Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The Football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was won by Hungary.

Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	July 15 – August 2
Teams	25 (from 5 (plus Great Britain) confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary
Runner-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	135 (5.19 per match)
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Venues

Helsinki	[[file:Template:Location map Finland|360px|Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics is located in Template:Location map Finland]]<div style="position: absolute; z-index: 2; top: %; left: %; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><div style="position: relative; text-align: center; left: -px; top: -px; width: Template:Location map Finlandpx; font-size: Template:Location map Finlandpx; line-height: 0; z-index:100;" title="">[[File:Template:Location map Finland|Template:Location map FinlandxTemplate:Location map Finlandpx|Olympic Stadium|link=|alt=]] Olympic Stadium <div style="position: absolute; z-index: 2; top: %; left: %; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><div style="position: relative; text-align: center; left: -px; top: -px; width: Template:Location map Finlandpx; font-size: Template:Location map Finlandpx; line-height: 0; z-index:100;" title="">[[File:Template:Location map Finland|Template:Location map FinlandxTemplate:Location map Finlandpx|Kotkan urheilukeskus|link=|alt=]] Kotkan urheilukeskus <div style="position: absolute; z-index: 2; top: %; left: %; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><div style="position: relative; text-align: center; left: -px; top: -px; width: Template:Location map Finlandpx; font-size: Template:Location map Finlandpx; line-height: 0; z-index:100;" title="">[[File:Template:Location map Finland|Template:Location map FinlandxTemplate:Location map Finlandpx|Töölön Pallokenttä|link=|alt=]] Töölön Pallokenttä <div style="position: absolute; z-index: 2; top: %; left: %; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><div style="position: relative; text-align: center; left: -px; top: -px; width: Template:Location map Finlandpx; font-size: Template:Location map Finlandpx; line-height: 0; z-index:100;" title="">[[File:Template:Location map Finland|Template:Location map FinlandxTemplate:Location map Finlandpx|Lahden kisapuisto|link=|alt=]] Lahden kisapuisto <div style="position: absolute; z-index: 2; top: %; left: %; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><div style="position: relative; text-align: center; left: -px; top: -px; width: Template:Location map Finlandpx; font-size: Template:Location map Finlandpx; line-height: 0; z-index:100;" title="">[[File:Template:Location map Finland|Template:Location map FinlandxTemplate:Location map Finlandpx|Ratina Stadion|link=|alt=]] Ratina Stadion <div style="position: absolute; z-index: 2; top: %; left: %; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><div style="position: relative; text-align: center; left: -px; top: -px; width: Template:Location map Finlandpx; font-size: Template:Location map Finlandpx; line-height: 0; z-index:100;" title="">[[File:Template:Location map Finland|Template:Location map FinlandxTemplate:Location map Finlandpx|Kupittaan jalkapallo-stadion|link=|alt=]] Kupittaan jalkapallo-stadion		Kotka
Olympic Stadium			Kotkan urheilukeskus
Capacity: 70,470			Capacity: 11,400
Helsinki			Lahti
Töölön Pallokenttä			Lahden kisapuisto
Capacity: 18,050			Capacity: 8,067
Tampere			Turku
Ratina Stadion			Kupittaan jalkapallostadion
Capacity: 20,700			Capacity: 14,224

Squads

Main page: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Preliminary round results

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July 15, 1952 19:00	Poland	2–1	France	Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti Attendance: 3.752 Referee: Karel van der Meer (NED)
	Trampisz  31' Krasówka  49'	Report	Leblond  30'

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July 15, 1952 19:00	Hungary	2–1	Romania	Kupittaa, Turku Attendance: 10.588 Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (URS)
	Czibor  21' Kocsis  73'	Report	Suru  86'

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July 15, 1952 19:00	Yugoslavia	10–1	India	Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki Attendance: 10.000 Referee: John Best (USA)
	Vukas  2', 62' Mitić  14', 43' Zebec  17', 23', 60', 87' Ognjanov  52', 67'	Report	Ahmed Khan  89'

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July 15, 1952 19:00	Denmark	2–1	Greece	Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 4.372 Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN)
	P.E. Petersen  36', 37'	Report	Emmanouilides  85'

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July 15, 1952 19:00	USSR	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bulgaria	Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka Attendance: 10.637 Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)
	Bobrov  100' Trofimov  104'	Report	Kolev  95'

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July 16, 1952 19:00	Italy	8–0	United States	Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 15.342 Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
	Gimona  3', 51', 75' Pandolfini  16', 62' Venturi  27' Fontanesi  52' Mariani  87'	Report

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July 16, 1952 19:00	Brazil	5–1	Netherlands	Kupittaa, Turku Attendance: 9.685 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA)
	Humberto  25' Larry  33' (pen.), 36' Jansen  81' Vavá  86'	Report	Van Roessel  15'

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July 16, 1952 12:00	Luxembourg	5–3 (a.e.t.)	Great Britain	Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti Attendance: 3.656 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)
	Roller  60', 95', 97' Letsch  91' Gales  102'	Report	Robb  12' Slater  101' Lewis  118'

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July 16, 1952 19:00	Egypt	5–4	Chile	Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka Attendance: 5.354 Referee: John Nilsson (SWE)
	Elfar  27' Mechaury  43' Eldizwi  66', 75', 80'	Report	Jara  7', 78' Vial  14', 88'

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First round results

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July 19, 1952 19:00	Finland	3–4	Austria	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 33.053 Referee: William Ling (GBR)
	Stolpe  11', 34' Rytkönen  36'	Report	Gollnhuber  8' (pen.), 30' Stumpf  59' Grohs  79'

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July 20, 1952 19:00	Brazil	2–1	Luxembourg	Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka Attendance: 6.776 Referee: Marijan Matancic (YUG)
	Larry  42' Humberto  49'	Report	Gales  86'

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July 20, 1952 19:00	Yugoslavia	5–5 (a.e.t.)	USSR	Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
	Mitić  29' Ognjanov  33' Zebec  44', 59' Bobek  46'	Report	Bobrov  53', 77', 87' Trofimov  75' Petrov  89'

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July 22, 1952 19:00	Yugoslavia	3–1	USSR	Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 16.916 Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
	Mitić  19' Bobek  29' (pen.) Čajkovski  54'	Report	Bobrov  6'

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July 20, 1952 12:00	Germany	3–1	Egypt	Kupittaa, Turku Attendance: 6.813 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA)
	Klug  33' Schröder  38', 61'	Report	El-Dizwi  64'

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July 21, 1952 19:00	Denmark	2–0	Poland	Kupittaa, Turku Attendance: 6.024 Referee: Folke Bålstad (NOR)
	Seebach  17' S. Nielsen  69'	Report

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July 21, 1952 19:00	Sweden	4–1	Norway	Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 4.072 Referee: Johan Aksel Alho (FIN)
	Brodd  23', 35' Rydell  81' Bengtsson  89'	Report	Sørensen  83'

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July 21, 1952 19:00	Hungary	3–0	Italy	Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki Attendance: 13.870 Referee: Karel van der Meer (NED)
	Palotás  11', 20' Kocsis  83'	Report

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July 21, 1952 19:00	Turkey	2–1	Netherlands Antilles	Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti Attendance: 3.696 Referee: Carl Jorgensen (DEN)
	Tokaç  9' Bilge  76' (pen.)	Report	Briezen  79'

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Quarterfinals results

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July 23, 1952 19:00	Sweden	3–1	Austria	Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki Attendance: 12.564 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)
	Sandberg  80' Brodd  85' Rydell  87'	Report	Grohs  40'

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July 24, 1952 12:00	Germany	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Brazil	Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki Attendance: 11.451 Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
	Schröder  75', 96' Klug  89' Zeitler  120'	Report	Larry  12' Zózimo  74'

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July 24, 1952 19:00	Hungary	7–1	Turkey	Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka Attendance: 4.743 Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN)
	Palotás  18' Kocsis  32', 90' Lantos  48' Puskás  54', 72' Bozsik  70'	Report	Guder  57'

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July 25, 1952 19:00	Yugoslavia	5–3	Denmark	Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki Attendance: 11.456 Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN)
	Čajkovski  19' Ognjanov  35' Vukas  41' Bobek  78' Zebec  81'	Report	Lundberg  63' Seebach  85' Hansen  87'

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Semifinals results

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July 28, 1952 19:00	Hungary	6–0	Sweden	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 30.471 Referee: William Ling (GBR)
	Puskás  1' Palotás  16' Lindh  36' (o.g.) Kocsis  65', 69' Hidegkuti  67'	Report

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July 29, 1952 19:00	Yugoslavia	3–1	Germany	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 25.821 Referee: Wolf Waldemar Karni (FIN)
	Mitić  3', 24' Čajkovski  30'	Report	Stollenwerk  12'

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Bronze Medal match result

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August 1, 1952 19:00	Sweden	2–0	Germany	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 28.470 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)
	Rydell  11' Löfgren  86'	Report

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Gold Medal match result

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August 2, 1952 19:00	Hungary	2–0	Yugoslavia	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 58.553 Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
	Puskás  70' Czibor  88'	Report

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Bracket

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Hungary	3
		Italy	0
							Hungary	7
							Turkey	1
		Turkey	2
		Netherlands Antilles	1
												Hungary	6
											Sweden	0
		Sweden	4
		Norway	1
							Sweden	3
							Austria	1
		Finland	3
		Austria	4
																	Hungary	2
																Yugoslavia	0
		Denmark	2
		Poland	0
							Denmark	3
							Yugoslavia	5
		Yugoslavia (p)	5 (3)
		USSR	5 (1)
												Yugoslavia	3
											Germany	1
		Luxembourg	1
		Brazil	2
							Brazil	2
							Germany (aet)	4
		Germany	3
		Egypt	1

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Hungary Gyula Grosics Jenő Dalnoki Imre Kovács László Budai Ferenc Puskás Zoltán Czibor Lajos Csordás Jenő Buzánszky Gyula Lóránt Mihály Lantos József Bozsik József Zakariás Nándor Hidegkuti Sándor Kocsis Péter Palotás	Yugoslavia Vladimir Beara Branko Stanković Tomislav Crnković Zlatko Čajkovski Ivan Horvat Vujadin Boškov Tihomir Ognjanov Rajko Mitić Bernard Vukas Stjepan Bobek Branko Zebec Dušan Cvetković Milorad Diskić Ratko Čolić Slavko Luštica Zdravko Rajkov Vladimir Čonč Vladimir Firm	Sweden Karl Svensson Lennart Samuelsson Erik Nilsson Holger Hansson Bengt Gustavsson Gösta Lindh Sylve Bengtsson Gösta Löfgren Ingvar Rydell Yngve Brodd Gösta Sandberg Olof Åhlund

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia)

6 goals

• Sándor Kocsis (Hungary)
• Rajko Mitić (Yugoslavia)

5 goals

• Vsevolod Bobrov (Soviet Union)

4 goals

• Larry (Brazil)
• El-Sayed El-Dhizui (Egypt)
• Willi Schröder (Germany)
• Péter Palotás (Hungary)
• Ferenc Puskás (Hungary)
• Tihomir Ognjanov (Yugoslavia)

3 goals

• Aredio Gimona (Italy)
• Joseph Roller (Luxembourg)
• Yngve Brodd (Sweden)
• Ingvar Rydell (Sweden)
• Stjepan Bobek (Yugoslavia)
• Zlatko Čajkovski (Yugoslavia)
• Bernard Vukas (Yugoslavia)

2 goals

• Otto Gollnhuber (Austria)
• Herbert Grohs (Austria)
• Humberto Tozzi (Brazil)
• Irenio Jara (Chile)
• Julio Vial (Chile)
• Poul Erik Petersen (Denmark)
• Holger Seebach (Denmark)
• Olof Stolpe (Finland)
• Karl Klug (Germany)
• Zoltán Czibor (Hungary)
• Egisto Pandolfini (Italy)
• Julien Gales (Luxembourg)
• Vasili Trofimov (Soviet Union)

1 goal

• Erich Stumpf (Austria)
• Jansen (Brazil)
• Vavá (Brazil)
• Zózimo (Brazil)
• Ivan Petkov Kolev (Bulgaria)
• Jens Peter Hansen (Denmark)
• Knud Lundberg (Denmark)
• Svend Nielsen (Denmark)
• Khamal Ahmed Elfar (Egypt)
• Mechaury (Egypt)
• Aulis Rytkönen (Finland)
• Michel Leblond (France)
• Georg Stollenwerk (Germany)
• Johann Zeitler (Germany)
• Jim Lewis (Great Britain)
• George Robb (Great Britain)
• Bill Slater (Great Britain)
• Paul Emmanouilides (Greece)
• József Bozsik (Hungary)
• Nándor Hidegkuti (Hungary)
• Mihály Lantos (Hungary)
• Ahmed Mohammed Khan (India)
• Alberto Fontanesi (Italy)
• Amos Mariani (Italy)
• Arcadio Venturi (Italy)
• Léon Letsch (Luxembourg)
• Joannes van Roesell (Netherlands)
• Jan Briezen (Netherlands Antilles)
• Odd Wang Sørensen (Norway)
• Jerzy Krasówka (Poland)
• Kazimierz Trampisz (Poland)
• Ion Suru (Romania)
• Aleksandr Petrov (Soviet Union)
• Sylve Bengtsson (Sweden)
• Gösta Löfgren (Sweden)
• Gösta Sandberg (Sweden)
• Tekin Bilge (Turkey)
• Ercument Guder (Turkey)
• Muzaffer Tokaç (Turkey)

Own goal

• Gösta Lindh (Sweden, against Hungary)

Football At The 1952 Summer Olympics Media

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  1952 Miss Universe Armi Kuusela awarding the Hungarian team

Other websites

• Olympic Football Tournament Helsinki 1952 Archived 2020-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
• RSSSF Archive