1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were held in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki had been elected as the host city over Amsterdam, Athens, Lausanne, and Stockholm and five American cities: Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Philadelphia. Helsinki had been given the 1940 Summer Olympics but they were canceled because of World War II.

[change]Participating nations

A total of 69 nations participated in these Games, up from 59 in the 1948 Games. Twelve nations made their first Olympic appearance in 1952: The Bahamas, Gold Coast (now Ghana), Guatemala, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Netherlands Antilles, Nigeria, Saar, the Soviet Union (USSR), Thailand, and Vietnam.

 Argentina

 Australia

 Austria

 Bahamas

 Belgium

 Bermuda

 Brazil

 British Guiana

 Bulgaria

 Burma

 Canada

 Ceylon

 Chile

 Republic of China

 Cuba

 Czechoslovakia

 Denmark

 Egypt

 Finland

 France

 West Germany

 Gold Coast

 Great Britain

 Greece

 Guatemala

 Hong Kong

 Hungary

 Iceland

 India

 Indonesia

 Iran

 Ireland

 Israel

 Italy

 Jamaica

 Japan

 South Korea

 Lebanon

 Liechtenstein

 Luxembourg

 Mexico

 Monaco

 Netherlands

 Netherlands Antilles

 New Zealand

 Nigeria

 Norway

 Pakistan

 Panama

 Phillipines

 Poland

 Portugal

 Puerto Rico

 Romania

 Saar

 Singapore

 South Africa

 Spain

 Soviet Union

 Spain

 Sweden

 Switzerland

 Thailand

 Trinidad and Tobago

 Turkey

 United States

 Uruguay

 Venezuela

 Vietnam

 Yugoslavia