Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Messuhalli
Dates	19–24 July 1952
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Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held between 19 and 24 July in the Messuhalli building in Helsinki. Men's events were held in Exhibition Hall I while women's events were contested in the smaller Exhibition Hall II. ^[1]

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around details	Viktor Chukarin   Soviet Union	Hrant Shahinyan   Soviet Union	Josef Stalder   Switzerland
Team all-around details	Soviet Union  (URS) Vladimir Belyakov Iosif Berdiev Viktor Chukarin Yevgeny Korolkov Dmytro Leonkin Valentin Muratov Mikhail Perelman Hrant Shahinyan	Switzerland  (SUI) Hans Eugster Ernst Fivian Ernst Gebendinger Jack Günthard Hans Schwarzentruber Josef Stalder Melchior Thalmann Jean Tschabold	Finland  (FIN) Paavo Aaltonen Kalevi Laitinen Onni Lappalainen Kaino Lempinen Berndt Lindfors Olavi Rove Heikki Savolainen Kalevi Viskari
Floor exercise details	William Thoresson   Sweden	Jerzy Jokiel   Poland Tadao Uesako   Japan	none awarded
Horizontal bar details	Jack Günthard   Switzerland	Josef Stalder   Switzerland Alfred Schwarzmann   Germany	none awarded
Parallel bars details	Hans Eugster   Switzerland	Viktor Chukarin   Soviet Union	Josef Stalder   Switzerland
Pommel horse details	Viktor Chukarin   Soviet Union	Hrant Shahinyan   Soviet Union Yevgeny Korolkov   Soviet Union	none awarded
Rings details	Hrant Shahinyan   Soviet Union	Viktor Chukarin   Soviet Union	Dmytro Leonkin   Soviet Union Hans Eugster   Switzerland
Vault details	Viktor Chukarin   Soviet Union	Masao Takemoto   Japan	Takashi Ono   Japan Tadao Uesako   Japan

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around details	Maria Gorokhovskaya   Soviet Union	Nina Bocharova   Soviet Union	Margit Korondi   Hungary
Team all-around details	Soviet Union  (URS) Nina Bocharova Pelageya Danilova Maria Gorokhovskaya Ekaterina Kalinchuk Galina Minaicheva Galina Shamrai Galina Urbanovich Medea Jugeli	Hungary  (HUN) Andrea Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Ágnes Keleti Margit Korondi Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Mária Kövi-Zalai	Czechoslovakia  (TCH) Hana Bobková Alena Chadimová Jana Rabasová Alena Reichová Matylda Šínová Božena Srncová Věra Vančurová Eva Věchtová
Balance beam details	Nina Bocharova   Soviet Union	Maria Gorokhovskaya   Soviet Union	Margit Korondi   Hungary
Floor exercise details	Ágnes Keleti   Hungary	Maria Gorokhovskaya   Soviet Union	Margit Korondi   Hungary
Uneven bars details	Margit Korondi   Hungary	Maria Gorokhovskaya   Soviet Union	Ágnes Keleti   Hungary
Vault details	Ekaterina Kalinchuk   Soviet Union	Maria Gorokhovskaya   Soviet Union	Galina Minaicheva   Soviet Union
Team, portable apparatus details	Sweden  (SWE) Karin Lindberg Ann-Sofi Pettersson Evy Berggren Gun Röring Göta Pettersson Ingrid Sandahl Hjördis Nordin Vanja Blomberg	Soviet Union  (URS) Maria Gorokhovskaya Nina Bocharova Galina Minaicheva Galina Urbanovich Pelageya Danilova Galina Shamrai Medea Jugeli Ekaterina Kalinchuk	Hungary  (HUN) Margit Korondi Ágnes Keleti Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Mária Kövi-Zalai Andrea Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union  (URS)	9	11	2	22
2	Switzerland  (SUI)	2	2	3	7
3	Hungary  (HUN)	2	1	5	8
4	Sweden  (SWE)	2	0	0	2
5	Japan  (JPN)	0	2	2	4
6	Germany  (GER)	0	1	0	1
	Poland  (POL)	0	1	0	1
8	Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	Finland  (FIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		15	18	14	47

Participating nations

•   Argentina  (2)
•   Austria  (16)
•   Belgium  (3)
•   Bulgaria  (16)
•   Cuba  (3)
•   Czechoslovakia  (16)
•   Denmark  (7)
•   Egypt  (8)
•   Finland  (16)
•   France  (16)
•   Germany  (16)
•   Great Britain  (14)
•   Hungary  (16)
•   India  (2)
•   Italy  (16)
•   Japan  (5)
•   Luxembourg  (6)
•   Netherlands  (8)
•   Norway  (11)
•   Poland  (16)
•   Portugal  (9)
•   Romania  (16)
•   Saar  (6)
•   South Africa  (3)
•   Soviet Union  (16)
•   Spain  (1)
•   Sweden  (15)
•   Switzerland  (8)
•   United States  (16)
•   Yugoslavia  (16)

See also

• 1952 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Gymnastics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

Sources

• The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad. Porvoo: Werner Södreström Osakeyhtiö. 1955. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
• "1952 Olympic Games". Gymn-Forum.com. Retrieved 15 April 2006.^{[ dead link ‍]}