# Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union | Josef Stalder Switzerland |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Belyakov Iosif Berdiev Viktor Chukarin Yevgeny Korolkov Dmytro Leonkin Valentin Muratov Mikhail Perelman Hrant Shahinyan | Switzerland (SUI) Hans Eugster Ernst Fivian Ernst Gebendinger Jack Günthard Hans Schwarzentruber Josef Stalder Melchior Thalmann Jean Tschabold | Finland (FIN) Paavo Aaltonen Kalevi Laitinen Onni Lappalainen Kaino Lempinen Berndt Lindfors Olavi Rove Heikki Savolainen Kalevi Viskari |
| Floor exercise details | William Thoresson Sweden | Jerzy Jokiel Poland Tadao Uesako Japan | none awarded |
| Horizontal bar details | Jack Günthard Switzerland | Josef Stalder Switzerland Alfred Schwarzmann Germany | none awarded |
| Parallel bars details | Hans Eugster Switzerland | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Josef Stalder Switzerland |
| Pommel horse details | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union Yevgeny Korolkov Soviet Union | none awarded |
| Rings details | Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Dmytro Leonkin Soviet Union Hans Eugster Switzerland |
| Vault details | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan | Takashi Ono Japan Tadao Uesako Japan |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union | Nina Bocharova Soviet Union | Margit Korondi Hungary |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Nina Bocharova Pelageya Danilova Maria Gorokhovskaya Ekaterina Kalinchuk Galina Minaicheva Galina Shamrai Galina Urbanovich Medea Jugeli | Hungary (HUN) Andrea Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Ágnes Keleti Margit Korondi Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Mária Kövi-Zalai | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Hana Bobková Alena Chadimová Jana Rabasová Alena Reichová Matylda Šínová Božena Srncová Věra Vančurová Eva Věchtová |
| Balance beam details | Nina Bocharova Soviet Union | Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union | Margit Korondi Hungary |
| Floor exercise details | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union | Margit Korondi Hungary |
| Uneven bars details | Margit Korondi Hungary | Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union | Ágnes Keleti Hungary |
| Vault details | Ekaterina Kalinchuk Soviet Union | Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union | Galina Minaicheva Soviet Union |
| Team, portable apparatus details | Sweden (SWE) Karin Lindberg Ann-Sofi Pettersson Evy Berggren Gun Röring Göta Pettersson Ingrid Sandahl Hjördis Nordin Vanja Blomberg | Soviet Union (URS) Maria Gorokhovskaya Nina Bocharova Galina Minaicheva Galina Urbanovich Pelageya Danilova Galina Shamrai Medea Jugeli Ekaterina Kalinchuk | Hungary (HUN) Margit Korondi Ágnes Keleti Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Mária Kövi-Zalai Andrea Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 15 | 18 | 14 | 47 |

## Participating nations

* Argentina (2)
* Austria (16)
* Belgium (3)
* Bulgaria (16)
* Cuba (3)
* Czechoslovakia (16)
* Denmark (7)
* Egypt (8)
* Finland (16)
* France (16)
* Germany (16)
* Great Britain (14)
* Hungary (16)
* India (2)
* Italy (16)
* Japan (5)
* Luxembourg (6)
* Netherlands (8)
* Norway (11)
* Poland (16)
* Portugal (9)
* Romania (16)
* Saar (6)
* South Africa (3)
* Soviet Union (16)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (15)
* Switzerland (8)
* United States (16)
* Yugoslavia (16)