# United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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. 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).

## Medalists
### Gold

* Lindy Remigino — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
* Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
* Mal Whitfield — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
* Harrison Dillard — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
* Charles Moore — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
* Horace Ashenfelter — Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase
* Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Dean Smith, and Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Men
* Walt Davis — Athletics, Men's High Jump
* Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
* Jerome Biffle — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
* Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
* Sim Iness — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
* Cy Young — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
* Bob Mathias — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
* Mae Faggs, Catherine Hardy, Barbara Jones, and Janet Moreau — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
* Ron Bontemps, Marc Freiberger, Wayne Glasgow, Charlie Hoag, Bill Hougland, John Keller, Dean Kelley, Bob Kenney, Bob Kurland, Bill Lienhard, Clyde Lovellette, Frank McCabe, Dan Pippin, and Howie Williams — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
* Nathan Brooks — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
* Charles Adkins — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
* Floyd Patterson — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
* Norvel Lee — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
* Edward Sanders — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
* Frank Havens — Canoeing, Men's C1 10,000 m Canadian Singles
* David Browning — Diving, Men's Springboard Diving
* Sammy Lee — Diving, Men's Platform Diving
* Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard Diving
* Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Platform Diving
* Charlie Logg and Tom Price — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
* Robert Detweiler, James Dunbar, William Fields, Wayne Frye, Charles Manring, Richard Murphy, Henry Proctor, Frank Shakespeare, and Edward Stevens — Rowing, Men's Eights
* Britton Chance, Edgar White, and Sumner White — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class
* Everard Endt, John Morgan, Eric Ridder, Julian Roosevelt, Emelyn Whiton, and Herman Whiton — Sailing, Men's 6 Meter Class 4870
* Joe Benner — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
* Clarke Scholes — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
* Ford Konno — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
* Yoshi Oyakawa — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Ford Konno, Jimmy McLane, Wayne Moore, and Bill Woolsey — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
* Tommy Kono — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
* Peter George — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
* Norbert Schemansky — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
* John Davis — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
* William Smith — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight

### Silver

* Thane Baker — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
* Bob McMillen — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
* Jack Davis — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
* Gene Cole, Ollie Matson, Charles Moore, and Mal Whitfield — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
* Ken Wiesner — Athletics, Men's High Jump
* Don Laz — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
* Meredith Gourdine — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
* Darrow Hooper — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
* Bill Miller — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
* Milt Campbell — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
* Miller Anderson — Diving, Men's Springboard Diving
* Paula Myers-Pope — Diving, Women's Platform Diving
* John Price and John Reid — Sailing, Men's Star
* Ford Konno — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
* Bowen Stassforth — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
* Stanley Stanczyk — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
* James Bradford — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
* Jay Thomas Evans — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
* Henry Wittenberg — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight

### Bronze

* James Gathers — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
* Ollie Matson — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
* Arthur Barnard — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
* James Fuchs — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
* James Dillion — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
* Floyd Simmons — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
* Bob Clotworthy — Diving, Men's Springboard Diving
* Zoe Olsen-Jensen — Diving, Women's Springboard Diving
* Juno Irwin — Diving, Women's Platform Diving
* Charles Hough, Jr., Walter Staley, and John Wofford — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
* Arthur McCashin, John Russell, and William Steinkraus — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
* Matt Leanderson, Carl Lovsted, Al Rossi, Al Ulbrickson, and Richard Wahlstrom — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
* Arthur Jackson — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Prone
* Jack Taylor — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Evelyn Kawamoto — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
* Jody Alderson, Evelyn Kawamoto, Jackie LaVine, and Marilee Stepan — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Josiah Henson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight

## Athletics

Men's 100 metres
* Lindy Remigino
   * First Round – 10.4s
   * Second Round – 10.4s
   * Semifinals – 10.5s
   * Final – 10.4s (→ Gold Medal)
* Dean Smith
   * First Round – 10.6s
   * Second Round – 10.4s
   * Semifinals – 10.6s
   * Final – 10.4s (→ 4th place)

## Basketball
### Men's Team Competition

* Main Round (Group A)
   * Defeated Hungary (66-48)
   * Defeated Czechoslovakia (72-47)
   * Defeated Uruguay (57-44)
* Final Round (Group B)
   * Defeated Soviet Union (86-58)
   * Defeated Chile (103-55)
   * Defeated Brazil (57-53)
* Semifinals
   * Defeated Argentina (85-76)
* Final
   * Defeated Soviet Union (36-25) → Gold Medal
* Team Roster
   * Ronald Bontemps
   * Marcus Freiberger
   * Wayne Glasgow
   * Charles Hoag
   * Bill Hougland
   * John Keller
   * Dean Kelley
   * Robert Kenney
   * Robert Kurland
   * Bill Lienhard
   * Clyde Lovellette
   * Frank McCabe
   * Dan Pippin
   * Howie Williams
   * George Lafferty

## Cycling
### Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
* Donald Sheldon — 5:22:33.3 (→ 32nd place)
* Thomas O'Rourke — 5:22:33.7 (→ 36th place)
* David Rhoads — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Ronald Rhoads — did not finish (→ no ranking)

### Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
* Frank Brilando
   * Final — 1:17.8 (→ 23rd place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
* Steven Hromjak — 22nd place
Men's 4.000 m Team Pursuit
* Steven Hromjak, James Lauf, Tom Montemage, Donald Sheldon — 5:11.6 (18th place, qualifying round)

## Diving

Men's 3m Springboard
* David Browning
   * Final — 205.29 points (→ Gold Medal)
* Miller Anderson
   * Final — 199.84 points (→ Silver Medal)
* Bob Clotworthy
   * Final — 184.92 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 10m Platform
* Pat McCormick
   * Preliminary Round — 51.25 points
   * Final — 79.37 points (→ Gold Medal)
* Paula Myers-Pope
   * Preliminary Round — 44.22 points
   * Final — 71.63 points (→ Silver Medal)
* Juno Stover-Irwin
   * Preliminary Round — 43.60 points
   * Final — 70.49 points (→ Bronze Medal)

## Fencing

20 fencers represented the United States in 1952.

### Men's foil

* Nate Lubell
* Albie Axelrod
* Daniel Bukantz

### Men's team foil

* Silvio Giolito, Albie Axelrod, Nate Lubell, Byron Krieger, Daniel Bukantz, Hal Goldsmith

### Men's épée

* Edward Vebell
* Paul Makler, Sr.
* Alfred Skrobisch

### Men's team épée

* Edward Vebell, Paul Makler, Sr., Alfred Skrobisch, Joe de Capriles, James Strauch, Albert Wolff

### Men's sabre

* Joe de Capriles
* George Worth
* Allan Kwartler

### Men's team sabre

* Norman Cohn-Armitage, Joe de Capriles, Tibor Nyilas, Alex Treves, George Worth, Allan Kwartler

### Women's foil

* Jan York-Romary
* Maxine Mitchell
* Polly Craus

## Football
### Preliminary round

Roster:
    Bob Burkard
    Charlie Colombo
    Bill Conterio
    Elwood Cook
    Jack Dunn
    Harry Keough
    Ed McHugh
    Ruben Mendoza
    Lloyd Monsen
    Willy Schaller
    Bill Sheppell
    John Souza
    Larry Surock
Coach: John Wood

## Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1952.

### Individual

* Frederick Denman
* Thad McArthur
* Guy Troy

### Team

* Frederick Denman
* Thad McArthur
* Guy Troy

## Rowing

The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.

### Men's single sculls

* John B. Kelly Jr.

### Men's double sculls

* Pat Costello
* Walter Hoover

### Men's coxless pair

* Charlie Logg
* Tom Price

### Men's coxed pair

* James Fifer
* Duvall Hecht
* James Beggs (cox)

### Men's coxless four

* Louis McMillan
* Dempster Jackson
* John Davis
* James Welsh

### Men's coxed four

* Carl Lovsted
* Al Ulbrickson
* Richard Wahlstrom
* Matt Leanderson
* Al Rossi (cox)

### Men's eight

* Frank Shakespeare
* William Fields
* James Dunbar
* Richard Murphy
* Robert Detweiler
* Henry Proctor
* Wayne Frye
* Edward Stevens
* Charles Manring (cox)

## Shooting

Six shooters represented the United States in 1952. Huelet Benner won gold in the 50 m pistol and Art Jackson won bronze in the 50 m rifle, prone.

### 25 m pistol

* William McMillan
* Huelet Benner

### 50 m pistol

* Huelet Benner
* Harry Reeves

### 300 m rifle, three positions

* Robert Sandager
* Emmett Swanson

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Art Jackson
* Emmett Swanson

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Art Jackson
* Emmett Swanson