Olympic Games of summer of 1952 - SpeedyLook encyclopedia

The Olympic Games of summer of 1952 , Plays of XVe Olympiad of the modern era, were celebrated with Helsinki, in Finland.

The principal stage was that of Helsinki.

Organization

Cities candidates: Amsterdam (Netherlands), Los Angeles (the United States), Mineapolis (the United States), Strait (the United States), Chicago (the United States) and Philadelphia (the United States).
the organization is partly facilitated by the use of the equipment built to accommodate the Olympic Games of 1940:

* Stage of Töölo, 70.000 places, works of the architects Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jantty.

* nautical Stage of Töölo which can accommodate 12.000 spectators.

* Village of Otaniemi for the Eastern bloc.

* Olympic village of Kapylae for the Westerners.

the Soviet Union and Israel take part for the first time in the Plays. The Plays of Helsinki inaugurate the era of the sporting diplomacy between blocks of the Cold war.
the Germany and the Japan find the Olympic Games.
In 1924, Bill Havens had been selected to represent the United States in oar in the eight with cox, but he refused in order to remain close to his pregnant wife of their first child. Twenty-eight years later, the child in question, Frank Havens, gained the gold medal in the 10 000m in the single-seat canoe.
on July 22nd, the Yugoslavia beats the Soviet Union 3 to 1, whereas the relations between Tito and Stalin were tended: the match will be perceived by the Yugoslavians like a victory of Titoism over Stalinism.

Emil Zatopek becomes the only one taking part of the Olympic history to have gained the 5.000m, the 10.000m and the marathon with the same Olympic Games.
In gymnastics, Soviet, Victor Tchoukarine gains four gold medals and two of money.
Lis Hartel earlier gains the money medal in horsemanship the raising proof after having overcome a poliomyelitis having paralyzed it 12 years.

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