1. Medallists
    Gold  Silver  Bronze 

2. Athletics

3. Boxing

4. Canoeing

5. Cycling

6. Diving

7. Equestrian

8. Fencing

9. Football

10. Gymnastics

11. Hockey

12. Modern pentathlon

13. Rowing

14. Sailing

15. Shooting

16. Swimming

17. Water polo

18. Weightlifting

19. Wrestling

20. References

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 257 competitors, 213 men and 44 women, took part in 127 events in 18 sports.^[1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. Indeed, it is the only country to have won at least one gold medal at every Summer Olympic Games: in 1952, they achieved their only gold medal during the last event of the last day of competition in Helsinki. Along with 1904 and 1996, this is Great Britain's lowest gold medal count.

Medallists

Gold

• Harry Llewellyn, Duggie Stewart, and Wilf White — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition

Silver

• Sheila Lerwill — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Charles Currey — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition

Bronze

• McDonald Bailey — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
• John Disley — Athletics, Men's 3000m Steeplechase
• Heather Armitage, Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges, and June Foulds-Paul — Athletics, Women's 4x100 metres Relay
• Shirley Cawley — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
• Donald Burgess, George Newberry, Alan Newton, and Ronald Stretton — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
• Helen Gordon — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
• Kenneth Richmond — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
• Denys Carnill, John Cockett, John Conroy, Graham Dadds, Derek Day, Dennis Eagan, Robin Fletcher, Roger Midgley, Richard Norris, Neil Nugent, Anthony Nunn, Anthony Robinson, and John Taylor — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition

Athletics

• McDonald Bailey
• First Round — 10.4s
• First Round — 10.5s
• Semifinals — 10.5s
• Final — 10.4s (→ Bronze Medal)

• Duncan Clark
• Qualifying Round — 50.69m
• Final Round — 51.07m (→ 18th place)

• Suzanne Allday
• Qualifying Round — 36.37 m
• Final — 37.96 m (→ 15th place)

Boxing

• David Dower
  1. First Round – Defeated Abdelamid Boutefnouchet of France (3 – 0)
  2. Second Round – Defeated Leslie Donovan Perera Handunge of Ceylon (3 – 0)
  3. Third Round – Lost to Anatoli Bulakov of Soviet Union (1 – 2)

• Thomas Nicholls
  1. First Round – Lost to Pentti Olavi Hämäläinen of Finland (0 – 3)

• Percival Lewis
  1. First Round – Lost to Georghe Ilie of Romania (0 – 3)

• Frederick Reardon
  1. First Round – Defeated Roger Cuche of Switzerland (KO 3R)
  2. Second Round – Defeated Aleksandr Zasuhin of Soviet Union (0 – 3)
  3. Third Round – Lost to Aleksy Antkiewicz of Poland (0 – 3)

• Peter Waterman
  1. First Round – Defeated Oscar Juan Galardo of Argentina (2 – 1)
  2. Second Round – Lost to Alexander Grant Webster of South Africa (0 – 3)

• John Maloney
  1. First Round – Lost to Július Torma of Czechoslovakia (1 – 2)

• Bernard Foster
  1. First Round – Lost to Petar Stankoff Spassoff of Bulgaria (1 – 2)

• Terence Gooding
  1. First Round – Defeated Moustafa Mohamed Fahim of Egypt (2 – 1)
  2. Second Round – Lost to Boris Georgiev Nikolov of Bulgaria (2 – 1)

• Henry Cooper
  1. Second Round – Lost to Anatoli Perov of Soviet Union (1 – 2)

• Edgar Hearn
  1. First Round – Defeated José Victorio Sartor of Argentina (2 – 1)
  2. Third Round – Lost to Ilkka Rickhard Koski of Finland (0 – 3)

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

• Desmond Robinson — 5:18:08.9 (→ 26th place)
• Brian Robinson — 5:18:08.9 (→ 27th place)
• Graham Vines — 5:22:33.2 (→ 31st place)
• Leslie Ingman — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

• Donald McKellow
• Final — 1:13.3 (→ 5th place)

• Cyril Peacock — 4th place

• Alan Newton, Donald Burgess, George Newberry, and Ronald Stretton
• Bronze Medal Match — defeated France (→ Bronze Medal)

Diving

• Anthony Turner
• Final — 151.90 points (→ 7th place)

• Peter Heatly
• Preliminary Round — 63.37 points (→ 16th place)

• Peter Elliott
• Preliminary Round — 61.85 points (→ 20th place)

• Phyllis Long
• Preliminary Round — 43.23 points
• Final — 63.19 points (→ 5th place)

• Diana Spencer
• Preliminary Round — 43.16 points
• Final — 60.76 points (→ 7th place)

• Valerie Lloyd-Chandos
• Preliminary Round — 35.39 points (→ 12th place)

Equestrian

Fencing

17 fencers, 14 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1952.

//Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's foil">Men's foil

• René Paul
• Luke Wendon
• Raymond Paul

//Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil">Men's team foil

• René Paul, Luke Wendon, Emrys Lloyd, Raymond Paul, Harry Cooke, Allan Jay

//Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's épée">Men's épée

• Allan Jay
• Ronald Parfitt
• René Paul

//Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée">Men's team épée

• René Paul, Allan Jay, Christopher Grose-Hodge, Ronald Parfitt, Raymond Harrison, Charles de Beaumont

//Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre">Men's sabre

• William Beatley
• Bob Anderson
• Olgierd Porebski

//Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre">Men's team sabre

• Roger Tredgold, Olgierd Porebski, Bob Anderson, William Beatley, Luke Wendon

//Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's foil">Women's foil

• Mary Glen-Haig
• Gillian Sheen
• Patricia Buller

Football

Gymnastics

The British Gymnastics team competed in 15 events and was made up of 14 gymnasts, (6 men and 8 women),

including Frank Turner and George Weedon, both of whom had competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1952.

Individual

• Leon Lumsdaine
• John Hewitt
• Jervis Percy

Team

• Leon Lumsdaine
• John Hewitt
• Jervis Percy

Rowing

Great Britain had 23 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

//Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls">Men's single sculls – Fourth

• Tony Fox

//Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls">Men's double sculls

• John MacMillan
• Peter Brandt

//Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair">Men's coxless pair – Fourth

• David Callender
• Chris Davidge

//Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four">Men's coxless four – Fourth

• Harry Almond
• John Jones
• James Crowden
• Adrian Cadbury

//Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four">Men's coxed four – Fourth

• Roderick MacMillan
• Graham Fisk
• Laurence Guest
• Peter de Giles
• Paul Massey (cox)

//Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's eight">Men's eight – Fourth

• David Macklin
• Alastair MacLeod
• Nicholas Clack
• Roger Sharpley
• Edward Worlidge
• Brian Lloyd
• William Windham
• David Jennens
• John Hinde (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Twelve shooters represented Great Britain in 1952.

//Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol">25 m pistol

• Henry Steele
• Henry Swire

//Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol">50 m pistol

• Ronald Guy
• William White

//Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions">300 m rifle, three positions

• John Pearson
• Jocelyn Barlow

//Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions">50 m rifle, three positions

• Steffen Cranmer
• Charles Hyde

//Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle, prone">50 m rifle, prone

• Charles Hyde
• Steffen Cranmer

//Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre running deer, single and double shot">100m running deer

• Cyril Mackworth-Praed
• Ingram Capper

//Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's trap">Trap

• Enoch Jenkins
• Charles Lucas

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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