Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Gymnastics; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Messuhalli
Dates	19–24 July 1952

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	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union	Josef Stalder Switzerland
Team all-around	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	William Thoresson Sweden	Jerzy Jokiel Poland Tadao Uesako Japan	none awarded
Horizontal bar	Jack Günthard Switzerland	Josef Stalder Switzerland Alfred Schwarzmann Germany	none awarded
Parallel bars	Hans Eugster Switzerland	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Josef Stalder Switzerland
Pommel horse	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union Yevgeny Korolkov Soviet Union	none awarded
Rings	Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Dmytro Leonkin Soviet Union Hans Eugster Switzerland
Vault	Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union	Masao Takemoto Japan	Takashi Ono Japan Tadao Uesako Japan

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual all-around	Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union	Nina Bocharova Soviet Union	Margit Korondi Hungary
Team all-around	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	Nina Bocharova Soviet Union	Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union	Margit Korondi Hungary
Floor exercise	Ágnes Keleti Hungary	Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union	Margit Korondi Hungary
Uneven bars	Margit Korondi Hungary	Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union	Ágnes Keleti Hungary
Vault	Ekaterina Kalinchuk Soviet Union	Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union	Galina Minaicheva Soviet Union
Team, portable apparatus	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
6	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
8	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)

References

^ "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.

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

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