Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics information
Sporting event delegation
Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC code
URS
NOC
Soviet Olympic Committee
in Helsinki, Finland 19 July 1952 (1952-07-19) – 3 August 1952 (1952-08-03)
Competitors
295 (255 men, 40 women)[1] in 18 sports
Flag bearer
Yakov Kutsenko
Medals Ranked 2nd
Gold
22
Silver
30
Bronze
19
Total
71
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–) Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–) Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–) Unified Team (1992) Armenia (1994–) Belarus (1994–) Georgia (1994–) Kazakhstan (1994–) Kyrgyzstan (1994–) Moldova (1994–) Russia (1994–2016) Ukraine (1994–) Uzbekistan (1994–) Azerbaijan (1996–) Tajikistan (1996–) Turkmenistan (1996–) ROC (2020–2022)
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 295 competitors, 255 men and 40 women, took part in 141 events in 18 sports.[2]
^"The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (84). International Olympic Committee: 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
^"Soviet Union at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
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