Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association, competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 257 competitors, 213 men and 44 women, took part in 127 events in 18 sports. In 1952, they achieved their only gold medal during the last event of the last day of competition in Helsinki. Along with 1904 and 1996, this is Great Britain's lowest gold medal count.Medallists
Gold
- Harry Llewellyn, Duggie Stewart, and Wilf White — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
Silver
- Sheila Lerwill — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Charles Currey — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition
Bronze
- McDonald Bailey — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- John Disley — Athletics, Men's 3000m Steeplechase
- Heather Armitage, Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges, and June Foulds-Paul — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay
- Shirley Cawley — Athletics, Women's long jump
- Donald Burgess, George Newberry, Alan Newton, and Ronald Stretton — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
- Helen Gordon — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
- Kenneth Richmond — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
- Denys Carnill, John Cockett, John Conroy, Graham Dadds, Derek Day, Dennis Eagan, Robin Fletcher, Roger Midgley, Richard Norris, Neil Nugent, Anthony Nunn, Anthony Robinson, and John Taylor — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Men's Hammer Throw
Women's discus throw
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Men's Bantamweight:
Men's Featherweight:
Men's Lightweight:
Men's Light Welterweight:
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Men's Light Middleweight:
Men's Middleweight:
Men's Light Heavyweight:
Men's Heavyweight:
Cycling
;Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race
- Desmond Robinson — 5:18:08.9
- Brian Robinson — 5:18:08.9
- Graham Vines — 5:22:33.2
- Leslie Ingman — did not finish
;Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
- Cyril Peacock — 4th place
Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
Men's 3m Springboard
- Anthony Turner
- Peter Heatly
- Peter Elliott
Women's 10m Platform
- Phyllis Long
- Diana Spencer
- Valerie Lloyd-Chandos
Equestrian
Fencing
17 fencers, 14 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1952.
;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
;Men's épée
;Men's team épée
;Men's sabre
;Men's team sabre
;Women's foil
Gymnastics
The British Gymnastics team competed in 15 events and was made up of 14 gymnasts,,
including Frank Turner and George Weedon, both of whom had competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1952.
;Individual
;Team
- Leon Lumsdaine
- John Hewitt
- Jervis Percy
Rowing
Great Britain had 23 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1952.
; Men's single sculls – Fourth
; Men's double sculls
; Men's coxless pair – Fourth
; Men's coxless four – Fourth
; Men's coxed four – Fourth
; Men's eight – Fourth
Shooting
Twelve shooters represented Great Britain in 1952.
;25 m pistol
;50 m pistol
;300 m rifle, three positions
;50 m rifle, three positions
;50 m rifle, prone
- Charles Hyde
- Steffen Cranmer
;100m running deer
;Trap
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
