South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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.

Gold

 * Esther Brand &mdash; Athletics, Women's High Jump
 * Joan Harrison &mdash; Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke

Silver

 * Daphne Hasenjager &mdash; Athletics, Women's 100 metres
 * Theunis van Schalkwyk &mdash; Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
 * George Estman, Robert Fowler, Thomas Shardelow, and Alfred Swift &mdash; Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
 * Raymond Robinson and Thomas Shardelow &mdash; Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem

Bronze

 * Willie Toweel &mdash; Boxing, Men's Flyweight
 * Leonard Leisching &mdash; Boxing, Men's Featherweight
 * Andries Nieman &mdash; Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
 * Raymond Robinson &mdash; Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
 * George Estman &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Alfred Swift &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Robert Fowler &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
 * Raymond Robinson
 * Final &mdash; 1:13.0 (→ [[Image:Med_3.png]] Bronze Medal)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
 * Raymond Robinson &mdash; 5th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
 * Alfred Swift, George Estman, Robert Fowler, and Thomas Shardelow
 * Final &mdash; Lost to Italy (→ [[Image:Med_2.png]] Silver Medal)

Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
 * Willem Welgemoed
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 61.64 points (→ 22nd place)

Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented South Africa in 1952.


 * Harry Schmidt

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


 * Men's single sculls
 * Ian Stephen


 * Men's coxless four
 * Don Dyke-Wells
 * Damian Nichol
 * John Webb
 * Christopher Veitch

Shooting
One shooter represented South Africa in 1952.


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * William Murless