Greece competed with 48 athletes at the

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in Helsinki, Finland. 48 competitors, all men, took part in 24 events in 7 sports. Greek athletes have competed in every

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Athletics

Basketball

;Men's Team Competition *Qualification Round (Group B) :* Lost to Hungary (38-75) :* Defeated Israel (54-52) :* Lost to Hungary (44-47) → did not advance

Football

Rowing

Greece had three male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952. ; Men's coxed pair * Iraklis Klangas *

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(cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Six shooters represented Greece in 1952. ;

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Konstantinos Mylonas Konstantinos Mylonas (1916 – 2010) was a Greek sports shooter. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as ...

* Angelos Papadimas ;

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* Georgios Stathis ; 50 m rifle, prone *

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;

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* Ioannis Koutsis * Panagiotis Linardakis

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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