Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUS
Nocname:	Australian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	81 (71 men, 10 women)
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	Mervyn Wood
Rank:	9
Gold:	6
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games (1908–1912)

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, the flag of Australia was flown at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Gold

Marjorie Jackson-Nelson - Athletics, Women's 100 metres
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson - Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Shirley Strickland - Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles
Russell Mockridge - Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
Lionel Cox and Russell Mockridge - Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
John Davies - Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke

Silver

Lionel Cox - Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
Mervyn Wood - Rowing, Men's Single Sculls

Bronze

Shirley Strickland - Athletics, Women's 100 metres
David Anderson, Phil Cayzer, Ernest Chapman, Tom Chessel, Mervyn Finlay, Nimrod Greenwood, Edward Pain, Bob Tinning, and Geoff Willamson - Rowing, Men's Eights
Vern Barberis - Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men

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	align=left rowspan=2	200 m	22.19	1 Q	21.98	3	did not advance
John Treloar	21.75	1 Q	21.86	1 Q			did not advance
Edwin Carr	align=left rowspan=2	400 m	48.23	3	did not advance
Morris Curotta	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	align=left rowspan=2	1500 m	3:57.0	5	did not advance
Don MacMillan	3:52.0	4 Q	3:50.8	3 Q	3:49.6	9
John Landy	align=left rowspan=2	5000 m	14:56.4	10	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Les Perry	14:27.0	4 Q	14:23.6	6
10,000 m
Ken Doubleday	align=left rowspan=2	110 m hurdles	14.5	1 Q	14.5	3 Q	14.82	5
Ray Weinberg	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	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:43:13.4	37
Claude Smeal	2:52:23.0	45
Don Keane	10 km walk	46:55.2	5 Q	47:37.0	10

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left rowspan=2	Pat Leane	Long jump	6.40	24	did not advance
High jump	1.87	25 Q	1.80	24
Ian Reed	Discus throw	45.00	21	did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Pat Leane	Result	11.82	5.22		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Points	623	341	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Winsome Cripps	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=2	200 m	24.4	2 Q	24.3	2 Q	24.2	4
Marjorie Jackson	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

Field events

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing 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	L TKO	did not advance
Donald McDonnell	Featherweight	L PTS	did not advance
Norman Jones	Light welterweight	L TKO	did not advance
Tony Madigan	Middleweight		W PTS	L PTS	did not advance		5
Carl Fitzgerald	Heavyweight		L PTS	did not advance

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road racesIndividual times added to together for team race, 3 times needed for team event.

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		align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Peter Nelson		align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Peter Pryor Jim Nevin Ken Caves Peter Nelson	Team road race	align=center colspan=2	did not finish

Track Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	First round		First repechage		Quarterfinals		Second repechage		Semifinals		Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lionel Cox	Sprint	11.9	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	Directly advanced	12.5	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	Directly advanced	11.6	1 Q
Russell Mockridge	Time trial	align=center colspan=10	n/a	1:11.1
Lionel Cox Russell Mockridge	Tandem	11.4	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	Directly advanced	11.1	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	Directly advanced	11.0	1 Q	11.0
Jim Nevin Ken Caves Peter Nelson Peter Pryor	Team pursuit	5:11.1	17	align=center colspan=10	did not advance

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ronald Faulds	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	59.90	24	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Francis Murphy	48.82	34	did not advance
10 m platform	64.10	21	did not advance

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Six fencers, four men and two women, represented Australia in 1952.

Men

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

Women

Fencer	Event	First round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Fencer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Catherine Pym	align=center rowspan=2		1–4	5	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Patricia Norford	0–5	6	align=center colspan=6	did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics. One male pentathlete represented Australia in 1952.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men

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	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	7:13.1	3	did not advance
Don Palmer Vic Middleton	Coxless pair	8:06.4	1 Q	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	6:44.5	3 R	6:09.6	1 Q	6:33.1

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Denise Norton	align=left rowspan=2	100 m freestyle	1:11.8	28	did not advance
Marjorie McQuade	1:07.9	11 Q	1:08.2	=12	did not advance
Judy Davies	align=left rowspan=2	400 m freestyle	5:21.2	6 Q	5:25.6	10	did not advance
Denise Norton	5:28.5	14 Q	5:30.9	14	did not advance
Nancy Lyons	200 m breaststroke	3:04.4	13 Q	3:05.6	15	did not advance

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Australia failed to advance to the pool stage after losing both qualifiers.

Roster

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Qualifying

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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	align=left	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

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round one	Round two	Round three	Round four	Round five	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Richard Elliott	Featherweight	L 1–3 ^PP	L 0–3 ^VT	did not advance
Dick Garrard	Lightweight	W 3–1 ^PP	W 3–1 ^PP	L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance
Bev Scott	Welterweight	W 3–1 ^PP	W 3–1 ^PP	L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance
Kevin Coote	Light-heavyweight	L 1–3 ^PP	L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance

Notes and References

Web site: Australia at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044348/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1952/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-09-16 . sports-reference.com.