kohn

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (rank 6) with 2: 59.3 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

do gymnastics

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Individual all-around

rank	Surname	Points per discipline						points total
		ground	Leap	Ingots	Horizontal bar	Rings	horse
32	Joseph Stoffel	17.85	18.55	18.70	18.45	18.70	18.10	110.35
103	Armand Huberty	16.15	16.85	17.70	17.65	16.10	16.30	100.75
126	Jean Kugeler	14.20	17.70	17.65	16.30	17.15	14.20	97.20
131	Marcel Coppin	16.15	18.35	16.05	16.10	15.70	13.70	96.05
134	Hubert Erang	16.70	18.15	15.85	16.00	15.20	13.80	95.70
163	René Schroeder	15.20	16.45	15.45	16.20	16.40	8.25	87.95

Team all-around

• Marcel Coppin , Hubert Erang , Armand Huberty , Jean Kugeler , René Schroeder and Josy Stoffel

  503.25 points, rank 18

Web links

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