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competed at the

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. 81 competitors, 71 men and 10 women, took part in 67 events in 12 sports. Australian athletes have competed in every

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. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Melbourne, an Australian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Gold

Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Marjorie Jackson-Nelson (13 September 1931) is a former Governor of South Australia and a former Australian athlete. She finished her sporting career with two Olympic and seven Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, six individual world records an ...

— Athletics, Women's 100 metres *

— Athletics, Women's 200 metres *

Shirley Strickland Shirley Barbara de la Hunty AO, MBE (née Strickland; 18 July 1925 – 11 February 2004), known as Shirley Strickland during her early career, was an Australian athlete. She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports. ...

— Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles *

Russell Mockridge Edward Russell Mockridge (18 July 1928 – 13 September 1958) was a racing cyclist from Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He died during a race, in collision with a bus. Family The son of Robert Glover Mockridge and Aileen Claire Mockridge, né ...

— Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial * Lionel Cox and

— Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem * John Davies — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke

Silver

* Lionel Cox — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch) *

Mervyn Wood Mervyn Thomas Wood, (30 April 1917 – 19 August 2006) was an Australian rower and police officer. He was an eight-time Australian national sculling champion, four-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist. He later rose to become the Commi ...

— Rowing, Men's Single Sculls

Bronze

— Athletics, Women's 100 metres *

David Anderson David Anderson may refer to: People In academia or science *David Anderson (academic) (born 1952), American college professor *David Anderson (engineer) (1880–1953), Scottish civil engineer and lawyer *David Anderson, 2nd Viscount Waverley (1911� ...

Phil Cayzer Philip Arthur Cayzer OAM, (13 May 1922 – 15 July 2015) was an Australian national champion rower who won medals in the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1950 British Empire Games. He coached at state and national representative level taking Austra ...

, Ernest Chapman, Tom Chessel,

Mervyn Finlay Mervyn David Finlay (17 June 1925 – 2 July 2014) was an Australian judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Queen's Counsel. He was a WWII RAAF officer, represented Australia at rowing in the 1952 Summer Olympics and was a N ...

, Nimrod Greenwood,

Edward Pain Edward Oscar Guthrie "Ted" Pain (15 July 1925 – 6 January 2000) was an Australian rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Pain attended Sydney Boys High School from 1938 to 1943, graduating three years ahead of Nimrod Greenwood a ...

, Bob Tinning, and Geoff Willamson — Rowing, Men's Eights * Vern Barberis — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight

Athletics

;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

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;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events

Boxing

Cycling

;Road races Individual times added to together for team race, 3 times needed for team event. ;Track ''Ranks given are within the heat.''

Diving

;Men

Fencing

Six fencers, four men and two women, represented Australia in 1952. ;Men ;Women

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Australia in 1952.

Rowing

;Men

Sailing

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Water polo

Australia failed to advance to the pool stage after losing both qualifiers. ;Roster ; Qualifying

Weightlifting

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Australia At The 1952 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

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