United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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. 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).

Gold

 * Lindy Remigino &mdash; Athletics, Men's 100 metres
 * Andy Stanfield &mdash; Athletics, Men's 200 metres
 * Mal Whitfield &mdash; Athletics, Men's 800 metres
 * Harrison Dillard &mdash; Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
 * Charles Moore &mdash; Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
 * Horace Ashenfelter &mdash; Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase
 * Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Dean Smith, and Andy Stanfield &mdash; Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Men
 * Walt Davis &mdash; Athletics, Men's High Jump
 * Bob Richards &mdash; Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
 * Jerome Biffle &mdash; Athletics, Men's Long Jump
 * Parry O'Brien &mdash; Athletics, Men's Shot Put
 * Sim Iness &mdash; Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
 * Cy Young &mdash; Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
 * Bob Mathias &mdash; Athletics, Men's Decathlon
 * Mae Faggs, Catherine Hardy, Barbara Jones, and Janet Moreau &mdash; Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
 * Ron Bontemps, Marc Freiberger, Wayne Glasgow, Charlie Hoag, Bill Hougland, John Keller, Dean Kelley, Bob Kenney, Bob Kurland, Bill Lienhard, Clyde Lovellette, Frank McCabe, Dan Pippin, and Howie Williams &mdash; Basketball, Men's Team Competition
 * Nathan Brooks &mdash; Boxing, Men's Flyweight
 * Charles Adkins &mdash; Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
 * Floyd Patterson &mdash; Boxing, Men's Middleweight
 * Norvel Lee &mdash; Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
 * Edward Sanders &mdash; Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
 * Frank Havens &mdash; Canoeing, Men's C1 10,000 m Canadian Singles
 * David Browning &mdash; Diving, Men's Springboard Diving
 * Sammy Lee &mdash; Diving, Men's Platform Diving
 * Pat McCormick &mdash; Diving, Women's Springboard Diving
 * Pat McCormick &mdash; Diving, Women's Platform Diving
 * Charlie Logg and Tom Price &mdash; Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
 * Robert Detweiler, James Dunbar, William Fields, Wayne Frye, Charles Manring, Richard Murphy, Henry Proctor, Frank Shakespeare, and Edward Stevens &mdash; Rowing, Men's Eights
 * Joe Benner &mdash; Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
 * Clarke Scholes &mdash; Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
 * Ford Konno &mdash; Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
 * Yoshi Oyakawa &mdash; Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
 * Ford Konno, Jimmy McLane, Wayne Moore, and Bill Woolsey &mdash; Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
 * Tommy Kono &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
 * Peter George &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
 * Norbert Schemansky &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
 * John Davis &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
 * William Smith &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
 * Britton Chance, Edgar White, and Sumner White &mdash; Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class
 * Everard Endt, John Morgan, Eric Ridder, Julian Roosevelt, Emelyn Whiton, and Herman Whiton &mdash; Sailing, Men's 6 Meter Class 4870

Silver

 * Thane Baker &mdash; Athletics, Men's 200 metres
 * Bob McMillen &mdash; Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
 * Jack Davis &mdash; Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
 * Gene Cole, Ollie Matson, Charles Moore, and Mal Whitfield &mdash; Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
 * Ken Wiesner &mdash; Athletics, Men's High Jump
 * Don Laz &mdash; Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
 * Meredith Gourdine &mdash; Athletics, Men's Long Jump
 * Darrow Hooper &mdash; Athletics, Men's Shot Put
 * Bill Miller &mdash; Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
 * Milt Campbell &mdash; Athletics, Men's Decathlon
 * Miller Anderson &mdash; Diving, Men's Springboard Diving
 * Paula Myers-Pope &mdash; Diving, Women's Platform Diving
 * Ford Konno &mdash; Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
 * Bowen Stassforth &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
 * Stanley Stanczyk &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
 * James Bradford &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
 * Jay Thomas Evans &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
 * Henry Wittenberg &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
 * John Price and John Reid &mdash; Sailing, Men's Star

Bronze

 * James Gathers &mdash; Athletics, Men's 200 metres
 * Ollie Matson &mdash; Athletics, Men's 400 metres
 * Arthur Barnard &mdash; Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
 * James Fuchs &mdash; Athletics, Men's Shot Put
 * James Dillion &mdash; Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
 * Floyd Simmons &mdash; Athletics, Men's Decathlon
 * Bob Clotworthy &mdash; Diving, Men's Springboard Diving
 * Zoe Olsen-Jensen &mdash; Diving, Women's Springboard Diving
 * Juno Irwin &mdash; Diving, Women's Platform Diving
 * Charles Hough, Jr., Walter Staley, and John Wofford &mdash; Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
 * Arthur McCashin, John Russell, and William Steinkraus &mdash; Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
 * Matt Leanderson, Carl Lovsted, Al Rossi, Al Ulbrickson, and Richard Wahlstrom &mdash; Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
 * Arthur Jackson &mdash; Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Prone
 * Jack Taylor &mdash; Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
 * Evelyn Kawamoto &mdash; Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
 * Jody Alderson, Evelyn Kawamoto, Jackie LaVine, and Marilee Stepan &mdash; Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
 * Josiah Henson &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * Lindy Remigino
 * First Round – 10.4s
 * Second Round – 10.4s
 * Semifinals – 10.5s
 * Final – 10.4s (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold Medal)


 * Dean Smith
 * First Round – 10.6s
 * Second Round – 10.4s
 * Semifinals – 10.6s
 * Final – 10.4s (→ 4th place)

Basketball

 * 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) → [[Image:Gold medal.svg|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

Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
 * Road Competition
 * Donald Sheldon &mdash; 5:22:33.3 (→ 32nd place)
 * Thomas O'Rourke &mdash; 5:22:33.7 (→ 36th place)
 * David Rhoads &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Ronald Rhoads &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
 * Track Competition
 * Frank Brilando
 * Final &mdash; 1:17.8 (→ 23rd place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
 * Steven Hromjak &mdash; 22nd place

Men's 4.000 m Team Pursuit
 * Steven Hromjak, James Lauf, Tom Montemage, Donald Sheldon &mdash; 5:11.6 (18th place, qualifying round)

Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
 * David Browning
 * Final &mdash; 205.29 points (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold Medal)


 * Miller Anderson
 * Final &mdash; 199.84 points (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] Silver Medal)


 * Bob Clotworthy
 * Final &mdash; 184.92 points (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] Bronze Medal)

Women's 10m Platform
 * Pat McCormick
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 51.25 points
 * Final &mdash; 79.37 points (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold Medal)


 * Paula Myers-Pope
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 44.22 points
 * Final &mdash; 71.63 points (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] Silver Medal)


 * Juno Stover-Irwin
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 43.60 points
 * Final &mdash; 70.49 points (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] Bronze Medal)

Fencing
20 fencers represented the United States in 1952.


 * Men's foil
 * Nate Lubell
 * Albie Axelrod
 * Daniel Bukantz


 * Men's team foil
 * Silvio Giolito, Albie Axelrod, Nate Lubell, Byron Krieger, Daniel Bukantz, Hal Goldsmith


 * Men's épée
 * Edward Vebell
 * Paul Makler, Sr.
 * Alfred Skrobisch


 * Men's team épée
 * Edward Vebell, Paul Makler, Sr., Alfred Skrobisch, Joe de Capriles, James Strauch, Albert Wolff


 * Men's sabre
 * Joe de Capriles
 * George Worth
 * Allan Kwartler


 * Men's team sabre
 * Norman Cohn-Armitage, Joe de Capriles, Tibor Nyilas, Alex Treves, George Worth, Allan Kwartler


 * Women's foil
 * Jan York-Romary
 * Maxine Mitchell
 * Polly Craus

Football

 * Preliminary round

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

Modern pentathlon
Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1952.


 * Individual
 * Frederick Denman
 * Thad McArthur
 * Guy Troy


 * Team
 * Frederick Denman
 * Thad McArthur
 * Guy Troy

Rowing
The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.


 * Men's single sculls
 * John B. Kelly Jr.


 * Men's double sculls
 * Pat Costello
 * Walter Hoover


 * Men's coxless pair
 * Charlie Logg
 * Tom Price


 * Men's coxed pair
 * James Fifer
 * Duvall Hecht
 * James Beggs (cox)


 * Men's coxless four
 * Louis McMillan
 * Dempster Jackson
 * John Davis
 * James Welsh


 * Men's coxed four
 * Carl Lovsted
 * Al Ulbrickson
 * Richard Wahlstrom
 * Matt Leanderson
 * Al Rossi (cox)


 * Men's eight
 * Frank Shakespeare
 * William Fields
 * James Dunbar
 * Richard Murphy
 * Robert Detweiler
 * Henry Proctor
 * Wayne Frye
 * Edward Stevens
 * Charles Manring (cox)

Shooting
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
 * William McMillan
 * Huelet Benner


 * 50 m pistol
 * Huelet Benner
 * Harry Reeves


 * 300 m rifle, three positions
 * Robert Sandager
 * Emmett Swanson


 * 50 m rifle, three positions
 * Art Jackson
 * Emmett Swanson


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Art Jackson
 * Emmett Swanson