1952 Summer Olympics medal table
| 1952 Summer Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
| Location | Helsinki,  Finland |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  United States (40) |
| Most total medals | United States (76) |
| Medalling NOCs | 43 |
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. A total of 4,955 athletes representing 69 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, which included 11 teams making their Olympic debut at the Summer Games: The Bahamas,[1] Guatemala,[2] Hong Kong,[3] Indonesia,[4] Israel,[5] Netherlands Antilles, Nigeria,[6] Saar, the Soviet Union, Thailand,[7] and Vietnam.
Bulgaria, Lebanon, the Soviet Union, and Venezuela won their first medals of any kind. Luxembourg, Romania, and the Soviet Union won their first gold medals.
Medal table
[edit]The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (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.[8][9] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[10]
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. 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.
* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | NOC | 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 |
 Yugoslavia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 23 |  Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 24 |  Brazil | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 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 |
 Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 34 |  Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 |  South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 40 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (43 entries) | 149 | 152 | 158 | 459 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bahamas – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Hong Kong, China – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Indonesia – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Israel – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Nigeria – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Thailand – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Ostlere, Lawrence (11 August 2024). "Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Araton, Harvey (18 August 2008). "A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Cons, Roddy (10 August 2024). "What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained". Diario AS. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
