1952 Summer Olympics

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Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1952 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland, notable for the first participation of the Soviet Union and many other countries during the post-World War II era.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
1952 Summer Olympics canonical	27
1952 Summer Olympics football tournament	3
1952 Summer Olympics marathon	1

Statements (101)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Summer Olympic Games ⓘ multi-sport event ⓘ
biddingCity	Amsterdam ⓘ Athens ⓘ Buenos Aires ⓘ Windy City ⓘ surface form: Chicago Cologne ⓘ Copenhagen ⓘ Detroit ⓘ Dublin ⓘ Frankfurt am Main ⓘ surface form: Frankfurt Helsingborg, Sweden ⓘ surface form: Helsingborg Helsinki ⓘ Lausanne ⓘ Lisbon ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ Luxembourg City, Luxembourg ⓘ surface form: Luxembourg City Melbourne ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ Minneapolis ⓘ Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ Monaco ⓘ Montreal ⓘ Nuremberg ⓘ Oslo ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Prague ⓘ Rio de Janeiro ⓘ Rome ⓘ San Francisco ⓘ Stockholm ⓘ
boycottingNation	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
cauldronLighter	Hannes Kolehmainen ⓘ Paavo Nurmi ⓘ
closingDate	1952-08-03 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
featuredSport	athletics ⓘ basketball ⓘ boxing ⓘ cycling ⓘ equestrian ⓘ fencing ⓘ field hockey ⓘ football ⓘ gymnastics ⓘ modern pentathlon ⓘ rowing ⓘ shooting ⓘ swimming ⓘ water polo ⓘ weightlifting ⓘ wrestling ⓘ yachting ⓘ
firstTimeParticipation	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Indonesia ⓘ Israel ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ Saar ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Eastern Bloc ⓘ surface form: Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc nations Thailand ⓘ
headOfStateAtOpening	President Juho Kusti Paasikivi ⓘ surface form: Juho Kusti Paasikivi
hostCity	Helsinki ⓘ
hostCityCountryCapital	Helsinki ⓘ
hostCitySelectedAt	IOC Session in London ⓘ
hostCitySelectionDate	1938-06-21 ⓘ
IOCPresidentAtTheTime	Sigfrid Edström ⓘ
legacy	marked beginning of intense Olympic rivalry between USA and USSR ⓘ strengthened Finland's international profile ⓘ
mainLanguage	English ⓘ Finnish ⓘ French ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
mainStadium	Helsinki Olympic Stadium ⓘ
motto	None officially adopted ⓘ
nextGames	1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
notableAthlete	Bob Mathias ⓘ Emil Zátopek ⓘ László Papp ⓘ Micheline Ostermeyer ⓘ
notableFor	broad post-World War II international participation ⓘ first participation of the Soviet Union in the Summer Olympics ⓘ
numberOfAthletes	4955 ⓘ
numberOfEvents	149 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes	460 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes	4495 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations	69 ⓘ
numberOfSports	17 ⓘ
officialName	Games of the XV Olympiad ⓘ
openedBy	President Juho Kusti Paasikivi ⓘ surface form: Juho Kusti Paasikivi
openingDate	1952-07-19 ⓘ
organisingCommitteePresident	Erik von Frenckell ⓘ
previousGames	Summer Olympics 1948 ⓘ surface form: 1948 Summer Olympics
reasonForBoycott	dispute over representation of China with Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ
secondInMedalTable	Soviet Union ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter	World War II ⓘ
topGoldMedalCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
topMedalCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1956 Summer Olympics → previousGames → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Helsinki → hostedEvent → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Alain Mimoun → competedIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

XIV Olympiad → followedBy → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Emil Zátopek → participatedIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Karoly Takacs → competedIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: Károly Takács

Bob Mathias → participatedIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Helsinki Airport → openedFor → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Norway national football team → olympicGamesAppearance → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1952 Summer Olympics football tournament

Ferenc Puskás → participatedIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1952 Summer Olympics football tournament

Sir Henry Cooper → participantIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Cooper

Roger Bannister → participatedIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

John Landy → competedIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Adolfo Consolini → competedIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Olympic Games baseball tournament → firstHeldAsDemonstrationSport → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Helsinki Olympic Stadium → significantEvent → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Saar → competedIndependentlyIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Saar → sentAthletesTo → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Games of the XV Olympiad → commonName → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Games of the XV Olympiad → hasCategory → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Branko Zebec → participantIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1952 Summer Olympics football tournament

Mimoun → OlympicSilverMedalEvent → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: Alain Mimoun

Yugoslavia national football team → wonOlympicSilverYear → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Zátopek → competedIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: Emil Zátopek

Czech Locomotive → olympicGames → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: Emil Zátopek

Czech Locomotive → olympicGoldMedal → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: Emil Zátopek

this entity surface form: 1952 Summer Olympics marathon

Dana Zátopková → participatedIn → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

XV Olympiad → commonName → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Mathias → competedAt → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: Bob Mathias

film 'The Bob Mathias Story' (1954) → portrays → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: The Bob Mathias Story

EFHK → openedForOlympics → 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ