Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Preliminary round results
July 15, 1952 19:00 Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti Attendance: 3.752 Referee: Karel van der Meer (NED) July 15, 1952 19:00 Kupittaa, Turku Attendance: 10.588 Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (URS) July 15, 1952 19:00 Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki Attendance: 10.000 Referee: John Best (USA) July 15, 1952 19:00 Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 4.372 Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN) July 15, 1952 19:00 Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka Attendance: 10.637 Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN) July 16, 1952 19:00 Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 15.342 Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR) July 16, 1952 19:00 Kupittaa, Turku Attendance: 9.685 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA) July 16, 1952 12:00 Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti Attendance: 3.656 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA) July 16, 1952 19:00 Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka Attendance: 5.354 Referee: John Nilsson (SWE)

Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Section Title: Preliminary round results
Table Section Text: July 15, 1952 19:00 Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti Attendance: 3.752 Referee: Karel van der Meer (NED) July 15, 1952 19:00 Kupittaa, Turku Attendance: 10.588 Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (URS) July 15, 1952 19:00 Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki Attendance: 10.000 Referee: John Best (USA) July 15, 1952 19:00 Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 4.372 Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN) July 15, 1952 19:00 Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka Attendance: 10.637 Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN) July 16, 1952 19:00 Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 15.342 Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR) July 16, 1952 19:00 Kupittaa, Turku Attendance: 9.685 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA) July 16, 1952 12:00 Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti Attendance: 3.656 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA) July 16, 1952 19:00 Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka Attendance: 5.354 Referee: John Nilsson (SWE)

Italy	8–0	United States

Gimona 3', 51', 75' Pandolfini 16', 62' Venturi 27' Fontanesi 52' Mariani 87'	Report

Sentence(s)

Italy recorded an 8–0 victory against the United States in the preliminary round of the 1952 Summer Olympics.

final_sentence: Italy recorded an 8–0 victory against the United States in the preliminary round of the 1952 Summer Olympics.