1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were held at Helsinki in Finland.[2]
| Host city | Helsinki, Finland | ||
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| Nations | 69 | ||
| Athletes | 4,955 (4,436 men, 519 women) | ||
| Events | 149 in 17 sports (23 disciplines) | ||
| Opening | 19 July | ||
| Closing | 3 August | ||
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| Stadium | Helsingin Olympiastadion | ||
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Helsinki was chosen as the host city over Amsterdam, Athens, Lausanne, and Stockholm and five American cities: Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Philadelphia. Helsinki had been given the 1940 Summer Olympics, but they were cancelled because of World War II.
Participating nations
A total of 69 nations sent athletes to compete at the Helsinki games.[3]
 Teams at the opening ceremonies of the 1952 games |
1952 Summer Olympics Media
In 1952, the word Olympiad was still relatively foreign to Finland, as evidenced by its full assimilation to the word olympia in the logo and stamps of the Games. The poster for the Games, on the other hand, erroneously features the XVth Olympic Games, the "XV Olympic Games," even though they were the XV "Olympics", but only the 12th (XII) Summer Olympics.
A rare souvenir cloth of the cancelled 1940 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at Sporvejsmuseet Skjoldenæsholm in Denmark. The small picture shows some of the Copenhagen tram trailers which was exported to Helsinki due to the Olympics before it was cancelled
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Forest Counselor Jarl Sundqvist tries to light an Olympic torch with a mirror from the midnight sun on Pallastunturi on 6 July 1952.
Paavo Nurmi lighting Olympic flame.
1952 Summer Olympics torch at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne
5.5m class competition. The second boat left is the championship winning Complex II.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 International Olympic Committee (September 13, 2013). "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad". Press release. https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1952 Helsinki Summer Games" Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-23.
- ↑ Taking part in the games for the first time were The Bahamas, Gold Coast (now Ghana), Guatemala, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Netherlands Antilles, Nigeria, Saar, the Soviet Union (USSR), Thailand, and Vietnam.
Other websites
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