Olympic Summer Games 1952 / participant (Saarland)

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The Saarland took part with 36 athletes in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki .

The National Olympic Committee of the Saarland , which is under French protectorate, was recognized by the IOC in 1950, before the German NOK . The summer games in Helsinki were the only Olympic Games in which Saarland took part with its own team. Four years later, at the Games in Melbourne , the Saarland athletes, along with athletes from the FRG and the GDR, took part in an all-German team .

Details can be found in Germany's Olympic history .

The athletes from Saarland could not win a medal in Helsinki.

Flag bearer

The managing director of the Saarland Athletics Association, Toni Breder, carried the Saarland flag during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Participants by sport

Boxing

athlete	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Helmut Hofmann	Flyweight	Han Su-an	KO	eliminated								17th
Kurt Schirra	Featherweight	Luis Aranguren	2: 1	János Erdei	0: 3	eliminated						9
Wilhelm Rammo	Light middleweight	Josef Hamberger	0: 3	eliminated								17th

fencing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	opponent	Result
Men
Karl Bach	foil	2: 4	5	eliminated
	saber	2: 5	6th	eliminated
Günther Knödler	foil	1: 4	6th	eliminated
	saber	1: 4	6th	eliminated
Ernst Rau	foil	2: 5	5	eliminated
	saber	3: 4	5	eliminated
Karl Bach Günther Knödler Ernst Rau Walter Brödel	Foil team	0: 2	3	eliminated
Karl Bach Günther Knödler Ernst Rau Walter Brödel Willi Rößler	Saber crew	0: 2	4th	eliminated

canoe

Athletes	competition	leader		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Women
Therese Zenz	K-1 500 m	2: 26.9 min	3	2: 27.9 min	9	9
Men
Heinrich Hess Kurt Zimmer	K-2 1000 m	4: 01.4 min	4th	eliminated		13
	K-2 10,000 m	-		48: 05.6 min	12	12

athletics

Running and walking

Athlete	competition	leader		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Women
Hilda Antes	80 m hurdles	12.0 s	4th	eliminated		19th
Hilda Antes Inge Eckel Ursula Finger Inge Glashörster	4 × 100 m relay	49.0 s	5.	eliminated		13

Jumping and throwing

athlete	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Expanse	rank	Expanse	rank
Women
Ursula Finger	Long jump	5.27 m	11.	eliminated		25th
Men
Anton Breder	Long jump	6.88 m	8th.	eliminated		19th
Willi Burgard	Triple jump	13.86 m	15th	eliminated		29

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Greco-Roman style men
Werner Zimmer	Fly weight up to 52 kg	Heini Weber	3-0	Fahrettin Akbaş	Case (6:41)	eliminated				11
Norbert Kohler	Bantam weight up to 57 kg	Oswaldo Johnston	Case (7:05)	Ferdinand Schmitz	3-0	Hubert Persson	0: 3	eliminated		8th
Erich Schmidt	Light weight up to 67 kg	Kamal Hussain	0: 3	Georgios Petmezas	2: 1	Jan Cools	3-0	eliminated		8th

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader			Reunion			Semifinals			Semi-final reunion			final		rank
		time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space
Men
Günther Schütt	One	7: 58.4 min	3	Reunion	7: 38.4 min	1	Semi-final reunion	-			7: 42.9 min	2	-	eliminated		7th
Klaus Hahn Herbert Kesel	Two without a helmsman	8: 09.5 min	3	Reunion	DNF			eliminated
Werner Biel Achim Krause-Wichmann Hans Krause-Wichmann Hanns Peters	Foursome without a helmsman	6: 40.8 min	1	Semifinals	-			7: 10.4 min	3	Semi-final reunion	6: 47.2 min	2	-	eliminated		7th

shoot

Athletes	competition	Rings / discs	rank
Men
Hans Eschenbrenner	Small caliber lying 50 meters	384	52
Ludwig Graf	Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters	1089	38
	Small caliber lying 50 meters	391	40

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Men
Georg Mascetti	400 m freestyle	5: 31.2 min	36	eliminated		36

do gymnastics

Athletes	competition	Points	rank
Men
Norbert Dietrich	ground	13.85	173
	Horse jump	13.90	176
	Ingots	15.85	147
	Horizontal bar	15.95	133
	Rings	17.45	94
	Pommel horse	13.15	156
	All-around single	90.15	155
Rolf Lauer	ground	15.90	144
	Horse jump	16.20	161
	Ingots	15.40	157
	Horizontal bar	15.25	143
	Rings	14.65	165
	Pommel horse	14.30	137
	All-around single	91.70	150
Walter Müller	ground	14.80	164
	Horse jump	17.35	128
	Ingots	16.20	140
	Horizontal bar	16.80	106
	Rings	15.45	151
	Pommel horse	13.60	150
	All-around single	94.20	143
Heinz Ostheimer	ground	16.35	126
	Horse jump	17.65	110
	Ingots	14.60	167
	Horizontal bar	9.80	177
	Rings	16.80	114
	Pommel horse	15.95	109
	All-around single	91.15	153
Arthur Schmitt	ground	15.25	154
	Horse jump	14.50	173
	Ingots	17.55	106
	Horizontal bar	17.30	87
	Rings	17.65	87
	Pommel horse	16.55	94
	All-around single	98.80	119
Fred ruminant	ground	16.15	137
	Horse jump	17.40	123
	Ingots	12.90	176
	Horizontal bar	15.25	143
	Rings	12.75	176
	Pommel horse	15.35	121
	All-around single	89.80	156
Fred Wiedersporn Rolf Lauer Heinz Ostheimer Arthur Schmitt Walter Müller Norbert Dietrich	All-around team	481.80	22nd

Web links

• Helsinki 1952 - Official site of the Olympic Movement (English)
• Olympic team of Saarland 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The German flag bearers at the Summer Olympics on augsburger-allgemeine.de