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Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held between 19 and 24 July in the Messuhalli building in Helsinki. Men's events were held in Exhibition Hall I while women's events were contested in the smaller Exhibition Hall II. [1]
Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics List of gymnasts Artistic Team all-around men women Team portable apparatus women Individual all-around men women Vault men women Floor men women Pommel horse men Rings men Parallel bars men Horizontal bar men Uneven bars women Balance beam women
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. [1] 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).
The men's artistic team all-around competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at the Messuhalli, Exhibition Hall I on 19 and 21 July. It was the tenth appearance of the event. It was the tenth appearance of the event.
The men's vault competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Töölö Sports Hall (then "Messuhalli"), Exhibition Hall I from 19 to 21 July. It was the eighth appearance of the event. [1] There were 185 competitors from 29 nations, with nations competing in the team event entering up to 8 gymnasts and other nations able to send up to 3.
The men's artistic individual all-around competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Messuhalli, Exhibition Hall I from 19 to 21 July. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. [1] There were 185 competitors from 29 nations. [2] Each nation entered a team of between five and eight gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts.
The 1952 Summer Olympics was the last of the two consecutive Olympics to be held in Northern Europe, following the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. They were also the Olympic Games at which the most world records were broken until they were surpassed by the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing . [ 2 ]
Games Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres details: Lindy Remigino United States 10.4 Herb McKenley Jamaica 10.4 McDonald Bailey Great Britain 10.4 200 metres details: Andy Stanfield ...