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| Dates | 20–23 July |
| Competitors | 404 from 33 nations |
Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. The competitions were held from 20 to 23 July.[1]
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| single sculls | .svg.png){kind=small} Yuriy Tyukalov (URS) |  Mervyn Wood (AUS) | .svg.png){kind=small} Teodor Kocerka (POL) |
| double sculls |  Tranquilo Cappozzoand Eduardo Guerrero (ARG) | Heorhiy Zhylin and Ihor Yemchuk (URS) |  Miguel Seijasand Juan Rodríguez (URU) |
| coxless pairs | .svg.png){kind=small} Charlie Loggand Tom Price (USA) | .svg.png){kind=small} Michel Knuysenand Bob Baetens (BEL) |  Kurt Schmidand Hans Kalt (SUI) |
| Coxed pair |  France (FRA)Raymond Salles Gaston Mercier Bernard Malivoire |  Germany (GER)Heinz Manchen Helmut Heinhold Helmut Noll |  Denmark (DEN)Svend Ove Pedersen Poul Svendsen Jørgen Frantzen |
| coxless fours | .svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia (YUG)Duje Bonačić Velimir Valenta Mate Trojanović Petar Šegvić | France (FRA) Pierre Blondiaux Jean-Jacques Guissart Marc Bouissou Roger Gautier |  Finland (FIN)Veikko Lommi Kauko Wahlsten Oiva Lommi Lauri Nevalainen |
| Coxed four |  Czechoslovakia (TCH)Karel Mejta Jiří Havlis Jan Jindra Stanislav Lusk Miroslav Koranda | Switzerland (SUI) Rico Bianchi Karl Weidmann Heini Scheller Émile Ess Walter Leiser | United States (USA) Carl Lovsted Al Ulbrickson Richard Wahlstrom Matt Leanderson Al Rossi |
| eights | United States (USA) Frank Shakespeare William Fields James Dunbar Richard Murphy Robert Detweiler Henry Proctor Wayne Frye Edward Stevens Charles Manring | Soviet Union (URS) Yevgeny Brago Vladimir Rodimushkin Aleksey Komarov Igor Borisov Slava Amiragov Leonid Gissen Yevgeny Samsonov Vladimir Kryukov Igor Polyakov | Australia (AUS) Bob Tinning Ernest Chapman Nimrod Greenwood David Anderson Geoff Williamson Mervyn Finlay Edward Pain Phil Cayzer Tom Chessell |
Participating nations
A total of 404 rowers from 33 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
References
- ^ "Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2018.