List of gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki from 19 July to 3 August 1952. Only one discipline, artistic gymnastics, was included in the Games. [1]

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Female artistic gymnasts

NameCountryDate of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Miranda Cicognani Flag of Italy.svg Italy12 September 1936 (aged 15)
Oldest competitor Marie Hoesly Flag of the United States.svg United States5 November 1916 (aged 35)
NOC NameDate of birth (Age)Hometown
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Gerti Fesl 29 September 1931 (aged 20)
Trude Gollner-Kolar 23 January 1926 (aged 26) Graz, Austria
Gertrude Gries 16 October 1924 (aged 27)
Hildegard Grill 20 October 1927 (aged 24)
Ida Kadlec 6 October 1929 (aged 22)
Edeltraud Schramm 16 December 1923 (aged 28) Linz, Austria
Hedwig Traindl 5 October 1934 (aged 17)
Gertrude Winnige-Barosch 19 January 1929 (aged 23)
Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Stoyanka Angelova 28 March 1928 (aged 24) Burgas, Bulgaria
Ivanka Dolzheva 10 September 1935 (aged 16) Sofia, Bulgaria
Rayna Grigorova 25 July 1931 (aged 20) Varna, Bulgaria
Penka Prisadashka 5 March 1929 (aged 23)
Saltirka Spasova-Tarpova 22 July 1933 (aged 18) Gulyantsi, Bulgaria
Tsvetanka Stancheva 18 August 1929 (aged 22)
Vasilka Stancheva 29 November 1929 (aged 22)
Yordanka Yovkova 8 January 1933 (aged 19)
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Hana Bobková 19 February 1929 (aged 23) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Alena Chadimová 22 November 1931 (aged 20) Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Jana Rabasová 22 July 1933 (aged 18) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Alena Reichová 27 July 1933 (aged 18) Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Matylda Šínová 29 March 1933 (aged 19) Brno, Czechoslovakia
Božena Srncová 11 June 1925 (aged 27) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Věra Vančurová 17 September 1932 (aged 19) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Eva Věchtová 18 December 1931 (aged 20) Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Raili Hoviniemi 13 May 1936 (aged 16) Joensuu, Finland
Arja Lehtinen 23 April 1936 (aged 16) Helsinki, Finland
Maila Nisula 18 March 1931 (aged 21) Vyborg, Finland
Pirkko Pyykönen 18 June 1936 (aged 16) Helsinki, Finland
Vappu Salonen 12 February 1929 (aged 23) Tampere, Finland
Raija Simola 28 April 1932 (aged 20) Lahti, Finland
Raili Tuominen-Hämäläinen 13 October 1932 (aged 19) Tampere, Finland
Pirkko Vilppunen 19 May 1934 (aged 18) Vyborg, Finland
Flag of France.svg  France Ginette Durand 5 April 1929 (aged 23) Roanne, France
Colette Fanara 15 February 1926 (aged 26)
Colette Hué 11 May 1932 (aged 20) Paris, France
Madeleine Jouffroy 20 November 1927 (aged 24) Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Alexandra Lemoine 1 April 1928 (aged 24)
Liliane Montagne 16 March 1931 (aged 21)
Irène Pittelioen 13 May 1927 (aged 25) Lille, France
Jeanette Vogelbacher 2 February 1922 (aged 30) Belfort, France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Hanna Grages 8 December 1922 (aged 29) Verden, Germany
Brigitte Kiesler 15 August 1924 (aged 27) Ludwigslust, Germany
Hilde Koop 26 May 1921 (aged 31) Bremen, Germany
Elisabeth Ostermeyer 2 April 1929 (aged 23) Nuremberg, Germany
Inge Sedlmaier 4 May 1925 (aged 27) Landshut, Germany
Wolfgard Voß 24 June 1926 (aged 26) Oldenburg, Germany
Irma Walther 14 September 1920 (aged 31) Nuremberg, Germany
Lydia Zeitlhofer 18 February 1931 (aged 21) Neuötting, Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Cissy Davies 1 December 1932 (aged 19) Swansea, Wales
Irene Hirst 11 July 1930 (aged 22) North Bierley, England
Pat Hirst 18 November 1918 (aged 33) Wortley, England
Gwynedd Lewis-Lingard 28 December 1934 (aged 17) Cardiff, Wales
Margo Morgan 29 December 1929 (aged 22)
Valerie Mullins 17 January 1935 (aged 17) Swansea, Wales
Marjorie Raistrick 10 May 1934 (aged 18) Bradford, England
Margaret Thomas-Neale 22 August 1931 (aged 20) Cardiff, Wales
Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary Andrea Bodó 4 August 1934 (aged 17) Budapest, Hungary
Irén Daruházi-Karcsics 18 March 1927 (aged 25) Budapest, Hungary
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles 3 November 1924 (aged 27) Budapest, Hungary
Ágnes Keleti 9 January 1921 (aged 31) Budapest, Hungary
Margit Korondi 24 June 1932 (aged 20) Celje, Yugoslavia
Mária Kövi-Zalai 20 October 1924 (aged 27) Târgu Mureș, Romania
Edit Perényi-Weckinger 5 May 1923 (aged 29) Kispent, Hungary
Olga Tass 29 March 1929 (aged 23) Pécs, Hungary
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Renata Bianchi 12 July 1926 (aged 26) Cornigliano, Italy
Grazia Bozzo 23 January 1936 (aged 16) Sestri Ponente, Italy
Miranda Cicognani 12 September 1936 (aged 15) Forlì, Italy
Elisabetta Durelli 17 January 1936 (aged 16) Lodi, Italy
Licia Macchini 11 July 1930 (aged 22) Lodi, Italy
Lidia Pitteri 9 September 1933 (aged 18) Venice, Italy
Luciana Reali 4 March 1936 (aged 16)
Liliana Scaricabarozzi 5 October 1934 (aged 17) Lodi, Italy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jo Cox-Ladru 8 March 1923 (aged 29) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lenie Gerrietsen 28 March 1930 (aged 22) Utrecht, Netherlands
Huiberdina Krul 22 May 1922 (aged 30) The Hague, Netherlands
Annie Ros 5 March 1926 (aged 26) Utrecht, Netherlands
Toetie Selbach 11 April 1934 (aged 18) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tootje Selbach 14 March 1928 (aged 24) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nanny Simon 23 June 1931 (aged 21) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cootje van Kampen-Tonneman 15 September 1921 (aged 30) Horn, Netherlands
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Norveig Karlsen 16 May 1922 (aged 30) Moss, Norway
Bergljot Sandvik-Johansen 27 January 1922 (aged 30) Oslo, Norway
Grethe Werner 28 May 1928 (aged 24) Oslo, Norway
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel 3 February 1934 (aged 18) Nowy Bytom, Poland
Zofia Kowalczyk 30 April 1929 (aged 23) Kraków, Poland
Urszula Łukomska 1 December 1926 (aged 25) Poznań, Poland
Honorata Marcińczak 17 June 1930 (aged 22) Kraków, Poland
Helena Rakoczy 23 December 1921 (aged 30) Kraków, Poland
Stefania Reindl 24 February 1922 (aged 30) Kraków, Poland
Stefania Świerzy 19 June 1934 (aged 18) Ruda Śląska, Poland
Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska 4 February 1935 (aged 17) Kraków, Poland
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Maria Laura Amorim 28 April 1932 (aged 20)
Dália da Cunha-Sammer 26 December 1928 (aged 23) Lisbon, Portugal
Natália Silva 15 September 1927 (aged 24)
Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania Elisabeta Abrudeanu 28 June 1926 (aged 26)
Teofila Băiașu 25 July 1927 (aged 24)
Helga Bîrsan 29 June 1928 (aged 24)
Olga Göllner 8 November 1930 (aged 21) Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Ileana Gyarfaș 8 January 1932 (aged 20) Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Olga Munteanu 18 October 1927 (aged 24)
Stela Perin 6 May 1934 (aged 18) Arad, Romania
Eveline Slavici 7 December 1932 (aged 19) Bucharest, Romania
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union Nina Bocharova 24 September 1924 (aged 27) Supranivka, Ukrainian SSR
Pelageya Danilova 4 May 1918 (aged 34) Boroviki, Russian SFSR
Maria Gorokhovskaya 17 October 1921 (aged 30) Yevpatoria, Ukrainian SSR
Medea Jugeli 1 August 1925 (aged 26) Kutaisi, Georgian SSR
Ekaterina Kalinchuk 2 December 1922 (aged 29) Zhitovo, Russian SFSR
Galina Minaicheva 29 December 1929 (aged 22) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Galina Shamrai 5 October 1931 (aged 20) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR
Galina Urbanovich 5 September 1917 (aged 34) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Evy Berggren 16 June 1934 (aged 18) Skellefteå, Sweden
Vanja Blomberg 28 January 1929 (aged 23) Gothenburg, Sweden
Karin Lindberg 6 October 1929 (aged 22) Kalix, Sweden
Hjördis Nordin 2 August 1932 (aged 19) Lund, Sweden
Ann-Sofi Pettersson 1 January 1932 (aged 20) Stockholm, Sweden
Göta Pettersson 18 December 1926 (aged 25) Stockholm, Sweden
Gun Röring 16 June 1930 (aged 22) Umeå, Sweden
Ingrid Sandahl 5 November 1924 (aged 27) Stockholm, Sweden
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Marian Barone 18 March 1924 (aged 28) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dorothy Dalton 1 August 1922 (aged 29) Newark, New Jersey
Meta Elste 16 October 1919 (aged 32) Bremen, Germany
Ruth Grulkowski 9 December 1930 (aged 21) Waumandee, Wisconsin
Marie Hoesly 5 November 1916 (aged 35) Perry, Wisconsin
Doris Kirkman 15 July 1930 (aged 22) Elizabeth, New Jersey
Clara Schroth-Lomady 5 October 1920 (aged 31) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ruth Topalian9 February 1927 (aged 25) New York City
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia Anka Drinić 11 March 1924 (aged 28)
Marija Ivandekić 25 August 1925 (aged 26)
Tereza Kočiš 27 April 1934 (aged 18) Sombor, Yugoslavia
Milica Rožman 1932 Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Sonja Rožman 1934 Jesenice, Yugoslavia
Ada Smolnikar 1935 Jesenice, Yugoslavia
Nada Spasić 7 March 1934 (aged 18)
Tanja Žutić 29 January 1927 (aged 25) Ptuj, Yugoslavia

Male artistic gymnasts

NameCountryDate of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Graham Harcourt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom16 April 1934 (aged 18)
Oldest competitor Heikki Savolainen Flag of Finland.svg Finland28 September 1907 (aged 44)
NOC NameDate of birth (Age)Hometown
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina César Bonoris 22 September 1927 (aged 24)
Juan Caviglia 28 November 1929 (aged 22) Córdoba, Argentina
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Friedrich Fetz 2 November 1927 (aged 24) Schlins, Austria
Hans Friedrich 9 February 1924 (aged 28)
Wolfgang Girardi 19 April 1928 (aged 24)
Paul Grubenthal 5 August 1932 (aged 19)
Franz Kemter 21 February 1922 (aged 30) Dornbirn, Austria
Hans Sauter 6 June 1925 (aged 27) Bregenz, Austria
Willi Welt 19 August 1926 (aged 25)
Ernst Wister 11 July 1922 (aged 30)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Maurice De Groote 24 September 1908 (aged 43)
Frederik De Waele 16 June 1919 (aged 33) Zele, Belgium
Jeroom Riske 14 August 1919 (aged 32) Temse, Belgium
Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Nikolay Atanasov 20 May 1924 (aged 28) Botevgrad, Bulgaria
Vasil Konstantinov 15 April 1929 (aged 23) Burgas, Bulgaria
Nikolay Milev 18 November 1930 (aged 21)
Stoyan Stoyanov 25 October 1931 (aged 20)Nikolovo, Bulgaria
Mincho Todorov 26 December 1931 (aged 20) Krivnya, Bulgaria
Todor Todorov 2 November 1928 (aged 23)
Iliya Topalov 10 November 1926 (aged 25)
Dimitar Yordanov 4 February 1928 (aged 24)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Ángel Aguiar 7 November 1926 (aged 25) Havana, Cuba
Francisco Cascante 28 June 1928 (aged 24) Havana, Cuba
Rafael Lecuona 2 June 1928 (aged 24) Havana, Cuba
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Ferdinand Daniš 7 January 1929 (aged 23) Lučenec, Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Kejř 20 January 1929 (aged 23) Úvaly, Czechoslovakia
Miloš Kolejka 18 October 1926 (aged 25) Němčice nad Hanou, Czechoslovakia
Jindřich Mikulec 11 May 1928 (aged 24) Rokytnice, Czechoslovakia
Zdeněk Růžička 15 April 1925 (aged 27) Ivančice, Czechoslovakia
Josef Škvor 8 December 1929 (aged 22) Dojetřice, Czechoslovakia
Leo Sotorník 11 April 1926 (aged 26) Vítkovice, Czechoslovakia
Josef Svoboda 9 October 1930 (aged 21)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Freddy Jensen 28 January 1926 (aged 26) Nuuk, Greenland
Poul Jessen 17 February 1926 (aged 26) Copenhagen, Denmark
Bjarne Jørgensen 13 May 1933 (aged 19) Copenhagen, Denmark
Børge Minerth 2 April 1920 (aged 32) Copenhagen, Denmark
Børge Nielsen 19 October 1924 (aged 27) Viborg, Denmark
Gunnar Pedersen 23 September 1924 (aged 27) Aarhus, Denmark
Volmer Thomsen 31 October 1917 (aged 34) Horsens, Denmark
Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt Ahmed Issam Allam 13 September 1931 (aged 20) Cairo, Egypt
Ahmed Khalil El-Giddawi 1931 Cairo, Egypt
Ragai Youssef Farhat 1932 Alexandria, Egypt
Magdy Gheriani 18 February 1931 (aged 21) Alexandria, Egypt
Mohamed Sayed Hamdi 11 December 1931 (aged 20) Cairo, Egypt
Mahmoud Reda 18 March 1930 (aged 22) Cairo, Egypt
Mahmoud Safwat 16 November 1930 (aged 21) Cairo, Egypt
Ali Zaky 1930 Alexandria, Egypt
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Paavo Aaltonen 12 December 1919 (aged 32) Kemi, Finland
Kalevi Laitinen 19 May 1918 (aged 34) Kotka, Finland
Onni Lappalainen 30 July 1922 (aged 29) Mikkeli, Finland
Kaino Lempinen 8 February 1921 (aged 31) Lemu, Finland
Berndt Lindfors 21 October 1932 (aged 19) Helsinki, Finland
Olavi Rove 29 July 1915 (aged 36) Helsinki, Finland
Heikki Savolainen 28 September 1907 (aged 44) Joensuu, Finland
Kalevi Viskari 15 June 1928 (aged 24) Enso, Finland
Flag of France.svg  France Raymond Badin 19 March 1928 (aged 24) Mâcon, France
René Changeat 31 December 1930 (aged 21) Lyon, France
Marcel de Wolf 19 September 1919 (aged 32) Trith-Saint-Léger, France
Raymond Dot 20 December 1926 (aged 25) Puteaux, France
Georges Floquet 20 July 1920 (aged 31) Anor, France
Jean Guillou 24 June 1931 (aged 21) Plouédern, France
Michel Mathiot 23 August 1926 (aged 25) Besançon, France
André Weingand 14 March 1915 (aged 37) Luxeuil-les-Bains, France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Helmut Bantz 14 September 1921 (aged 30) Speyer, Germany
Adalbert Dickhut 16 May 1923 (aged 29) Dortmund, Germany
Jakob Kiefer 3 December 1919 (aged 32) Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Friedel Overwien 27 September 1922 (aged 29)
Hans Pfann 14 September 1920 (aged 31) Nuremberg, Germany
Alfred Schwarzmann 23 March 1912 (aged 40) Fürth, Germany
Erich Wied 6 February 1923 (aged 29) Stuttgart, Germany
Theo Wied 6 February 1923 (aged 29) Stuttgart, Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Ken Buffin 1 November 1923 (aged 28) Barry, Wales
Graham Harcourt 16 April 1934 (aged 18) Swansea, Wales
Peter Starling 15 August 1925 (aged 26) Norwich, England
Frank Turner 5 November 1922 (aged 29) London, England
George Weedon 3 July 1920 (aged 32) Richmond, England
Jack Whitford 3 January 1924 (aged 28) Swansea, Wales
Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary József Fekete 27 February 1923 (aged 29) Kecskemét, Hungary
Ferenc Kemény 15 June 1922 (aged 30) Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Károly Kocsis 27 July 1929 (aged 22) Debrecen, Hungary
János Mogyorósi-Klencs 31 March 1922 (aged 30) Debrecen, Hungary
Ferenc Pataki 18 September 1917 (aged 34) Budapest, Hungary
Sándor Réthy 15 November 1923 (aged 28) Debrecen, Hungary
Lajos Sántha 13 July 1915 (aged 37) Csorvás, Hungary
Lajos Tóth 25 August 1914 (aged 37) Debrecen, Hungary
Flag of India.svg  India Khushi Ram 15 January 1916 (aged 36) Gurdaspur, India
Vir Singh 8 July 1930 (aged 22) Gurdaspur, India
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fabio Bonacina 26 July 1923 (aged 28) Lecco, Italy
Silvio Brivio 6 November 1929 (aged 22) Como, Italy
Arrigo Carnoli 31 January 1932 (aged 20) Ravenna, Italy
Guido Figone 13 October 1927 (aged 24) Chiavari, Italy
Orlando Polmonari 11 March 1924 (aged 28) Ferrara, Italy
Littorio Sampieri 16 July 1927 (aged 25) Forlì, Italy
Quinto Vadi 13 September 1921 (aged 30) Faenza, Italy
Luigi Zanetti 20 September 1921 (aged 30) Padua, Italy
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Akitomo Kaneko 1 August 1927 (aged 24) Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Tetsumi Nabeya 2 January 1930 (aged 22)
Takashi Ono 26 July 1931 (aged 20) Noshiro, Japan
Masao Takemoto 29 September 1919 (aged 32) Hamada, Japan
Tadao Uesako 14 October 1921 (aged 30) Hamada, Japan
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Marcel Coppin 27 April 1928 (aged 24) Paris, France
Hubert Erang 4 March 1931 (aged 21) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Armand Huberty 16 August 1930 (aged 21) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Jey Kugeler 18 April 1910 (aged 42) Schifflange, Luxembourg
René Schroeder 23 December 1920 (aged 31) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Josy Stoffel 27 June 1928 (aged 24) Differdange, Luxembourg
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Mathias Jamtvedt 14 August 1922 (aged 29) Gjerpen, Norway
Georg Johansen 3 May 1924 (aged 28) Tune, Norway
Magne Kleiven 27 July 1921 (aged 30) Lillehammer, Norway
Arne Knudsen 24 May 1923 (aged 29) Drammen, Norway
Odd Lie 14 December 1926 (aged 25) Drammen, Norway
Ernst Madland 21 February 1927 (aged 25) Stavanger, Norway
Alf Nørgaard 30 October 1916 (aged 35) Sauda, Norway
Alf Olsen 4 November 1925 (aged 26) Stavanger, Norway
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Paweł Gaca 5 October 1917 (aged 34) Radlin, Poland
Paweł Gawron 23 March 1921 (aged 31) Rydułtowy, Poland
Jerzy Jokiel 9 August 1931 (aged 20) Ruda Śląska, Poland
Ryszard Kucjas 4 December 1922 (aged 29) Rybnik, Poland
Zdzisław Lesiński 19 September 1921 (aged 30) Poznań, Poland
Szymon Sobala 15 January 1919 (aged 33) Piekary Śląskie, Poland
Jerzy Solarz 12 February 1930 (aged 22) Kraków, Poland
Paweł Świętek 28 October 1924 (aged 27) Piekary Śląskie, Poland
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Raúl Caldeira 21 January 1927 (aged 25)
Manuel Cardoso 17 June 1928 (aged 24) Porto, Portugal
Manuel Gouveia 2 June 1923 (aged 29) Lisbon, Portugal
Joaquim Granger 31 May 1928 (aged 24)
António Leite 2 April 1924 (aged 28)
Manuel Prazeres 1 December 1927 (aged 24)
Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania Eugen Balint 5 March 1927 (aged 25)
Zoltan Balogh 3 August 1930 (aged 21) Chișineu-Criș, Romania
Carol Bedö 13 December 1930 (aged 21) Aiud, Romania
Mihai Botez 31 January 1922 (aged 30) Oradea, Romania
Francisc Cociș 19 May 1930 (aged 22) Giungi, Romania
Andrei Kerekeș 4 January 1925 (aged 27) Reșița, Romania
Aurel Loșniță 2 November 1927 (aged 24)
Frederic Orendi 12 March 1930 (aged 22) Mediaș, Romania
Flag of Saar (1947-1956).svg  Saar Norbert Dietrich 24 January 1931 (aged 21) Bildstock, Germany
Rolf Lauer 11 September 1931 (aged 20) Bildstock, Germany
Walter Müller 31 December 1930 (aged 21) Neunkirchen, Germany
Heinz Ostheimer 15 September 1931 (aged 20) Bexbach, Germany
Arthur Schmitt 27 November 1910 (aged 41) Dudweiler, Germany
Fred Wiedersporn 19 October 1931 (aged 20) Schwalbach, Germany
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa Ronnie Lombard 28 July 1928 (aged 23)Namibia
Jack Wells 3 October 1926 (aged 25) Bloemfontein, South Africa
Rolf Yelseth 25 February 1914 (aged 38) Durban, South Africa
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union Vladimir Belyakov 2 January 1918 (aged 34) Dmitrov, Russian SFSR
Iosif Berdiev 26 November 1924 (aged 27) Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR
Viktor Chukarin 9 November 1921 (aged 30) Krasnoarmeyskoye, Ukrainian SSR
Yevgeny Korolkov 9 October 1930 (aged 21) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Dmytro Leonkin 16 December 1928 (aged 23) Ryazan, Russian SFSR
Valentin Muratov 30 July 1928 (aged 23) Kostyukovo, Russian SFSR
Mikhail Perlman 21 March 1923 (aged 29) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Hrant Shahinyan 30 July 1923 (aged 28) Gyulagarak, Armenian SSR
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Joaquín Blume 21 June 1933 (aged 19) Barcelona, Spain
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Arne Carlsson 13 July 1924 (aged 28) Örebro, Sweden
Anders Lindh 2 October 1929 (aged 22) Örebro, Sweden
Erich Peters 11 March 1920 (aged 32) Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
Nils Sjöberg12 May 1925 (aged 27) Falun, Sweden
Börje Stattin 13 February 1930 (aged 22) Gävle, Sweden
William Thoresson 31 May 1932 (aged 20) Gothenburg, Sweden
Kurt Wigartz 21 March 1933 (aged 19) Mariestad, Sweden
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Hans Eugster 27 February 1929 (aged 23) Heiden, Switzerland
Ernst Fivian 12 August 1931 (aged 20) Thun, Switzerland
Ernst Gebendinger 10 February 1926 (aged 26) Winterthur, Switzerland
Jack Günthard 8 January 1920 (aged 32) Hirzel, Switzerland
Hans Schwarzentruber 25 March 1929 (aged 23) Lucerne, Switzerland
Josef Stalder 6 February 1919 (aged 33)
Melchior Thalmann 21 May 1924 (aged 28)
Jean Tschabold 25 December 1925 (aged 26)
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Jack Beckner 9 June 1930 (aged 22)Los Angeles, California
Walter Blattmann 23 June 1920 (aged 32) New Orleans, Louisiana
Vincent D'Autorio 1 October 1915 (aged 36) Newark, New Jersey
Don Holder 29 September 1928 (aged 23) Jersey City, New Jersey
Bill Roetzheim 7 August 1928 (aged 23) Chicago, Illinois
Ed Scrobe 26 January 1923 (aged 29) New York City
Charles Simms 24 January 1928 (aged 24) New York City
Bob Stout 9 November 1925 (aged 26) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia Ivan Čaklec 5 August 1932 (aged 19) Varaždin, Yugoslavia
Dušan Furlan 24 August 1929 (aged 22) Brezovica pri Ljubljani, Yugoslavia
Karel Janež 22 January 1914 (aged 38) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Ivica Jelić 28 September 1917 (aged 34)
Franjo Jurjević 22 November 1932 (aged 19) Bjelovar, Yugoslavia
Antun Kropivšek 17 May 1925 (aged 27) Šentjur, Yugoslavia
Ede Mađar 28 July 1931 (aged 20) Subotica, Yugoslavia
Sreten Stefanović 17 November 1916 (aged 35) Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

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References

  1. "Helsinki 1952 Gymnastics Artistic Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 25 April 2022.