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.[1]

Medal summary

Men's events

Event 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

Event 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 Roring
Göta Pettersson
Ingrid Sandahl
Hjördis Nordin
Vanja Blomberg
 Soviet Union (URS)
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Nina Bocharova
Galina Minaicheva
Galina Urbanovich
Pelageva 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)911222
2 Switzerland (SUI)2237
3 Hungary (HUN)2158
4 Sweden (SWE)2002
5 Japan (JPN)0224
6 Germany (GER)0101
 Poland (POL)0101
8 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
Totals (9 nations)15181447

See also

References

  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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