Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg
IOC code GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
in Helsinki
Competitors257 (213 men and 44 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Harold Whitlock
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
8
Total
11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 257 competitors, 213 men and 44 women, took part in 127 events in 18 sports. [1] In 1952, they achieved their only gold medal during the last event of the last day of competition in Helsinki. Along with 1904 and 1996, this is Great Britain's lowest gold medal count.

Contents

Medallists

Medals by sport
Sport Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Equestrian 1001
Athletics 0145
Sailing 0101
Cycling 0011
Swimming 0011
Field hockey 0011
Wrestling 0011
Total12811

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • First Round — 10.4s
  • First Round — 10.5s
  • Semifinals — 10.5s
  • Final — 10.4s (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying Round — 50.69m
  • Final Round — 51.07m (→ 18th place)

Women's discus throw

  • Qualifying Round — 36.37 m
  • Final — 37.96 m (→ 15th place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight:

  1. First Round – Defeated Abdelamid Boutefnouchet of France (3–0)
  2. Second Round – Defeated Leslie Donovan Perera Handunge of Ceylon (3–0)
  3. Third Round – Lost to Anatoli Bulakov of Soviet Union (1–2)

Men's Bantamweight:

  1. First Round – Lost to Pentti Olavi Hämäläinen of Finland (0–3)

Men's Featherweight:

  1. First Round – Lost to Georghe Ilie of Romania (0–3)

Men's Lightweight:

  1. First Round – Defeated Roger Cuche of Switzerland (KO 3R)
  2. Second Round – Defeated Aleksandr Zasuhin of Soviet Union (0–3)
  3. Third Round – Lost to Aleksy Antkiewicz of Poland (0–3)

Men's Light Welterweight:

  1. First Round – Defeated Oscar Juan Galardo of Argentina (2–1)
  2. Second Round – Lost to Alexander Grant Webster of South Africa (0–3)

Men's Welterweight:

  1. First Round – Lost to Július Torma of Czechoslovakia (1–2)

Men's Light Middleweight:

  1. First Round – Lost to Petar Stankoff Spassoff of Bulgaria (1–2)

Men's Middleweight:

  1. First Round – Defeated Moustafa Mohamed Fahim of Egypt (2–1)
  2. Second Round – Lost to Boris Georgiev Nikolov of Bulgaria (2–1)

Men's Light Heavyweight:

  1. Second Round – Lost to Anatoli Perov of Soviet Union (1–2)

Men's Heavyweight:

  1. First Round – Defeated José Victorio Sartor of Argentina (2–1)
  2. Third Round – Lost to Ilkka Rickhard Koski of Finland (0–3)

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Final — 1:13.3 (→ 5th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

  • Bronze Medal Match — defeated France (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)

Diving

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRankTotalRank
Peter Elliott 3 m springboard 61.8520Did not advance
Peter Heatly 63.1716Did not advance
Anthony Turner 71.365 Q80.547151.907
Peter Heatly 10 m platform 67.7812Did not advance
Anthony Turner 64.3419Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRankTotalRank
Dorothy Drew 3 m springboard 51.2811Did not advance
Ann Long 54.826 Q54.008108.828
Charmain Welsh 59.143 Q57.246116.385
Valerie Lloyd-Chandos 10 m platform 35.3912Did not advance
Ann Long 43.236 Q19.96563.195
Diana Spencer 43.167 Q17.60760.767

Equestrian

Fencing

17 fencers, 14 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1952.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Football

Gymnastics

The British Gymnastics team competed in 15 events and was made up of 14 gymnasts, (6 men and 8 women), including Frank Turner and George Weedon, both of whom had competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1952.

Individual
Team

Rowing

Great Britain had 23 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1952. [2]

Men's single sculls – Fourth
Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair – Fourth
Men's coxless four – Fourth
Men's coxed four – Fourth
Men's eight – Fourth

Sailing

Shooting

Twelve shooters represented Great Britain in 1952.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
100m running deer
Trap

Swimming

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

AthleteEventHeatSwim-offSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ronald Roberts 100 m freestyle 59.51 Q59.57Did not advance
Jack Wardrop 58.91 Q59.46Did not advance
Thomas Welsh 59.52 Q1:00.37Did not advance
Ronald Burns 400 m freestyle 4:55.25Did not advance
Peter Head 5:04.25Did not advance
Jack Wardrop 4:43.71 Q4:41.13 Q4:39.95
Bob Sreenan 1500 m freestyle 19:59.24Did not advance
John Brockway 100 m backstroke 1:08.81 Q1:09.05Did not advance
Bert Wardrop 1:09.93 QSO1:07.81 Q1:08.64 Q1:07.86
Brian Barnes 200 m breaststroke 2:48.65Did not advance
Roy Botham
Ronald Burns
Thomas Welsh
Jack Wardrop
4 × 200 m freestyle 8:59.72 Q8:52.96
Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Angela Barnwell 100 m freestyle 1:07.63 Q1:07.23 Q1:08.68
Jean Botham 1:10.54Did not advance
Lillian Preece 1:10.04Did not advance
Lillian Preece 400 m freestyle 5:32.15Did not advance
Daphne Wilkinson 5:16.62 Q5:27.25Did not advance
Grace Wood 5:31.24Did not advance
Margaret McDowall 100 m backstroke 1:17.53 Q1:18.47
Pauline Musgrave 1:19.63Did not advance
Elenor Gordon 200 m breaststroke 2:58.61 Q2:57.822:57.6Bronze medal icon.svg
Valerie Harris 3:04.63Did not advance
Jean Wrigley 3:04.53 Q3:03.26Did not advance
Phyllis Linton
Jean Botham
Angela Barnwell
Lillian Preece
4 × 100 m freestyle 4:36.02 Q4:37.85

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "Great Britain at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Great Britain Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.