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1 Medal summary. 2 Participating nations. 3 Medal table. 4 References. 5 External links. ... Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only ...
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in rowing. Current program Single sculls ... 1952 Helsinki details: Yuriy Tyukalov ... 2020 Tokyo details ...
The "eight" event featured nine-person boats, with eight rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The course returned to the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912 (with the exception of 1948). [3]
Toggle Rowing subsection. 13.1 Medal table. 13.2 Medalists. 14 Sailing. Toggle Sailing subsection. ... List of 1952 Summer Olympics medal winners. 2 languages. Français;
The coxed four event featured five-person boats, with four rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition used the 2000 metres distance that became standard at the 1912 Olympics and which has been used ever since except at the 1948 Games. [3]
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. [1] [2] In addition, pesäpallo, a Finnish baseball variant, was also played as a non-medal demonstration event. [3]
Events at the 1952 Summer Olympics: Archery • Art competitions • Athletics • Badminton • Baseball • Basketball • Basque pelota • Beach volleyball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cricket • Croquet • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Field hockey • Figure skating • Football • Golf • Gymnastics • Handball • Ice hockey • Jeu de paume • Judo • Karate ...
The single sculls has been held every time that rowing has been contested, beginning in 1900. [ 2 ] Five of the 14 single scullers from the 1948 Games returned: gold medalist Mervyn Wood of Australia, silver medalist Eduardo Risso of Uruguay, fourth-place finisher John B. Kelly Jr. of the United States, eighth-place finisher Ian Stephen of ...