Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Australia participated in Helsinki, Finland in the Olympic Summer Games 1952. Thus, Australia has continued to participate in all Olympic Summer Games.

  • 2.1 boxes
  • 2.2 fencing
  • 2.3 weightlifting
  • 2.4 Athletics
  • 2.5 Modern Pentathlon
  • 2.6 Cycling
  • 2.7 rings
  • 2.8 Rowing
  • 2.9 Swimming
  • 2:10 Sailing
  • 2:11 Water Polo
  • 2:12 Diving

Medalist

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Participants by sport

Boxing

  • Ronald Gower Bantamweight: 17th Place
  • Don McDonnell Featherweight: 17th Place
  • Norman Jones Light Welterweight: 17th Place
  • Anthony Madigan Middleweight: 5th place
  • Carl Fitzgerald Heavyweight: 9th place

Fencing

  • John Fethers Fencing Foil, Singles: quarter-finals Fencing Foil, Team: Preliminary Degen, Singles: quarter-finals Degen, Team: Preliminary round Saber, Individual: Preliminary round Saber team: Preliminary round
  • Ivan Lund Fencing Foil, Single: Preliminary round Fencing Foil, Team: Preliminary Degen, Singles: quarter-finals Degen, Team: Preliminary round Saber, Individual: Preliminary round Saber team: Preliminary round
  • Jock Gibson Fencing Foil, Single: Preliminary round Fencing Foil, Team: Preliminary Degen, Team: Preliminary round Saber, Individual: Preliminary round Saber team: Preliminary round
  • Charles Stanmore Fencing Foil, Team: Preliminary Degen, Single: Preliminary round Degen, Team: Preliminary round Saber team: Preliminary round
  • Catherine Pym Women's Foil, Individual: Preliminary round
  • Patricia Norford Women's Foil, Individual: Preliminary round

Weightlifting

  • Verdi Barberis Lightweight: Bronze
  • Fred Giffin Middleweight: 15th Place
  • Kenneth McDonald Medium weight: 6th place

Athletics

  • John Treloar 100 meters: 6th place 200 meters: Semi-finals
  • Marjorie Jackson Women's 100 meters: Gold Women's 200 meters: Gold Women's 4 x 100 meters: 5th place
  • Shirley Strickland Women 80 Meter Hurdles: Gold Women's 100 Meters: Bronze Women's 4 x 100 meters: 5th place
  • Edwin Carr 200 meters: Quarter-finals 400 meters: first round 4 x 100: Quarter-finals 4 x 400: Semi-finals
  • Morris Curotta 400 meters: Quarter-finals 4 x 100: Quarter-finals 4 x 400: Semi-finals
  • John Landy 1,500 meters: Preliminary round 5,000 meters: Semi-finals
  • Leslie Perry 5,000 meters: 6th place 10,000 meters: ?
  • Bob Prentice Marathon: 37th
  • Claude Smeal Marathon: 45th
  • Kenneth Doubleday 110 meters hurdles: 5th place 400 meters hurdles: Quarter-finals 4 x 100: Quarter-finals 4 x 400: Semi-finals
  • Raymond Vineyard 110 meters hurdles: 6th place 4 x 100: Quarter-finals 4 x 400: Semi-finals
  • Donald Keane 10 km Walk: 10th place
  • Patrick Leane High jump: 24th Place Long Jump: Preliminaries Decathlon:?
  • Ian Reed Discus Throw: Preliminaries
  • Winsome Cripps Women's 100 meters: 4th place Women's 200 meters: 4th place Women's 4 x 100 meters: 5th place
  • Verna Johnston Women's 4 x 100 meters: 5th place Women's Long Jump: 8th Place

Modern Pentathlon

  • Forbes Carlile Single: 25th place

Cycling

Train

  • Lionel Cox Tandem: Gold Sprint: Silver

Road

  • Peter Pryor 190.4 km: 34th place
  • Jim Nevin 190.4 km: 35th place
  • Kenneth Caves 190.4 km: DNF
  • Peter Nelson 190.4 km: DNF

Wrestling

  • John Elliott Freestyle Featherweight: ?
  • Dick Garrard Freestyle Lightweight:?
  • Scott Bevan Freestyle Welterweight: ?
  • Kevin Coote Freestyle, heavyweight: ?

Rowing

  • David Anderson Eighth: Bronze
  • Philip Cayzer Eighth: Bronze
  • Thomas Chessel Eighth: Bronze
  • Mervyn Finlay Eighth: Bronze
  • Nimrod Greenwood Eighth: Bronze
  • Edward Pain Eighth: Bronze
  • Robert Tinning Eighth: Bronze
  • Geoffrey Williamson Eighth: Bronze
  • John Rogers Double Sculls: semi-finals
  • Murray Riley Double Sculls: semi-finals
  • Don Palmer Two coxless: Semi-finals
  • Victor Middleton Two coxless: Semi-finals

Swimming

  • John Davies 200m breaststroke: Gold
  • Rex Aubrey 100m freestyle: 6th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: Semi-finals
  • Frank O'Neill 100m freestyle: Preliminary round 4 x 200 meter freestyle: Semi-finals 100m backstroke: Preliminary round
  • John Marshall 400 -meter freestyle: Semi-finals 1,500 -meter freestyle: 8th Place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: Semi-finals
  • Garrick Agnew 400 -meter freestyle: Preliminary round 1,500 -meter freestyle: Semi-finals 4 x 200 meter freestyle: Semi-finals
  • David Hawkins 200m breaststroke: Semi-finals
  • Marjorie McQuade Women 's 100m freestyle: Semi-finals
  • Denise Norton Women 's 100m freestyle: Preliminary round Women's 400 -meter freestyle: Semi-finals
  • Nancy Lyons 200m breaststroke: Semi-finals
  • Judy -Joy Davies Women's 400 -meter freestyle: Semi-finals

Sailing

  • Peter Attrill Finn - Dinghy: 22 Place
  • Barton Harvey Star: 18th Place
  • Kevin Wilson Star: 18th Place
  • Jock Sturrock Dragon: 12th Place
  • Bevan Worcester Dragon: 12th Place
  • Doug Buxton Dragon: 12th Place

Water polo

  • Games: Qualifying round: 2-10 of Yugoslavia ( → 17th place )
  • Players: Douglas Laing Raymond Smee John Foster Peter Bennett Frank Jordan Malcolm Hastie William Orchard

Diving

  • Ronald Faulds
  • 3 -meter board: 24th Place
  • Francis Murphy 3 -meter board: 34th place Diving: 21 Place
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