Australia_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics

Australia at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Australia at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUS
NOC	Australian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympics.com.au
in Helsinki
Competitors	81 (71 men, 10 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Mervyn Wood
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 6 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games; –––– Australasia (1908–1912)

Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Australia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 81 competitors, 71 men and 10 women, took part in 67 events in 12 sports.^[1] Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Melbourne, an Australian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Quick Facts Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Australia_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
John Treloar	100 m	10.92	1 Q	10.84	2 Q	10.76	3 Q	10.91	6
Edwin Carr	200 m	22.19	1 Q	21.98	3	did not advance
John Treloar	200 m	21.75	1 Q	21.86	1 Q	DNF		did not advance
Edwin Carr	400 m	48.23	3	did not advance
Morris Curotta	400 m	48.87	2 Q	48.86	4	did not advance
Don MacMillan	800 m	1:55.0	3 Q	—		1:58.4	8	did not advance
John Landy	1500 m	3:57.0	5	—		did not advance
Don MacMillan	1500 m	3:52.0	4 Q	—		3:50.8	3 Q	3:49.6	9
John Landy	5000 m	14:56.4	10	—				did not advance
Les Perry	5000 m	14:27.0	4 Q	—				14:23.6	6
Les Perry	10,000 m	—						DNF
Ken Doubleday	110 m hurdles	14.5	1 Q	—		14.5	3 Q	14.82	5
Ray Weinberg	110 m hurdles	14.4	1 Q	—		14.5	3 Q	15.15	6
Ken Doubleday	400 m hurdles	55.4	3 Q	1:00.2	6	did not advance
Edwin Carr Morris Curotta Ken Doubleday Ray Weinberg	4 × 100 m relay	42.3	5	—		did not advance
Edwin Carr Morris Curotta Ken Doubleday Ray Weinberg	4 × 400 m relay	3:16.00	5	—				did not advance
Robert Prentice	Marathon	—						2:43:13.4	37
Claude Smeal	Marathon	—						2:52:23.0	45
Don Keane	10 km walk	46:55.2	5 Q	—				47:37.0	10

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Pat Leane	Long jump	6.40	24	did not advance
Pat Leane	High jump	1.87	25 Q	1.80	24
Ian Reed	Discus throw	45.00	21	did not advance

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Pat Leane	Result	11.82	5.22	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
Pat Leane	Points	623	341	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Winsome Cripps	100 m	12.0	1 Q	12.1	3 Q	12.0	2 Q	11.9	4
Marjorie Jackson		11.6	1 Q	11.6	1 Q	11.5	1 Q	11.5
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty		12.0	1 Q	12.0	3 Q	11.9	2 Q	11.9
Winsome Cripps	200 m	24.4	2 Q	—		24.3	2 Q	24.2	4
Marjorie Jackson	200 m	23.6	1 Q	—		23.4	1 Q	23.7
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	80 m hurdles	11.0	1 Q	—		10.8	1 Q	10.9
Winsome Cripps Marjorie Jackson Verna Johnston Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	4 × 100 m relay	46.1	1 Q	—				46.6	5

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Verna Johnston	Long jump	5.58	10 Q	5.74	8

Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ronald Gower	Bantamweight	Niedźwiedzki (POL) L TKO	did not advance
Donald McDonnell	Featherweight	Roth (GER) L PTS	did not advance
Norman Jones	Light welterweight	Mednov (URS) L TKO	did not advance
Tony Madigan	Middleweight	Bye	Silchev (URS) W PTS	Sjölin (SWE) L PTS	did not advance		5
Carl Fitzgerald	Heavyweight	Bye	Netuka (TCH) L PTS	did not advance

Cyclist	Event	Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank
Peter Pryor	Individual road race	5:22:33.5	34
Jim Nevin		5:22:33.6	35
Ken Caves		did not finish
Peter Nelson		did not finish
Peter Pryor Jim Nevin Ken Caves Peter Nelson	Team road race	did not finish

Fencer	Event	First round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Fencer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
John Fethers	Foil	5–2	1T Q	2–3	6	did not advance
Ivan Lund		3–3	5	did not advance
Jock Gibson		1–4	6	did not advance
John Fethers	Épée	3–4	4 Q	4–4	5	did not advance
Ivan Lund		5–2	1 Q	1–6	8	did not advance
Charles Stanmore		1–6	8	did not advance
John Fethers	Sabre	2–6	6	did not advance
Jock Gibson		2–5	7	did not advance
Ivan Lund		4–4	8	did not advance
Charles Stanmore Jock Gibson John Fethers Ivan Lund	Team sabre	0–2	3	did not advance
Jock Gibson Charles Stanmore John Fethers Ivan Lund	Team épée	0–2	3	did not advance
Charles Stanmore John Fethers Jock Gibson Ivan Lund	Team foil	0–2	3	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Riding (cross-country steeplechase)		Fencing (épée)		Shooting (Rapid fire pistol)		Swimming (300 m freestyle)		Running (4000 m cross-country)		Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Wins	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total points	Final rank
Forbes Carlile	Individual	10:14.2	13	16	45	180	21	4:31.0	10	16:35.2	34	123	25

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Net points	Final rank
Peter Attrill	Finn	507	293	0	548	293	0	372	2013	22
Barton Harvey Kevin Wilson	Star	277	~~122~~	520	168	144	344	122	1697	18
Jock Sturrock Bevan Worcester Douglas Buxton	Dragon	331	~~185~~	632	331	252	185	185	2101	12

Lifter	Event	Press		Snatch		Jerk		Final
Lifter	Event	Kg	Rank	Kg	Rank	Kg	Rank	Kg	Rank
Vern Barberis	Lightweight	105.0	1T	105.0	6T	140.0	2T	350.0
Fred Giffin	Middleweight	107.5	7T	100.0	15T	127.5	16T	335.0	15
Ken MacDonald	Middle–heavyweight	107.5	11T	125.0	2T	152.5	5	385.0	6

Athlete	Event	First round		First repechage		Semifinals		Second repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mervyn Wood	Single sculls	7:44.1	1 Q	Bye		8:02.5	2 R	7:45.5	1 Q	8:14.5
John Rogers Murray Riley	Double sculls	7:16.7	3 R	7:03.0	1 Q	Bye		7:13.1	3	did not advance
Don Palmer Vic Middleton	Coxless pair	8:06.4	1 Q	Bye		7:46.8	2 R	7:50.5	3	did not advance
Bob Tinning Ernest Chapman Nimrod Greenwood David Anderson Geoff Williamson Mervyn Finlay Edward Pain Phil Cayzer Tom Chessell	Eights	6:07.2	2 Q	Bye		6:44.5	3 R	6:09.6	1 Q	6:33.1

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rex Aubrey	100 m freestyle	58.2	=6 Q	57.8	=3 Q	58.7	6
Frank O'Neill	100 m freestyle	1:00.6	29	did not advance
Garrick Agnew	400 m freestyle	4:55.5	24	did not advance
John Marshall	400 m freestyle	4:46.8	11 Q	4:50.3	15	did not advance
Garrick Agnew	1500 m freestyle	20:03.8	24	—		did not advance
John Marshall	1500 m freestyle	19:09.2	6 Q	—		19:53.4	8
Frank O'Neill	100 m backstroke	1:10.5	=21	did not advance
John Davies	200 m breaststroke	2:39.7	7 Q	2:36.8	1 Q	2:34.4
David Hawkins	200 m breaststroke	2:41.2	11 Q	2:39.8	10	did not advance
Garrick Agnew Rex Aubrey John Marshall Frank O'Neill	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	9:01.4	9	—		did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round one	Round two	Round three	Round four	Round five	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Richard Elliott	Featherweight	Mammana (ARG) L 1–3 ^PP	Henson (USA) L 0–3 ^VT	did not advance
Dick Garrard	Lightweight	Vard (IRL) W 3–1 ^PP	Blasi (ARG) W 3–1 ^PP	Shimotori (JPN) L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance
Bev Scott	Welterweight	Don Irvine (GBR) W 3–1 ^PP	Leclerc (FRA) W 3–1 ^PP	Mojtabavi (IRN) L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance
Kevin Coote	Light-heavyweight	Palm (SWE) L 1–3 ^PP	Zandi (IRN) L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance