United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
inHelsinki, 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
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TheUnited States competed at the1952 Summer Olympics inHelsinki,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).

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

Track and road events
Men

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

Women

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

Field events
Men

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

Women

Combined event –Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Points	Rank
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
	Points	1034	707	759	832	779	953	640	438	617	216
Bob Mathias	Result	11.08	6.98	15.30	1.90	50.2	14.7	46.89	4.00	59.21	4:50.8	7887WR
	Points	948	779	912	900	828	894	838	745	715	328
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
	Points	737	804	688	930	765	813	566	556	620	309

Summary

Team	Event	Qualifying round			Group stage				Quarterfinal				Semifinal /Cl	Final /BM /Pl
		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	1Q	Soviet Union W 86–58	Chile W 103–55	Brazil W 57–53	1Q	Argentina W 85–57	Soviet Union W 36–25

Roster
The team consisted of 14 members. It included five members of theAmateur Athletic Union'sPeoria Caterpillars team and twoPhillips 66ers. The team also featured seven players from the national champion1951–52 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, as well as their coachPhog Allen, who served as assistant on the team.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	161	164	−3	4
4	Hungary	3	0	3	143	199	−56	3

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)

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 (1952-07-25)

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 (1952-07-27)

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 v t e	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
3	Brazil	3	1	2	177	155	+22	4	Qualified for 5th–8th placement playoffs
4	Chile	3	0	3	159	256	−97	3

28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)

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 (1952-07-29)

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 (1952-07-30)

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 (1952-07-31)

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 (1952-08-02) 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)

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		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) WTKO	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) WKO	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) WDSQ	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) WDSQ

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frank Havens	C-1 1000 m	5:09.3	3Q	5:13.7	4
	C-1 10,000 m	—		57:41.1
John Haas Frank Krick	C-2 1000 m	4:43.3	3Q	4:59.0	7
	C-2 10,000 m	—		54:42.5	5
Michael Budrock	K-1 1000 m	4:39.5	5	Did not advance
William Schuette	K-1 10,000 m	—		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	—		48:30.7	14

Sprint

Pursuit

Time trial

Men

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

Women

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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country				Jumping
			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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Total
			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

20 fencers represented the United States in 1952.

Men's foil

• Nate Lubell
• Albie Axelrod
• Daniel Bukantz

Men's team foil

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

Men's épée

• Edward Vebell
• Paul Makler, Sr.
• Alfred Skrobisch

Men's team épée

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

Men's sabre

• Joe de Capriles
• George Worth
• Allan Kwartler

Men's team sabre

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

Women's foil

• Jan York-Romary
• Maxine Mitchell
• Polly Craus

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
		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	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
GK	Robert Burkard	March 23, 1922		?	St. Louis Kutis S.C.	1	0	90	0	0	0
MF	Charles Colombo	July 20, 1920	32	?	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford	1	0	90	0	0	0
FW	Bill Conterio	November 11, 1929	22	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Elwood Cook	January 12, 1929		0	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford	1	0	90	0	0	0
DF	Harry Keough	November 15, 1927	24	?	St. Louis Raiders	1	0	90	0	0	0
DF	Ed McHugh	June 9, 1930	22	0		1	0	90	0	0	0
FW	Ruben Mendoza	June 2, 1931		?	St. Louis Raiders	1	0	90	0	0	0
FW	Lloyd Monsen	May 7, 1931	21	?	New York Americans	1	0	90	0	0	0
DF	Willy Schaller	February 23, 1933	19	?		1	0	90	0	0	0
DF	Bill Sheppell	March 11, 1926	26	?	Newark German-Americans	1	0	90	0	0	0
FW	John Souza	July 12, 1920	32	?	German Hungarian S.C.	1	0	90	0	0	0
FW	Lawrence Surock	November 9, 1930	21	?	University of Baltimore	1	0	90	0	0	0
FW	Jack Dunn	September 12, 1931	?	?	Temple University	0	0	0	0	0	0

Andy Keir andMarty 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)

Men

Women

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1952.

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

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Repechage 1		Semifinal		Repechage 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Kelly Jr.	Single sculls	7:58.4	1SF	Bye		7:57.3	2R2	7:42.0	2	Did not advance	6
Charlie Logg Tom Price	Coxless pair	7:50.7	4R1	7:28.4	1R2	Did not advance		7:36.2	1F	8:20.7
James Beggs (c) James Fifer Duvall Hecht	Coxed pair	8:02.1	1SF	Bye		8:13.0	4R2	7:55.5	2	Did not advance	6
Pat Costello Walter Hoover	Double sculls	7:01.9	2SF	Bye		7:24.3	2R2	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	1SF	Bye		7:07.6	1F	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	1SF	Bye		6:32.1	1F	Bye		6:25.9

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

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Total
		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

Six shooters represented the United States in 1952.Huelet Benner won gold in the 50 m pistol andArt 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		60	575	7
Huelet Benner	50 m pistol	—	553
Harry Wendell Reeves			515	30
Arthur Jackson	50 m rifle, prone	—	399
Emmett Swanson			396	21
Arthur Jackson	50 m rifle, three position	—	1155	12
Emmett Swanson			1155	13
Robert Sandager	300 m rifle, three position	—	1104	6
Emmett Swanson			1055	18

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

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

Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jody Alderson	100 m freestyle	1:07.4	2Q	1:06.6	1Q	1:07.1	5
Judy Roberts		1:08.2	3Q	1:08.2	7	Did not advance
Marilee Stepan		1:07.7	1Q	1:07.4	4Q	1:08.0	7
Carolyn Green	400 m freestyle	5:23.8	2Q	5:18.3	2Q	5:16.5	4
Evelyn Kawamoto		5:16.6	1Q	5:21.2	1Q	5:14.6
Delia Meulenkamp		5:21.4	4Q	5:27.9	6	Did not advance
Mary Freeman	100 m backstroke	1:18.0	3	—		Did not advance
Coralie O'Connor		1:19.7	5	—		Did not advance
Barbara Stark		1:17.9	4Q	—		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	1Q	—		4:30.1

Summary

Team	Event	Elimination rounds		First round				Semifinal			Final /Cl
		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	2Q	Belgium W 4–2	Spain W 6–4	2Q	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)

No.	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 v t e	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
3	Great Britain	3	0	1	2	9	15	−6	1
4	Austria	3	0	1	2	5	15	−10	1

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