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1952 Summer Olympics

Games of the XV Olympiad, in Helsinki, Finland
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Summary

1952 Summer Olympics is a Summer Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 3,725 Wikipedia views per month (summer olympic games edition category, ranking #27 of 35).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Finland[3]
  • Instance of: international sporting event[4]
  • Follows: 1948 Summer Olympics[5]
  • Followed by: 1956 Summer Olympics[6]
  • Location: Helsinki[7], Helsinki Olympic Stadium[8]
  • Commons category: 1952 Summer Olympics[9]
  • Has part(s): field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics[10], cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics[11], rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics[12], shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics[13], diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics[14], equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics[15], Pesäpallo at the 1952 Summer Olympics[16], water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics[17], boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics[18], fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics[19], wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics[20], athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics[21], football at the 1952 Summer Olympics[22], basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics[23]
  • Officially opened by: Juho Kusti Paasikivi[24]
  • Oath made by: Heikki Savolainen[25]
  • Torch lit by: Paavo Nurmi[26], Hannes Kolehmainen[27]
  • Start time: July 19, 1952[28], July 9, 1952[29]
  • End time: August 3, 1952[30]
  • Sport: Olympic sport[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1952 Summer Olympics[32]
  • Described at URL: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/[33], https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/helsinki-1952[34]
  • Number of participants: 69[35], 4955[36]
  • Native label: Spiller vun der XV. Olympiad[37]
  • Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[38]
  • Sports season of league or competition: Summer Olympic Games[39]
  • Final event: 1952 Summer Olympics closing ceremony[40]

Why It Matters

1952 Summer Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Related Entities

Adhemar da Silva Ágnes Keleti Alain Mimoun Bob Mathias Bob Richards Branko Zebec Bud Spencer Charles VII of France Didi Elżbieta Krzesińska Esther Brand Fanny Blankers-Koen Ferenc Puskás Finland Floyd Patterson Georgios Roubanis Giampiero Boniperti Gyula Grosics Gyula Lóránt Hannes Kolehmainen Harrison Dillard Helsinki Igor Netto Ingemar Johansson Jacques Anquetil Jenő Buzánszky João Havelange Josy Barthel József Bozsik Juho Kusti Paasikivi

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . olympic.org. Retrieved . olympic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . olympic.org. Retrieved . olympic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . olympic.org. Retrieved . olympic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · TheaAlvaro · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn'
    Final event → 1952 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Final event: 1952 Summer Olympics closing ceremony"
  2. 14w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics, cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics, rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics +17
    Has part(s) of the class → Olympic sporting event
    Country → —
    Sport → Olympic sport
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikisimpsons article id: 53797, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296165761|1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics (#296165761)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8109"
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