Description: Shipping from Europe with tracking number1952 Summer OlympicsGames of the XV OlympiadEmblem of the 1952 Summer OlympicsHost cityHelsinki, FinlandNations69Athletes4,932 (4,411 men, 521 women)Events149 in 17 sports (23 disciplines)Opening19 July 1952Closing3 August 1952Opened byPresident Juho Kusti Paasikivi[1]CauldronHannes Kolehmainen[1] Paavo NurmiStadiumHelsingin OlympiastadionSummer← London 1948Melbourne 1956 →Winter← Oslo 1952Cortina 1956 →The 1952 Summer Olympics (Finnish: Kesäolympialaiset 1952), officially the Games of the XV Olympiad (Finnish: XV olympiadin kisat), and officially branded as the Helsinki Olympics, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.After Japan declared in 1938 that it would be unable to host the 1940 Olympics in Tokyo due to the ongoing Second Sino-Japanese War, Helsinki had been selected to host the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were then cancelled due to World War II. Tokyo eventually hosted the games in 1964. Helsinki is the northernmost city at which a summer Olympic Games have been held. With London hosting the 1948 Olympics, 1952 is the most recent time when two consecutive summer Olympic Games were held entirely in Europe. The 1952 Summer Olympics was the last of the two consecutive Olympics to be held in Northern Europe, following the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.They were also the Olympic Games at which the most world records were broken until they were surpassed by the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.[2] The Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Thailand, and Saarland made their Olympic debuts at the 1952 Games. The United States won the most gold and overall medals.Finnish postage stamp featuring the Helsinki Olympic Stadium issued in 1951[a]Background and preparation of the Games[edit]Host city selectionA rare souvenir cloth of the cancelled 1940 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at Sporvejsmuseet Skjoldenæsholm in Denmark. The small picture shows some of the Copenhagen tram trailers which was exported to Helsinki due to the Olympics before it was cancelledInspired by the success of the Swedish 1912 Olympics, Finnish sports fans began to arouse the idea of their own Olympic Games: for example, Erik von Frenckell publicly presented his dreams of the Finnish Olympic Games at the opening of the 1915 Töölön Pallokenttä.[3]As the Olympic success continued in the 1920s, enthusiasm for one's own Olympics grew, and after the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, Finnish sports leaders began planning to build a stadium in Helsinki in 1920. Finland's main sports organizations and the City of Helsinki founded the Stadion Foundation in 1927 to get the stadium to Helsinki. In the same year, Ernst Edvard Krogius, who represented Finland on the International Olympic Committee (IOC), announced Finland's willingness to host the competition.[4]In 1930, preparations for the 1936 Games, which was accelerated by the launch of a design project for the Olympic Stadium. However, Helsinki was not a candidate in the first round in 1931,[5] and Berlin won the competition, but Helsinki immediately registered as a candidate for the 1940 Games.[4] Those games were awarded to Tokyo in 1936, and two years later with the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War Japan announced they were giving up the 1940 games, and four days later the IOC offered the Games to Helsinki, which agreed to take over, although there was little time left to prepare for the Games.[6]World War II broke out on 1 September 1939, with the German–Soviet invasion of Poland, which also drew Britain and France to war. Despite the aggression, the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games continued to be optimistic about the preparations for the Games. However, the Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, halted planning for the games. After the Winter War, the Organizing Committee decided to abandon the Games on 20 March 1940 due to the hostilities across Europe, the suspension of preparations caused by the Winter War, and the deplorable economic situation. At the meeting of the Finnish Olympic Committee on 20 April 1940, the Olympic Games in Finland were officially canceled. In the meantime, World War II had already expanded, with Germany occupying Denmark and fighting in Norway.[6] Instead of the Olympic Games, Finland held a Memorial Competitions for Fallen Athletes [fi] who died in the Winter War against Russia, at the opening of which actor Eino Kaipainen recited the poem Silent Winners written by Yrjö Jylhä [fi]. The memorial competitions were held on the initiative of the sports journalist Sulo Kolkka [fi].[7]At the end of World War II, London was awarded the 1948 Summer Olympics after the city was originally granted the 1944 Games, which were canceled due to the war. Helsinki continued its attempt to have the Games organized and registered as candidates for the 1952 Games. At the IOC Congress in Stockholm on 21 June 1947, Helsinki was chosen as the host city, leaving behind the bids of Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia.[8] Helsinki's strengths included the fairly completed venues built for the 1940 Games.1952 Summer Olympics bidding results[9]CityCountryRound 1Round 2Helsinki Finland1415Minneapolis United States45Los Angeles United States45Amsterdam Netherlands33Detroit United States2—Chicago United States1—Philadelphia United States0—
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