South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code RSA
NOC South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website www.sascoc.co.za
in Helsinki
Competitors 64 (60 men and 4 women) in 13 sports
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
2
Silver
4
Bronze
4
Total
10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The Union of South Africa competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 64 competitors, 60 men and 4 women, took part in 59 events in 13 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Boxing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Final 1:13.0 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

  • Final Lost to Italy (→ Silver Medal)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Willem Welgemoed
  • Preliminary Round 61.64 points (→ 22nd place)

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented South Africa in 1952.

Rowing

South Africa had five male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

Men's single sculls
Men's coxless four

Sailing

Shooting

One shooter represented South Africa in 1952.

50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "South Africa at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "South Africa Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 March 2018.


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