1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

40	19th	17th

The United States participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Finland Helsinki with a delegation of 286 athletes, 245 men and 41 women, in part.

Participants by sport

basketball

• gold

  Howie Williams

  Dan Pippin

  Frank McCabe

  Clyde Lovellette

  Bill Lienhard

  Bob Kurland

  Bob Kenney

  Dean Kelley

  John Frederick Keller

  Bill Hougland

  Charlie Hoag

  Wayne Glasgow

  Marc Freiberger

  Ron Bontemps

Boxing

• Ellsworth Webb
• Davey Moore
• Lou Gage
• Edson Brown
• Bobby Bickle
• Ed Sanders

  Heavyweight: gold

• Floyd Patterson

  Middleweight: gold

• Norvel Lee

  Light Heavyweight: Gold

• Nathan Brooks

  Flyweight: gold

• Charles Adkins

  Light welterweight: gold

fencing

Men George Worth Albert Wolff Ed Vebell Alex Treves James Shrub Alfred Skrobisch Tibor Nyilas Paul Makler, Sr. Nate Lubell Allan Kwartler Byron warrior Hal Goldsmith Silvio Giolito Joe de Capriles Norman Cohn-Armitage Daniel Bukantz Albert Axelrod

Women Jan York-Romary Maxine Mitchell Polly Craus

Soccer

• Larry Surock
• John Souza
• Bill Sheppell
• Willy Schaller
• Lloyd Monsen
• Ruben Mendoza
• Edward McHugh
• Harry Keough
• Butch Cook
• Charlie Colombo
• Robert Burkard

Weightlifting

• Clyde Emrich
• Stanley Stanczyk

  Light Heavyweight: Silver

• James Bradford

  Heavyweight: silver

• Norbert Schemansky

  Middle Heavyweight: Gold

• Thomas Kono

  Lightweight: gold

• Peter George

  Middleweight: gold

• John Davis

  Heavyweight: gold

canoe

Men William Schuette Frank Krick Thomas Horton John Haas John Eiseman Michael Budrock Paul Bochnewich John Anderson Frank Havens Single Canoe 10,000 m: gold

athletics

Men Lee Yoder Fred Wilt Adolf Weinacker Curt Stone Leo Sjogren George Donald Shaw Wes Santee Browning Ross Reginald Pearman Javier Montez George Mattos Henry Laskau Price King Thomas Martin Jones Bud hero Fortune Gordia Jim Gerhardt Sam Felton Marty angel Vic Dyrgall Warren Druetzler John Deni Ted Corbitt Charlie Capozzoli George Brown Art Bragg Roland Blackman Arnold Betton John Barnes Bob Backus Bill Ashenfelter Walter Ashbaugh Floyd Simmons Decathlon: bronze James Gathers 200 m: bronze Jim Fox Shot put: bronze James Dillion Discus throw: bronze Arthur Barnard 110 m hurdles: bronze Ken Wiesner High jump: silver Bill Miller Javelin throw: silver Bob McMillen 1500 m: silver Don Laz Pole vault: silver Darrow Hooper Shot put: silver Meredith Gourdine Long jump: silver Jack Davis 110 m hurdles: silver Gene Cole 4 x 400 meter relay: silver Milt Campbell Decathlon: silver Thane Baker 200 m: silver Cy Young Javelin throw: gold Dean Smith 4 x 100 meter relay: gold Bob Richards Pole vault: gold Parry O'Brien Shot put: gold Bob Mathias Decathlon: gold Sim Iness Discus throw: gold Walt Davis High jump: gold Jerome Biffle Long jump: gold Horace Ashenfelter 3000 m obstacle: gold Ollie Matson 400 m: bronze 4 x 400 meter relay: silver Times Whitfield 800 m: gold 4 x 400 meter relay: silver Charles Moore 400 m hurdles: gold 4 x 400 meter relay: silver Andy Stanfield 200 m: gold 4 x 100 meter relay: gold Lindy Remigino 100 m: gold 4 x 100 meter relay: gold Harrison Dillard 110 m hurdles: gold 4 x 100 meter relay: gold

Women Marjorie Larney Mabel Landry Dolores Dwyer Janet Dicks Connie Darnowski Janet Moreau 4 x 100 meter relay: gold Barbara Jones 4 x 100 meter relay: gold Cathy Hardy 4 x 100 meter relay: gold Mae Faggs 4 x 100 meter relay: gold

Modern pentathlon

• Guy Troy
• Thad McArthur
• Frederick Denman

Cycling

• Don Sheldon
• Ronald Rhoads
• David Rhoads
• Tom O'Rourke
• Tom Montemage
• Jimmy run
• Steve Hromjak
• Dick Cortright
• Frank Brilando

horse riding

Men Hartmann Pauly Robert Borg William Steinkraus Show jumping team: bronze John Russell Show jumping team: bronze Arthur McCashin Show jumping team: bronze John EB Wofford Versatility team: bronze Walter Staley Versatility team: bronze Champ Hough Versatility team: bronze

Women Marjorie Haines

Wrestling

• Hugh Peery
• Bill Kerslake
• Dan Hodge
• Bill Borders
• Josiah Henson

  Featherweight, freestyle: bronze

• Jay Thomas Evans

  Lightweight, freestyle: silver

• Henry Wittenberg

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: silver

• William Smith

  Welterweight, freestyle: gold

rowing

Men James Welsh Louis McMillan Jack Kelly, Jr. Dempster Jackson Walter Hoover Duvall pike Jim Fifer John Bonthron Davis Pat Costello James Beggs Richard Wahlstrom Four with helmsman: bronze Alvin Ulbrickson Four with helmsman: bronze Al Rossi Four with helmsman: bronze Carl Lovsted Four with helmsman: bronze Matt Leanderson Four with helmsman: bronze Thomas Price Two without a helmsman: gold Charles Logg Two without a helmsman: gold Edward Stevens Eighth with helmsman: gold Frank Shakespeare Eighth with helmsman: gold Henry Proctor Eighth with helmsman: gold Richard Murphy Eighth with helmsman: gold Charles Manring Eighth with helmsman: gold Wayne Frye Eighth with helmsman: gold William Fields Eighth with helmsman: gold James Dunbar Eighth with helmsman: gold Robert Detweiler Eighth with helmsman: gold

shoot

• Emmett Swanson
• Robert Sandager
• Harry Reeves
• Bill McMillan
• Arthur Jackson

  Small bore rifle, three position battle 50 m: bronze

• Huelet Benner

  Free pistol 50 m: gold

swim

Men Allen stack Monte Nitzkowski Jerry Holan Ronald Gora Dick Cleveland Jack Taylor 100 m back: bronze Bowen Stassforth 200 m chest: silver Bill Woolsey 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: gold Wally Wolf 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: gold Don Sheff 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: gold Wayne Moore 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: gold James McLane 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: gold Bumpy Jones 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: gold Frank Dooley 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: gold Clarke Scholes 100 m freestyle: gold Yoshinobu Oyakawa 100 m back: gold Ford Konno 400 m freestyle: silver 1500 m freestyle: gold 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: gold

Women Barbara Stark Della Sehorn Judy Roberts Gail Peters Coralie O'Connor Delia Meulenkamp Carolyn Green Mary Freeman Julia Cornell Mary Louise Stepan 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: bronze Jacqueline La Vine 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: bronze Jody Alderson 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: bronze Evelyn Kawamoto 400 m freestyle: bronze 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: bronze

sailing

Men Edward Melaika Bill Horton, Sr. William Horton, Jr. John Reid Star: silver John Price Star: silver Herman Whiton 6 mR class: gold Julian Roosevelt 6 mR class: gold Eric Ridder 6 mR class: gold John Morgan 6 mR class: gold Everard Endt 6 mR class: gold Sumner White 5.5 mR class: gold Edgar White 5.5 mR class: gold Michael Schoettle 5.5 mR class: gold Britton chance 5.5 mR class: gold

Women Joyce Horton Emelyn Whiton 6 mR class: gold

do gymnastics

Men Bob Stout Charles Simms Ed Scrobe Bill Roetzheim Don Holder Vincent D'Autorio Walter Conrad Blattmann Jack Beckner

Women Ruth Topalian Clara Schroth-Lomady Doris Kirkman Marie Hoesly Ruth Grulkowski Meta Elste Dorothy Dalton Marian Barone

Water polo

• 4th Place

  Pete Stange

  Jack Spargo

  Jim Norris

  Norman Lake

  Bill Kooistra

  Edward Jaworski

  Bob Hughes

  Bill Dornblaser

  Marvin Burns

  Harry Bisbey

Diving

Men John McCormack John Calhoun Bob Clotworthy Artistic jumping 3 m: bronze Miller Anderson Artistic jumping 3 m: silver Samuel Lee Diving 10 m: gold David Browning Jump 3 m: gold

Women Caroline Frick Juno Stover-Irwin Diving 10 m: bronze Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen Artistic jumping 3 m: bronze Paula Pope Diving 10 m: silver Patricia McCormick Jump 3 m: gold Diving 10 m: gold

Web links

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