page_title: Indonesia at the 1952 Summer Olympics
section_title: Competitors
hierarchical_section_title: Indonesia at the 1952 Summer Olympics / Competitors
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Olympische Zomerspelen Helsinki (1952) Aantal deelnemers uit Indonesie De drie mannelijke deelnemers waren Maram Sudarmodjo (hoogspringen). Habib Suharko (200 m borstcrawl zwemmen), Thio Ging Hwie (gewichtheffen) Datum 18 juli 1952
context_page_description: Indonesia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. With three male athletes, Indonesia was one of the smallest teams competing in Helsinki. A non-participant served as flag bearer for the Indonesian delegation at the opening ceremony. The team did not win any medals. The weightlifter Thio Ging Hwie ranked eighth overall in men's lightweight, Maram Sudarmodjo ranked 20th in men's high jump, and the swimmer Habib Suharko did not advance past the preliminary round.
context_section_description: The Indonesian team consisted of three male athletes: high jump athlete Maram Sudarmodjo, swimmer Habib Suharko and weightlifter Thio Ging Hwie. They were selected from participants of the 1948 National Sports Week and the 1951 Asian Games. Maram Sudarmodjo was a former youth fighter in the War of Independence and a future lieutenant colonel in the country's air force. Previously he won a gold medal in the 1948 National Sports Week and a bronze medal in the 1951 Asian Games, both with the best jump of 1.89 m. Thio Ging Hwie was the first ethnic Chinese Indonesian to participate in an international sports event. A non-participant served as a flag-bearer at the opening ceremony. Two officials and one spectator was registered as part of the delegation, and six press passes were issued for the country. With just three athletes, it was one of the smallest teams in 1952, bigger than China, Guyana, Panama (one athlete each) as well as Trinidad & Tobago and Liechtenstein (two each).
  The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
caption: The team and officials
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