1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Vietnam)

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The state of Vietnam associated with France (from which South Vietnam later emerged) took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with eight male athletes in eight competitions in five sports.

It was the first time a Vietnamese team had participated in the Summer Olympics .

Participants by sport

Boxing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Boxing

Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)

• Tiến Vình

  Round 1: Eliminated against Angel Figueroa from Puerto Rico by a judge's decision (0: 3)

fencing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Fencing

Epee single

• That Hải Tơn

  1st round, group 2: won two duels, lost five, received 19 hits, ranked 7th, eliminated

athletics

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics

10,000 m

• Trần Văn Lý

  37: 33.0 min. (+ 8: 16.0 min.), Rank 32

Cycling

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Cycling

Road race (190.4 km), individual classification

• Nguyễn Đức Hiền

  Race not finished

• Lê Văn Phươc

  Race not finished

• Lu Quan

  5: 24: 34.1 hours, rank 47

• Châu Phươc Vình

  Race not finished

Road race (190.4 km), team competition

• Nguyễn Đức Hiền, Lê Văn Phươc, Lưu Quan and Châu Phươc Vình

  Race not finished

swim

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Swimming

100 m freestyle

• Nguyễn Văn Phan

  Preliminary runs: in run 6 (rank 7) with 1: 05.0 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m freestyle

• Nguyễn Văn Phan

  Preliminary runs: in run 7 (rank 6) with 5: 36.5 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

Web links

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