1952 Helsinki Olympics

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Olympic_Games
gptkbp:closed 1952-08-03
gptkbp:hostCity gptkb:Helsinki
gptkbp:hostCountry gptkb:Finland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1952 Helsinki Olympics
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:HEL
gptkbp:logo 1952 Summer Olympics logo.svg
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Helsinki_Olympic_Stadium
gptkbp:mascot nan
gptkbp:memberState 69
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1956_Melbourne_Olympics
gptkbp:notableAthlete gptkb:Bob_Mathias
gptkb:János_Parti
gptkb:Jean_Boiteux
gptkb:Josy_Barthel
gptkb:Lars_Hall
gptkb:Marjorie_Jackson
gptkb:Pat_McCormick
gptkb:Paul_Elvstrøm
gptkb:Emil_Zátopek
gptkbp:notableFor Emil Zátopek won gold in 5,000m, 10,000m, and marathon
Soviet Union, Israel, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Saar made their Olympic debuts
First Olympics after World War II in which the Soviet Union participated
First Olympics to be televised in Finland
First participation of Gold Coast (now Ghana)
First participation of Indonesia
First participation of Israel
First participation of Nigeria
First participation of Saar
First participation of the Soviet Union
Held during the Cold War era
First participation of the People's Republic of China
Paavo Nurmi lit the Olympic flame
Germany and Japan were allowed to participate again
First time the Olympic Oath was taken by a female athlete (gymnast Veikko Huhtanen)
gptkbp:numberOfAthletes 479
4476
4955
gptkbp:numberOfEvents 149
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
English
Finnish
Swedish
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Games_of_the_XV_Olympiad
gptkbp:opened gptkb:Juho_Kusti_Paasikivi
1952-07-19
gptkbp:previousOlympics gptkb:1948_London_Olympics
gptkbp:sport 17
gptkbp:torchRelayStartDate gptkb:Olympia,_Greece
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Soviet_Union_track_and_field_team
gptkb:Olympic_coins
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6