American athletes at the Helsinki 1952 Olympics* |
 
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 100 m M | | USA | Finis Dean Smith | ||
| Lindy Remigino | |||||
| Art Bragg | |||||
| 200 m M | | USA | James Gathers | ||
| Andrew Stanfield | |||||
| Walter Thane Baker | |||||
| 400 m M | | USA | Ollie Matson | ||
| Gerald Cole | |||||
| Malvin Whitfield | |||||
| 800 m M | | USA | John Barnes | ||
| Reginald Pearman | |||||
| Malvin Whitfield | |||||
| 1500 m M | | USA | Javier Montez | ||
| Warren Druetzler | |||||
| Robert McMillen | |||||
| 5000 m M | | USA | David Santee | ||
| Curtis Stone | |||||
| Charles Capozzoli | |||||
| 10000 m M | | USA | Frederick Wilt | ||
| Curtis Stone | |||||
| Marathon M | | USA | Victor Drygall | ||
| Ted Corbitt | |||||
| Thomas Jones | |||||
| 110 m hurdles M | | USA | Arthur Barnard | ||
| Harrison Dillard | |||||
| Jack Davis | |||||
| 400 m hurdles M | | USA | Charles Moore | ||
| Lee Yoder | |||||
| Roland Blackmon | |||||
| 3000 m steeplechase M | | USA | Browning Ross | ||
| Horace Ashenfelter | |||||
| William Ashenfelter | |||||
| 4x100 m M | | USA | Harrison Dillard | ||
| Lindy Remigino | |||||
| Finis Dean Smith | |||||
| Andrew Stanfield | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | USA | Gerald Cole | ||
| Malvin Whitfield | |||||
| Charles Moore | |||||
| Ollie Matson | |||||
| 10 km walk M | | USA | Sloss Price King | ||
| Helmut Laskau | |||||
| 50 km walk M | | USA | Leo Sjogren | ||
| Adolf Weinacker | |||||
| John Deni | |||||
| High jump M | | USA | Arnold Betton | ||
| Kenneth Wiesner | |||||
| Walter Davis | |||||
| Pole vault M | | USA | George Mattos | ||
| Robert Richards | |||||
| Donald Laz | |||||
| Long jump M | | USA | Meredith Gourdine | ||
| Jerome Biffle | |||||
| George Brown | |||||
| Triple jump M | | USA | James Gerhardt | ||
| Walter Ashbaugh | |||||
| George Shaw | |||||
| Shot put M | | USA | Parry O'Brien | ||
| James Fuchs | |||||
| Darrow Hooper | |||||
| Discus throw M | | USA | Fortune Gordien | ||
| James Dillion | |||||
| Sim Iness | |||||
| Hammer throw M | | USA | Robert Backus | ||
| Samuel Felton | |||||
| Martin Engel | |||||
| Javelin throw M | | USA | Frank Held | ||
| Cyrus Young | |||||
| William Miller | |||||
| Decathlon M | | USA | Milton Campbell | ||
| Floyd Simmons | |||||
| Robert Mathias | |||||
| 100 m W | | USA | Catherine Hardy | ||
| Janet Moreau | |||||
| Mae Faggs | |||||
| 200 m W | | USA | Catherine Hardy | ||
| Dolores Dwyer | |||||
| Mae Faggs | |||||
| 80 m hurdles W | | USA | Constance Darnowski | ||
| 4x100 m W | | USA | Catherine Hardy | ||
| Mae Faggs | |||||
| Janet Moreau | |||||
| Barbara Jones | |||||
| Long jump W | | USA | Mabel Dolly Landry | ||
| Shot put W | | USA | Janet Dicks | ||
| Javelin throw W | | USA | Marjorie Larney | ||
 Basketball | |||||
| Basketball M | | USA | Daniel Pippin | ||
| Charles Hoag | |||||
| Victor Wayne Glasgow | |||||
| William Lienhand | |||||
| Clyde Lovellette | |||||
| Howard Williams | |||||
| Frank McCabe | |||||
| Marcus Freiberger | |||||
| Robert Kenney | |||||
| William Hougland | |||||
| Robert Kurland | |||||
| John Keller | |||||
| Ronald Bontemps | |||||
| Melvin Dean Kelley | |||||
 Boxing | |||||
| Flyweight M | | USA | Nathan Brooks | ||
| Bantamweight M | | USA | David Moore | ||
| Featherweight M | | USA | Edson Brown | ||
| Lightweight M | | USA | Robert Bickle | ||
| Light-welterweight M | | USA | Charles Adkins | ||
| Welterweight M | | USA | Lou Gage | ||
| Light-middleweight M | | USA | Spider Webb | ||
| Middleweight M | | USA | Floyd Patterson | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | USA | Norvel Lee | ||
| Heavyweight M | | USA | Edward Sanders | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe & Kayak | |||||
| K1 1000 m M | | USA | Michael Budrock | ||
| K2 1000 m M | | USA | Thomas Horton | ||
| John Eiseman | |||||
| K1 10000 m M | | USA | William Schuette | ||
| K2 10000 m M | | USA | Paul Bochnewich | ||
| John Anderson | |||||
| C1 1000 m M | | USA | Frank Havens | ||
| C2 1000 m M | | USA | Frank Krick | ||
| John Haas | |||||
| C1 10000 m M | | USA | Frank Havens | ||
| C2 10000 m M | | USA | John Haas | ||
| Frank Krick | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| Road race M | | USA | Donald Sheldon | ||
| Ronald Rhoads | |||||
| David Rhoads | |||||
| Thomas O'Rourke | |||||
| Road race team M | | USA | Donald Sheldon | ||
| Thomas O'Rourke | |||||
| David Rhoads | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | USA | Frank Brilando | ||
| Sprint M | | USA | Steven Hromjak | ||
 Diving | |||||
| Springboard M | | USA | Robert Clotworthy | ||
| Miller Anderson | |||||
| David Browning | |||||
| Springboard W | | USA | Carol Frick | ||
| Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen | |||||
| Patricia McCormick | |||||
| Platform M | | USA | John McCormack | ||
| Sammy Lee | |||||
| John Calhoun | |||||
| Platform W | | USA | Paula Jean Myers | ||
| Juno Irwin | |||||
| Patricia McCormick | |||||
 Equestrian | |||||
| Dressage individual | | USA | Robert Borg | ||
| Hartmann Pauly | |||||
| Marjorie Haines | |||||
| Dressage team | | USA | Hartmann Pauly | ||
| Robert Borg | |||||
| Marjorie Haines | |||||
| Eventing individual | | USA | Charles Hough | ||
| Eventing team | | USA | Charles Hough | ||
| Walter Staley | |||||
| John Wofford Jr. | |||||
| Jumping individual | | USA | William Steinkraus | ||
| Arthur John McCashin | |||||
| Jumping team | | USA | John Russell | ||
| William Steinkraus | |||||
| Arthur John McCashin | |||||
 Fencing | |||||
| Foil individual W | | USA | Maxine Mitchell | ||
| Janice Lee York | |||||
| Polly Craus | |||||
| Foil individual M | | USA | Albert Axelrod | ||
| Nathaniel Lubell | |||||
| Daniel Bukantz | |||||
| Epee individual M | | USA | Paul Makler | ||
| Edward Vebell | |||||
| Sabre individual M | | USA | Allan Kwartler | ||
| Joe De Capriles | |||||
| George Worth | |||||
| Sabre team M | | USA | George Worth | ||
| Miguel de Capriles | |||||
| Tibor Nyilas | |||||
| Allan Kwartler | |||||
| Alex Treves | |||||
| Norman Armitage | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Individual all-round W | | USA | Clara Lomady | ||
| Ruth Grulkowski | |||||
| Dorothy Dalton | |||||
| Marian Barone | |||||
| Meta Elste | |||||
| Doris Kirkman | |||||
| Marie Hoesly | |||||
| Ruth Topalian | |||||
| Individual all-round M | | USA | Vincent Dautorio | ||
| Walter Blattmann | |||||
| Jack Beckner | |||||
| Donald Holder | |||||
| William Roetzheim | |||||
| Charles Simms | |||||
| Edward Scrobe | |||||
| Robert Stout | |||||
| Team W | | USA | Dorothy Dalton | ||
| Meta Elste | |||||
| Ruth Topalian | |||||
| Doris Kirkman | |||||
| Ruth Grulkowski | |||||
| Marian Barone | |||||
| Marie Hoesly | |||||
| Clara Lomady | |||||
| Team M | | USA | Walter Blattmann | ||
| Donald Holder | |||||
| Edward Scrobe | |||||
| Robert Stout | |||||
| Vincent Dautorio | |||||
| Jack Beckner | |||||
| William Roetzheim | |||||
| Charles Simms | |||||
| Floor M | | USA | Robert Stout | ||
| Team exercise W | | USA | Meta Elste | ||
| Doris Kirkman | |||||
| Ruth Topalian | |||||
| Ruth Grulkowski | |||||
| Marian Barone | |||||
| Marie Hoesly | |||||
| Clara Lomady | |||||
| Dorothy Dalton | |||||
 Modern Pentathlon | |||||
| Individual M | | USA | Guy Troy | ||
| Thad McArthur | |||||
| Frederick Denman | |||||
| Team M | | USA | Frederick Denman | ||
| Guy Troy | |||||
| Thad McArthur | |||||
 Rowing | |||||
| Single sculls M | | USA | John Kelly Jr. | ||
| Double sculls M | | USA | Bernard Patrick Costello Jr. | ||
| Walter Hoover | |||||
| Pair without coxswain M | | USA | Thomas Price | ||
| Charles Logg | |||||
| Pair with coxswain M | | USA | Duvall Hecht | ||
| James Beggs | |||||
| James Fifer | |||||
| Four without coxswain M | | USA | James Welsh | ||
| Louis Mcmillan | |||||
| John David | |||||
| Dempster Jackson | |||||
| Four with coxswain M | | USA | Albert Rossi | ||
| Richard Wahlström | |||||
| Carl Lovested | |||||
| Matthew Leanderson | |||||
| Alvin Ulbrickson | |||||
| Eight with coxswain M | | USA | Wayne Fraye | ||
| Robert Detweiler | |||||
| James Dunbar | |||||
| Franklin Shakespeare | |||||
| Edward Stevens | |||||
| Henry Proctor | |||||
| Richard Murphy | |||||
| William Fields | |||||
| Charles Manning | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| 5,5 m | | USA | Sumner White | ||
| Edgar White | |||||
| Britton Chance | |||||
| Michael Schoettle | |||||
| Dragon | | USA | William Horton Sr. | ||
| William Horton Jr. | |||||
| Joyce Horton | |||||
| Star | | USA | John Reid | ||
| John Price | |||||
| Finn M | | USA | Edward Melaika | ||
| 6 m | | USA | Eric Ridder | ||
| John Adams Morgan | |||||
| Julian Roosevelt | |||||
| Herman Whiton | |||||
| Everard Endt | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions M | | USA | Emmett Swanson | ||
| Arthur Jackson | |||||
| Rifle prone M | | USA | Emmett Swanson | ||
| Arthur Jackson | |||||
| Free rifle M | | USA | Emmett Swanson | ||
| Robert Sandager | |||||
| Free pistol M | | USA | Huelet Benner | ||
| Harry Reeves | |||||
| Rapid fire pistol M | | USA | Huelet Benner | ||
| William McMillan | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | USA | Marilee Stepan | ||
| Joan Alderson | |||||
| Judith Roberts | |||||
| 100 m freestyle M | | USA | Ronald Gora | ||
| Richard Cleveland | |||||
| Clarke Scholes | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | USA | Deliana Meulenkamp | ||
| Carolyn Green | |||||
| Evelyn Kawamoto | |||||
| 400 m freestyle M | | USA | Ford Konno | ||
| Wayne Moore | |||||
| James McLane | |||||
| 1500 m freestyle M | | USA | James McLane | ||
| William Woolsey | |||||
| Ford Konno | |||||
| 100 m backstroke W | | USA | Coralie O'Connor | ||
| Mary Freeman | |||||
| Barbara Stark | |||||
| 100 m backstroke M | | USA | Allen Stack | ||
| Yoshinobu Oyakawa | |||||
| Jack Taylor | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke W | | USA | Idella Sehorn | ||
| Julia Cornell | |||||
| Gail Peters | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke M | | USA | Bowen Stassforth | ||
| Kenneth Nitzkowski | |||||
| Gerald Holan | |||||
| 4x100 m freestyle W | | USA | Jacqueline La Vine | ||
| Marilee Stepan | |||||
| Evelyn Kawamoto | |||||
| Joan Alderson | |||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M | | USA | William Woolsey | ||
| Burwell Jones | |||||
| Wayne Moore | |||||
| James McLane | |||||
| Frank Dooley | |||||
| Donald Sheff | |||||
| Wallace Wolf | |||||
| Ford Konno | |||||
 Water Polo | |||||
| Water polo M | | USA | Marvin Burns | ||
| William Dornblaser | |||||
| William Kooistra | |||||
| Edward Jaworski | |||||
| Harry Bisbey | |||||
| John Spargo | |||||
| Peter Stange | |||||
| Norman Lake | |||||
| James Norris | |||||
| Robert Hughes | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Lightweight M | | USA | Tommy Kono | ||
| Middleweight M | | USA | Peter George | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | USA | Stanley Stanczyk | ||
| Clyde Emrich | |||||
| Middle-heavyweight M | | USA | Norbert Schemansky | ||
| Heavyweight M | | USA | John Davis | ||
| James Bradford | |||||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle flyweight M | | USA | Robert Hugh Peery | ||
| Freestyle featherweight M | | USA | Josiah Henson | ||
| Freestyle lightweight M | | USA | Jay Thomas Evans | ||
| Freestyle welterweight M | | USA | William Smith | ||
| Freestyle middleweight M | | USA | Daniel Hodge | ||
| Freestyle light-heavyweight M | | USA | Henry Wittenberg | ||
| Freestyle heavyweight M | | USA | William Kerslake | ||
| * The list of American athletes in the 1952 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about American athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Helsinki 1952 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
