British athletes at the Helsinki 1952 Olympics* |
 
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 100 m M | | GBR | Alan Lillington | ||
| William Jack | |||||
| Emmanuel McDonald Bailey | |||||
| 200 m M | | GBR | Brian Shenton | ||
| Nicolas Stacey | |||||
| Emmanuel McDonald Bailey | |||||
| 400 m M | | GBR | Terence Higgins | ||
| Alan Dick | |||||
| Leslie Lewis | |||||
| 800 m M | | GBR | Frank Evans | ||
| Thomas White | |||||
| Albert Webster | |||||
| 1500 m M | | GBR | Leonard Eyre | ||
| Roger Bannister | |||||
| William Nankeville | |||||
| 5000 m M | | GBR | Alan Parker | ||
| Christopher Chataway | |||||
| Gordon Pirie | |||||
| 10000 m M | | GBR | Gordon Pirie | ||
| Frederick Norris | |||||
| Frank Sando | |||||
| Marathon M | | GBR | James Peters | ||
| Geoff Iden | |||||
| Stanley Cox | |||||
| 110 m hurdles M | | GBR | Frederick Parker | ||
| Peter Hildreth | |||||
| 400 m hurdles M | | GBR | Angus Scott | ||
| David Gracie | |||||
| Harold Whittle | |||||
| 3000 m steeplechase M | | GBR | Kenneth Johnson | ||
| John Disley | |||||
| Chris Brasher | |||||
| 4x100 m M | | GBR | John Gregory | ||
| William Jack | |||||
| Emmanuel McDonald Bailey | |||||
| Brian Shenton | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | GBR | Terence Higgins | ||
| Leslie Lewis | |||||
| Alan Dick | |||||
| Nicolas Stacey | |||||
| 10 km walk M | | GBR | George Coleman | ||
| Lawrence Allen | |||||
| Roland Hardy | |||||
| 50 km walk M | | GBR | Donald Tunbridge | ||
| Harold Whitlock | |||||
| George Whitlock | |||||
| High jump M | | GBR | Alan Paterson | ||
| Ronald Pavitt | |||||
| Peter Wells | |||||
| Pole vault M | | GBR | Geoffrey Elliot | ||
| Timothy Anderson | |||||
| Shot put M | | GBR | John Savidge | ||
| John Giles | |||||
| Discus throw M | | GBR | Mark Pharaoh | ||
| Hammer throw M | | GBR | Ewan Douglas | ||
| Duncan Clark | |||||
| Peter Allday | |||||
| Javelin throw M | | GBR | Michael Denley | ||
| Richard Miller | |||||
| Decathlon M | | GBR | Geoffrey Elliot | ||
| 100 m W | | GBR | June Foulds | ||
| Heather Armitage | |||||
| Quita Shivas | |||||
| 200 m W | | GBR | Sylvia Cheeseman | ||
| Ann Johnson | |||||
| Patricia Devine | |||||
| 80 m hurdles W | | GBR | Pamela Seaborne | ||
| Pauline Wainwright | |||||
| Jean Desforges | |||||
| 4x100 m W | | GBR | Jean Desforges | ||
| Sylvia Cheeseman | |||||
| Heather Armitage | |||||
| June Foulds | |||||
| High jump W | | GBR | Sheila Lervill | ||
| Thelma Hopkins | |||||
| Dorothy Tyler | |||||
| Long jump W | | GBR | Shirley Cawley | ||
| Constance Willoughby | |||||
| Discus throw W | | GBR | Suzanne Farmer | ||
| Javelin throw W | | GBR | Diane Coates | ||
 Boxing | |||||
| Flyweight M | | GBR | David Dower | ||
| Bantamweight M | | GBR | Thomas Nicholls | ||
| Featherweight M | | GBR | Percival Lewis | ||
| Lightweight M | | GBR | Frederick Reardon | ||
| Light-welterweight M | | GBR | Peter Waterman | ||
| Welterweight M | | GBR | Johnny Maloney | ||
| Light-middleweight M | | GBR | Bernard Foster | ||
| Middleweight M | | GBR | Terry Gooding | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | GBR | Henry Cooper | ||
| Heavyweight M | | GBR | Edgar Hearn | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe & Kayak | |||||
| K1 500 m W | | GBR | Shirley Ascott | ||
| K1 1000 m M | | GBR | Geoffrey Colyer | ||
| K2 1000 m M | | GBR | Frank Prout | ||
| Roland Prout | |||||
| K1 10000 m M | | GBR | Geoffrey Colyer | ||
| K2 10000 m M | | GBR | Graham Palmer | ||
| Raymond Parker | |||||
| C1 1000 m M | | GBR | Gerald Marchand | ||
| C1 10000 m M | | GBR | Gerald Marchand | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| Road race M | | GBR | Graham Vines | ||
| Brian Robinson | |||||
| Desmond Robinson | |||||
| Leslie Ingman | |||||
| Road race team M | | GBR | Graham Vines | ||
| Desmond Robinson | |||||
| Brian Robinson | |||||
| Team pursuit M | | GBR | George Newberry | ||
| Ronald Stratton | |||||
| Alan Newton | |||||
| Donald Burgess | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | GBR | Donald McKellow | ||
| Sprint M | | GBR | Cyril Peacock | ||
 Diving | |||||
| Springboard M | | GBR | Peter John Elliott | ||
| Anthony Turner | |||||
| Peter Heatly | |||||
| Springboard W | | GBR | Charmain Welsh | ||
| Phyllis Ann Long | |||||
| Dorothy Drew | |||||
| Platform M | | GBR | Anthony Turner | ||
| Peter Heatly | |||||
| Platform W | | GBR | Valerie Lloyd Chandos | ||
| Diana Spencer | |||||
| Phyllis Ann Long | |||||
 Equestrian | |||||
| Eventing individual | | GBR | Reginald Hindley | ||
| Albert Hill | |||||
| Jumping individual | | GBR | Henry Llewellyn | ||
| Douglas Stewart | |||||
| Wilfred White | |||||
| Jumping team | | GBR | Wilfred White | ||
| Douglas Stewart | |||||
| Henry Llewelly | |||||
 Fencing | |||||
| Foil individual W | | GBR | Patricia Buller | ||
| Gillian Sheen | |||||
| Mary Glen-Haig | |||||
| Foil individual M | | GBR | René Paul | ||
| Raymond Paul | |||||
| Andrei Vilcea | |||||
| Luke Wendon | |||||
| Epee individual M | | GBR | Ronald Parfitt | ||
| René Paul | |||||
| Allan Jay | |||||
| Sabre individual M | | GBR | Bob Anderson | ||
| William Beatley | |||||
| Olgierd Porebski | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Individual all-round W | | GBR | Marjorie Raistrick | ||
| Valerie Mullins | |||||
| Irene Hirst | |||||
| Margaret Thomas | |||||
| Margo Morgan | |||||
| Pat Hirst | |||||
| Cissy Davies | |||||
| Gwynedd Lewis | |||||
| Individual all-round M | | GBR | Peter Starling | ||
| Ken Buffin | |||||
| Graham Harcourt | |||||
| George Weedon | |||||
| Jack Whitford | |||||
| Frank Turner | |||||
| Team W | | GBR | Gwynedd Lewis | ||
| Marjorie Raistrick | |||||
| Irene Hirst | |||||
| Margo Morgan | |||||
| Pat Hirst | |||||
| Valerie Mullins | |||||
| Margaret Thomas | |||||
| Cissy Davies | |||||
| Team M | | GBR | George Weedon | ||
| Frank Turner | |||||
| Ken Buffin | |||||
| Graham Harcourt | |||||
| Jack Whitford | |||||
| Peter Starling | |||||
| Team exercise W | | GBR | Margaret Thomas | ||
| Cissy Davies | |||||
| Gwynedd Lewis | |||||
| Marjorie Raistrick | |||||
| Irene Hirst | |||||
| Margo Morgan | |||||
| Pat Hirst | |||||
| Valerie Mullins | |||||
 Hockey | |||||
| Hockey M | | GBR | Roger Midgley | ||
| Richard Norris | |||||
| Neil Nugent | |||||
| Anthony Nunn | |||||
| John Taylor | |||||
| Dennis Eagan | |||||
| Denys Carnill | |||||
| Graham Dadds | |||||
| Derek Day | |||||
| John Conroy | |||||
| Robin Fletcher | |||||
| Anthony Robinson | |||||
| John Cockett | |||||
 Modern Pentathlon | |||||
| Individual M | | GBR | Leon Lumsdaine | ||
| Jervis Percy | |||||
| John Hewitt | |||||
| Team M | | GBR | Jervis Percy | ||
| Leon Lumsdaine | |||||
| John Hewitt | |||||
 Rowing | |||||
| Single sculls M | | GBR | Anthony Fox | ||
| Double sculls M | | GBR | John MacMillant | ||
| Peter Brand | |||||
| Pair without coxswain M | | GBR | David Callender | ||
| Christopher Davidge | |||||
| Four without coxswain M | | GBR | Harry Almond | ||
| George Cadbury | |||||
| John Jones | |||||
| James Crowden | |||||
| Four with coxswain M | | GBR | Graham Fisk | ||
| Paul Massey | |||||
| Lawrence Guest | |||||
| Roderick Macmillan | |||||
| Peter de Giles | |||||
| Eight with coxswain M | | GBR | David Jennens | ||
| Edward Worlidge | |||||
| Nicholas Clack | |||||
| David Macklin | |||||
| John Hinde | |||||
| William Windham | |||||
| Roger Sharpley | |||||
| Alastair Macleod | |||||
| Charles Brian Lloyd | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| 5,5 m | | GBR | John Dillon | ||
| Robert Perry | |||||
| Neil Cochran-Patrick | |||||
| Dragon | | GBR | John Barrington-Ward | ||
| Thomas Somers | |||||
| Edward Dyson | |||||
| Star | | GBR | Bruce Banks | ||
| Stanley Potter | |||||
| Finn M | | GBR | Charles Currey | ||
| 6 m | | GBR | Martin Sharp | ||
| Frank Murdoch | |||||
| Kenneth Preston | |||||
| Franklin Woodroffe | |||||
| Robert Steele | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions M | | GBR | Charles Hyde | ||
| Steffen Cranmer | |||||
| Rifle prone M | | GBR | Steffen Cranmer | ||
| Charles Hyde | |||||
| Free rifle M | | GBR | Jocelyn Barlow | ||
| John Joseph Pearson | |||||
| Moving target M | | GBR | Cyril Mackworth-Praed | ||
| Ingram Capper | |||||
| Free pistol M | | GBR | William White | ||
| Ronald Guy | |||||
| Rapid fire pistol M | | GBR | Henry Swire | ||
| Henry Steele | |||||
| Trap M | | GBR | Enoch Jenkins | ||
| Charles Lucas | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | GBR | Lillian Preece | ||
| Jean Botham | |||||
| Angela Barnwell | |||||
| 100 m freestyle M | | GBR | Ronald Roberts | ||
| Thomas Welsh | |||||
| John Wardrop | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | GBR | Grace Wood | ||
| Daphne Wilkinson | |||||
| Lillian Preece | |||||
| 400 m freestyle M | | GBR | Ronald Burns | ||
| Peter Head | |||||
| John Wardrop | |||||
| 1500 m freestyle M | | GBR | Robert Sreenan | ||
| 100 m backstroke W | | GBR | Margaret McDowall | ||
| Pauline Musgrove | |||||
| 100 m backstroke M | | GBR | William John Brockway | ||
| Robert Wardrop | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke W | | GBR | Valerie Harris | ||
| Helen Gordon | |||||
| Jean Wrigley | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke M | | GBR | Brian Barnes | ||
| 4x100 m freestyle W | | GBR | Phyllis Linton | ||
| Lillian Preece | |||||
| Jean Botham | |||||
| Angela Barnwell | |||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M | | GBR | Jack Wardrop | ||
| Ronald Burns | |||||
| Roy Botham | |||||
| Thomas Welsh | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Bantamweight M | | GBR | Maurice Megennis | ||
| Featherweight M | | GBR | Julian Creus | ||
| Lightweight M | | GBR | James Halliday | ||
| Yorrie Evans | |||||
| Middle-heavyweight M | | GBR | Melville Barnett | ||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle flyweight M | | GBR | Leslie Cheetham | ||
| Freestyle heavyweight M | | GBR | Kenneth Richmond | ||
| * The list of British athletes in the 1952 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about British athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Helsinki 1952 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
