United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors	286 in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Norman Armitage
Medals Rank: 1	Gold 40	Silver 19	Bronze 17	Total 76
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The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 286 competitors, 245 men and 41 women, took part in 133 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

Gold

• Lindy Remigino — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
• Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
• Mal Whitfield — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
• Harrison Dillard — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
• Charles Moore — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
• Horace Ashenfelter — Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase
• Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Dean Smith, and Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay Men
• Walt Davis — Athletics, Men's High Jump
• Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
• Jerome Biffle — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
• Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
• Sim Iness — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
• Cy Young — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
• Bob Mathias — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Mae Faggs, Catherine Hardy, Barbara Jones, and Janet Moreau — Athletics, Women's 4x100 m Relay
• Ron Bontemps, Marc Freiberger, Wayne Glasgow, Charlie Hoag, Bill Hougland, John Keller, Dean Kelley, Bob Kenney, Bob Kurland, Bill Lienhard, Clyde Lovellette, Frank McCabe, Dan Pippin, and Howie Williams — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
• Nathan Brooks — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Charles Adkins — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
• Floyd Patterson — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Norvel Lee — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Edward Sanders — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Frank Havens — Canoeing, Men's C1 10,000 m Canadian Singles
• David Browning — Diving, Men's Springboard Diving
• Sammy Lee — Diving, Men's Platform Diving
• Patricia McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard Diving
• Patricia McCormick — Diving, Women's Platform Diving
• Charles Logg and Thomas Price — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
• Robert Detweiler, James Dunbar, William Fields, Wayne Frye, Charles Manring, Richard Murphy, Henry Proctor, Frank Shakespeare, and Edward Stevens — Rowing, Men's Eights
• Joe Benner — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
• Clarke Scholes — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
• Ford Konno — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
• Yoshinobu Oyakawa — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
• Ford Konno, James McLane, Wayne Moore, and William Woolsey — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
• Tommy Kono — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
• Peter George — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
• Norbert Schemansky — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
• John Davis — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
• William Smith — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
• Britton Chance, Edgar White, and Sumner White — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class
• Everard Endt, John Morgan, Eric Ridder, Julian Roosevelt, Emelyn Whiton, and Herman Whiton — Sailing, Men's 6 Meter Class 4870

Silver

• Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
• Bob McMillen — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
• Jack Davis — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
• Gene Cole, Ollie Matson, Charles Moore, and Mal Whitfield — Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay
• Ken Wiesner — Athletics, Men's High Jump
• Don Laz — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
• Meredith Gourdine — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
• Darrow Hooper — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
• Bill Miller — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
• Milt Campbell — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Miller Anderson — Diving, Men's Springboard Diving
• Paula Myers-Pope — Diving, Women's Platform Diving
• Ford Konno — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
• Bowen Stassforth — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
• Stanley Stanczyk — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
• James Bradford — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
• Jay Evans — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
• Henry Wittenberg — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
• John Price and John Reid — Sailing, Men's Star

Bronze

• James Gathers — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
• Ollie Matson — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
• Arthur Barnard — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
• James Fuchs — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
• James Dillion — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
• Floyd Simmons — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Bob Clotworthy — Diving, Men's Springboard Diving
• Zoe Olsen-Jensen — Diving, Women's Springboard Diving
• Juno Irwin — Diving, Women's Platform Diving
• Charles Hough, Jr., Walter Staley, and John Wofford — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
• Arthur McCashin, John Russell, and William Steinkraus — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
• Matthew Leanderson, Carl Lovested, Albert Rossi, Alvin Ulbrickson, and Richard Wahlstrom — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
• Arthur Jackson — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Prone
• Jack Taylor — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
• Evelyn Kawamoto — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
• Joan Alderson, Evelyn Kawamoto, Jacqueline LaVine, and Marilee Stepan — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
• Josiah Henson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight

Athletics

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Men's 100 metres

• Lindy Remigino

• First Round – 10.4s
• Second Round – 10.4s
• Semifinals – 10.5s
• Final – 10.4s (→ Gold Medal)

• Dean Smith

• First Round – 10.6s
• Second Round – 10.4s
• Semifinals – 10.6s
• Final – 10.4s (→ 4th place)

Basketball

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Men's Team Competition

• Main Round (Group A)

• Defeated Hungary (66-48)
• Defeated Czechoslovakia (72-47)
• Defeated Uruguay (57-44)

• Final Round (Group B)

• Defeated Soviet Union (86-58)
• Defeated Chile (103-55)
• Defeated Brazil (57-53)

• Semifinals

• Defeated Argentina (85-76)

• Final

• Defeated Soviet Union (36-25) → Gold Medal

• Team Roster

• Ronald Bontemps
• Marcus Freiberger
• Victor Glasgow
• Charles Hoag
• Bill Hougland
• John Keller
• Melvin Kelley
• Robert Kenney
• Robert Kurland
• William Lienhard
• Clyde Lovellette
• Frank McCabe
• Daniel Pippin
• Howard Williams

Boxing

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Canoeing

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Cycling

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Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Donald Sheldon — 5:22:33.3 (→ 32nd place)
• Thomas O'Rourke — 5:22:33.7 (→ 36th place)
• David Rhoads — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Ronald Rhoads — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Frank Brilando

• Final — 1:17.8 (→ 23rd place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Steven Hromjak — 22nd place

Diving

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Men's 3m Springboard

• David Browning

• Final — 205.29 points (→ Gold Medal)

• Miller Anderson

• Final — 199.84 points (→ Silver Medal)

• Bob Clotworthy

• Final — 184.92 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 10m Platform

• Pat McCormick

• Preliminary Round — 51.25 points
• Final — 79.37 points (→ Gold Medal)

• Paula Myers-Pope

• Preliminary Round — 44.22 points
• Final — 71.63 points (→ Silver Medal)

• Juno Stover-Irwin

• Preliminary Round — 43.60 points
• Final — 70.49 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Equestrianism

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Fencing

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20 fencers, 17 men and 3 women, represented the United States in 1952.

Men's foil

• Nate Lubell
• Albie Axelrod
• Daniel Bukantz

Men's team foil

• Silvio Giolito, Albie Axelrod, Nate Lubell, Byron Krieger, Daniel Bukantz, Hal Goldsmith

Men's épée

• Edward Vebell
• Paul Makler, Sr.
• Alfred Skrobisch

Men's team épée

• Edward Vebell, Paul Makler, Sr., Alfred Skrobisch, Joe de Capriles, James Strauch, Albert Wolff

Men's sabre

• Joe de Capriles
• George Worth
• Allan Kwartler

Men's team sabre

• Norman Cohn-Armitage, Joe de Capriles, Tibor Nyilas, Alex Treves, George Worth, Allan Kwartler

Women's foil

• Jan York-Romary
• Maxine Mitchell
• Polly Craus

Football

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Results:

U.S. 0-8 Italy

Roster:

Bob Burkard

Charlie Colombo

Bill Conterio

Elwood Cook

Jack Dunn

Harry Keough

Ed McHugh

Ruben Mendoza

Lloyd Monsen

Willy Schaller

Bill Sheppell

John Souza

Larry Surock

Coach: John Wood

Gymnastics

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Modern pentathlon

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Rowing

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Swimming

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Water polo

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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External links

• The short film Big Picture: Olympics is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]