1952 Summer Olympics medal table
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This is the full table of the medal table of the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC. The United States achieved the most gold medals (40), edging the Soviet Union (22). The US also won the most overall medals (76).
* Host nation (Finland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 40 | 19 | 17 | 76 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 22 | 30 | 19 | 71 |
3 | Hungary (HUN) | 16 | 10 | 16 | 42 |
4 | Sweden (SWE) | 12 | 13 | 10 | 35 |
5 | Italy (ITA) | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
7 | France (FRA) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
8 | Finland (FIN)* | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 |
9 | Australia (AUS) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
10 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
11 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
12 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
13 | Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
14 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
15 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
16 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
17 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
18 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
19 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
20 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
21 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
23 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
24 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
26 | India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
27 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
28 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
29 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
30 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
31 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
32 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
34 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
37 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
40 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (43 entries) | 149 | 152 | 158 | 459 |