Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics Results

Helsinki had been selected for organizing for the first time in 1940. But due to World War 2, it had been postponed. After that, they have selected to host in 1952. This season was held from 19 July to 3rd August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.

For the first time in this season, Israel and the Soviet Union were entered. Around 69 nations have participated; attended 4,955 athletes from that and 149 events in 17 sports.

By organizing this season, they used 24 venues from different places in Finland. Helsinki Football Grounds used for football mostly, Olympic Stadium used for athletics and Tennis Palace used for basketball matches.

Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics Results – Medal Stats & Table

If you look at the below Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics medal table, you can see the United States was the first ranked with 40 gold, 19 silver and 17 bronze medals.

On the 2nd position ranked the Soviet Union, they got 22 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze medals from that season.

Next, the 3rd position ranked Hungary. They got 16 gold, 10 silver and 16 bronze medals.

Here is the list of the 1952 Summer Olympics Results with table.

Rank	Nations	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	40	19	17	76
2	Soviet Union	22	30	19	71
3	Hungary	16	10	16	42
4	Sweden	12	13	10	35
5	Italy	8	9	4	21
6	Czechoslovakia	7	3	3	13
7	France	6	6	6	18
8	Finland	6	3	13	22
9	Australia	6	2	3	11
10	Norway	3	2	0	5
11	Switzerland	2	6	6	14
12	South Africa	2	4	4	10
13	Jamaica	2	3	0	5
14	Belgium	2	2	0	4
15	Denmark	2	1	3	6
16	Turkey	2	0	1	3
17	Japan	1	6	2	9
18	Great Britain	1	2	8	11
19	Argentina	1	2	2	5
20	Poland	1	2	1	4
21	Canada	1	2	0	3
22	Yugoslavia	1	2	0	3
23	Romania	1	1	2	4
24	Brazil	1	0	2	3
25	New Zealand	1	0	2	3
26	India	1	0	1	2
27	Luxembourg	1	0	0	1
28	Germany	0	7	17	24
29	Netherlands	0	5	0	5
30	Iran	0	3	4	7
31	Chile	0	2	0	2
32	Austria	0	1	1	2
33	Lebanon	0	1	1	2
34	Ireland	0	1	0	1
35	Mexico	0	1	0	1
36	Spain	0	1	0	1
37	South Korea	0	0	2	2
38	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2	2
39	Uruguay	0	0	2	2
40	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
41	Egypt	0	0	1	1
42	Portugal	0	0	1	1
43	Venezuela	0	0	1	1

Team Sports Result at the Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympic Games

If we look at team sports events like football, Hungary was the champions, Yugoslavia was the runners-up and Sweden got third-place.

From the basketball event, USA got the champions, Soviet Union was the runners-up and Uruguay got the third-place.

In the water polo event, Hungary got the champions, Yugoslavia was the runners-up and Italy was the third-place. On the field hockey sport event, India got the gold medalist, Netherland was the silver medalist and Great Britain was the bronze medalist.

Sports	Champions (Gold Medalist)	Runners-up (Silver Medalist)	Third-place (Bronze Medalist)
Football	Hungary	Yugoslavia	Sweden
Basketball	USA	Soviet Union	Uruguay
Field hockey	India	Netherland	Great Britain
Water Polo	Hungary	Yugoslavia	Italy