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Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

1952 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games

The Football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was won by Hungary.[1]

Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryFinland
DatesJuly 15 – August 2
Teams25 (from 5 (plus Great Britain) confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Hungary
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Sweden
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored135 (5.19 per match)
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1956 →

Venues

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Helsinki
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

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See the main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Results

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Preliminary round results

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Poland  2–1  France
Trampisz   31'
Krasówka   49'		 Report Leblond   30'
Attendance: 3.752
Referee: Karel van der Meer (NED)
Hungary  2–1  Romania
Czibor   21'
Kocsis   73'		 Report Suru   86'
Attendance: 10.588
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (URS)
Yugoslavia  10–1  India
Vukas   2', 62'
Mitić   14', 43'
Zebec   17', 23', 60', 87'
Ognjanov   52', 67'		 Report Ahmed Khan   89'
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: John Best (USA)
Denmark  2–1  Greece
P.E. Petersen   36', 37' Report Emmanouilides   85'
Attendance: 4.372
Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN)
Soviet Union  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Bulgaria
Bobrov   100'
Trofimov   104'		 Report Kolev   95'
Attendance: 10.637
Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)
Italy  8–0  United States
Gimona   3', 51', 75'
Pandolfini   16', 62'
Venturi   27'
Fontanesi   52'
Mariani   87'		 Report
Attendance: 15.342
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Brazil  5–1  Netherlands
Humberto   25'
Larry   33' (pen.), 36'
Jansen   81'
Vavá   86'		 Report Van Roessel   15'
Attendance: 9.685
Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA)
Luxembourg  5–3 (a.e.t.)  Great Britain
Roller   60', 95', 97'
Letsch   91'
Gales   102'		 Report Robb   12'
Slater   101'
Lewis   118'
Attendance: 3.656
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)
Egypt  5–4  Chile
Elfar   27'
Mechaury   43'
Eldizwi   66', 75', 80'		 Report Jara   7', 78'
Vial   14', 88'
Attendance: 5.354
Referee: John Nilsson (SWE)

First round results

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Finland  3–4  Austria
Stolpe   11', 34'
Rytkönen   36'		 Report Gollnhuber   8' (pen.), 30'
Stumpf   59'
Grohs   79'
Attendance: 33.053
Referee: William Ling (GBR)
Brazil  2–1  Luxembourg
Larry   42'
Humberto   49'		 Report Gales   86'
Attendance: 6.776
Referee: Marijan Matancic (YUG)
Yugoslavia  5–5 (a.e.t.)  Soviet Union
Mitić   29'
Ognjanov   33'
Zebec   44', 59'
Bobek   46'		 Report Bobrov   53', 77', 87'
Trofimov   75'
Petrov   89'
Attendance: 17.000
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Yugoslavia  3–1  Soviet Union
Mitić   19'
Bobek   29' (pen.)
Čajkovski   54'		 Report Bobrov   6'
Attendance: 16.916
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Germany  3–1  Egypt
Klug   33'
Schröder   38', 61'		 Report El-Dizwi   64'
Attendance: 6.813
Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA)
Denmark  2–0  Poland
Seebach   17'
S. Nielsen   69'		 Report
Attendance: 6.024
Referee: Folke Bålstad (NOR)
Sweden  4–1  Norway
Brodd   23', 35'
Rydell   81'
Bengtsson   89'		 Report Sørensen   83'
Attendance: 4.072
Referee: Johan Aksel Alho (FIN)
Hungary  3–0  Italy
Palotás   11', 20'
Kocsis   83'		 Report
Attendance: 13.870
Referee: Karel van der Meer (NED)
Turkey  2–1  Netherlands Antilles
Tokaç   9'
Bilge   76' (pen.)		 Report Briezen   79'
Attendance: 3.696
Referee: Carl Jorgensen (DEN)

Quarterfinals results

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Sweden  3–1  Austria
Sandberg   80'
Brodd   85'
Rydell   87'		 Report Grohs   40'
Attendance: 12.564
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)
Germany  4–2 (a.e.t.)  Brazil
Schröder   75', 96'
Klug   89'
Zeitler   120'		 Report Larry   12'
Zózimo   74'
Attendance: 11.451
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Hungary  7–1  Turkey
Palotás   18'
Kocsis   32', 90'
Lantos   48'
Puskás   54', 72'
Bozsik   70'		 Report Guder   57'
Attendance: 4.743
Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN)
Yugoslavia  5–3  Denmark
Čajkovski   19'
Ognjanov   35'
Vukas   41'
Bobek   78'
Zebec   81'		 Report Lundberg   63'
Seebach   85'
Hansen   87'
Attendance: 11.456
Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN)

Semifinals results

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Hungary  6–0  Sweden
Puskás   1'
Palotás   16'
Lindh   36' (o.g.)
Kocsis   65', 69'
Hidegkuti   67'		 Report
Attendance: 30.471
Referee: William Ling (GBR)
Yugoslavia  3–1  Germany
Mitić   3', 24'
Čajkovski   30'		 Report Stollenwerk   12'
Attendance: 25.821
Referee: Wolf Waldemar Karni (FIN)

Bronze Medal match result

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Sweden  2–0  Germany
Rydell   11'
Löfgren   86'		 Report
Attendance: 28.470
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)

Gold Medal match result

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Hungary  2–0  Yugoslavia
Puskás   70'
Czibor   88'		 Report
Attendance: 58.553
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

Bracket

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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)
  Soviet Union 5 (1)
  Yugoslavia 3
  Germany 1
  Luxembourg 1
  Brazil 2
  Brazil 2
  Germany (aet) 4
  Germany 3
  Egypt 1

Medalists

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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

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7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

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  1. ↑ "Football at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

Other websites

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