1952 Summer Olympics medal table

none January 2025 1952 Summer Olympics medals Helsinki, FIN 1952 Summer Most total medals USA 1952 Summer 76 Most gold medals USA 1952 Summer 40 Medalling NOCs 43 1948 Olympics medal tables 1956 thumb|right|500px|World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 1952 Summer Olympics Legend: #FFD700 represents countries that won at least one gold medal. #808080 represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals. #C87137 represents countries that won at least one bronze medal (no gold or silver). #FF5555 represents participating countries that did not win medals. #444 represents entities that did not participate at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medal & Results https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952 International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241001123701/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952 2024-10-01 live 23 January 2025Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games https://www.britannica.com/sports/Summer-Olympic-Games Encyclopædia Britannica 2025-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20250126182659/https://www.britannica.com/sports/Summer-Olympic-Games 2025-01-26 live Johnston Mindy 24 January 2025 en A total of 4,955 athletes representing 69 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, which included 12 teams making their Olympic debut at the Summer Games: The Bahamas,Bahamas – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/bahamas International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006042418/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/bahamas 2024-10-06 dead 22 January 2025 Guatemala,Guatemala – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/guatemala International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241130082754/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/guatemala 2024-11-30 dead 22 January 2025 Hong Kong,Hong Kong, China – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/hong-kong--china International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241211084227/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/hong-kong--china 2024-12-11 dead 22 January 2025 Indonesia,Indonesia – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/indonesia International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043221/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/indonesia 2024-10-06 dead 22 January 2025 Israel,Israel – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/israel International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043309/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/israel 2024-10-06 dead 22 January 2025 Netherlands Antilles,Netherlands Antilles History, Flag, Capital, Currency, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/place/Netherlands-Antilles Encyclopædia Britannica 2024-12-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20250115023505/https://www.britannica.com/place/Netherlands-Antilles 2025-01-15 live Hoetink Harmannus Harris David Russell 23 January 2025 en Nigeria,Nigeria – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/nigeria International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043826/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/nigeria 2024-10-06 dead 22 January 2025 People's Republic of China,Wu flies the flag for Olympic debutants China in the pool https://olympics.com/en/news/wu-flies-the-flag-for-olympic-debutants-china-in-the-pool International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20240816083105/https://olympics.com/en/news/wu-flies-the-flag-for-olympic-debutants-china-in-the-pool 2024-08-16 live 27 January 2025 en Saar,Saar (SAA) https://www.olympedia.org/countries/SAA Olympedia https://web.archive.org/web/20250125012754/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/SAA 2025-01-25 live 27 January 2025 the Soviet Union,2024-06-20 The Games of the Olympiad https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20240911134901/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf 2024-09-11 24 January 2025 International Olympic Committee 3 Thailand,Thailand – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/thailand International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006044639/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/thailand 2024-10-06 dead 22 January 2025 and Vietnam.Rio 2016: Vietnam wins first ever Olympic gold medal https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-vietnam-wins-first-ever-olympic-gold-medal-a7177771.html The Independent 2016-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20170828065034/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-vietnam-wins-first-ever-olympic-gold-medal-a7177771.html 2017-08-28 live Sims Alexandra 23 January 2025 en The games featured 149 events across 17 sports in 23 disciplines, including the Olympic debut of women's individual gymnastics events and the transition of equestrian sports becoming mixed.2024-06-20 The programme of the Games of the Olympiad https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-programme-of-the-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20240911134211/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-programme-of-the-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf 2024-09-11 24 January 2025 International Olympic Committee 31952 Summer Olympics Overview https://www.olympedia.org/editions/13 Olympedia https://web.archive.org/web/20250114184700/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/13 2025-01-14 live 24 January 20252008-02-01 The Sports On The Olympic Programme https://stillmed.olympic.org/AssetsDocs/importednews/documents/en_report_1135.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20250124205128/https://stillmed.olympic.org/AssetsDocs/importednews/documents/en_report_1135.pdf 2025-01-24 24 January 2025 International Olympic Committee 5 In addition, pesäpallo, a Finnish baseball variant, was played as a non-medal demonstration event.Pesäpallo at the 1952 Summer Olympics https://www.olympedia.org/editions/13/sports/PSP Olympedia https://web.archive.org/web/20250220130452/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/13/sports/PSP 2025-02-20 live 8 February 2025 China competed under the name of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the first time, although they only arrived in time to participate in one event. From 1924 to 1948, athletes from mainland China competed as the delegation of the Republic of China (ROC). As a result of the Chinese Civil War, a number of government and NOC representatives had fled to Taiwan and claimed to be the proper representative party of China. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) granted the ROC designation to the group in Taiwan and allowed both the PRC and ROC to compete with the name "China", although the latter withdrew in protest.10th-15th Olympic Games: 1936-1952 http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/olympics/100673.htm China Internet Information Center 2004-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20150421170352/http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/olympics/100673.htm 2015-04-21 live 27 January 2025Chan Gerald Autumn 1985 The "Two-Chinas" Problem and the Olympic Formula https://doi.org/10.2307/2759241 Pacific Affairs 58 3 473–490 10.2307/2759241 2759241 27 January 2025 subscription Athletes representing 43 NOCs received at least one medal, with 27 NOCs winning at least one gold medal. The United States won the most gold medals, with 40, and the most overall medals, with 78. Bulgaria,Bulgaria – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/bulgaria International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241212022259/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/bulgaria 2024-12-12 dead 22 January 2025 Lebanon,Lebanon – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/lebanon International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043421/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/lebanon 2024-10-06 dead 22 January 2025 the Soviet Union,Soviet Union (URS) https://www.olympedia.org/countries/URS Olympedia https://web.archive.org/web/20250122141239/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/URS 2025-01-22 live 27 January 2025 and Venezuela won their first medals.Venezuela – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/venezuela International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006044625/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/venezuela 2024-10-06 dead 22 January 2025 Luxembourg,Luxembourg – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/luxembourg International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043509/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/luxembourg 2024-10-06 dead 22 January 2025 Romania,Romania – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/romania International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006044118/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/romania 2024-10-06 dead 22 January 2025 and the Soviet Union also won their first gold medals.Grimes William William Grimes (journalist) 2016-08-24 Nina Ponomareva, Soviet Olympian Who Set Off a Diplomatic Crisis, Dies at 87 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/sports/olympics/nina-ponomareva-dead.html subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20241219105855/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/sports/olympics/nina-ponomareva-dead.html 2024-12-19 27 January 2025 The New York Times Among individual participants, Soviet gymnast Viktor Chukarin won the most gold medals, with four, while fellow Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya won the most overall medals, with seven (two gold and five silver).1952 Helsinki Summer Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ Sports Reference https://web.archive.org/web/20200114073412/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ 2020-01-14 dead 23 January 2025 Medal table thumb|alt=Nina Ponomaryova from about the highs up, posing in a way that appears to be her just finishing a discus throw. Image is in black and white.|Nina Ponomaryova, pictured here at the 1960 Summer Olympics, was the first athlete representing the Soviet Union to win a gold medal, doing so in the women's discus throw event. thumb|alt=Asnoldo Devonish pictured from just below the chest up and looking off to the side. Image is in black and white.|Asnoldo Devonish won Venezuela's fist Olympic medal of any kind, winning bronze in the men's triple jump. The medal table is based on information provided by the IOC and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html The Independent 11 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 live Ostlere Lawrence 12 August 2024 enA Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html The New York Times 18 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 live Araton Harvey subscription 25 July 2024 If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ Diario AS 10 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ 11 August 2024 live Cons Roddy 11 August 2024 en-us In the men's floor, men's horizontal bar, and men's pommel horse events there were two-way ties for second, which resulted in two silver medals and no bronze medals being awarded in each event.Helsinki 1952 floor exercises men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/results/gymnastics-artistic/floor-exercises-men International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20211115172916/https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/results/gymnastics-artistic/floor-exercises-men 2021-11-15 live 23 January 2025Helsinki 1952 horizontal bar men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/results/gymnastics-artistic/horizontal-bar-men International Olympic Committee 23 January 2025 15 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211115172846/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/results/gymnastics-artistic/horizontal-bar-men live Helsinki 1952 pommel horse men's Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/results/gymnastics-artistic/pommel-horse-men International Olympic Committee 23 January 2025 15 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211115151521/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/results/gymnastics-artistic/pommel-horse-men live In the men's rings and men's vault events there were two-way ties for third, which resulted in an additional bronze medal being awarded in each event.Helsinki 1952 rings men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/results/gymnastics-artistic/rings-men International Olympic Committee 23 January 2025 15 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211115151526/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/results/gymnastics-artistic/rings-men live Helsinki 1952 vault men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/results/gymnastics-artistic/vault-men International Olympic Committee 23 January 2025 15 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211115172935/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/results/gymnastics-artistic/vault-men live Events in boxing result in a bronze medal being awarded to each of the two competitors who lose their semi-final matches, as opposed to them fighting in a third place tie breaker.Explained: Two bronze medals are awarded in the Olympics boxing competition https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing International Olympic Committee 1 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20230328143327/https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing 28 March 2023 live Ansari Aarish 2 August 2024 1952 Summer Olympics medal tableHelsinki 1952 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/medals International Olympic Committee 23 January 2025 11 September 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240911063709/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952/medals live FIN flagIOC 1952 Summer NOC National Olympic Committee 40 19 17 22 30 19 16 10 16 12 13 10 8 9 4 7 3 3 6 6 6 6 3 13 yes 6 2 3 3 2 0 2 6 6 2 4 4 2 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 6 2 1 2 8 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 17 0 5 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 See also Olympic Games All-time Olympic Games medal table List of 1952 Summer Olympics medal winners 1952 Winter Olympics medal table References Medal count 1952