South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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South Africa at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  RSA
NOC South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 12		 Gold
2		 Silver
4		 Bronze
4		 Total
10
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South Africa competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

  • Theunis van Schalkwyk — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
  • George Estman, Robert Fowler, Thomas Shardelow, and Alfred Swift — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
  • Raymond Robinson and Thomas Shardelow — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem

[edit] Bronze

  • Leonard Leisching — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
  • Andries Nieman — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
  • Raymond Robinson — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

  • George Estman — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Alfred Swift — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Robert Fowler — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Raymond Robinson
  • Final — 1:13.0 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

  • Raymond Robinson — 5th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

  • Alfred Swift, George Estman, Robert Fowler, and Thomas Shardelow
  • Final — Lost to Italy (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

[edit] Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Willem Welgemoed
  • Preliminary Round — 61.64 points (→ 22nd place)

[edit] References

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