1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were held at Helsinki in Finland.^[2]

Games of the XV Olympiad

Host city	Helsinki, Finland
Nations	69
Athletes	4,955 (4,436 men, 519 women)
Events	149 in 17 sports (23 disciplines)
Opening	19 July
Closing	3 August
Opened by	President Juho Kusti Paasikivi[1]
Cauldron	Hannes Kolehmainen[1] Paavo Nurmi
Stadium	Helsingin Olympiastadion
Summer
← London 1948 Melbourne 1956 →
Winter
← Oslo 1952 Cortina 1956 →

Helsinki was chosen as the host city over Amsterdam, Athens, Lausanne, and Stockholm and five American cities: Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Philadelphia. Helsinki had been given the 1940 Summer Olympics, but they were cancelled because of World War II

Participating nations

A total of 69 nations sent athletes to compete at the Helsinki games.^[3]

Argentina  Australia  Austria  Bahamas  Belgium  Bermuda  Brazil  British Guiana  Bulgaria  Burma  Canada  Ceylon  Chile  Republic of China  Cuba  Czechoslovakia  Denmark  Egypt  Finland  France  West Germany  Gold Coast  Great Britain

Greece  Guatemala  Hong Kong  Hungary  Iceland  India  Indonesia  Iran  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Jamaica  Japan  South Korea  Lebanon  Liechtenstein  Luxembourg  Mexico  Monaco  Netherlands  Netherlands Antilles  New Zealand  Nigeria

Teams at the opening ceremonies of the 1952 games Countries at the 1952 Olympics  Norway  Pakistan  Panama  Philippines  Poland  Portugal  Puerto Rico  Romania  Saar  Singapore  South Africa  Soviet Union  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  Thailand  Trinidad and Tobago  Turkey  United States  Uruguay  Venezuela  Vietnam  Yugoslavia

Related pages

• List of IOC country codes