| Date | 19 – 21 July 1952 — 07:30 (19/7), 08:00-16:00 (20/7), 08:00-16:00 (21/7) | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Messuhalli I, Helsinki | |
| Participants | 170 from 23 countries | |
| Format | Eight-person teams. Each gymnast to perform a compulsory and an optional exercise on all six apparatuses. Top five scores per team on each of the 12 exercises count towards the team score. | |
Less a competition than a coronation, the Soviet Union won the gold medal by almost seven total points over the Swiss team that had also finished second in London in 1948 and had been the 1950 World Champion, in the Soviet’s absence. The defending champion was Finland, which won bronze in Helsinki.
There was a slight change in format. In 1936 and 1948, teams consisted of eight members, with the top six total scores counting towards the team score. In 1952, teams still had eight members, but only the top five gymnasts counted towards the team score, using their all-around score.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | Floor Exercise | Vault | Parallel Bars | Horizontal Bar | Rings | Pommelled Horse | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union |  URS | 574.35 | 284.30 | 290.05 | 94.10 (2) | 94.10 (2) | 96.80 (1) | 95.30 (4) | 97.25 (1) | 96.80 (1) | Gold | 1 | |
| Viktor Chukarin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Hrant Shahinyan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Valentin Muratov | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Vladimir Belyakov | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Yevgeny Korolkov | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Iosif Berdiyev | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Mikhail Perlman | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Dmitry Leonkin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Sergey Dzhaiani DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Nikolay Seryy DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2 | Switzerland |  SUI | 567.50 | 281.80 | 285.70 | 90.70 (7) | 94.05 (3) | 96.75 (2) | 96.80 (1) | 94.60 (2) | 94.60 (2) | Silver | ||
| Sepp Stalder | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Hans Eugster | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Jean Tschabold | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Jack Günthard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Melchior Thalmann | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ernst Gebendinger | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Hans Schwarzentruber | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ernst Fivian | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Walter Lehmann DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Edy Thomi DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 3 | Finland |  FIN | 564.20 | 280.40 | 283.80 | 93.85 (3) | 92.90 (5) | 93.80 (4) | 96.10 (2) | 94.05 (4) | 93.50 (4) | Bronze | ||
| Onni Lappalainen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Berndt Lindfors | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Paavo Aaltonen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Kaino Lempinen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Heikki Savolainen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Kalevi Laitinen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Kalevi Viskari | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Olavi Rove | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Pekka Ojonen DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Kalevi Suoniemi DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 4 | Unified Team of Germany |  GER | 561.20 | 279.25 | 281.95 | 89.50 (10) | 93.90 (4) | 94.80 (3) | 95.65 (3) | 93.10 (6) | 94.25 (3) | |||
| Helmut Bantz | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Adalbert Dickhut | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Theo Wied | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Alfred Schwarzmann | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Hans Pfann | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Erich Wied | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Jakob Kiefer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Kurt Euteneuer DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Rudi Gauch DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 5 | Japan |  JPN | 556.90 | 277.70 | 279.20 | 94.35 (1) | 94.55 (1) | 92.85 (6) | 94.20 (5) | 92.55 (8) | 88.40 (12) | |||
| Takashi Ono | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Tadao Uesako | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Masao Takemoto | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Akitomo Kaneko | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Tetsumi Nabeya | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 6 | Hungary |  HUN | 555.80 | 278.00 | 277.80 | 92.80 (4) | 92.80 (7) | 91.70 (8) | 91.95 (7) | 93.25 (5) | 93.30 (5) | |||
| Lajos Sántha | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ferenc Pataki | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| József Fekete | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Károly Kocsis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ferenc Kemény | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Sándor Réthy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Lajos Tóth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| János Mogyorósi-Klencs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 7 | Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 555.55 | 278.50 | 277.05 | 92.45 (5) | 92.85 (6) | 93.20 (5) | 90.65 (8) | 94.15 (3) | 92.25 (6) | |||
| Ferdinand Daniš | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Zdeněk Růžička | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Josef Svoboda | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Leo Sotorník | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Josef Škvor | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Jindřich Mikulec | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Vladimír Kejř | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Miloš Kolejka | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Josef Houdek DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Vít Matlocha DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 8 | United States |  USA | 543.15 | 271.30 | 271.85 | 89.30 (11) | 92.15 (9) | 91.50 (=9) | 93.40 (6) | 86.20 (16) | 90.60 (7) | |||
| Ed Scrobe | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Bob Stout | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Bill Roetzheim | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Don Holder | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Jack Beckner | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Charles Simms | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Walter Blattmann | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Vincent D'Autorio | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 9 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 540.90 | 273.85 | 267.05 | 89.80 (9) | 90.85 (=15) | 90.55 (11) | 88.25 (11) | 92.60 (7) | 88.85 (10) | |||
| Mincho Todorov | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Vasil Konstantinov | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Dimitar Yordanov | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Nikolay Milev | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Todor Todorov | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Nikolay Atanasov | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Iliya Topalov | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Stoyan Stoyanov | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| I. J. Sotirov DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| S. N. Stoychev DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 10 | Italy |  ITA | 537.55 | 268.55 | 269.00 | 88.90 (13) | 90.45 (17) | 90.40 (13) | 87.20 (16) | 90.70 (9) | 89.90 (8) | |||
| Guido Figone | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Littorio Sampieri | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Luigi Zanetti | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Orlando Polmonari | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Fabio Bonacina | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Arrigo Carnoli | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Silvio Brivio | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Quinto Vadi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Romeo Neri DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 11 | Austria |  AUT | 535.40 | 266.40 | 269.00 | 86.10 (17) | 92.30 (8) | 92.10 (7) | 89.95 (9) | 86.00 (18) | 88.95 (9) | |||
| Hans Sauter | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ernst Wister | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Wolfgang Girardi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Willi Welt | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Franz Kempter | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Paul Grubenthal | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Friedrich Fetz | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Hans Friedrich | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 12 | France |  FRA | 534.90 | 263.15 | 271.75 | 88.40 (14) | 91.10 (14) | 91.50 (=9) | 88.05 (12) | 87.30 (14) | 88.55 (11) | |||
| Michel Mathiot | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Raymond Dot | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| André Weingand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Raymond Badin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| René Changeat | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Georges Floquet | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Jean Guillou | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Marcel de Wolf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Alphonse Anger DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Antoine Schlindwein DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 13 | Poland |  POL | 529.10 | 269.20 | 259.90 | 90.50 (8) | 87.15 (21) | 89.30 (14) | 87.25 (15) | 88.60 (12) | 86.30 (13) | 2 | ||
| Szymon Sobala | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Paweł Świętek | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Paweł Gawron | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Zdzisław Lesiński | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Paweł Gaca | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Jerzy Jokiel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ryszard Kucjas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Jerzy Solarz | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 14 | Norway |  NOR | 525.30 | 263.75 | 261.55 | 89.00 (12) | 91.85 (10) | 87.55 (16) | 87.45 (14) | 88.75 (11) | 80.70 (15) | |||
| Mathias Jamtvedt | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Alf Olsen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Alf Nørgaard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Arne Knudsen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Georg Johansen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Odd Lie | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Magne Kleiven | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ernst Madland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 15 | Denmark |  DEN | 524.70 | 263.20 | 261.50 | 86.50 (15) | 90.85 (=15) | 85.45 (20) | 87.95 (13) | 89.90 (10) | 84.05 (14) | |||
| Poul Jessen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Volmer Thomsen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Freddy Jensen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Børge Nielsen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Bjarne Jørgensen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Børge Minerth | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Gunnar Pedersen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Parly Jensen DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 16 | Egypt |  EGY | 514.90 | 252.85 | 262.05 | 85.45 (18) | 91.55 (12) | 87.85 (15) | 85.55 (17) | 86.75 (15) | 77.75 (19) | |||
| Ali Zaky | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Mahmoud Safwat | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ahmed Allam | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Magdy Gheriani | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ahmed El-Giddawi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ragai Farhat | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Sayed Hamdi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Mahmoud Reda | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 17 | Sweden |  SWE | 514.20 | 257.00 | 257.20 | 91.95 (6) | 91.35 (13) | 90.45 (12) | 88.45 (10) | 77.30 (22) | 74.70 (22) | |||
| Anders Lindh | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Arne Carlsson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Kurt Wigartz | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Börje Stattin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| William Thoresson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Nils Sjöberg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Erich Peters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Arne Lind DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Lennart Lundgren DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 18 | Luxembourg |  LUX | 503.25 | 252.20 | 251.05 | 82.05 (20) | 89.85 (18) | 86.10 (18) | 85.10 (18) | 84.05 (19) | 76.10 (20) | |||
| Josy Stoffel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Armand Huberty | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Jey Kugeler | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Marcel Coppin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Hubert Erang | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| René Schroeder | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 19 | Yugoslavia |  YUG | 503.00 | 249.55 | 253.45 | 82.55 (19) | 91.60 (11) | 86.20 (17) | 81.70 (19) | 82.80 (20) | 78.15 (18) | |||
| Dušan Furlan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ede Mađar | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Sreten Stefanović | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ivica Jelić | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ivan Čaklec | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Franjo Jurjević | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Antun Kropivšek | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Karel Janež | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Bogdan Šešić DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| J. Vadnav DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 20 | Romania |  ROU | 499.85 | 242.30 | 257.55 | 86.40 (16) | 87.70 (19) | 85.50 (19) | 72.35 (22) | 88.45 (13) | 79.45 (17) | |||
| Friedrich Orendi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Andrei Kerekeș | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Mihai Botez | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Francisc Cociș | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Eugen Balint | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Carol Bedö | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Zoltan Balogh | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Aurel Loșniță | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| N. Lupu DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| M. Mudreac DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 21 | Great Britain |  GBR | 490.50 | 250.20 | 240.30 | 74.65 (23) | 87.45 (20) | 82.50 (21) | 79.70 (21) | 86.15 (17) | 80.05 (16) | |||
| Frank Turner | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Jack Whitford | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ken Buffin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| George Weedon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Graham Harcourt | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Peter Starling | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Jack Flaherty DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Alec Wales DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 22 | Saar |  SAA | 481.80 | 243.70 | 238.10 | 78.55 (22) | 84.35 (22) | 79.60 (22) | 81.45 (20) | 82.10 (21) | 75.75 (21) | |||
| Artur Schmitt | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Walter Müller | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Rolf Lauer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Heinz Ostheimer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Norbert Dietrich | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Fred Wiedersporn | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 23 | Portugal |  POR | 428.65 | 204.60 | 224.05 | 78.85 (21) | 73.60 (23) | 70.45 (23) | 70.15 (23) | 72.10 (23) | 63.50 (23) | |||
| Manuel Robalo Gouveia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Joaquim Granger | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Manuel Prazeres | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Raúl Caldeira | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| António Leite | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Manuel Cardoso | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
