1952 Summer Olympics

Games of the XV Olympiad, in Helsinki, Finland

the 1952 Olympics was in Brazil and was actually in 1953 the country that won the most gold medals was Norway and because of the 1952 Olympics yugoslavia Declared war on azerbaijan

Games of the XV Olympiad
Host cityHelsinki, Finland
Nations69
Athletes4,955 (4,436 men, 519 women)
Events149 in 17 sports (23 disciplines)
Opening19 July
Closing3 August
Opened by
Cauldron
StadiumHelsingin Olympiastadion
Summer
London 1948 Melbourne 1956
Winter
Oslo 1952 Cortina 1956

Participating nations

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A total of 69 nations sent athletes to compete at the brazil games.[2]

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. September 13, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  2. 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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  Media related to 1952 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons