| Date | 28 July 1952 — 19:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki | |
| Referee | Bill Ling |  GBR |
| Linesman | Johan Alho |  FIN |
| Linesman | Nikolay Latyshev |  URS |
| Attendance | 22,000 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Hungary |  HUN | 6 | 3 | 6 | |
| – | Sweden |  SWE | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hungary| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 16 | Nándor Hidegkuti | 1 | |||
| Forward | 15 | Sándor Kocsis | 2 | |||
| Forward | 18 | Péter Palotás | 1 | |||
| Forward | 19 | Ferenc Puskás | 1 | |||
| Forward | 20 | Zoltán Czibor | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Mihály Lantos | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 10 | József Bozsik | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 12 | József Zakariás | 0 | |||
| Defense | 3 | Jenő Buzánszky | 0 | |||
| Defense | 9 | Gyula Lóránt | 0 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 2 | Gyula Grosics | – | |||
| Team Totals | 6 | |||||
| Coach | Gusztáv Sebes | |||||
Sweden| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 7 | Sylve Bengtsson | 0 | |||
| Forward | 8 | Gösta Löfgren | 0 | |||
| Forward | 9 | Ingvar Rydell | 0 | |||
| Forward | 10 | Yngve Brodd | 0 | |||
| Forward | 11 | Gösta Sandberg | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Bengt Gustavsson | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 6 | Gösta Lindh | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Holger Hansson | 0 | |||
| Defense | 2 | Lennart Samuelsson | 0 | |||
| Defense | 3 | Erik Nilsson | 0 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Karl Svensson | – | |||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Coach | George Raynor | |||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (1) | Ferenc Puskás | | 1-0 | ||
| 16 (1) | Péter Palotás | | 2-0 | ||
| 36 (1) | Gösta Lindh | | 3-0 | own goal | |
| 65 (2) | Sándor Kocsis | | 4-0 | ||
| 67 (2) | Nándor Hidegkuti | | 5-0 | ||
| 69 (2) | Sándor Kocsis | | 6-0 |
