1952 Summer Olympics / gymnastics
| Gymnastics at the XV. Summer Olympics |
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| Competition venue | Messuhalli |
| Nations | 30th |
| Athletes | 319 (134 women, 185 men) |
| date | 19.-23. July 1952 |
| decisions | 15th |
| ← London 1948 | |
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki , 15 gymnastics competitions were held, eight for men and seven for women. The venue was the Messuhalli (exhibition hall) in the Töölö district . For the first time, individual competitions for women were on the program and not only the all-round competition.
Balance sheet
Medal table
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Medalist
| competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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| Team all-around |
Evgeni Korolkow , Dmytro Leonkin , Valentin Muratow , Michail Perelman , Hrant Shahinjan , Viktor Chukarin |
Ernst Gebendinger , Jack Günthard , Hans Schwarzentruber , Josef Stalder , Melchior Thalmann , Jean Tschabold |
Kalevi Laitinen , Kaino Lempinen , Berndt Lindfors , Olavi Rove , Heikki Savolainen , Kalevi Viskari |
| Individual all-around |
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| Floor exercise |
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| Horse jump |
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| Rings |
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Results men
Team all-around
Date: July 19-21, 1952
170 participants from 23 countries
Individual all-around
| space | country | athlete | Points |
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| 1 |
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Viktor Chukarin | 115.70 |
| 2 |
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Hrant Shahinyan | 114.95 |
| 3 |
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Josef Stalder | 114.75 |
| 4th |
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Valentin Muratov | 113.65 |
| 5 |
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Hans Eugster | 113.40 |
| 6th |
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Vladimir Belyakov | 113.35 |
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Yevgeny Korolkov | ||
| 8th |
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Jean Tschabold | 113.30 |
| 9 |
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Helmut Bantz | 113.25 |
| 10 |
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Josif Berdyev | 113.10 |
Date: July 19-21, 1952
185 participants from 29 countries
Ingots
| space | country | athlete | Points |
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| 1 |
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Hans Eugster | 19.65 |
| 2 |
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Viktor Chukarin | 19.60 |
| 3 |
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Josef Stalder | 19.50 |
| 4th |
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Hrant Shahinyan | 19.35 |
| 5 |
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Ferdinand Daniš | 19.30 |
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Yevgeny Korolkov | ||
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Jean Tschabold | ||
| 8th |
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Vladimir Belyakov | 19.25 |
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Valentin Muratov | ||
| 10 |
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Akitomo Kaneko | 19.20 |
| 12 |
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Helmut Bantz | 19.10 |
| 13 |
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Jack Günthard | 19.05 |
| 15th |
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Alfred Schwarzmann | 19.00 |
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Theo Wied | ||
| 18th |
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Hans Schwarzentruber | 18.95 |
| 19th |
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Adalbert Dickhut | 18.85 |
| 23 |
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Hans Pfann | 18.75 |
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Johann Sauter | ||
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Melchior Thalmann | ||
| 27 |
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Jakob Kiefer | 18.65 |
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Erich Wied | ||
| 38 |
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Ernst Gebendinger | 18.50 |
| 40 |
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Friedel Overwien | 18.45 |
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Willi world | ||
| 49 |
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Ernst Fivian | 18.30 |
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Wolfgang Girardi | ||
| 52 |
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Ernst Wister | 18.25 |
| 54 |
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Hans Friedrich | 18.20 |
| 74 |
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Franz Kemter | 17.90 |
| 100 |
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Paul Grubenthal | 17.60 |
| 182 |
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Friedrich Fetz | 8.40 |
Date: July 19-21, 1952
185 participants from 29 countries
Floor exercise
| space | country | athlete | Points |
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| 1 |
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William Thoresson | 19.25 |
| 2 |
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Tadao Uesako | 19.15 |
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Jerzy Jokiel | ||
| 4th |
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Takashi Ono | 19.05 |
| 5 |
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Onni Lappalainen | 19.00 |
| 6th |
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Kalevi Laitinen | 18.95 |
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Not so Lindh | ||
| 8th |
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Ferdinand Daniš | 18.90 |
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Hrant Shahinyan | ||
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Robert Stout | ||
| 15th |
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Josef Stalder | 18.65 |
| 32 |
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Adalbert Dickhut | 18.40 |
| 38 |
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Helmut Bantz | 18.20 |
| 41 |
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Ernst Fivian | 18.15 |
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Jean Tschabold | ||
| 47 |
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Ernst Gebendinger | 18.05 |
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Ernst Wister | ||
| 66 |
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Hans Eugster | 17.70 |
| 71 |
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Johann Sauter | 17.60 |
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Hans Pfann | ||
| 73 |
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Theo Wied | 17.55 |
| 78 |
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Alfred Schwarzmann | 17.50 |
| 84 |
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Hans Schwarzentruber | 17.40 |
| 92 |
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Erich Wied | 17.25 |
| 96 |
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Jack Günthard | 17.15 |
| 103 |
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Melchior Thalmann | 17.00 |
| 112 |
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Wolfgang Girardi | 16.75 |
| 121 |
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Friedel Overwien | 16.50 |
| 125 |
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Willi world | 16.40 |
| 126 |
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Paul Grubenthal | 16.35 |
| 134 |
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Friedrich Fetz | 16.20 |
| 161 |
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Franz Kemter | 14.90 |
| 180 |
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Jakob Kiefer | 8.75 |
| 185 |
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Hans Friedrich | 6.10 |
Date: July 19-21, 1952
185 participants from 29 countries
Horse jump
| space | country | athlete | Points |
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| 1 |
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Viktor Chukarin | 19.20 |
| 2 |
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Masao Takemoto | 19.15 |
| 3 |
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Takashi Ono | 19.10 |
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Tadao Uesako | ||
| 5 |
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Hans Eugster | 18.95 |
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Theo Wied | ||
| 7th |
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Josif Berdyev | 18.90 |
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Ernst Fivian | ||
| 9 |
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Adalbert Dickhut | 18.85 |
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Wolfgang Girardi | ||
| 13 |
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Helmut Bantz | 18.80 |
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Alfred Schwarzmann | ||
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Josef Stalder | ||
| 19th |
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Jean Tschabold | 18.70 |
| 28 |
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Melchior Thalmann | 18.60 |
| 40 |
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Willi world | 18.45 |
| 44 |
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Paul Grubenthal | 18.40 |
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Friedel Overwien | ||
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Hans Schwarzentruber | ||
| 54 |
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Ernst Gebendinger | 18.35 |
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Johann Sauter | ||
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Erich Wied | ||
| 65 |
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Jack Günthard | 18.30 |
| 70 |
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Hans Friedrich | 18.25 |
| 83 |
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Hans Pfann | 18.10 |
| 107 |
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Friedrich Fetz | 17.70 |
| 114 |
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Ernst Wister | 17.60 |
| 123 |
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Franz Kemter | 17.40 |
| 182 |
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Jakob Kiefer | 9.00 |
Date: July 19-21, 1952
185 participants from 29 countries
Horizontal bar
| space | country | athlete | Points |
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| 1 |
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Jack Günthard | 19.55 |
| 2 |
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Alfred Schwarzmann | 19.50 |
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Josef Stalder | ||
| 4th |
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Heikki Savolainen | 19.45 |
| 5 |
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Viktor Chukarin | 19.40 |
| 6th |
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Jean Tschabold | 19.35 |
| 7th |
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Helmut Bantz | 19.25 |
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Melchior Thalmann | ||
| 9 |
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Berndt Lindfors | 19.20 |
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Valentin Muratov | ||
| 11 |
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Hans Eugster | 19.15 |
| 14th |
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Erich Wied | 19.05 |
| 29 |
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Johann Sauter | 18.70 |
| 32 |
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Ernst Gebendinger | 18.60 |
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Theo Wied | ||
| 38 |
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Jakob Kiefer | 18.50 |
| 51 |
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Wolfgang Girardi | 18.20 |
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Hans Pfann | ||
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Hans Schwarzentruber | ||
| 56 |
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Friedel Overwien | 18.10 |
| 63 |
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Ernst Wister | 17.85 |
| 73 |
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Paul Grubenthal | 17.65 |
| 75 |
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Adalbert Dickhut | 17.60 |
| 79 |
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Ernst Fivian | 17.45 |
| 92 |
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Franz Kemter | 17.20 |
| 122 |
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Friedrich Fetz | 16.25 |
| 137 |
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Willi world | 15.70 |
| 184 |
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Hans Friedrich | 4.00 |
Date: July 19-21, 1952
185 participants from 29 countries
Rings
| space | country | athlete | Points |
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| 1 |
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Hrant Shahinyan | 19.75 |
| 2 |
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Viktor Chukarin | 19.55 |
| 3 |
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Hans Eugster | 19.40 |
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Dmitri Leonkin | ||
| 5 |
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Valentin Muratov | 19.35 |
| 6th |
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Masao Takemoto | 19.20 |
| 7th |
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Ferenc Kemény | 19.15 |
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Yevgeny Korolkov | ||
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Berndt Lindfors | ||
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Ali Zaky Attia | ||
| 11 |
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Melchior Thalmann | 19.10 |
| 14th |
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Helmut Bantz | 18.95 |
| 18th |
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Hans Pfann | 18.90 |
| 23 |
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Jean Tschabold | 18.75 |
| 26th |
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Jack Günthard | 18.70 |
| 32 |
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Johann Sauter | 18.60 |
| 38 |
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Hans Schwarzentruber | 18.45 |
| 45 |
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Adalbert Dickhut | 18.40 |
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Friedel Overwien | ||
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Theo Wied | ||
| 50 |
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Erich Wied | 18.35 |
| 53 |
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Ernst Fivian | 18.30 |
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Melchior Thalmann | ||
| 58 |
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Alfred Schwarzmann | 18.25 |
| 73 |
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Jakob Kiefer | 17.90 |
| 77 |
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Ernst Wister | 17.85 |
| 86 |
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Ernst Gebendinger | 17.70 |
| 104 |
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Wolfgang Girardi | 17.15 |
| 137 |
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Willi world | 15.90 |
| 148 |
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Franz Kemter | 15.55 |
| 154 |
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Friedrich Fetz | 15.30 |
| 168 |
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Paul Grubenthal | 14.10 |
| 183 |
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Hans Friedrich | 7.75 |
Date: July 19-21, 1952
185 participants from 29 countries
Pommel horse
| space | country | athlete | Points |
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| 1 |
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Viktor Chukarin | 19.50 |
| 2 |
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Yevgeny Korolkov | 19.40 |
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Hrant Shahinyan | ||
| 4th |
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Mikhail Perelman | 19.30 |
| 5 |
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Josef Stalder | 19.20 |
| 6th |
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Johann Sauter | 19.15 |
| 7th |
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Vladimir Belyakov | 19.10 |
| 8th |
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Heikki Savolainen | 19.05 |
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Jean Tschabold | ||
| 10 |
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József Fekete | 19.00 |
| 11 |
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Helmut Bantz | 18.95 |
| 12 |
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Jakob Kiefer | 18.90 |
| 13 |
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Jack Günthard | 18.85 |
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Melchior Thalmann | ||
| 15th |
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Friedel Overwien | 18.80 |
| 18th |
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Adalbert Dickhut | 18.75 |
| 21st |
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Hans Pfann | 18.65 |
| 25th |
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Hans Eugster | 18.55 |
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Ernst Gebendinger | ||
| 37 |
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Theo Wied | 18.20 |
| 43 |
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Erich Wied | 18.05 |
| 49 |
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Franz Kemter | 17.95 |
| 65 |
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Alfred Schwarzmann | 17.60 |
| 69 |
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Hans Friedrich | 17.55 |
| 84 |
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Ernst Wister | 17.20 |
| 87 |
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Willi world | 17.10 |
| 88 |
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Hans Schwarzentruber | 17.00 |
| 90 |
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Ernst Fivian | 16.85 |
| 120 |
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Paul Grubenthal | 15.40 |
| 125 |
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Wolfgang Girardi | 15.25 |
| 162 |
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Friedrich Fetz | 12.25 |
Date: July 19-21, 1952
185 participants from 29 countries
Results women
Team all-around
Date: July 22nd and 23rd, 1952
128 participants from 16 countries
Individual all-around
| space | country | athlete | Points |
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| 1 |
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Maria Gorokhovskaya | 76.78 |
| 2 |
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Nina Bocharova | 75.94 |
| 3 |
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Margit Korondi | 75.82 |
| 4th |
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Galina Minaicheva | 75.67 |
| 5 |
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Galina Urbanowitsch | 75.64 |
| 6th |
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Ágnes Keleti | 75.58 |
| 7th |
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Pelageia Danilova | 75.03 |
| 8th |
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Galina Shamrai | 74.97 |
| 9 |
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Medea Jugeli | 74.95 |
| 10 |
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Edit Perényi-Weckinger | 74.77 |
| 24 |
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Irma Walther | 71.95 |
| 26th |
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Hanna Grages | 71.77 |
| 38 |
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Elisabeth Ostermeyer | 70.91 |
| 53 |
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Wolfgard Voss | 70.00 |
| 54 |
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Inge Sedlmaier | 69.83 |
| 56 |
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Ida Kadlec | 69.74 |
| 60 |
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Lydia Zeitlhofer | 69.57 |
| 71 |
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Gertrude Fesl | 68.45 |
| 75 |
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Gertrude Gollner-Kolar | 68.25 |
| 77 |
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Hedwig Traindl | 68.02 |
| 80 |
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Brigitte Kiesler | 67.98 |
| 81 |
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Gertrude Winnige-Barosch | 67.87 |
| 91 |
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Gertrude Gries | 67.07 |
| 105 |
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Edeltraud Schramm | 65.50 |
| 118 |
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Hilde Koop | 63.40 |
| 120 |
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Hildegard Grill | 63.24 |
Date: July 22nd and 23rd, 1952
134 participants from 17 countries
Floor exercise
| space | country | sportswoman | Points |
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| 1 |
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Ágnes Keleti | 19.36 |
| 2 |
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Maria Gorokhovskaya | 19.20 |
| 3 |
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Margit Korondi | 19.00 |
| 4th |
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Erzsébet Gulyás | 18.99 |
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Galina Urbanowitsch | ||
| 6th |
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Galina Minaicheva | 18.96 |
| 7th |
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Olga Tass | 18.89 |
| 8th |
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Galina Shamrai | 18.86 |
| 9 |
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Edit Perényi-Weckinger | 18.82 |
| 10 |
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Nina Bocharova | 18.70 |
| 24 |
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Hanna Grages | 18.09 |
| 31 |
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Lydia Zeitlhofer | 17.99 |
| 37 |
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Ida Kadlec | 17.89 |
| 47 |
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Irma Walther | 17.73 |
| 52 |
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Inge Sedlmaier | 17.66 |
| 56 |
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Elisabeth Ostermeyer | 17.63 |
| 59 |
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Hedwig Traindl | 17.59 |
| 67 |
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Gertrude Fesl | 17.50 |
| 71 |
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Wolfgard Voss | 17.46 |
| 73 |
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Brigitte Kiesler | 17.43 |
| 79 |
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Gertrude Winnige-Barosch | 17.29 |
| 88 |
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Gertrude Gollner-Kolar | 17.06 |
| 95 |
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Hilde Koop | 16.96 |
| 103 |
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Edeltraud Schramm | 16.76 |
| 121 |
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Gertrude Gries | 16.26 |
| 123 |
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Hildegard Grill | 16.16 |
Date: July 22nd and 23rd, 1952
134 participants from 17 countries
Horse jump
| space | country | sportswoman | Points |
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| 1 |
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Ekaterina Kalinchuk | 19.20 |
| 2 |
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Maria Gorokhovskaya | 19.19 |
| 3 |
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Galina Minaicheva | 19.16 |
| 4th |
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Medea Jugeli | 19.13 |
| 5 |
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Galina Urbanowitsch | 19.10 |
| 6th |
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Nina Bocharova | 19.03 |
| 7th |
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Karin Lindberg | 18.79 |
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Helena Rakoczy | ||
| 9 |
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Mária Zalai-Kövi | 18.76 |
| 10 |
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Lidia Pitteri | 18.73 |
| 20th |
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Elisabeth Ostermeyer | 18.43 |
| 27 |
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Brigitte Kiesler | 18.29 |
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Wolfgard Voss | ||
| 30th |
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Hanna Grages | 18.26 |
| 38 |
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Irma Walther | 18.13 |
| 44 |
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Ida Kadlec | 18.06 |
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Hilde Koop | ||
| 65 |
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Gertrude Winnige-Barosch | 17.76 |
| 71 |
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Inge Sedlmaier | 17.72 |
| 73 |
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Gertrude Gollner-Kolar | 17.66 |
| 98 |
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Hedwig Traindl | 17.19 |
| 101 |
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Gertrude Gries | 17.06 |
| 107 |
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Gertrude Fesl | 16.76 |
| 117 |
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Lydia Zeitlhofer | 16.13 |
| 118 |
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Edeltraud Schramm | 15.76 |
| 123 |
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Hildegard Grill | 15.59 |
Date: July 22nd and 23rd, 1952
134 participants from 17 countries
Balance beam
| space | country | sportswoman | Points |
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| 1 |
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Nina Bocharova | 19.22 |
| 2 |
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Maria Gorokhovskaya | 19.13 |
| 3 |
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Margit Korondi | 19.02 |
| 4th |
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Ágnes Keleti | 18.96 |
| 5 |
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Galina Urbanowitsch | 18.93 |
| 6th |
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Tsvetanka Stancheva | 18.86 |
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Olga Tass | ||
| 8th |
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Galina Shamrai | 18.79 |
| 9 |
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Pelageia Danilova | 18.76 |
| 10 |
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Galina Minaicheva | 18.66 |
| 28 |
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Irma Walther | 18.03 |
| 36 |
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Lydia Zeitlhofer | 17.73 |
| 42 |
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Hanna Grages | 17.59 |
| 55 |
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Wolfgard Voss | 17.32 |
| 73 |
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Inge Sedlmaier | 17.09 |
| 75 |
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Elisabeth Ostermeyer | 17.06 |
| 77 |
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Hedwig Traindl | 17.02 |
| 79 |
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Gertrude Fesl | 16.96 |
| 90 |
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Gertrude Gollner-Kolar | 16.73 |
| 92 |
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Edeltraud Schramm | 16.62 |
| 97 |
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Ida Kadlec | 16.46 |
| 98 |
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Gertrude Gries | 16.36 |
| 107 |
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Gertrude Winnige-Barosch | 16.09 |
| 114 |
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Hildegard Grill | 15.73 |
| 122 |
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Brigitte Kiesler | 15.00 |
| 133 |
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Hilde Koop | 11.82 |
Date: July 22nd and 23rd, 1952
134 participants from 17 countries
Uneven bars
| space | country | sportswoman | Points |
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| 1 |
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Margit Korondi | 19.40 |
| 2 |
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Maria Gorokhovskaya | 19.26 |
| 3 |
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Ágnes Keleti | 19.16 |
| 4th |
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Nina Bocharova | 18.99 |
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Pelageia Danilova | ||
| 6th |
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Edit Perényi-Weckinger | 18.96 |
| 7th |
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Galina Shamrai | 18.93 |
| 8th |
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Galina Minaicheva | 18.89 |
| 9 |
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Medea Jugeli | 18.73 |
| 10 |
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Ekaterina Kalinchuk | 18.66 |
| 24 |
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Irma Walther | 18.06 |
| 31 |
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Hanna Grages | 17.83 |
| 37 |
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Elisabeth Ostermeyer | 17.79 |
| 40 |
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Lydia Zeitlhofer | 17.72 |
| 56 |
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Gertrude Gries | 17.39 |
| 58 |
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Inge Sedlmaier | 17.36 |
| 60 |
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Ida Kadlec | 17.33 |
| 63 |
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Brigitte Kiesler | 17.26 |
| 66 |
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Gertrude Fesl | 17.23 |
| 77 |
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Wolfgard Voss | 16.93 |
| 83 |
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Gertrude Gollner-Kolar | 16.80 |
| 88 |
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Gertrude Winnige-Barosch | 16.63 |
| 89 |
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Hilde Koop | 16.56 |
| 96 |
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Edeltraud Schramm | 16.36 |
| 100 |
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Hedwig Traindl | 16.22 |
| 112 |
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Hildegard Grill | 15.76 |
Date: July 22nd and 23rd, 1952
134 participants from 17 countries
Group gymnastics
Date: July 22nd and 23rd, 1952
128 participants from 16 countries
Web links
- Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1952 Summer Games (PDF, 29.7 MB)