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The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland, in what was then part of Finland

The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland, in what was then part of Finland

Rex Aubrey was the youngest athlete for Australia (17 years 173 days) and Dick Garrard oldest (41 years 358 days).

The Helsinki Summer Games had 4,932 athletes (4,411 men, 521 women) from 69 countries.

Australia sent 81 athletes (71 men and 10 women) to the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics. They competed in 67 events in 12 Olympic sports. Australian athletes have competed in all of the Summer Olympic Games since the games started.

In Athletics Marjorie Jackson won 2 gold medals, Shirley Strickland won 1 gold, 1 bronze medal. In Cycling Russell Mockridge won 2 gold and Lionel Cox won 1 gold 1 silver medal.

Host	1st	2nd	3rd	Dates
XV 1952  Finland  Helsinki	6	2	3	19 July – 3 Aug

The following records are Australians who won gold, silver or bronze medals at the 1952 Olympic Games.

1952 Helsinki Finland

	Sport	Event	Competitors
1st	Athletics	Women’s 80m hurdles	Shirley Strickland
1st	Athletics	Women’s 100m	Marjorie Jackson
1st	Athletics	Women’s 200m	Marjorie Jackson
1st	Cycling	Men’s 1000m time trial	Russell Mockridge
1st	Cycling	Men’s 2000m tandem	Lionel Cox, Russell Mockridge
1st	Swimming	Men’s 200m breaststroke	John Davies
2nd	Cycling	Men’s 1000m sprint (scratch)	Lionel Cox
2nd	Rowing	Men’s single sculls	Mervyn Wood
3rd	Athletics	Women’s 100m	Shirley Strickland
3rd	Rowing	Men’s eights	David Anderson, Philip Cayzer, Nimrod Greenwood, Mervyn Finlay, Thomas Chessel, Robert Tinning, Geoffrey Willamson, Ernest Chapman, Edward Pain
3rd	Weightlifting	Men’s lightweight	Vern Barberis