Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

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 at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...

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Only a men's competition occurred that year.

Medal summary


K. D. Singh
K. D. Singh
Kunwar Digvijay Singh , popularly known as "K.D.Singh 'Babu'", was an Indian field hockey player. He was born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. Babu's artistry, craftsmanship and creative instincts saw him blossom into one of the finest inside-rights that India has produced...


Leslie Claudius
Leslie Claudius
Leslie Walter Claudius was an Indian field hockey player, of Anglo-Indian descent. In 1971 he was awarded the Padma Shri...


Meldric Daluz
Meldric Daluz
Meldric St. Clair Daluz is a former Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in 1952 Summer Olympics at Helsinki. He played in one match in the competition as a halfback.- References :...


Keshav Dutt
Keshav Dutt
1972 Munich Olympics Indian Olympic Hockey Team ManagerKeshav Chandra Dutt was a Indian field hockey player.-External links:*...


Chinadorai Deshmutu
Chinadorai Deshmutu
Chinadorai Deshmutu was an Indian hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played one match as goalkeeper.-External links:*...


Ranganathan Francis
Ranganathan Francis
Ranganathan Francis was an Indian hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, in the 1952 Summer Olympics, and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...


Raghbir Lal
Raghbir Lal
Raghbir Lal was an Indian hockey player.-References:*...


Govind Perumal
Govind Perumal
Govind Perumal was an Indian field hockey player who won two gold medals with the Indian team, at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics respectively....


Muniswamy Rajgopal
Muniswamy Rajgopal
Muniswamy Rajgopal was an Indian field hockey player.-References:*...


Balbir Singh Sr.
Balbir Singh Sr.
Balbir Singh Sr. is a retired field hockey player from India, who was a member of three Olympic gold medal winning teams, in London , Helsinki and Melbourne ....


Randhir Singh Gentle
Randhir Singh Gentle
Randhir Singh Gentle was an Indian field hockey player.-External links:*...


Udham Singh
Udham Singh (field hockey)
Udham Singh originally from Sansarpur, Jalandhar, Punjab, India had played 1952 Summer Olympics Helsinki, 1956 Summer Olympics Melbourne, 1960 Summer Olympics Rome and 1964 Summer Olympics Tokyo as a member of Indian Hockey team and won three gold and a silver medals...


Dharam Singh
Dharam Singh (field hockey)
Dharam Singh was an Indian field hockey player who played as a right back in the gold medal winning team at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. He was the team coach of the Indian team that won the gold medal at Tokyo in 1964....


Grahanandan Singh
Grahanandan Singh
Grahanandan Singh was an Indian field hockey player who won two gold medals, at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics respectively.-External links:*...


Jules Ancion
Jules Ancion
Julius Theodoor Ancion was a Dutch field hockey player who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics....


André Boerstra
André Boerstra
Andries Cornelis Dirk Boerstra was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Harry Derckx
Harry Derckx
Henri Jean Joseph Derckx was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Han Drijver
Han Drijver
Johan Frederik Drijver was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Dick Esser
Dick Esser
Rius Theo Esser was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Roepie Kruize
Roepie Kruize
Jan Hendrik "Roepie" Kruize is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who was one of the Netherlands's most famous players in the years following World War II...


Dick Loggere
Dick Loggere
Hermanus Pieter Loggere was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Amsterdam....


Lau Mulder
Lau Mulder
Laurens Siebrand Mulder was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Eddy Tiel
Eddy Tiel
Eduard Herbert Tiel was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Wim van Heel
Wim van Heel
Willem van Heel was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Leonard Wery
Leonard Wery
tLeonard Hugo "Henk" Wery was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all three matches as forward. After the end of his professional hockeyplayer career, Mr...


Denys Carnill
John Cockett
John Cockett
John Ashley Cockett is a former English sportsman who was an olympic bronze medal winning field hockey player for England and Great Britain. He also played first class and minor counties cricket....


John Conroy
Graham Dadds
Graham Dadds
Graham Bassett Dadds was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played one match as goalkeeper....


Derek Day
Derek Day
Derek Malcolm Day was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played two matches as goalkeeper.-External links:*...


Dennis Eagan
Dennis Eagan
Dennis Michael Royal Eagan was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics as a member of the British field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all three matches as halfback....


Robin Fletcher
Robin Fletcher
Robin Anthony Fletcher DSC was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all three matches as forward....


Roger Midgley
Roger Midgley
Roger Keith Midgley was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all three matches as back.-External links:*...


Richard Norris
Richard Norris (field hockey)
Richard Owen Alfred Norris was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Neil Nugent
Neil Nugent
Neil Nugent is a former British field hockey player and RAF Wing Commander who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Anthony Nunn
Anthony Nunn
Anthony Stuart Nunn was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all three matches as forward.-External links:*...


Anthony John Robinson
Anthony John Robinson
Anthony John Robinson was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1956 Summer Olympics.Robinson won the bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in field hockey.-External links:*...


John Paskin Taylor
John Paskin Taylor
John Paskin Taylor was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played one match as forward.-External links:*...


Bracket

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 18 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 191 players were entered, however only the 144 participants and six more players are known up to now. The official report for this Games also shows 144 competitors, but in the "Index of competitors" there are 147 players listed. The Austrian Hermann Knoll, the Belgian Jean-Jacques Moucq and the Polish Tadeusz Adamski did, according to the report itself, not compete in the main tournament. The Austrian player is not even shown as competitor by the Austrian Olympic Committee database.

A total of 144(*) field hockey players from 12 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in the main tournament in one game at least.

Summary

There was also a consolation tournament played by the teams which were eliminated before the semi-finals. It is unknown, if this part of the tournament was official and part of the Olympic Games, because the official report did not shown these matches in any kind. However the teams are listed in order of the results of this consolation round.
Place Nation
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Manzoor Hussain Atif
Manzoor Hussain Atif
Brigadier Manzoor Hussain Atif was a former secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation and Olympian. Atif was born in 1928 in Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan....


Jack Britto
Jack Britto
Jack Britto is a Pakistani Olympic hockey player. He attended Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi where he was one of the star hockey players. He went on to play on the Pakistan National Hockey Team, where he played right half....


Abdul Hamid
Abdul Hamid (field hockey)
Abdul Hamid Hameedi is a former field hockey player from Pakistan. He won silver medal in 1956 Summer Olympics and gold medal in 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Mahmoodul Hassan
Asghar Ali Khan
Muhammad Niaz Khan
Habib Ali Kiddie
Habib Ali Kiddie
Habib Ali Kiddie was a Pakistani hockey player and Olympian.-References:...


Malik Aziz
Abdul Latif Mir
Habibur Rehman
Latif-ur-Rehman
Latif-ur-Rehman
Latif-ur-Rehman was a field hockey player, who won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics for India and the silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics for Pakistan.-External links:*...


Qazi Abdul Waheed
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Günther Brennecke
Hugo Budinger
Hugo Dollheiser
Hans-Jürgen Dollheister
Wilfried Grube
Friedrich-Wilhelm Hidding
Alfred Lücker
Karl-Ludwig Peters
Werner Rosenbaum
Heinz Schmitz
Heinz Schütz
Rolf Stoltenberg
Wilhelm Suhren
Heinrich Thielemann
Günther Ullerich
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Antoni Adamski
Antoni Adamski
Antoni Adamski was a Polish field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Eugeniusz Czajka
Eugeniusz Czajka
Eugeniusz Czajka was a Polish field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Goślinowo, Gniezno County. He was part of the Polish field hockey team, which competed in the 1952 Olympic tournament.-External links:*...


Alfons Flinik
Alfons Flinik
Alfons Flinik was a Polish field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics....


Henryk Flinik
Henryk Flinik
Henryk Flinik was a Polish field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics....


Jan Flinik
Jan Flinik
Jan Flinik was a Polish field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Polish field hockey team, which competed in the 1952 Olympic tournament...


Narcyz Maciaszczyk
Narcyz Maciaszczyk
Narcyz Maciaszczyk was a Polish field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics....


Jan Małkowiak
Maksymilian Małkowiak
Ryszard Marzec
Ryszard Marzec
Ryszard Marzec was a Polish field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics....


Bronisław Pawlicki
Zdzisław Wojdylak
Tadeusz Adamski
Jerzy Siankiewicz
Zdzisław Starzyński
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Kurt Dvorak
Karl Holzapfel
Walter Kaitna
Alfred Knoll
Johann Koller
Josef Matz
Josef Pecanka
Robert Pecanka
Ernst Schala
Josef Schimmer
Franz Strachota
Hermann Knoll
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Jean-Pierre Bolomey
Kurt Goldschmid
Hans Gruner
Hans Grüner
Hans Grüner is a Swiss field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, in the 1948 Summer Olympics, and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Rudolf Keller
Fridolin Kurmann
Fridolin Kurmann
Fridolin Kurmann is a Swiss field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, in the 1948 Summer Olympics, and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Kurt Müller
Gilbert Recordon
Jean-Pierre Roche
Fritz Stuhlinger
Hugo Vonlanthen
Roger Zanetti
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Bernard Boone
Roger Capelle
Jean-François Dubessay
Claude Hauet
Jean Hauet
Michel Lacroix
Robert Lucas
Diran Manoukian
Florio Martel
André Meyer
Philippe Reynaud
Jacques Thieffry
Jean Zizine
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Pierre Bousmanne
José Delaval
Jean Dubois
Jean Dubois (field hockey)
Jean Marie Joseph François Dubois is a Belgian field hockey player who competed in four summer Olympics between 1948 and 1960. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, his team placed a tied 7th in a field of 13. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he had his best result when his team placed...


Jean Enderle
Roger Goossens
Harold Mechelynck
Roger Morlet
Paul Toussaint
Jean-Marcel van Leer
Lucien van Weydeveld
Jacques Vanderstappen
Jean-Jacques Moucq
Léo Rooman
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Piero Baglia-Bambergi
Amedeo Banci
Egidio Cosentino
Sergio Formenti
Luigi Lanfranchi
Mario Marchiori
Umberto Micco
Sergio Morra
Piero Pampuro
Gastone Puccioni
Giorgio Ravalli
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Kaarlo Ilmari Einiö
Pantti Olavi Elo
Erkki Ilmari Heikkilä
Veijo-Lassi Aukusti
Keijo Helmar Kuusela
Risto Santeri Lamppu
Reino Oskari Lindroos
Esko Jalo Toivo Salminen
Toivo Heino Salminen
Esko Kalevi Silvennoinen
Tauno Johannes Timoska
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