United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics

United States at the
1952 Summer Olympics
United States at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Helsinki, Finland; July 19–August 3, 1952
Competitors	286 (245 men and 41 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Norman C. Armitage
Medals; Ranked 1st	Gold 40 Silver 19 Bronze 17 Total 76
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

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.^[1] 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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Walt Davis	Athletics	Men's high jump	July 20
Gold	Lindy Remigino	Athletics	Men's 100 m	July 21
Gold	Charles Moore	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	July 21
Gold	Jerome Biffle	Athletics	Men's long jump	July 21
Gold	Parry O'Brien	Athletics	Men's shot put	July 21
Gold	Mal Whitfield	Athletics	Men's 800 m	July 22
Gold	Bob Richards	Athletics	Men's pole vault	July 22
Gold	Sim Iness	Athletics	Men's discus throw	July 22
Gold	Andy Stanfield	Athletics	Men's 200 m	July 23
Gold	Charlie Logg Tom Price	Rowing	Coxless pair	July 23
Gold	Robert Detweiler James Dunbar William Fields Wayne Frye Charles Manring (c) Richard Murphy Henry Proctor Frank Shakespeare Edward Stevens	Rowing	Eight	July 23
Gold	William Smith	Wrestling	Freestyle welterweight	July 23
Gold	Harrison Dillard	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	July 24
Gold	Cy Young	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	July 24
Gold	Horace Ashenfelter	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	July 25
Gold	Huelet Benner	Shooting	50 m pistol	July 25
Gold	Bob Mathias	Athletics	Men's decathlon	July 26
Gold	Tommy Kono	Weightlifting	67.5 kg	July 26
Gold	Pete George	Weightlifting	75 kg	July 26
Gold	Harrison Dillard Lindy Remigino Dean Smith Andy Stanfield	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	July 27
Gold	Mae Faggs Catherine Hardy Barbara Jones Janet Moreau	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	July 27
Gold	Frank Havens	Canoeing	Men's C-1 10,000 m	July 27
Gold	Clarke Scholes	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	July 27
Gold	Norbert Schemansky	Weightlifting	90 kg	July 27
Gold	John Davis	Weightlifting	+90 kg	July 27
Gold	David Browning	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	July 28
Gold	Britton Chance Michael Schoettle Edgar White Sumner White	Sailing	5.5 Meter	July 28
Gold	Everard Endt John Adams Morgan Eric Ridder Julian Roosevelt Emelyn Whiton	Sailing	6 Meter	July 28
Gold	Frank Dooley^[a] Burwell Jones^[a] Ford Konno Jimmy McLane Wayne Moore Don Sheff^[a] Wally Wolf^[a] Bill Woolsey	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	July 29
Gold	Pat McCormick	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	July 30
Gold	Sammy Lee	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	August 1
Gold	Yoshi Oyakawa	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 1
Gold	United States men's national basketball team Ron Bontemps Marc Freiberger Wayne Glasgow Charlie Hoag Bill Hougland John Keller Dean Kelley Bob Kenney Bob Kurland Bill Lienhard Clyde Lovellette Frank MaCabe Dan Pippin Howie Williams	Basketball	Men's tournament	August 2
Gold	Nate Brooks	Boxing	Flyweight	August 2
Gold	Charles Adkins	Boxing	Light welterweight	August 2
Gold	Floyd Patterson	Boxing	Middleweight	August 2
Gold	Norvel Lee	Boxing	Light heavyweight	August 2
Gold	Ed Sanders	Boxing	Heavyweight	August 2
Gold	Pat McCormick	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 2
Gold	Ford Konno	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 2
Silver	Ken Wiesner	Athletics	Men's high jump	July 20
Silver	Meredith Gourdine	Athletics	Men's long jump	July 21
Silver	Darrow Hooper	Athletics	Men's shot put	July 21
Silver	Don Laz	Athletics	Men's pole vault	July 22
Silver	Thane Baker	Athletics	Men's 200 m	July 23
Silver	Jay Thomas Evans	Wrestling	Freestyle lightweight	July 23
Silver	Henry Wittenberg	Wrestling	Freestyle light heavyweight	July 23
Silver	Jack Davis	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	July 24
Silver	Bill Miller	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	July 24
Silver	Bob McMillen	Athletics	Men's 1500 m	July 26
Silver	Milt Campbell	Athletics	Men's decathlon	July 26
Silver	Gene Cole Ollie Matson Charles Moore Mal Whitfield	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	July 27
Silver	Stanley Stanczyk	Weightlifting	82.5 kg	July 27
Silver	James Bradford	Weightlifting	+90 kg	July 27
Silver	Miller Anderson	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	July 28
Silver	John Price John Reid	Sailing	Star	July 28
Silver	Ford Konno	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	July 30
Silver	Paula Jean Myers-Pope	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 2
Silver	Bowen Stassforth	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	August 2
Bronze	Jim Fuchs	Athletics	Men's shot put	July 21
Bronze	James Dillion	Athletics	Men's discus throw	July 22
Bronze	James Gathers	Athletics	Men's 200 m	July 23
Bronze	Matt Leanderson Carl Lovsted Al Rossi (c) Al Ulbrickson Richard Wahlstrom	Rowing	Coxed four	July 23
Bronze	Josiah Henson	Wrestling	Freestyle featherweight	July 23
Bronze	Arthur Barnard	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	July 24
Bronze	Ollie Matson	Athletics	Men's 400 m	July 25
Bronze	Floyd Simmons	Athletics	Men's decathlon	July 26
Bronze	Bob Clotworthy	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	July 28
Bronze	Arthur Jackson	Shooting	50 m rifle, prone	July 29
Bronze	Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	July 30
Bronze	Jack Taylor	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 1
Bronze	Jody Alderson Evelyn Kawamoto Jackie LaVine Marilee Stepan	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	August 1
Bronze	Juno Stover-Irwin	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 2
Bronze	Charles Hough Jr. Walter Staley John Wofford	Equestrian	Team eventing	August 2
Bronze	Evelyn Kawamoto	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	August 2
Bronze	Arthur McCashin John Russell William Steinkraus	Equestrian	Team jumping	August 3

Medals by sport
Total	40	19	17	76
Sport				Total
Athletics	15	10	6	31
Boxing	5	0	0	5
Diving	4	2	3	9
Swimming	4	2	3	9
Weightlifting	4	2	0	6
Sailing	2	1	0	3
Rowing	2	0	1	3
Wrestling	1	2	1	4
Shooting	1	0	1	2
Basketball	1	0	0	1
Canoeing	1	0	0	1
Equestrian	0	0	2	2

Medals by day
Total		40	19	17	76
Day	Date				Total
1	July 20	1	1	0	2
2	July 21	4	2	1	7
3	July 22	3	1	1	5
4	July 23	4	3	3	10
5	July 24	2	2	1	5
6	July 25	2	0	1	3
7	July 26	3	2	1	6
8	July 27	6	3	0	9
9	July 28	3	2	1	6
10	July 29	1	0	1	2
11	July 30	1	1	1	3
12	July 31	0	0	0	0
13	August 1	2	0	2	4
14	August 2	8	2	3	13
15	August 3	0	0	1	1

Medals by gender
Total	40	19	17	76
Gender				Total
Male	37	18	13	68
Female	3	1	4	8

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Ford Konno	Swimming	2	1	0	3
Harrison Dillard	Athletics	2	0	0	2
Pat McCormick	Diving	2	0	0	2
Lindy Remigino	Athletics	2	0	0	2
Andy Stanfield	Athletics	2	0	0	2
Charles Moore	Athletics	1	1	0	2
Mal Whitfield	Athletics	1	1	0	2
Ollie Matson	Athletics	0	1	1	2
Evelyn Kawamoto	Swimming	0	0	2	2

^a Athletes who participated in preliminary round(s) but not the final.

Athletics

Track and road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Art Bragg	100 m	10.73	1 Q	10.75	2 Q	11.43	6	Did not advance
Lindy Remigino		10.73	1 Q	10.68	1 Q	10.74	2 Q	10.79
Dean Smith		10.90	1 Q	10.69	1 Q	10.78	2 Q	10.84	4
Thane Baker	200 m	21.62	1 Q	21.64	1 Q	21.50	2 Q	20.97
James Gathers		21.42	1 Q	21.64	1 Q	21.58	2 Q	21.08
Andy Stanfield		22.00	1 Q	21.21	1 Q	21.23	1 Q	20.81
Gene Cole	400 m	48.44	1 Q	47.88	2 Q	46.94	4	Did not advance
Ollie Matson		48.17	1 Q	47.53	2 Q	46.99	3 Q	46.94
Mal Whitfield		48.68	1 Q	47.74	1 Q	46.64	3 Q	47.30	6
John Barnes	800 m	1:54.5	2 Q	N/a		1:53.4	4	Did not advance
Reggie Pearman		1:51.6	1 Q			1:52.5	3 Q	1:52.1	7
Mal Whitfield		1:52.5	1 Q			1:50.1	2 Q	1:49.2
Warren Druetzler	1500 m	3:51.4	1 Q	N/a		3:50.8	4 Q	3:56.0	12
Bob McMillen		3:55.8	2 Q			3:50.6	4 Q	3:45.2
Javier Montez		3:58.2	6			Did not advance
Charlie Capozzoli	5000 m	14:39.0	7	N/a				Did not advance
Wes Santee		15:10.4	13					Did not advance
Curt Stone		14:42.8	8					Did not advance
Curt Stone	10,000 m	N/a						31:02.6	20
Fred Wilt	10,000 m	N/a						31:04.0	21
Arthur Barnard	110 m hurdles	14.4	1 Q	N/a		14.2	2 Q	14.1
Jack Davis		14.0	1 Q			14.4	1 Q	13.7 OR
Harrison Dillard		13.9	1 Q			14.0	1 Q	13.7 OR
Roland Blackmon	400 m hurdles	54.8	3 Q	52.7	2 Q	52.7	5	Did not advance
Charles Moore		51.8	1 Q	50.8 OR	1 Q	52.0	1 Q	50.8
Lee Yoder		55.2	2 Q	53.3	2 Q	53.0	4	Did not advance
Bill Ashenfelter	3000 m steeplechase	DNF		N/a				Did not advance
Horace Ashenfelter		8:51.0 OR	1 Q					8:45.4 WR
Browning Ross		9:44.0	12					Did not advance
Harrison Dillard Lindy Remigino Dean Smith Andy Stanfield	4 × 100 m relay	40.3	1 Q	N/a		40.4	1 Q	40.1
Gene Cole Ollie Matson Charles Moore Mal Whitfield	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.5	1 Q	N/a				3:04.0
Ted Corbitt	Marathon	N/a						2:51:09.0	44
Victor Dyrgall								2:32:52.4	13
Tom Jones								2:42:50.0	36
Price King	10 km walk	51:08.6	9	N/a				Did not advance
Henry Laskau	10 km walk	DSQ		N/a				Did not advance
John Deni	50 km walk	N/a						DNF
Leo Sjogren								DNF
Adolf Weinacker								5:01:00.4	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mae Faggs	100 m	12.1	1 Q	12.0	3 Q	12.1	3 Q	12.1	6
Catherine Hardy		11.9	1 Q	12.1	4	Did not advance
Janet Moreau		12.5	2 Q	12.5	5	Did not advance
Dolores Dwyer	200 m	DNF		N/a		Did not advance
Mae Faggs		24.5	3			Did not advance
Catherine Hardy		24.8	2 Q			24.7	4	Did not advance
Constance Darnowski	80 m hurdles	12.1	5	N/a		Did not advance
Mae Faggs Catherine Hardy Barbara Jones Janet Moreau	4 × 100 m relay	46.5	1 Q	N/a				45.9 WR

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jerome Biffle	Long jump	7.40	2 Q	7.57
George Brown		7.32	4 Q	NM
Meredith Gourdine		7.41	1 Q	7.53
Walter Ashbaugh	Triple jump	14.59	=14 Q	15.39	4
Jim Gerhardt		14.98	4 Q	14.69	11
George Shaw		14.39	21	Did not advance
Arnold Betton	High jump	1.87	=1 Q	1.95	7
Walt Davis		1.87	=1 Q	2.04 OR
Ken Wiesner		1.87	=4 Q	2.01
Don Laz	Pole vault	4.00	=6 Q	4.50
George Mattos		4.00	=6 Q	4.20	9
Bob Richards		4.00	=6 Q	4.55 OR
Jim Fuchs	Shot put	15.29	=5 Q	17.06
Darrow Hooper		15.48	4 Q	17.39
Parry O'Brien		16.05	1 Q	17.41 OR
James Dillion	Discus throw	47.92	5 Q	53.28
Fortune Gordien		50.34	2 Q	52.66	4
Sim Iness		48.90	4 Q	55.03 OR
Bud Held	Javelin throw	68.62	4 Q	68.42	9
Bill Miller		64.81	13 Q	72.46
Cy Young		67.26	6 Q	73.78 OR
Bob Backus	Hammer throw	49.39	23 Q	52.11	13
Marty Engel		50.00	20 Q	NM
Samuel Felton		50.89	15 Q	53.32	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mabel Landry	Long jump	5.88	2 Q	5.75	7
Janet Dicks	Shot put	11.44	18	Did not advance
Marjorie Larney	Javelin throw	41.44	8 Q	40.58	13

Combined event – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Points
Milt Campbell	Result	10.78	6.74	13.89	1.85	50.9	14.5	40.50	3.30	54.54	5:07.2	6975
Milt Campbell	Points	1034	707	759	832	779	953	640	438	617	216	6975
Bob Mathias	Result	11.08	6.98	15.30	1.90	50.2	14.7	46.89	4.00	59.21	4:50.8	7887 WR
Bob Mathias	Points	948	779	912	900	828	894	838	745	715	328	7887 WR
Floyd Simmons	Result	11.52	7.06	13.18	1.92	51.1	15.0	37.77	3.60	54.69	4:53.4	6788
Floyd Simmons	Points	737	804	688	930	765	813	566	556	620	309	6788

Basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Qualifying round			Group stage				Quarterfinal				Semifinal / Cl	Final / BM / Pl
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Bye			Hungary W 66–48	Czechoslovakia W 74–47	Uruguay W 56–44	1 Q	Soviet Union W 86–58	Chile W 103–55	Brazil W 57–53	1 Q	Argentina W 85–57	Soviet Union W 36–25

Roster
The team consisted of 14 members. It included five members of the Amateur Athletic Union's Peoria Caterpillars team and two Phillips 66ers. The team also featured seven players from the national champion 1951–52 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, as well as their coach Phog Allen, who served as assistant on the team.

	Position	Height	Weight	Age	Hometown	Team
Ron Bontemps	Guard	6'2"	175	25	Taylorville, Illinois	Peoria Caterpillars (Illinois)
Marc Freiberger	Center	6'11"	215	23	Greenville, Texas	Peoria Caterpillars (Oklahoma)
Wayne Glasgow	Guard/Forward	6'3"	190	26	Dacoma, Oklahoma	Phillips 66ers (Oklahoma)
Charlie Hoag	Guard/Forward	6'2"	185	20	Oak Park, Illinois	Kansas
Bill Hougland	Guard	6'4"	180	22	Beloit, Kansas	Kansas
John Keller	Guard/Forward	6'3"	185	23	Page City, Kansas	Kansas
Dean Kelley	Guard	5'11"	165	20	Morton, Illinois	Kansas
Bob Kenney	Forward	6'2"	185	21	Winfield, Kansas	Kansas
Bob Kurland	Center	7'0"	220	27	Jennings, Missouri	Phillips 66ers (Oklahoma St.)
Bill Lienhard	Forward	6'5"	180	22	Lawrence, Kansas	Kansas
Clyde Lovellette	Forward	6'9"	230	22	Terre Haute, Indiana	Kansas
Frank McCabe	Forward	6'8"	225	25	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Peoria Caterpillars (Marquette)
Dan Pippin	Guard	6'1"	170	25	Waynesville, Missouri	Peoria Caterpillars (Missouri)
Howie Williams	Guard	6'0"	168	24	New Ross, Indiana	Peoria Caterpillars (Purdue)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	195	139	+56	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Uruguay	3	2	1	167	164	+3	5	Qualified for the quarterfinals
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	161	164	−3	4
4	Hungary	3	0	3	143	199	−56	3

Source: Official Report, p. 676

25 July 1952

OR p. 680

United States	66–48	Hungary
Scoring by half: 37–23, 27–25

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wabby (EGY)

25 July 1952

OR p. 682

United States	72–47	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 35–21, 37–26

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Reverberi (ITA)

27 July 1952

OR p. 683

United States	56–44	Uruguay
Scoring by half: 32–27, 24–17

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Chuard (SUI)

Quarterfinal

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	246	166	+80	6	Qualified for the semifinals
2	Soviet Union	3	2	1	190	195	−5	5	Qualified for the semifinals
3	Brazil	3	1	2	177	155	+22	4	Qualified for 5th–8th placement playoffs
4	Chile	3	0	3	159	256	−97	3	Qualified for 5th–8th placement playoffs

Source: Official Report, p. 676

28 July 1952

OR p. 684

United States	86–58	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 36–22, 50–36

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Wahby (EGY)

29 July 1952

OR p. 684

United States	103–55	Chile
Scoring by half: 47–32, 56–23

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Posvar (TCH)

30 July 1952

OR p. 686

United States	57–53	Brazil
Scoring by half: 24–26, 33–27

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Wahby (EGY), Posvar (TCH)

Semifinal

31 July 1952

OR p. 688

United States	85–76	Argentina
Scoring by half: 43–39, 42–37

Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Siener (FRA)

Gold medal game

2 August 1952
16:00

OR p. 688

United States	36–25	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 17–15, 19–10
Pts: Lovellette 9		Pts: Korkia 8

Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wahby (EGY)

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nate Brooks	Flyweight	Luukkonen (FIN) W 3–0	Zmia (AUT) W 3–0	Dobrescu (ROU) W 2–1	Toweel (RSA) W 3–0	Basel (GER) W 3–0
Davey Moore	Bantamweight	Bye	Schidan (GER) W 3–0	Kang (KOR) L 1–2	Did not advance
Edson Brown	Featherweight	Bose (IND) W 3–0	Ilie (ROU) W 3–0	Ventaja (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Robert Bickle	Lightweight	Henricus (CEY) W TKO	Bolognesi (ITA) L 1–2	Did not advance
Charles Adkins	Light welterweight	Hansen (NOR) W TKO	Carrizales (VEN) W 3–0	Webster (RSA) W 3–0	Visintin (ITA) W 3–0	Mednov (URS) W 2–1
Louis Gage	Welterweight	Belkacem (FRA) W KO	Torma (TCH) L 1–2	Did not advance
Ellsworth Webb	Light middleweight	Papp (HUN) L KO	Did not advance
Floyd Patterson	Middleweight	Bye	Tebbaka (FRA) W 3–0	Jansen (NED) W KO	Sjölin (SWE) W DSQ	Tiță (ROU) W KO
Norvel Lee	Light heavyweight	Bye	Arnaiz (FRA) W 3–0	Grezlak (POL) W 3–0	Siljander (FIN) W 3–0	Perov (URS) W 3–0
Ed Sanders	Heavyweight	Bye	Jost (SUI) W KO	Di Segni (ITA) W KO	Niemann (RSA) W KO	Johansson (SWE) W DSQ

Canoeing

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frank Havens	C-1 1000 m	5:09.3	3 Q	5:13.7	4
Frank Havens	C-1 10,000 m	N/a		57:41.1
John Haas Frank Krick	C-2 1000 m	4:43.3	3 Q	4:59.0	7
John Haas Frank Krick	C-2 10,000 m	N/a		54:42.5	5
Michael Budrock	K-1 1000 m	4:39.5	5	Did not advance
William Schuette	K-1 10,000 m	N/a		52:44.6	14
John Eiseman Thomas Horton	K-2 1000 m	4:02.9	5	Did not advance
John Anderson Paul Bochenwich	K-2 10,000 m	N/a		48:30.7	14

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Thomas O'Rourke	Individual	5:22:33.7	36
David Rhoads		DNF
Ronald Rhoads		DNF
Donald Sheldon		5:22:33.3	32
Thomas O'Rourke David Rhoads Ronald Rhoads Donald Sheldon	Team	DNF

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round1	Repechage 1	Quarterfinal	Repechage 2	Semifinal	Repechage 3	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Steven Hromjak	Sprint	3 R	4	Did not advance					=21
Frank Brilando Richard Cortright	Tandem	N/a							14

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Time trial		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Steven Hromjak James Lauf Thomas Montemage Donald Sheldon	Team		18	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Frank Brilando	1000 m time trial	1:17.8	23

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Miller Anderson	3 m springboard	88.00	2 Q	111.84	2	199.84
David Browning		89.59	1 Q	115.70	1	205.29
Bob Clotworthy		80.64	3 Q	104.28	3	184.92
John Calhoun	10 m platform	70.22	9	Did not advance
Sammy Lee		86.38	1 Q	69.90	1	156.28
John McCormack		75.26	4 Q	63.48	5	138.77	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Carol Frick	3 m springboard	52.97	9	Did not advance
Pat McCormick		71.85	1 Q	75.45	1	147.30
Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen		54.09	8 Q	73.48	2	127.57
Pat McCormick	10 m platform	51.25	1 Q	28.12	1	79.37
Paula Jean Myers-Pope		44.22	2 Q	27.41	2	71.63
Juno Stover-Irwin		43.60	3 Q	26.89	3	70.49

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Robert Borg	Bill Biddle	Individual	492.0	11
Marjorie Haines	The Flying Dutchman		446.0	17
Hartmann Pauly	Reno Overdo		315.5	27
Robert Borg Marjorie Haines Hartmann Pauly	See above	Team	1253.5	6

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country				Jumping
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Faults	Time penalty	Total	Rank	Faults	Time penalty	Total	Rank
Charles Hough Jr.	Cassivllannus	Individual	111.66	7	0	-51	60.66	8	10	0	70.66	9
Walter Staley	Craigwood Park		173.5	50	20	-45	148.5	18	20	0	168.5	18
John Wofford	Benny Grimes		146.00	32	210	-18	338.00	31	10	0	348.00	31
Charles Hough Jr. Walter Staley John Wofford	See above	Team	431.16	12	230	-114	547.16	3	40	0	587.16

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Faults	Time	Total	Faults	Time	Total	Penalties	Rank
Arthur McCashin	Miss Budweiser	Individual	12	0	12	4	0	4	16	12
John Russell	Democrat		7	0	7	16	0	16	23	24
William Steinkraus	Hollandia		4	0	4	8	1.25	9.25	13.25	11
Arthur McCashin John Russell William Steinkraus	See above	Team	23	0	23	28	1.25	29.25	52.25

Fencing

20 fencers represented the United States in 1952.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

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

Men's épée

Men's team épée

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

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

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

Women's foil

Football

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Italy L 0–8	Did not advance

Roster

Head coach: John Wood

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Minutes played
GK	Robert Burkard	March 23, 1922		?	St. Louis Kutis S.C.	1	90
MF	Charles Colombo	July 20, 1920	32	?	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford	1	90
FW	Bill Conterio	November 11, 1929	22	0		0	0
FW	Elwood Cook	January 12, 1929		0	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford	1	90
DF	Harry Keough	November 15, 1927	24	?	St. Louis Raiders	1	90
DF	Ed McHugh	June 9, 1930	22	0		1	90
FW	Ruben Mendoza	June 2, 1931		?	St. Louis Raiders	1	90
FW	Lloyd Monsen	May 7, 1931	21	?	New York Americans	1	90
DF	Willy Schaller	February 23, 1933	19	?		1	90
DF	Bill Sheppell	March 11, 1926	26	?	Newark German-Americans	1	90
FW	John Souza	July 12, 1920	32	?	German Hungarian S.C.	1	90
FW	Lawrence Surock	November 9, 1930	21	?	University of Baltimore	1	90
FW	Jack Dunn	September 12, 1931	?	?	Temple University	0	0

Andy Keir and Marty Krumm were both named in the United States' squad, but did not play in any matches:^[2]

Preliminary round

16 July 1952
19:00

Italy	8–0	United States
Gimona 3', 51', 75' Pandolfini 16', 62' Venturi 27' Fontanesi 52' Mariani 87'	Report

Ratina Stadion, Tampere

Attendance: 15,342

Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

Gymnastics

Men

Athlete	Event	Floor exercise				Rings				Pommel horse				Vault				Parallel bars				Horizontal bar				Total
Athlete	Event	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Jack Beckner	Individual	8.15	9.25	17.40	=84	~~7.10~~	8.00	15.10	160	~~8.40~~	~~8.60~~	17.00	=88	9.25	~~8.80~~	18.05	=87	~~8.85~~	9.00	17.85	=81	9.10	8.90	18.00	59	103.40	81
Walter Blattmann		~~7.80~~	~~8.50~~	16.30	=129	8.20	~~7.70~~	15.90	=137	8.90	~~8.60~~	17.50	=73	9.25	9.10	18.35	=54	9.10	~~8.50~~	17.60	=100	~~8.25~~	~~8.45~~	16.70	=112	102.35	=90
Vincent D'Autorio		~~8.00~~	9.20	17.20	=94	~~7.85~~	~~7.35~~	15.20	=157	8.85	9.05	17.90	=51	~~7.10~~	9.15	16.25	160	~~9.00~~	8.90	17.90	=74	~~8.75~~	~~8.00~~	16.75	=109	101.20	100
Don Holder		8.00	~~8.20~~	16.20	=134	8.70	8.20	16.90	=109	9.10	9.20	18.30	=32	9.20	~~8.80~~	18.00	=95	9.05	~~8.00~~	17.05	=118	~~9.05~~	~~8.00~~	17.05	97	103.50	80
Bill Roetzheim		8.85	9.10	17.95	=53	~~7.90~~	7.95	15.85	=142	9.25	9.35	18.60	=22	~~8.85~~	~~8.75~~	17.60	=114	9.15	8.95	18.10	=60	9.60	9.35	18.95	=17	107.05	59
Ed Scrobe		8.80	9.05	17.85	=59	9.35	9.05	18.40	=45	9.30	8.80	18.10	=40	9.35	9.00	18.35	=54	9.35	9.45	18.80	=21	9.50	9.40	18.90	=19	110.40	=30
Charles Simms		~~7.80~~	~~8.85~~	16.65	=117	8.35	~~7.80~~	16.15	=127	~~8.05~~	~~8.05~~	16.10	=106	9.30	9.15	18.45	=40	~~7.25~~	~~8.80~~	16.05	=142	9.45	9.55	19.00	16	102.40	89
Bob Stout		9.10	9.80	18.90	=8	9.20	9.20	18.40	=45	~~8.75~~	8.80	17.55	=69	~~8.80~~	9.40	18.20	=73	9.30	9.25	18.55	=35	9.25	9.30	18.55	=35	110.15	34
Total	Team	42.90	46.40	N/a		43.80	42.40	N/a		45.40	45.20	N/a		46.35	45.80	N/a		45.95	45.55	N/a		46.90	46.50	N/a		543.15	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Floor exercise				Balance beam				Uneven bars				Vault				Portable apparatus		Total
Athlete	Event	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Marian Barone	Individual	8.30	8.46	16.76	=103	8.23	8.86	17.09	=73	8.96	8.73	17.69	=43	8.90	8.86	17.76	65	N/a		69.30	64
Dorothy Dalton		8.43	8.33	16.76	=103	8.03	7.40	15.43	117	8.36	8.06	16.42	94	8.46	8.66	17.06	=101			65.67	=103
Meta Elste		~~8.96~~	~~8.46~~	17.42	76	~~8.20~~	~~8.96~~	17.16	=69	~~8.73~~	~~8.70~~	17.43	=53	~~0.00~~	~~8.66~~	8.66	131			60.67	129
Ruth Grulkowski		8.96	8.63	17.59	=59	8.56	8.90	17.46	48	8.90	8.13	17.03	=74	8.90	8.30	17.20	=96			69.28	=65
Marie Hoesly		8.70	8.20	16.90	96	8.40	6.30	14.70	126	8.66	8.73	17.39	=56	7.73	8.60	16.33	114			65.32	107
Doris Kirkman		~~7.96~~	~~0.00~~	7.96	134	~~8.10~~	~~0.00~~	8.10	134	~~8.40~~	~~0.00~~	8.40	134	~~7.10~~	~~0.00~~	7.10	134			31.56	134
Clara Schroth-Lomady		9.10	8.96	18.06	=26	8.40	6.96	15.36	118	9.00	8.50	17.50	49	8.63	8.83	17.46	=81			68.38	73
Ruth Topalian		8.33	8.33	16.66	109	8.13	8.20	16.33	100	8.60	8.30	16.90	79	8.96	8.96	17.92	=58			67.81	=83
Total	Team	51.82	50.91	N/a		49.75	46.62	N/a		52.48	50.45	N/a		51.58	52.21	N/a		61.60	16	467.36	15

Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1952.

Athlete	Event	Riding (5000 m show jumping)					Fencing (Épée one-touch)		Shooting (Rapid fire pistol)		Swimming (300 m freestyle)		Running (4000 m cross-country)		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	TP	Faults	Score	Rank	Wins (DT)	Rank	Hits (Score)	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank
Frederick Denman	Individual	9:51.3	0	0	100	9	28 (5)	11	20 (186)	6	4:36.9	17	15:35.5	19	62	6
Thad McArthur		10:09.8	0	0	100	12	23 (6)	23	20 (175)	29	4:13.6	3	14:20.4	1	68	8
Guy Troy		9:34.3	0	0	100	6	25 (2)	17	20 (185)	8	5:10.9	34	16:19.1	30	95	14
Frederick Denman Thad McArthur Guy Troy	Team	N/a				27	N/a	50	N/a	41	N/a	49	N/a	48	215	4

Rowing

The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Repechage 1		Semifinal		Repechage 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Kelly Jr.	Single sculls	7:58.4	1 SF	Bye		7:57.3	2 R2	7:42.0	2	Did not advance	6
Charlie Logg Tom Price	Coxless pair	7:50.7	4 R1	7:28.4	1 R2	Did not advance		7:36.2	1 F	8:20.7
James Beggs (c) James Fifer Duvall Hecht	Coxed pair	8:02.1	1 SF	Bye		8:13.0	4 R2	7:55.5	2	Did not advance	6
Pat Costello Walter Hoover	Double sculls	7:01.9	2 SF	Bye		7:24.3	2 R2	7:03.6	2	Did not advance
John Davis Dempster Jackson Louis McMillan James Welsh	Coxless four									Did not advance	6
Matt Leanderson Carl Lovsted Al Rossi (c) Al Ulbrickson Richard Wahlstrom	Coxed four	7:17.9	1 SF	Bye		7:07.6	1 F	Bye		7:37.0
Robert Detweiler James Dunbar William Fields Wayne Frye Charles Manring (c) Richard Murphy Henry Proctor Frank Shakespeare Edward Stevens	Eight	6:09.0	1 SF	Bye		6:32.1	1 F	Bye		6:25.9

Qualification Legend: F=Final; SF=Semifinal; R1=First repechage; R2=Semifinal repechage

Sailing

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Edward Melaika	Finn	~~DNF~~	0	21	226	23	186	26	133	DNF	0	24	168	DSQ	0	713	28
John Price John Reid	Star	1	1423	7	578	1	1423	1	1423	3	946	1	1423	8	~~520~~	7216
Joyce Horton William Horton Sr. William Horton Jr.	Dragon	17	~~101~~	6	553	10	331	15	155	13	218	7	486	8	428	2171	11
Britton Chance Michael Schoettle Edgar White Sumner White	5.5 Meter	4	703	1	1305	10	305	11	~~264~~	3	828	1	1305	1	1305	5751
Everard Endt John Adams Morgan Eric Ridder Julian Roosevelt Emelyn Whiton	6 Meter	4	540	9	~~188~~	1	1142	1	1142	8	239	3	665	1	1142	4870

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.

Athlete	Event	Hits	Score	Rank
Huelet Benner	25 m rapid fire pistol	59	572	34
William McMillan	25 m rapid fire pistol	60	575	7
Huelet Benner	50 m pistol	N/a	553
Harry Wendell Reeves	50 m pistol	N/a	515	30
Arthur Jackson	50 m rifle, prone	N/a	399
Emmett Swanson	50 m rifle, prone	N/a	396	21
Arthur Jackson	50 m rifle, three position	N/a	1155	12
Emmett Swanson	50 m rifle, three position	N/a	1155	13
Robert Sandager	300 m rifle, three position	N/a	1104	6
Emmett Swanson	300 m rifle, three position	N/a	1055	18

Swimming

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dick Cleveland	100 m freestyle	57.8	1 Q	58.6	3	Did not advance
Ronald Gora		58.0	1 Q	57.7	1 Q	58.8	8
Clarke Scholes		58.3	2 Q	57.1 OR	1 Q	57.4
Ford Konno	400 m freestyle	4:47.9	2 Q	4:38.6	1 Q	4:31.3
Jimmy McLane		4:46.5	1 Q	4:42.2	4 Q	4:40.3	7
Wayne Moore		4:43.2	1 Q	4:42.0	1 Q	4:40.1	6
Ford Konno	1500 m freestyle	18:53.7	1 Q	N/a		18:30.3 OR
Jimmy McLane		19:09.3	1 Q	N/a		18:51.5	4
Bill Woolsey		19:24.6	2	N/a		Did not advance
Yoshi Oyakawa	100 m backstroke	1:06.0	1 Q	1:05.7	1 Q	1:05.4 OR
Allen Stack		1:08.9	2 Q	1:08.0	4 Q	1:07.6	4
Jack Taylor		1:07.2	1 Q	1:07.0	2 Q	1:06.4
Jerry Holan	200 m breaststroke	2:36.8	1 Q	2:39.2	4	Did not advance
Monte Nitzkowski		2:40.6	1 Q	2:41.4	5	Did not advance
Bowen Stassforth		2:39.3	1 Q	2:38.7	3 Q	2:34.7
Wayne Moore Bill Woolsey Ford Konno Jimmy McLane Wally Wolf Don Sheff Frank Dooley Bumpy Jones	4 × 200 m freestyle	8:50.9	1 Q	N/a		8:31.1 WR

Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jody Alderson	100 m freestyle	1:07.4	2 Q	1:06.6	1 Q	1:07.1	5
Judy Roberts		1:08.2	3 Q	1:08.2	7	Did not advance
Marilee Stepan		1:07.7	1 Q	1:07.4	4 Q	1:08.0	7
Carolyn Green	400 m freestyle	5:23.8	2 Q	5:18.3	2 Q	5:16.5	4
Evelyn Kawamoto		5:16.6	1 Q	5:21.2	1 Q	5:14.6
Delia Meulenkamp		5:21.4	4 Q	5:27.9	6	Did not advance
Mary Freeman	100 m backstroke	1:18.0	3	N/a		Did not advance
Coralie O'Connor		1:19.7	5	N/a		Did not advance
Barbara Stark		1:17.9	4 Q	N/a		1:16.2	5
Judy Cornell	200 m breaststroke	3:17.7	5	Did not advance
Gail Peters		3:13.3	6	Did not advance
Della Sehorn		3:13.7	6	Did not advance
Jackie LaVine Marilee Stepan Jody Alderson Evelyn Kawamoto	4 × 100 m freestyle	4:28.1	1 Q	N/a		4:30.1

Water polo

Summary

Team	Event	Elimination rounds		First round				Semifinal			Final / Cl
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Sweden L 1–5	Romania W 6–3	Great Britain W 8–3	Italy L 4–5	Austria W 4–1	2 Q	Belgium W 4–2	Spain W 6–4	2 Q	Yugoslavia L 2–4	Hungary L 0–4	4

Roster
The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 35 goals but only 19 scorers are known.^[4]

Head coach: Urho Saari (coach); John Curran (manager)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
GK	Harry Bisbey	10 May 1931	21	?	U.S. Coast Guard	9	?
	Marvin Burns	6 July 1928	24	?	Lynwood Swim Club	5	1
	Norman Dornblaser	4 November 1933	18	?	El Segundo Swim Club	7	1
	Robert Hughes	15 December 1930	21	?	University of Southern California	9	6
	Edward Jaworski	11 March 1926	26	?	New York Athletic Club	8	?
	Robert Koehler			?		0	0
	William Kooistra	26 August 1926	25	?	Illinois Athletic Club	7	7
	Norman Lake	8 December 1932	19	?	El Segundo Swim Club	2	?
	James Norris	7 July 1930	22	?	El Segundo Swim Club	8	?
	John Spargo	3 June 1931	21	?	U.S. Air Force	5	4
	Peter Stange	28 February 1931	21	?	El Segundo Swim Club	3	?

Elimination round

25 July 1952	OR p. 599	Sweden	5–1	United States	Helsinki Swimming Stadium Referees: T. Batalle (ESP)
		Scoring by half: 2–1, 3–0

26 July 1952	OR p. 600	United States	6–3	Romania	Helsinki Swimming Stadium Referees: P. Barbieri (ITA)
		Scoring by half: 2–1, 4–2

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	17	8	+9	6	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	16	9	+7	4	Semifinals
3	Great Britain	3	0	1	2	9	15	−6	1
4	Austria	3	0	1	2	5	15	−10	1

Source: Official Report, p. 597
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

27 July 1952	OR p. 600	United States	8–3	Great Britain	Helsinki Swimming Stadium Referees: B. Rajki (HUN)
		Scoring by half: 3–2, 5–1

27 July 1952	OR p. 603	Italy	5–4	United States	Helsinki Swimming Stadium Referees: B. Rajki (HUN)
		Scoring by half: 3–2, 2–2

29 July 1952	OR p. 603	United States	4–1	Austria	Helsinki Swimming Stadium Referees: W. Baade (DEN)
		Scoring by half: 2–1, 2–0

Semifinal

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	12	6	+6	6	Final
2	United States	3	2	1	14	11	+3	4	Final
3	Belgium	3	1	2	8	13	−5	2	Classification 5–8
4	Spain	3	0	3	9	13	−4	0	Classification 5–8

Source: Official Report, p. 598
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

30 July 1952	OR p. 604	United States	4–2	Belgium	Helsinki Swimming Stadium Referees: A. Weghofer (AUT)
		Scoring by half: 4–1, 0–1

31 July 1952	OR p. 604	United States	6–4	Spain	Helsinki Swimming Stadium Referees: G. Voogd (NED)
		Scoring by half: 2–2, 4–2

Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	13	4	+9	5
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	5
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	8	14	−6	2
4	United States	3	0	0	3	6	13	−7	0

Source: Official Report, p. 598
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

1 August 1952	OR p. 604	Yugoslavia	4–2	United States	Helsinki Swimming Stadium Referees: J. Bauwens (BEL)
		Scoring by half: 2–1, 2–1

2 August 1952	OR p. 605	Hungary	4–0	United States	Helsinki Swimming Stadium Referees: S. Zuckerman (SWE)
		Scoring by half: 3–0, 1–0

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
Athlete	Event	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank
Tommy Kono	67.5 kg	105	=1	117.5 WR	1	140	=2	362.5 OR
Pete George	75 kg	115	=3	127.5 OR	1	157.5 OR	1	400 OR
Clyde Emrich	82.5 kg	120	=5	115	=7	145	=10	380	8
Stanley Stanczyk	82.5 kg	127.5	=1	127.5	=1	160	=2	415
Norbert Schemansky	90 kg	127.5	2	140 WR	1	177.5 WR	1	445 WR
James Bradford	+90 kg	140	=4	132.5	2	165	=1	437.5
John Davis	+90 kg	150 OR	=1	145 OR	1	165	=1	460 OR

Wrestling

Key:

TF – Victory by fall.
PP - Win by decision

Athlete	Event	Elimination rounds						Medal round
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	TPP	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	V–D (PP)	Rank
Hugh Peery	Freestyle flyweight	El-Ward (EGY) W 3–0 PP (1)	Johansson (SWE) W 3–0 PP (1)	Sayadov (URS) L 0–3 PP (3)	EL		5	N/a	Did not advance		=7
Bill Borders	Freestyle bantamweight	Hänni (SUI) W 3–0 PP (1)	Yaghoubi (IRN) L 0–3 PP (3)	Mammadbeyov (URS) L TF (3)	EL		7	Did not advance			=11
Josiah Henson	Freestyle featherweight	Randi (ITA) L TF (3)	Elliott (AUS) W TF (0)	Hoffmann (HUN) W TF (0)	Dadashov (URS) W 2–1 PP (1)	Mangave (IND) W 3–0 PP (1)	5 Q	Şit (TUR) L TF (3)	Givehchi (IRN) L 1–2 PP (3)	0–2
Jay Thomas Evans	Freestyle lightweight	Badr (EGY) W 3–0 PP (1)	Vard (IRL) W TF (0)	Blasi (ARG) W 3–0 PP (1)	Cools (BEL) W TF (0)	Talosela (FIN) W TF (0)	2 Q	Anderberg (SWE) L 1–2 PP (3)	Jahanbakht (IRN) W 3–0 PP (1)	1–1
William Smith	Freestyle welterweight	Rosado (MEX) W TF (0)	Mohammed (CAN) W 2–0 PP (1)	Longarella (ARG) W 3–0 PP (1)	Moussa (EGY) W TF (0)	N/a	2 Q	Berlin (SWE) L 0–3 PP (3)	Mojtabavi (IRN) W 3–0 PP (1)	1–1 (6)
Danny Hodge	Freestyle middleweight	Hussain (EGY) W TF (0)	Tsimakuridze (URS) L TF (3)	Lindblad (SWE) L 1–2 PP (3)	EL		6	Did not advance			=9
Henry Wittenberg	Freestyle light heavyweight	Padron (VEN) W TF (0)	Lardon (SUI) W TF (0)	Palm (SWE) L 0–3 PP (3)	Englas (URS) W 3–0 PP (1)	Atan (TUR) W TF (0)	4 Q	N/a	Bye	1–1
William Kerslake	Freestyle heavyweight	Atan (TUR) L TF (3)	Baarendse (BEL) W TF (0)	Kangasniemi (FIN) W TF (0)	Antonsson (SWE) L 1–2 PP (3)	N/a	6	Did not advance			5

References

^ "United States at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
^ Cite error: The named reference Oly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United States Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ "United States Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2019.

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The short film Big Picture: Olympics is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.

[sports-reference-1] "United States at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2010.

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[3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United States Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

[USA-4] "United States Water Polo at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2019.

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