Athletics at The 1952 Summer Olympics - Participating Nations

Participating Nations

A total of 57 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of athletes representing each nation.

  • Argentina (16)
  • Australia (17)
  • Austria (15)
  • Belgium (21)
  • Bermuda (2)
  • Brazil (10)
  • Bulgaria (4)
  • Canada (22)
  • Ceylon (1)
  • Chile (15)
  • Cuba (5)
  • Czechoslovakia (20)
  • Denmark (11)
  • Egypt (7)
  • Finland (69)
  • France (54)
  • Germany (39)
  • Gold Coast (7)
  • Great Britain (66)
  • Greece (11)
  • Guatemala (6)
  • Hungary (35)
  • Iceland (9)
  • India (8)
  • Indonesia (1)
  • Iran (1)
  • Ireland (2)
  • Israel (7)
  • Italy (33)
  • Jamaica (7)
  • Japan (19)
  • Luxembourg (7)
  • Mexico (2)
  • Netherlands (10)
  • New Zealand (4)
  • Nigeria (9)
  • Norway (19)
  • Pakistan (16)
  • Philippines (1)
  • Poland (29)
  • Portugal (7)
  • Puerto Rico (10)
  • Romania (12)
  • Saar (6)
  • Singapore (1)
  • South Africa (13)
  • South Korea (6)
  • Soviet Union (77)
  • Sweden (45)
  • Switzerland (28)
  • Thailand (8)
  • Turkey (13)
  • United States (71)
  • Uruguay (2)
  • Venezuela (7)
  • Vietnam (1)
  • Yugoslavia (19)


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