1952 Summer Olympics medal table

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1952 Summer Olympics medals
Location Helsinki, Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Highlights
Most gold medalsUS flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (40)
Most total medalsUS flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (76)
Medalling NOCs43
  1948  · Olympics medal tables ·  1956  

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.

  *   Host nation (Finland)

1952 Summer Olympics medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 40191776
2Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 22301971
3Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 16101642
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 12131035
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 89421
6Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 73313
7Flag of France.svg  France 66618
8Flag of Finland.svg  Finland*631322
9Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 62311
10Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3205
11Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 26614
12Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 24410
13Flag of Jamaica (1906-1957).svg  Jamaica 2305
14Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2204
15Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2136
16Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2013
17Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1629
18Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 12811
19Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1225
20Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1214
21Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 1203
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1203
23Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania 1124
24Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 1023
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1023
26Flag of India.svg  India 1012
27Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1001
28Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 071724
29Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0505
30State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 0347
31Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0202
32Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0112
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 0112
34Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 0101
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 0101
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 0101
37Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 0022
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1889-1958).svg  Trinidad and Tobago 0022
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 0022
40Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 0011
Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 0011
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0011
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 0011
Totals (43 entries)149152158459

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