Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Finland |
| Dates | July 15 – August 2 |
| Teams | 25 (from 5 (plus Great Britain) confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Hungary |
| Runners-up |  Yugoslavia |
| Third place |  Sweden |
| Fourth place |  Germany |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 135 (5.19 per match) |
The Football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was won by Hungary.[1]
Venues[change | change source]
| Helsinki | Kotka | ||
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| Olympic Stadium | Kotkan urheilukeskus | ||
| Capacity: 70,470 | Capacity: 11,400 | ||
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| Helsinki | Lahti | ||
| Töölön Pallokenttä | Lahden kisapuisto | ||
| Capacity: 18,050 | Capacity: 8,067 | ||
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| Tampere | Turku | ||
| Ratina Stadion | Kupittaan jalkapallostadion | ||
| Capacity: 20,700 | Capacity: 14,224 | ||
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Squads[change | change source]
Results[change | change source]
Preliminary round results[change | change source]
| Yugoslavia | 10–1 |  India |
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Vukas  2', 62' Mitić 14', 43' Zebec 17', 23', 60', 87' Ognjanov 52', 67' |
Report | Ahmed Khan 89' |
Denmark  | 2–1 |  Greece |
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| P.E. Petersen 36', 37' |
Report | Emmanouilides 85' |
Italy  | 8–0 |  United States |
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| Gimona 3', 51', 75' Pandolfini 16', 62' Venturi 27' Fontanesi 52' Mariani 87' |
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Brazil  | 5–1 |  Netherlands |
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| Humberto 25' Larry 33' (pen.), 36' Jansen 81' Vavá 86' |
Report | Van Roessel 15' |
Luxembourg  | 5–3 (a.e.t.) |  Great Britain |
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| Roller 60', 95', 97' Letsch 91' Gales 102' |
Report | Robb 12' Slater 101' Lewis 118' |
First round results[change | change source]
Finland  | 3–4 |  Austria |
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| Stolpe 11', 34' Rytkönen 36' |
Report | Gollnhuber 8' (pen.), 30' Stumpf 59' Grohs 79' |
| Yugoslavia | 5–5 (a.e.t.) |  Soviet Union |
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| Mitić 29' Ognjanov 33' Zebec 44', 59' Bobek 46' |
Report | Bobrov 53', 77', 87' Trofimov 75' Petrov 89' |
| Yugoslavia | 3–1 | Soviet Union |
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| Mitić 19' Bobek 29' (pen.) Čajkovski 54' |
Report | Bobrov 6' |
| Denmark | 2–0 |  Poland |
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| Seebach 17' S. Nielsen 69' |
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Quarterfinals results[change | change source]
| Hungary | 7–1 |  Turkey |
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| Palotás 18' Kocsis 32', 90' Lantos 48' Puskás 54', 72' Bozsik 70' |
Report | Guder 57' |
| Yugoslavia | 5–3 | Denmark |
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| Čajkovski 19' Ognjanov 35' Vukas 41' Bobek 78' Zebec 81' |
Report | Lundberg 63' Seebach 85' Hansen 87' |
Semifinals results[change | change source]
| Yugoslavia | 3–1 | Germany |
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| Mitić 3', 24' Čajkovski 30' |
Report | Stollenwerk 12' |
Bronze Medal match result[change | change source]
Gold Medal match result[change | change source]
| Hungary | 2–0 | Yugoslavia |
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| Puskás 70' Czibor 88' |
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Bracket[change | change source]
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Italy
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turkey
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turkey
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands Antilles
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Norway
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Austria
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Finland
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Austria
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Poland
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia (p)
| 5 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union
| 5 (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germany
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germany (aet)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germany
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Egypt
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Medalists[change | change source]
Goalscorers[change | change source]
- 7 goals
Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia)
- 6 goals
Sándor Kocsis (Hungary)- Rajko Mitić (Yugoslavia)
- 5 goals
Vsevolod Bobrov (Soviet Union)
- 4 goals
Larry (Brazil)
El-Sayed El-Dhizui (Egypt)
Willi Schröder (Germany)- Péter Palotás (Hungary)
- Ferenc Puskás (Hungary)
- Tihomir Ognjanov (Yugoslavia)
- 3 goals
Aredio Gimona (Italy)
Joseph Roller (Luxembourg)
Yngve Brodd (Sweden)- Ingvar Rydell (Sweden)
- Stjepan Bobek (Yugoslavia)
- Zlatko Čajkovski (Yugoslavia)
- Bernard Vukas (Yugoslavia)
- 2 goals
Otto Gollnhuber (Austria)- Herbert Grohs (Austria)
- Humberto Tozzi (Brazil)
Irenio Jara (Chile)- Julio Vial (Chile)
Poul Erik Petersen (Denmark)- Holger Seebach (Denmark)
Olof Stolpe (Finland)- Karl Klug (Germany)
- Zoltán Czibor (Hungary)
- Egisto Pandolfini (Italy)
- Julien Gales (Luxembourg)
- Vasili Trofimov (Soviet Union)
- 1 goal
- Erich Stumpf (Austria)
- Jansen (Brazil)
- Vavá (Brazil)
- Zózimo (Brazil)
Ivan Petkov Kolev (Bulgaria)- Jens Peter Hansen (Denmark)
- Knud Lundberg (Denmark)
- Svend Nielsen (Denmark)
- Khamal Ahmed Elfar (Egypt)
- Mechaury (Egypt)
- Aulis Rytkönen (Finland)
Michel Leblond (France)- Georg Stollenwerk (Germany)
- Johann Zeitler (Germany)
Jim Lewis (Great Britain)- George Robb (Great Britain)
- Bill Slater (Great Britain)
Paul Emmanouilides (Greece)- József Bozsik (Hungary)
- Nándor Hidegkuti (Hungary)
- Mihály Lantos (Hungary)
Ahmed Mohammed Khan (India)- Alberto Fontanesi (Italy)
- Amos Mariani (Italy)
- Arcadio Venturi (Italy)
- Léon Letsch (Luxembourg)
Joannes van Roesell (Netherlands)
Jan Briezen (Netherlands Antilles)
Odd Wang Sørensen (Norway)
Jerzy Krasówka (Poland)- Kazimierz Trampisz (Poland)
Ion Suru (Romania)- Aleksandr Petrov (Soviet Union)
- Sylve Bengtsson (Sweden)
- Gösta Löfgren (Sweden)
- Gösta Sandberg (Sweden)
Tekin Bilge (Turkey)- Ercument Guder (Turkey)
- Muzaffer Tokaç (Turkey)
- Own goal
- Gösta Lindh (Sweden, against Hungary)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Football at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Olympic Football Tournament Helsinki 1952 Archived 2020-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Archive
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