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Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1952 summer Olympics in Helsinki. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
The 1952 Summer Olympics was the last of the two consecutive Olympics to be held in Northern Europe, following the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. They were also the Olympic Games at which the most world records were broken until they were surpassed by the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. [2]
Official Athletics results from the Helsinki 1952 Olympics. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments.
1952 Summer Olympics Overview. Facts. Overview. In 1952, the biggest news from Helsinki was that the Soviets were coming. After the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the USSR had not competed in the Olympics until the Helsinki Games.
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The world had not recovered somewhat from the ravages of World War II, and the level of athletics competition was increasing yearly. The 1952 Olympics saw the début of athletes from the Soviet Union, who had competed at the 1946 and 1950 European Championships, but had passed on the 1948 Olympics, for ...
The Soviet men did won any gold medals, but [Galina Zybina] won the shot put and [Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova] the discus throw. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women.
