Canada at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Canada competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 107 competitors, 97 men and 10 women, took part in 74 events in 13 sports.

Medalists

Gold

George Genereux — Shooting, Men's Trap
Silver
Kenneth Lane and Donald Hawgood — Canoeing, Men's C-2 10000 m
Gerald Gratton — Weightlifting, Men's 67.5–75 kg
Athletics

Basketball

;Men's Team Competition

Qualification Round
* Defeated Italy
* Defeated Romania
* Defeated Egypt
Main Round
* Lost to Brazil
* Lost to Argentina
* Lost to Philippines → did not advance, 13th place
Team Roster
*Ralph Campbell
*William Coulthard
*James Curren
*Charles Dalton
*William Pataky
*Glen Pettinger
*Robert Phibbs
*Bernard Pickell
* Carl Ridd
*Robert Simpson
*Harry Wade
*George Wearring
*Roy Williams
Boxing

Men's Light Welterweight

Roy Keenan
# First Round — Lost to Piet van Klaveren on points

Men's Featherweight

Leonard Walters
# First Round — Defeated Salah El Din Ahmed Fathi on points
# Second Round — Defeated Willi Roth on points
# Quarterfinals — Lost to Leonard John Leisching on points

Men's Lightweight

Clayton Kenny
# First Round — Defeated Niels Erik Berthelsen on technical knock-out in third round
# Second Round — Lost to István Juhász on points

Men's Welterweight

Jacob Butula
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Lost to Ron Norris on technical knock-out in third round

Men's Light Middleweight

Charles Chase
# First Round — Defeated Andre Oueillé on points
# Second Round — Lost to László Papp on knock-out in second round

Men's Middleweight

Robert Malouf
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Lost to Leen Jansen on technical knock-out in first round

Men's Heavyweight

James Saunders
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Lost to Giacomo di Segni on points
Canoeing

Cycling

;Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Frederick Henry
* Final — 1:17.6

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

John Millman — 8th place
Equestrian

Fencing

Two fencers, both men, represented Canada in 1952.
;Men's foil

;Men's épée

Edward Brooke
Roland Asselin

;Men's sabre

Roland Asselin
Rowing

Canada had 15 male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.
; Men's double sculls

; Men's coxless four

; Men's eight

Shooting

Four shooters represented Canada in 1952. George Genereux won a gold medal in the trap event.
;25 m pistol

Edson Warner

;300 m rifle, three positions

Gil Boa

;50 m rifle, three positions

Gil Boa
Edson Warner

;50 m rifle, prone

Gil Boa
Edson Warner

;Trap

George Genereux
Roy Cole
Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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Canada at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Equestrian

Fencing

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling