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
Boxing
- Ellsworth Webb
- Davey Moore
- Lou Gage
- Edson Brown
- Bobby Bickle
-
Ed Sanders
- Heavyweight: gold
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Floyd Patterson
- Middleweight: gold
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Norvel Lee
- Light Heavyweight: Gold
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Nathan Brooks
- Flyweight: gold
-
Charles Adkins
- Light welterweight: gold
fencing
Men |
Women |
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
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athletics
Men
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Women
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Modern pentathlon
Cycling
- Don Sheldon
- Ronald Rhoads
- David Rhoads
- Tom O'Rourke
- Tom Montemage
- Jimmy run
- Steve Hromjak
- Dick Cortright
- Frank Brilando
horse riding
Men
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Women |
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
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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
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Women
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sailing
Men
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Women
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do gymnastics
Men |
Women |
Water polo
- 4th Place
Diving
Men
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Women
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Web links
- US Olympic team from 1952 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )