Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Gymnastics
| games = 1952 Summer
| image =
| caption =
| venue = Messuhalli
| dates = 19–24 July 1952
| competitors =
| nations =
| prev = 1948
| next = 1956
}}
{{Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/GYM/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042206/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/GYM/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Gymnastics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=23 July 2019}}
Medal summary
=Men's events=
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
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|Individual all-around | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Viktor Chukarin|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Hrant Shahinyan|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Josef Stalder|SUI|1952 Summer}} |
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| Team all-around | {{FlagIOCteam|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|SUI|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|FIN|1952 Summer}} |
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| Floor exercise | {{FlagIOCmedalist|William Thoresson|SWE|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Jerzy Jokiel|POL|1952 Summer}} {{FlagIOCmedalist|Tadao Uesako|JPN|1952 Summer}} | none awarded |
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| Horizontal bar |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Jack Günthard|SUI|1952 Summer}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Josef Stalder|SUI|1952 Summer}} | none awarded |
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| Parallel bars | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Hans Eugster|SUI|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Viktor Chukarin|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Josef Stalder|SUI|1952 Summer}} |
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| Pommel horse | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Viktor Chukarin|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Hrant Shahinyan|URS|1952 Summer}} | none awarded |
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| Rings | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Hrant Shahinyan|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Viktor Chukarin|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Dmytro Leonkin|URS|1952 Summer}} {{FlagIOCmedalist|Hans Eugster|SUI|1952 Summer}} |
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| Vault | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Viktor Chukarin|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Masao Takemoto|JPN|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Takashi Ono|JPN|1952 Summer}} {{FlagIOCmedalist|Tadao Uesako|JPN|1952 Summer}} |
=Women's events=
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
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| Individual all-around | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Maria Gorokhovskaya|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Nina Bocharova|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Margit Korondi|HUN|1952 Summer}} |
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| Team all-around | {{FlagIOCteam|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|HUN|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|TCH|1952 Summer}} |
| Balance beam {{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Nina Bocharova|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Maria Gorokhovskaya|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Margit Korondi|HUN|1952 Summer}} |
| Floor exercise {{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's floor}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Ágnes Keleti|HUN|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Maria Gorokhovskaya|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Margit Korondi|HUN|1952 Summer}} |
| Uneven bars {{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Margit Korondi|HUN|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Maria Gorokhovskaya|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Ágnes Keleti|HUN|1952 Summer}} |
| Vault {{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's vault}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Ekaterina Kalinchuk|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Maria Gorokhovskaya|URS|1952 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Galina Minaicheva|URS|1952 Summer}} |
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| Team, portable apparatus |{{FlagIOCteam|SWE|1952 Summer}} |{{FlagIOCteam|URS|1952 Summer}} |{{FlagIOCteam|HUN|1952 Summer}} |
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = FlagIOCteam
| event = 1952 Summer
| team =
| gold_URS = 9 | silver_URS = 11 | bronze_URS = 2
| gold_SUI = 2 | silver_SUI = 2 | bronze_SUI = 3
| gold_HUN = 2 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 5
| gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 0
| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 2 | bronze_JPN = 2
| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 0
| gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 0
| gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 1
| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1
}}
Participating nations
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- {{flagIOC|ARG|1952 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|AUT|1952 Summer|16}}
- {{flagIOC|BEL|1952 Summer|3}}
- {{flagIOC|BUL|1952 Summer|16}}
- {{flagIOC|CUB|1952 Summer|3}}
- {{flagIOC|TCH|1952 Summer|16}}
- {{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer|7}}
- {{flagIOC|EGY|1952 Summer|8}}
- {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer|16}}
- {{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer|16}}
- {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer|16}}
- {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer|14}}
- {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer|16}}
- {{flagIOC|IND|1952 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer|16}}
- {{flagIOC|JPN|1952 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|NED|1952 Summer|8}}
- {{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer|11}}
- {{flagIOC|POL|1952 Summer|16}}
- {{flagIOC|POR|1952 Summer|9}}
- {{flagIOC|ROU|1952 Summer|16}}
- {{flagIOC|SAA|1952 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|RSA|1952 Summer|3}}
- {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer|16}}
- {{flagIOC|ESP|1952 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer|15}}
- {{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer|8}}
- {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer|16}}
- {{flagIOC|YUG|1952 Summer|16}}
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See also
References
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Sources
- {{cite book
| title = The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad
| location = Porvoo
| publisher = Werner Södreström Osakeyhtiö
| year = 1955
| url = http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm
| access-date = 26 June 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070612020125/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm
| archive-date = 12 June 2007
| url-status = dead
}}
- {{cite web
| title = 1952 Olympic Games
| work = Gymn-Forum.com
| url = http://www.gymn-forum.com/results/Olympics/1952_Helsinki/1952_Games_main.html
| access-date = 15 April 2006
}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
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