Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryFinland
DatesJuly 15 – August 2
Teams25 (from 5 (plus Great Britain) confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Hungary
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Sweden
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored135 (5.19 per match)
← 1948
1956 →

The Football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was won by Hungary.[1]

Venues

Helsinki
Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics is located in Finland
Olympic Stadium
Kotkan urheilukeskus
Kotkan urheilukeskus
Töölön Pallokenttä
Töölön Pallokenttä
Lahden kisapuisto
Lahden kisapuisto
Ratina Stadion
Ratina Stadion
Kupittaan jalkapallo-stadion
Kupittaan jalkapallo-stadion
 Kotka
Olympic Stadium Kotkan urheilukeskus
Capacity: 70,470 Capacity: 11,400
Helsinki Lahti
Töölön Pallokenttä Lahden kisapuisto
Capacity: 18,050 Capacity: 8,067
Tampere Turku
Ratina Stadion Kupittaan jalkapallostadion
Capacity: 20,700 Capacity: 14,224

Squads

See the main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Results

Preliminary round results

Poland 2–1 France
Trampisz Goal 31'
Krasówka Goal 49'		 Report Leblond Goal 30'
Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti
Attendance: 3.752
Referee: Karel van der Meer (NED)
Hungary 2–1 Romania
Czibor Goal 21'
Kocsis Goal 73'		 Report Suru Goal 86'
Kupittaa, Turku
Attendance: 10.588
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (URS)
Yugoslavia 10–1 India
Vukas Goal 2', 62'
Mitić Goal 14', 43'
Zebec Goal 17', 23', 60', 87'
Ognjanov Goal 52', 67'		 Report Ahmed Khan Goal 89'
Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: John Best (USA)
Denmark 2–1 Greece
P.E. Petersen Goal 36', 37' Report Emmanouilides Goal 85'
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 4.372
Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN)
Soviet Union 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bulgaria
Bobrov Goal 100'
Trofimov Goal 104'		 Report Kolev Goal 95'
Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka
Attendance: 10.637
Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)
Italy 8–0 United States
Gimona Goal 3', 51', 75'
Pandolfini Goal 16', 62'
Venturi Goal 27'
Fontanesi Goal 52'
Mariani Goal 87'		 Report
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 15.342
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Brazil 5–1 Netherlands
Humberto Goal 25'
Larry Goal 33' (pen.), 36'
Jansen Goal 81'
Vavá Goal 86'		 Report Van Roessel Goal 15'
Kupittaa, Turku
Attendance: 9.685
Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA)
Luxembourg 5–3 (a.e.t.) Great Britain
Roller Goal 60', 95', 97'
Letsch Goal 91'
Gales Goal 102'		 Report Robb Goal 12'
Slater Goal 101'
Lewis Goal 118'
Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti
Attendance: 3.656
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)
Egypt 5–4 Chile
Elfar Goal 27'
Mechaury Goal 43'
Eldizwi Goal 66', 75', 80'		 Report Jara Goal 7', 78'
Vial Goal 14', 88'
Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka
Attendance: 5.354
Referee: John Nilsson (SWE)

First round results

Finland 3–4 Austria
Stolpe Goal 11', 34'
Rytkönen Goal 36'		 Report Gollnhuber Goal 8' (pen.), 30'
Stumpf Goal 59'
Grohs Goal 79'
Attendance: 33.053
Referee: William Ling (GBR)
Brazil 2–1 Luxembourg
Larry Goal 42'
Humberto Goal 49'		 Report Gales Goal 86'
Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka
Attendance: 6.776
Referee: Marijan Matancic (YUG)
Yugoslavia 5–5 (a.e.t.) Soviet Union
Mitić Goal 29'
Ognjanov Goal 33'
Zebec Goal 44', 59'
Bobek Goal 46'		 Report Bobrov Goal 53', 77', 87'
Trofimov Goal 75'
Petrov Goal 89'
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 17.000
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Yugoslavia 3–1 Soviet Union
Mitić Goal 19'
Bobek Goal 29' (pen.)
Čajkovski Goal 54'		 Report Bobrov Goal 6'
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 16.916
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Germany 3–1 Egypt
Klug Goal 33'
Schröder Goal 38', 61'		 Report El-Dizwi Goal 64'
Kupittaa, Turku
Attendance: 6.813
Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA)
Denmark 2–0 Poland
Seebach Goal 17'
S. Nielsen Goal 69'		 Report
Kupittaa, Turku
Attendance: 6.024
Referee: Folke Bålstad (NOR)
Sweden 4–1 Norway
Brodd Goal 23', 35'
Rydell Goal 81'
Bengtsson Goal 89'		 Report Sørensen Goal 83'
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 4.072
Referee: Johan Aksel Alho (FIN)
Hungary 3–0 Italy
Palotás Goal 11', 20'
Kocsis Goal 83'		 Report
Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Attendance: 13.870
Referee: Karel van der Meer (NED)
Turkey 2–1 Netherlands Antilles
Tokaç Goal 9'
Bilge Goal 76' (pen.)		 Report Briezen Goal 79'
Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti
Attendance: 3.696
Referee: Carl Jorgensen (DEN)

Quarterfinals results

Sweden 3–1 Austria
Sandberg Goal 80'
Brodd Goal 85'
Rydell Goal 87'		 Report Grohs Goal 40'
Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Attendance: 12.564
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)
Germany 4–2 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Schröder Goal 75', 96'
Klug Goal 89'
Zeitler Goal 120'		 Report Larry Goal 12'
Zózimo Goal 74'
Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Attendance: 11.451
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Hungary 7–1 Turkey
Palotás Goal 18'
Kocsis Goal 32', 90'
Lantos Goal 48'
Puskás Goal 54', 72'
Bozsik Goal 70'		 Report Guder Goal 57'
Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka
Attendance: 4.743
Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN)
Yugoslavia 5–3 Denmark
Čajkovski Goal 19'
Ognjanov Goal 35'
Vukas Goal 41'
Bobek Goal 78'
Zebec Goal 81'		 Report Lundberg Goal 63'
Seebach Goal 85'
Hansen Goal 87'
Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Attendance: 11.456
Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN)

Semifinals results

Hungary 6–0 Sweden
Puskás Goal 1'
Palotás Goal 16'
Lindh Goal 36' (o.g.)
Kocsis Goal 65', 69'
Hidegkuti Goal 67'		 Report
Attendance: 30.471
Referee: William Ling (GBR)
Yugoslavia 3–1 Germany
Mitić Goal 3', 24'
Čajkovski Goal 30'		 Report Stollenwerk Goal 12'
Attendance: 25.821
Referee: Wolf Waldemar Karni (FIN)

Bronze Medal match result

Sweden 2–0 Germany
Rydell Goal 11'
Löfgren Goal 86'		 Report
Attendance: 28.470
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)

Gold Medal match result

Hungary 2–0 Yugoslavia
Puskás Goal 70'
Czibor Goal 88'		 Report
Attendance: 58.553
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

Bracket

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
 Hungary 3
 Italy 0
 Hungary 7
 Turkey 1
 Turkey 2
Netherlands Antilles 1
 Hungary 6
 Sweden 0
 Sweden 4
 Norway 1
 Sweden 3
 Austria 1
 Finland 3
 Austria 4
 Hungary 2
 Yugoslavia 0
 Denmark 2
 Poland 0
 Denmark 3
 Yugoslavia 5
 Yugoslavia (p) 5 (3)
 Soviet Union 5 (1)
 Yugoslavia 3
 Germany 1
 Luxembourg 1
 Brazil 2
 Brazil 2
 Germany (aet) 4
 Germany 3
 Egypt 1

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
 Hungary
Gyula Grosics
Jenő Dalnoki
Imre Kovács
László Budai
Ferenc Puskás
Zoltán Czibor
Lajos Csordás
Jenő Buzánszky
Gyula Lóránt
Mihály Lantos
József Bozsik
József Zakariás
Nándor Hidegkuti
Sándor Kocsis
Péter Palotás 		 Yugoslavia
Vladimir Beara
Branko Stanković
Tomislav Crnković
Zlatko Čajkovski
Ivan Horvat
Vujadin Boškov
Tihomir Ognjanov
Rajko Mitić
Bernard Vukas
Stjepan Bobek
Branko Zebec
Dušan Cvetković
Milorad Diskić
Ratko Čolić
Slavko Luštica
Zdravko Rajkov
Vladimir Čonč
Vladimir Firm 		 Sweden
Karl Svensson
Lennart Samuelsson
Erik Nilsson
Holger Hansson
Bengt Gustavsson
Gösta Lindh
Sylve Bengtsson
Gösta Löfgren
Ingvar Rydell
Yngve Brodd
Gösta Sandberg
Olof Åhlund

Goalscorers

7 goals
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia)
6 goals
5 goals
  • Soviet Union Vsevolod Bobrov (Soviet Union)
4 goals
  • Brazil Larry (Brazil)
  • Egypt El-Sayed El-Dhizui (Egypt)
  • Germany Willi Schröder (Germany)
  • Hungary Péter Palotás (Hungary)
  • Hungary Ferenc Puskás (Hungary)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tihomir Ognjanov (Yugoslavia)
3 goals
  • Italy Aredio Gimona (Italy)
  • Luxembourg Joseph Roller (Luxembourg)
  • Sweden Yngve Brodd (Sweden)
  • Sweden Ingvar Rydell (Sweden)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stjepan Bobek (Yugoslavia)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Čajkovski (Yugoslavia)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bernard Vukas (Yugoslavia)
2 goals
  • Austria Otto Gollnhuber (Austria)
  • Austria Herbert Grohs (Austria)
  • Brazil Humberto Tozzi (Brazil)
  • Chile Irenio Jara (Chile)
  • Chile Julio Vial (Chile)
  • Denmark Poul Erik Petersen (Denmark)
  • Denmark Holger Seebach (Denmark)
  • Finland Olof Stolpe (Finland)
  • Germany Karl Klug (Germany)
  • Hungary Zoltán Czibor (Hungary)
  • Italy Egisto Pandolfini (Italy)
  • Luxembourg Julien Gales (Luxembourg)
  • Soviet Union Vasili Trofimov (Soviet Union)
1 goal
  • Austria Erich Stumpf (Austria)
  • Brazil Jansen (Brazil)
  • Brazil Vavá (Brazil)
  • Brazil Zózimo (Brazil)
  • Bulgaria Ivan Petkov Kolev (Bulgaria)
  • Denmark Jens Peter Hansen (Denmark)
  • Denmark Knud Lundberg (Denmark)
  • Denmark Svend Nielsen (Denmark)
  • Egypt Khamal Ahmed Elfar (Egypt)
  • Egypt Mechaury (Egypt)
  • Finland Aulis Rytkönen (Finland)
  • France Michel Leblond (France)
  • Germany Georg Stollenwerk (Germany)
  • Germany Johann Zeitler (Germany)
  • United Kingdom Jim Lewis (Great Britain)
  • United Kingdom George Robb (Great Britain)
  • United Kingdom Bill Slater (Great Britain)
  • Greece Paul Emmanouilides (Greece)
  • Hungary József Bozsik (Hungary)
  • Hungary Nándor Hidegkuti (Hungary)
  • Hungary Mihály Lantos (Hungary)
  • India Ahmed Mohammed Khan (India)
  • Italy Alberto Fontanesi (Italy)
  • Italy Amos Mariani (Italy)
  • Italy Arcadio Venturi (Italy)
  • Luxembourg Léon Letsch (Luxembourg)
  • Netherlands Joannes van Roesell (Netherlands)
  • Netherlands Antilles Jan Briezen (Netherlands Antilles)
  • Norway Odd Wang Sørensen (Norway)
  • Poland Jerzy Krasówka (Poland)
  • Poland Kazimierz Trampisz (Poland)
  • Romania Ion Suru (Romania)
  • Soviet Union Aleksandr Petrov (Soviet Union)
  • Sweden Sylve Bengtsson (Sweden)
  • Sweden Gösta Löfgren (Sweden)
  • Sweden Gösta Sandberg (Sweden)
  • Turkey Tekin Bilge (Turkey)
  • Turkey Ercument Guder (Turkey)
  • Turkey Muzaffer Tokaç (Turkey)
Own goal
  • Sweden Gösta Lindh (Sweden, against Hungary)

References

  1. ↑ "Football at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

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