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Luxembourg at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
LUX

Competitors
  
44 in 9 sports

Website
  
www.cosl.lu (French)

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Luxembourg at the 1952 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Luxembourgish Olympic and Sporting Committee

MedalsRanked 27th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal1001

Luxembourg competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 44 competitors, all men, took part in 32 events in 9 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Josy Barthel — Athletics, Men's 1.500 metres

    • Athletics

    Seven athletes, all male, represented Luxembourg in 1952.

    Men's 200 metres
  • Fred Hammer
  • Roby Schaeffer
    • Men's 400 metres
  • Fred Hammer
  • Jean Hamilius
  • Gérard Rasquin
    • Men's 1500 metres
  • Josy Barthel
    • Men's 5000 metres
  • Paul Frieden
    • Men's 110 metres hurdles
  • Johny Fonck
    • Men's 400 metres hurdles
  • Johny Fonck
    • Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
  • Fred Hammer
  • Jean Hamilius
  • Gérard Rasquin
  • Roby Schaeffer

    • Boxing

    Men's Light-Welterweight:

  • Fernand Backes
  • Second Round — Lost to Jean Louis Paternotte of Belgium (0 - 3)

    • Men's Welterweight:

  • Jean Welter
  • First Round — Lost to Franco Vescovi of Italy (0 - 2)

    • Men's Light-Middleweight:

  • Bruno Matiussi
  • First Round — Lost to Guido Mazzinghi of Italy (0 - 3)

    • Men's Middleweight:

  • Alfred Stuermer
  • First Round — Lost to Boris Georgiev Nikolov of Bulgaria (0 - 3)

    • Cycling

    Road Competition

    Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

  • André Moes — 5:11:19.0 (→ 11th place)
  • Roger Ludwig — 5:11:20.0 (→ 14th place)
  • Josef Schraner — 5:15:06.1 (→ 20th place)
  • Nicolas Morn — 5:26:25.0 (→ 51st place)
  • Jean Schmit — did not finish (→ no ranking)

    • Fencing

    Four fencers, all male, represented Luxembourg in 1952.

    Men's épée
  • Léon Buck
  • Émile Gretsch
  • Jean-Fernand Leischen
    • Men's team épée
  • Émile Gretsch
  • Jean-Fernand Leischen
  • Paul Anen
  • Léon Buck

    • References

    Luxembourg at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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