# Canonical recap data for 1952 Summer Olympics Held (1952)
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slug: olympics-1952
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1952/olympics-1952"
title: 1952 Summer Olympics Held
subtitle: Helsinki hosted the Games during the Cold War, with the Soviet Union competing for the first time as a unified Olympic team.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1952-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1952
decade: 1950
country:
name: Finland
slug: finland
summaryShort: The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 4,955 athletes representing 69 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, which included 12 te
summaryLong: "The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 4,955 athletes representing 69 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, which included 12 teams making their Olympic debut at the Summer Games: The Bahamas, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Netherlands Antilles, Nigeria, People's Republic of China, Saar, the Soviet Union, Thailand, and Vietnam. The games featured 149 events across 17 sports in 23 disciplines, including the Olympic debut of women's individual gymnastics events and the transition of equestrian sports becoming mixed. In addition, pesäpallo, a Finnish baseball variant, was played as a non-medal demonstration event."
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/1952_Summer_Olympics_medal_map.svg/1280px-1952_Summer_Olympics_medal_map.svg.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "1952 Summer Olympics medal table"
importance: 78
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics_medal_table"
  title: 1952 Summer Olympics medal table
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
metaDescription: The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held fro
wikidataQid: Q506084
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260416103323/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics_medal_table"
  capturedAt: 2026-04-16
  label: 1952 Summer Olympics medal table
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics_medal_table"
