Sportsman of the year 1952 (Germany)

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The best German athletes of 1952 were honored by Kurt Dobbratz . The election was organized for the 6th time by the Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK). A total of 273 sports reporters and editors from West Germany , Berlin , the GDR and Saarland cast their votes. Each sports journalist participating in the election could cast 55 votes: ten for the best German athlete, nine for the second best, eight for the third best, seven for the fourth best, six for the fifth best, etc.

The winner was the automobile racing driver Karl Kling ahead of last year's winner, the married couple Paul Falk and Ria Baran-Falk . The third-placed Edgar Basel was the best amateur athlete .

Ranking list

Athlete sport Points Successes in 1952
1. Karl Kling Motorsport 1744 Winner of the Carrera Panamericana
2. The Falk couple
( Paul Falk and Ria Baran-Falk )		 Ice and figure skating 1359 World champion and winner of the Olympic Games
3. Edgar Basel Boxing 1216 Silver medal in flyweight boxing at the Summer Olympics
4th Annemirl Buchner Skiing 1148 Silver in the downhill, bronze in slalom and giant slalom at the Olympic Winter Games
5. Andreas Ostler Bobsleigh 1088 Two-time Olympic champion
6th Maria Sander athletics 0699 Bronze medal in the 80 meter hurdles and silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the Summer Olympics
7th Heinz Neuhaus Boxing 0684 European heavyweight champion
8th. Herbert Schade athletics 0648 Bronze medal in the 5000 meter run at the Olympic Games
9. Alfred Schwarzmann do gymnastics 0646 Winning the silver medal at the Summer Olympics
10. Karl-Friedrich Haas athletics 0580 Bronze medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay and fourth in the 400 meter run at the Summer Olympics

A total of 78 athletes were named.

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