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State of Vietnam The State of Vietnam ( vi, Quốc gia Việt Nam; Chữ Nôm: 國家越南; french: État du Viêt-Nam) was a governmental entity in Southeast Asia that existed from 1949 until 1955, first as a member of the French Union and later as a country ...

competed as Vietnam in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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. It was the first time the nation had participated at the

Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

. Eight competitors, all men, took part in seven events in five sports.

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres * Trần Văn Lý — 37:33.0 (→ 32nd place)

Boxing

Bantamweight (-54 kg) * Tiến Vình

Cycling

;Road Competition Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) *

Quan Luu Quán is the Pinyin romanization of the Chinese family names / and , as well as a customary spelling of (pinyin: Guān). All written forms of the name are rare enough that they do not appear in the list of the 100 most common Chinese surnames. ...

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Chau Phuoc Vinh Chau may refer to: * Châu, a Vietnamese surname, including a list of people with the name *Zhou (surname), or Chau, a Chinese family name, including a list of people with the name * CHAU-DT, a French language television station in Canada * ''Chau ...

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Nguyen Duc Hien Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this s ...

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Van Phuoc Le A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across ...

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Fencing

One fencer represented Vietnam in 1952. ; Men's épée *

Tôn Thất Hải Tôn Thất Hải (16 July 1935) is a Vietnamese fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as th ...

Swimming

Men's 100 metre freestyle *

Nguyễn Văn Phan Nguyễn Văn Phan (born 30 June 1929) is a Vietnamese former swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the ...

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References

External links

Official Olympic Reports
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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