1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Hong Kong)

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Hong Kong , then still a British Crown Colony , took part in the Summer Olympics for the first timein the Finnish capital Helsinki in 1952 .

The youngest participant was Cynthia Eager , 15 years and 245 days. Francisco Monteiro was the oldest athlete from Hong Kong at 26 years and 179 days.

Participants by sport

Two swimmers each started for Hong Kong in a total of six competitions.

swim

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Men

100 m freestyle

• Cheung Kin Man

  Preliminary runs: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 3 (rank 5) with 1: 00.3 minutes

  Semi-finals: in run 2 (rank 8) with 1: 00.9 min. Not qualified for the final

• Francisco Monteiro

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 5) with 1: 03.1 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m freestyle

• Cheung Kin Man

  Preliminary runs: in run 4 (rank 6) with 5: 11.4 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

• Francisco Monteiro

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 6) with 5: 21.6 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

1500 m freestyle

• Cheung Kin Man

  Prelims: in run 4 (rank 6) with 20: 50.2 minutes not qualified for the final

• Francisco Monteiro

  Preliminary runs: in run 3 (rank 6) with 22:26, ​​min. Not qualified for the final

Women

100 m freestyle

• Cynthia Eager

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (rank 7) with 1: 16.8 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m freestyle

• Cynthia Eager

  Preliminary runs: in run 3 (rank 7) with 5: 55.8 minutes not qualified for the semi-finals

200 m chest

• Irene Kwok

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 6) with 3: 19.2 minutes not qualified for the semi-finals

Web links

• Hong Kong at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )