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
- Russell Mockridge Tandem: Gold 1,000 meters Time Trial: Gold
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
- Mervyn Wood One: Silver
- David Anderson Eighth: Bronze
- Philip Cayzer Eighth: Bronze
- Ernest Chapman 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