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United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics#Basketball

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{{infobox country at games

| NOC = USA

| NOCname = United States Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1952

| flagcaption = Flag of the United States

| oldcode =

| website =

| date = July 19–August 3, 1952

| location = Helsinki, Finland

| competitors = 286 (245 men and 41 women)

| sports = 18

| flagbearer = Norman C. Armitage

| rank = 1

| gold = 40

| silver = 19

| bronze = 17

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games

}}

The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 286 competitors – 245 men and 41 women – took part in 133 events in 18 sports.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1952/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043413/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1952/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=United States at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games |access-date=September 26, 2010 |work=sports-reference.com}} They won 76 medals (40 gold), including 6 podium sweeps; the highest number of medal sweeps in a single Olympiad by one country since World War II and still a record (though achieved a few more times since).

Medalists

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Athletics

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Men's 100 metres

:* First Round – 10.4s

:* Second Round – 10.4s

:* Semifinals – 10.5s

:* Final – 10.4s (→ 16x16px Gold Medal)

:* First Round – 10.6s

:* Second Round – 10.4s

:* Semifinals – 10.6s

:* Final – 10.4s (→ 4th place)

Basketball

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;Men's Team Competition

  • Main Round (Group A)

:* Defeated Hungary (66-48)

:* Defeated Czechoslovakia (72-47)

:* Defeated Uruguay (57-44)

  • Final Round (Group B)

:* Defeated Soviet Union (86-58)

:* Defeated Chile (103-55)

:* Defeated Brazil (57-53)

  • Semifinals

:* Defeated Argentina (85-76)

  • Final

:* Defeated Soviet Union (36-25) → 16x16px Gold Medal

  • Team Roster

:*Ronald Bontemps

:*Marcus Freiberger

:*Wayne Glasgow

:*Charles Hoag

:*Bill Hougland

:*John Keller

:*Dean Kelley

:*Robert Kenney

:*Robert Kurland

:*Bill Lienhard

:*Clyde Lovellette

:*Frank McCabe

:*Dan Pippin

:*Howie Williams

:*George Lafferty

Boxing

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Canoeing

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Cycling

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;Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

;Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

:* Final — 1:17.8 (→ 23rd place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Men's 4.000 m Team Pursuit

Diving

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Men's 3m Springboard

:* Final — 205.29 points (→ 16x16px Gold Medal)

:* Final — 199.84 points (→ 16x16px Silver Medal)

:* Final — 184.92 points (→ 16x16px Bronze Medal)

Women's 10m Platform

:* Preliminary Round — 51.25 points

:* Final — 79.37 points (→ 16x16px Gold Medal)

:* Preliminary Round — 44.22 points

:* Final — 71.63 points (→ 16x16px Silver Medal)

:* Preliminary Round — 43.60 points

:* Final — 70.49 points (→ 16x16px Bronze Medal)

Equestrian

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Fencing

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20 fencers represented the United States in 1952.

;Men's foil

;Men's team foil

;Men's épée

;Men's team épée

;Men's sabre

;Men's team sabre

;Women's foil

Football

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; Preliminary round

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Roster:

:Bob Burkard

:Charlie Colombo

:Bill Conterio

:Elwood Cook

:Jack Dunn

:Harry Keough

:Ed McHugh

:Ruben Mendoza

:Lloyd Monsen

:Willy Schaller

:Bill Sheppell

:John Souza

:Larry Surock

Coach: John Wood

Gymnastics

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Modern pentathlon

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Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1952.

;Individual

;Team

  • Frederick Denman
  • Thad McArthur
  • Guy Troy

Rowing

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The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1952/ROW/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115658/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1952/ROW/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=United States Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games |access-date= March 10, 2018}}

; Men's single sculls

; Men's double sculls

; Men's coxless pair

; Men's coxed pair

; Men's coxless four

; Men's coxed four

; Men's eight

Sailing

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Shooting

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Six shooters represented the United States in 1952. Huelet Benner won gold in the 50 m pistol and Art Jackson won bronze in the 50 m rifle, prone.

;25 m pistol

;50 m pistol

;300 m rifle, three positions

;50 m rifle, three positions

;50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

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Water polo

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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External links

  • {{Internet Archive short film|id=gov.archives.arc.2569520|name=Big Picture: Olympics}}

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