Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Finland |
Dates | July 15 – August 2 |
Teams | 25 (from 5 (plus Great Britain) confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 135 (5.19 per match) |
The Football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was won by Hungary.[1]
Venues[change | change source]
Helsinki | Kotka | ||
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Olympic Stadium | Kotkan urheilukeskus | ||
Capacity: 70,470 | Capacity: 11,400 | ||
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Helsinki | Lahti | ||
Töölön Pallokenttä | Lahden kisapuisto | ||
Capacity: 18,050 | Capacity: 8,067 | ||
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Tampere | Turku | ||
Ratina Stadion | Kupittaan jalkapallostadion | ||
Capacity: 20,700 | Capacity: 14,224 | ||
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Squads[change | change source]
Results[change | change source]
Preliminary round results[change | change source]
Yugoslavia ![]() | 10–1 | ![]() |
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Vukas ![]() Mitić ![]() Zebec ![]() Ognjanov ![]() |
Report | Ahmed Khan ![]() |
Denmark ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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P.E. Petersen ![]() |
Report | Emmanouilides ![]() |
Italy ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Gimona ![]() Pandolfini ![]() Venturi ![]() Fontanesi ![]() Mariani ![]() |
Report |
Brazil ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Humberto ![]() Larry ![]() Jansen ![]() Vavá ![]() |
Report | Van Roessel ![]() |
Luxembourg ![]() | 5–3 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Roller ![]() Letsch ![]() Gales ![]() |
Report | Robb ![]() Slater ![]() Lewis ![]() |
First round results[change | change source]
Finland ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() |
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Stolpe ![]() Rytkönen ![]() |
Report | Gollnhuber ![]() Stumpf ![]() Grohs ![]() |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 5–5 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Mitić ![]() Ognjanov ![]() Zebec ![]() Bobek ![]() |
Report | Bobrov ![]() Trofimov ![]() Petrov ![]() |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Mitić ![]() Bobek ![]() Čajkovski ![]() |
Report | Bobrov ![]() |
Denmark ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Seebach ![]() S. Nielsen ![]() |
Report |
Quarterfinals results[change | change source]
Hungary ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() |
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Palotás ![]() Kocsis ![]() Lantos ![]() Puskás ![]() Bozsik ![]() |
Report | Guder ![]() |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
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Čajkovski ![]() Ognjanov ![]() Vukas ![]() Bobek ![]() Zebec ![]() |
Report | Lundberg ![]() Seebach ![]() Hansen ![]() |
Semifinals results[change | change source]
Yugoslavia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Mitić ![]() Čajkovski ![]() |
Report | Stollenwerk ![]() |
Bronze Medal match result[change | change source]
Gold Medal match result[change | change source]
Hungary ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Puskás ![]() Czibor ![]() |
Report |
Bracket[change | change source]
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Medalists[change | change source]
Goalscorers[change | change source]
- 7 goals
Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia)
- 6 goals
Sándor Kocsis (Hungary)
Rajko Mitić (Yugoslavia)
- 5 goals
Vsevolod Bobrov (Soviet Union)
- 4 goals
Larry (Brazil)
El-Sayed El-Dhizui (Egypt)
Willi Schröder (Germany)
Péter Palotás (Hungary)
Ferenc Puskás (Hungary)
Tihomir Ognjanov (Yugoslavia)
- 3 goals
Aredio Gimona (Italy)
Joseph Roller (Luxembourg)
Yngve Brodd (Sweden)
Ingvar Rydell (Sweden)
Stjepan Bobek (Yugoslavia)
Zlatko Čajkovski (Yugoslavia)
Bernard Vukas (Yugoslavia)
- 2 goals
Otto Gollnhuber (Austria)
Herbert Grohs (Austria)
Humberto Tozzi (Brazil)
Irenio Jara (Chile)
Julio Vial (Chile)
Poul Erik Petersen (Denmark)
Holger Seebach (Denmark)
Olof Stolpe (Finland)
Karl Klug (Germany)
Zoltán Czibor (Hungary)
Egisto Pandolfini (Italy)
Julien Gales (Luxembourg)
Vasili Trofimov (Soviet Union)
- 1 goal
Erich Stumpf (Austria)
Jansen (Brazil)
Vavá (Brazil)
Zózimo (Brazil)
Ivan Petkov Kolev (Bulgaria)
Jens Peter Hansen (Denmark)
Knud Lundberg (Denmark)
Svend Nielsen (Denmark)
Khamal Ahmed Elfar (Egypt)
Mechaury (Egypt)
Aulis Rytkönen (Finland)
Michel Leblond (France)
Georg Stollenwerk (Germany)
Johann Zeitler (Germany)
Jim Lewis (Great Britain)
George Robb (Great Britain)
Bill Slater (Great Britain)
Paul Emmanouilides (Greece)
József Bozsik (Hungary)
Nándor Hidegkuti (Hungary)
Mihály Lantos (Hungary)
Ahmed Mohammed Khan (India)
Alberto Fontanesi (Italy)
Amos Mariani (Italy)
Arcadio Venturi (Italy)
Léon Letsch (Luxembourg)
Joannes van Roesell (Netherlands)
Jan Briezen (Netherlands Antilles)
Odd Wang Sørensen (Norway)
Jerzy Krasówka (Poland)
Kazimierz Trampisz (Poland)
Ion Suru (Romania)
Aleksandr Petrov (Soviet Union)
Sylve Bengtsson (Sweden)
Gösta Löfgren (Sweden)
Gösta Sandberg (Sweden)
Tekin Bilge (Turkey)
Ercument Guder (Turkey)
Muzaffer Tokaç (Turkey)
- Own goal
Gösta Lindh (Sweden, against Hungary)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Football at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Olympic Football Tournament Helsinki 1952 Archived 2020-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Archive