1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Spain)

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Spain took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 27 male athletes in 21 competitions in 7 sports.

It was the seventh time a Spanish team had taken part in the Summer Olympics since 1900 .

Flag bearer

The rower Luis Omedes Calonja carried the flag of Spain during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

With a silver medal won the Spanish team finished 34th in the medals table .

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Ángel León	shoot	Free target gun

Participants by sport

horse riding

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Riding

Show jumping , singles

• Jaime García

  Final: 20.00 points, rank 16

  1st round: 12.00 points, 21st place

  2nd round: 08.00 fault points, 13th place

• Marcelino Gavilán

  Final: 27.25 points, rank 30

  1st round: 20.25 penalty points, 39th place

  2nd round: 07.00 fault points, 12th place

• Manuel Ordovas

  Final: 20.00 points, rank 16

  1st round: 08.00 penalty points, 12th place

  2nd round: 12.00 points, rank 25

Show jumping , team

• Jaime García, Marcelino Gavilán and Manuel Ordovas

  Final: 67.25 points, rank 10

  1st round: 40.25 penalty points, 11th place

  2nd round: 27.00 fault points, 04th place

Versatility , single

• Fernando López

  Final: 478.33 fault points, 34th place

  Dressage: 190.33 fault points, 59th place

  Cross-country ride: 268.00 fault points, rank 35

  Jumping: 20.00 points, rank 24

• Joaquín Nogueras

  Final: competition not ended

  Dressage: 151.33 fault points, rank 35

  Cross-country ride: competition not ended

  Jumping: competition not finished

• Beltrán Alfonso Osorio

  Final: 118.00 points, rank 12

  Dressage: 186.00 points, rank 57

  Cross-country ride: 78.00 points, 3rd place

  Jumping: 10.00 points, rank 10

Versatility , team

• Fernando López, Joaquín Nogueras and Beltrán Alfonso Osorio

  Final: competition not ended

  Dressage: 527.66 penalty points

  Cross-country ride: competition not ended

  Show jumping: competition not finished

rowing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Rowing

One

• Juan Omedes

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (4th place) with 8: 03.1 minutes not directly qualified for the semifinals

  Preliminary runs, hope runs: in run 2 (3rd place) with 7: 45.1 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

Foursome with a helmsman

• Salvador Costa , Francisco Gironella , Pedro Massana , Luis Omedes Calonja and Miguel Palau

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (4th place) with 7: 25.5 minutes not directly qualified for the semi-finals

  Preliminary runs, hope runs: in run 2 (3rd place) with 7: 06.9 min. Not qualified for the semifinals

shoot

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Shooting

Free target gun

• Ángel León

  Final: 550 rings, rank 2

  1st round: 92 rings, 03rd place

  2nd round: 93 rings, rank 05

  3rd round: 92 rings, rank 06

  4th round: 92 rings, rank 02

  5th round: 89 rings, rank 15

  6th round: 92 rings, rank 08

Rapid fire pistol

• Emilio Alava

  Final: 568 rings, 60 hits, 13th place

  1st round: 289 rings, 30 hits, 03rd place

  2nd round: 279 rings, 30 hits, rank 24

Clay pigeon shooting

• Rafael de Juan

  Final: 173 points, rank 27

  1st round: 82 points, rank 30

  2nd round: 91 points, 18th place

• Antonio Vega

  Final: 164 points, 33rd place

  1st round: 80 points, rank 32

  2nd round: 84 points, 31st place

swim

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Swimming

100 m freestyle

• Ricardo Conde

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (rank 6) with 1: 02.6 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

• Roberto Queralt

  Preliminary runs: in run 6 (4th place) with 1: 01.6 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m freestyle

• Enrique Granados

  Prelims: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 3 (4th place) with 4: 52.7 minutes

  Semi-finals: in run 3 (rank 7) with 4: 56.2 minutes not qualified for the final

1,500 m freestyle

• Enrique Granados

  Preliminary runs: in run 6 (4th place) with 19: 45.9 minutes not qualified for the final

sailing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Sailing

Finn dinghy

• Ramón Balcells Rodón

  Final: 3,644 points, 10th place

  1st race: 0645 points, 1:21:32 hours, 08th place

  2nd race: race not finished

  3rd race: 1071 points, 1:23:14 hours, 03rd place

  4th race: 0133 points, 1:29:47 hours, 26th place

  5th race: 1247 points, 1:28:44 hours, 02nd place

  6. Race: Race not finished

  7th race: 0548 points, 1:28:15 hours, 10th place

do gymnastics

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Gymnastics

Individual all-around

• Joaquín flower

  Final: 107.90 points (53.85 points compulsory - 54.05 points freestyle), rank 56

  Bars: 18.10 points (9.00 points compulsory - 9.10 points freestyle), rank 60

  Floor exercise: 18.45 points (9.20 points compulsory - 9.25 points freestyle), 29th place

  Horse jump: 18.20 points (9.30 points compulsory - 8.90 points freestyle), rank 73

  Horizontal bar: 18.45 points (9.15 points compulsory - 9.30 points freestyle), rank 40

  Rings: 18.45 points (9.20 points compulsory - 9.25 points freestyle), rank 38

  Pommel horse: 16.25 points (8.00 points compulsory - 8.25 points freestyle), 101st place

Water polo

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Water polo

• Juan Abellán , Josep Bazán , Francisco Castillo , Ricardo Conde , Agustín Mestres , Roberto Queralt , Leandro Ribera Abad and Antonio Subirana

  1st qualifying round : 3-2 (2-0) win against Brazil , qualified for the preliminary round 

  Preliminary round , group D: 2nd place, qualified for the semi-final round

  4: 5 (2: 3) defeat against Belgium 

  3-1 (1-0) win against South Africa 

  6: 4 (4: 1) victory against Brazil

  Semi-final round , group E: 4th place, qualified for the games for 5th to 8th place

  1: 2 (1: 1) defeat against Italy 

  4: 6 (2: 2) defeat to the United States

  Final round for 5th to 8th place: 4th place, 8th place overall

  3: 4 (2: 2) defeat against the Soviet Union 

  1: 7 (0: 4) defeat against the Netherlands 

Web links

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