South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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NOC South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee Competitors 64 (60 men and 4 women) in 13 sports Medals Ranked 12th Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 4 4 10

The Union of South Africa competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 64 competitors, 60 men and 4 women, took part in 59 events in 13 sports.

Gold

Esther Brand — Athletics, Women's High Jump

Joan Harrison — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke

Silver

Daphne Hasenjager — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

Theunis van Schalkwyk — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight

George Estman, Robert Fowler, Thomas Shardelow, and Alfred Swift — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

Raymond Robinson and Thomas Shardelow — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem

Bronze

Willie Toweel — Boxing, Men's Flyweight

Leonard Leisching — Boxing, Men's Featherweight

Andries Nieman — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

Raymond Robinson — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

George Estman — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Alfred Swift — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Robert Fowler — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Raymond Robinson

Final — 1:13.0 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Raymond Robinson — 5th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

Alfred Swift, George Estman, Robert Fowler, and Thomas Shardelow

Final — Lost to Italy (→ Silver Medal)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

Willem Welgemoed

Preliminary Round — 61.64 points (→ 22nd place)

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented South Africa in 1952.

Harry Schmidt

Shooting

One shooter represented South Africa in 1952.

50 m rifle, prone

William Murless

References

South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wikipedia

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