Olympian Database
South African athletes at the Helsinki 1952 Olympics* |
 
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 200 m M | | RSA | Schalk Booysen | ||
| 400 m M | | RSA | Schalk Booysen | ||
| John Anderton | |||||
| Louis van Biljoen | |||||
| 1500 m M | | RSA | Athol Jennings | ||
| 10000 m M | | RSA | William Keith | ||
| Marathon M | | RSA | William Keith | ||
| Thomas Sidney Luyt | |||||
| Wally Hayward | |||||
| 400 m hurdles M | | RSA | Ron Wilkie | ||
| 4x400 m M | | RSA | John Anderton | ||
| Louis van Biljoen | |||||
| William Chivell | |||||
| Ron Wilkie | |||||
| Long jump M | | RSA | Neville Price | ||
| 100 m W | | RSA | Edna Maskell | ||
| Daphne Hasenjäger | |||||
| 200 m W | | RSA | Daphne Hasenjäger | ||
| 80 m hurdles W | | RSA | Edna Maskell | ||
| High jump W | | RSA | Esther Brand | ||
| Discus throw W | | RSA | Esther Brand | ||
 Boxing | |||||
| Flyweight M | | RSA | William Toweel | ||
| Bantamweight M | | RSA | Helmuth van Gravenitz | ||
| Featherweight M | | RSA | Leonard Leisching | ||
| Lightweight M | | RSA | Johnny Van Rensburg | ||
| Light-welterweight M | | RSA | Alexander Webster | ||
| Welterweight M | | RSA | Hendrik Van Der Linde | ||
| Light-middleweight M | | RSA | Theunis van Schalkwyk | ||
| Heavyweight M | | RSA | Andries Nieman | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| Road race M | | RSA | George Estman | ||
| Robert Fowler | |||||
| Alfred Swift | |||||
| Road race team M | | RSA | George Estman | ||
| Alfred Swift | |||||
| Robert Fowler | |||||
| Team pursuit M | | RSA | George Eastman | ||
| Alfred Swift | |||||
| Robert Fowler | |||||
| Thomas Shardelow | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | RSA | Raymond Robinson | ||
| Sprint M | | RSA | Raymond Robinson | ||
| Tandem M | | RSA | Thomas Shardelow | ||
| Raymond Robinson | |||||
 Diving | |||||
| Springboard M | | RSA | Willie Welgemoed | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Individual all-round M | | RSA | Rolf Yelseth | ||
| Jack Wells | |||||
| Ronnie Lombard | |||||
 Modern Pentathlon | |||||
| Individual M | | RSA | Harry Schmidt | ||
 Rowing | |||||
| Single sculls M | | RSA | Ian Stephen | ||
| Four without coxswain M | | RSA | Damian Nichol | ||
| John Webb | |||||
| Christopher Veitch | |||||
| Don Dyke-Wells | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| 5,5 m | | RSA | Joseph Ellis-Brown | ||
| Noel Horsfield | |||||
| Eric Beningfield | |||||
| Finn M | | RSA | Hellmut Stauch | ||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle prone M | | RSA | William Murless | ||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | RSA | Joan Harrison | ||
| 100 m freestyle M | | RSA | John Durr | ||
| Dennis Ford | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | RSA | Joan Harrison | ||
| 400 m freestyle M | | RSA | Peter Duncan | ||
| Dennis Ford | |||||
| Graham Johnston | |||||
| 1500 m freestyle M | | RSA | Peter Duncan | ||
| Dennis Ford | |||||
| Graham Johnston | |||||
| 100 m backstroke W | | RSA | Joan Harrison | ||
| 100 m backstroke M | | RSA | Nicolaas Meiring | ||
| 4x200 m freestyle M | | RSA | John Durr | ||
| Graham Johnston | |||||
| Peter Duncan | |||||
| Dennis Ford | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Featherweight M | | RSA | James van Rensburg | ||
| Lightweight M | | RSA | Barrow Engelbrecht | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | RSA | Issy Bloomberg | ||
| Middle-heavyweight M | | RSA | Theunis Jonck | ||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle flyweight M | | RSA | Louis Baise | ||
| Freestyle lightweight M | | RSA | Godfrey Pienaar | ||
| Freestyle middleweight M | | RSA | Carel Reitz | ||
| Freestyle light-heavyweight M | | RSA | Jacob Theron | ||
| * The list of South African athletes in the 1952 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about South African athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Helsinki 1952 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
