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1952 Summer Olympics

Index 1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics (Kesäolympialaiset 1952; Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1952. [1]

119 relations: Amsterdam, Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Arto Tolsa Areena, Beijing, Bob Mathias, Boris Arkadyev, Chicago, China, China at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Cold War, Czechoslovakia, Decathlon, Denmark, Detroit, Discus throw, East Germany, Emil Zátopek, Equestrianism, Espoo, Eva Perón, Finland, Finlandization, First Ladies and Gentlemen of Argentina, Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Germany, Ghana, Gold Coast (British colony), Golden Team, Guatemala, Handball at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Hannes Kolehmainen, Harmaja, Hämeenlinna, Heikki Savolainen (gymnast), Helsinki, Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Swimming Stadium, Helsinki Velodrome, History of Germany (1945–90), Hong Kong, Hungary national football team, Huopalahti, India men's national field hockey team, Indo-European languages, Indonesia, Indonesia at the 1952 Summer Olympics, International, Israel, Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Japan, ..., Josy Barthel, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, K. D. Singh, Käpylä, Laakso, Lahti, Lis Hartel, List of IOC meetings, Liuskasaari, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Malmi, Helsinki, Marathon, Maunula, Meilahti, Minneapolis, Multi-sport event, Nazi Germany, Netherlands Antilles, Nigeria, Nina Ponomaryova, Obverse and reverse, Olympic flame, Paavo Nurmi, Pakila, Pesäpallo at the 1952 Summer Olympics, PFC CSKA Moscow, Philadelphia, President of Finland, Running, Ruskeasuo, Saar at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Saar Protectorate, Sigfrid Edström, Soviet Top League, Soviet Union, Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Soviet Union national football team, Stockholm, Summer Olympic Games, Sweden, Taiwan, Tali, Helsinki, Tampere, Töölö Rowing Stadium, Töölö Sports Hall, Telia 5G -areena, Tennispalatsi, Thailand, Thailand at the 1952 Summer Olympics, The Bahamas, Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR and Russia, Veritas Stadion, Vietnam, West Germany, World War II, Wu Chuanyu, Yugoslavia national football team, 10,000 metres, 1936 Summer Olympics, 1940 Summer Olympics, 1948 Palestine war, 1948 Summer Olympics, 1952 Winter Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956 Winter Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics, 5000 metres. Expand index (69 more) »

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Argentina competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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Arto Tolsa Areena

Arto Tolsa Areena is a football stadium in Kotka, Finland.

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Beijing

Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's second most populous city proper, and most populous capital city.

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Bob Mathias

Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 – September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the event, a United States Marine Corps officer, actor and United States Congressman representing the state of California.

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Boris Arkadyev

Boris Andreyevich Arkadyev (Бори́с Андре́евич Арка́дьев; 21 September 1899 – 17 October 1986) was a Russian footballer and a coach.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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China at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The People's Republic of China (PRC) sent a delegation to the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the:Czech Republic and:Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

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Decathlon

The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Discus throw

The discus throw is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors.

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East Germany

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR), existed from 1949 to 1990 and covers the period when the eastern portion of Germany existed as a state that was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period.

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Emil Zátopek

Emil Zátopek (19 September 1922 – 22 November 2000) was a Czechoslovak long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, horseman, horse), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses.

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Espoo

Espoo (Esbo) is the second largest city and municipality in Finland.

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Eva Perón

Eva María Duarte de Perón (7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952) was the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón (1895–1974) and First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952.

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Finland

Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.

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Finlandization

Finlandization (suomettuminen; finlandisering; Finnlandisierung) is the process by which one powerful country makes a smaller neighboring country abide by the former's foreign policy rules, while allowing it to keep its nominal independence and its own political system.

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First Ladies and Gentlemen of Argentina

The First Lady (Primera Dama) or First Gentleman (Primer Caballero) of Argentina is the unofficial and protocol title of the spouse of the sitting President of Argentina.

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Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.

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Gold Coast (British colony)

The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa from 1867 to its independence as the nation of Ghana in 1957.

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Golden Team

The Golden Team (Aranycsapat; also known as the Mighty Magyars, the Marvellous Magyars, the Magnificent Magyars, or the Magical Magyars) refers to the Hungary national football team of the 1950s.

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Guatemala

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala (República de Guatemala), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, Honduras to the east and El Salvador to the southeast.

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Handball at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Field handball was a demonstration sport at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Hannes Kolehmainen

Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen (9 December 1889 – 11 January 1966) was a Finnish four-time Olympic Gold medalist and a world record holder in middle- and long-distance running.

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Harmaja

Harmaja (Gråhara) is an island and a lighthouse outside Helsinki, south of the Suomenlinna sea fortress.

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Hämeenlinna

Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus) is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland.

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Heikki Savolainen (gymnast)

Heikki Ilmari Savolainen (28 September 1907 – 29 November 1997) was a Finnish artistic gymnast.

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Helsinki

Helsinki (or;; Helsingfors) is the capital city and most populous municipality of Finland.

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Helsinki Olympic Stadium

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium (Helsingin Olympiastadion; Helsingfors Olympiastadion), located in the Töölö district about from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts.

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Helsinki Swimming Stadium

Helsinki Swimming Stadium is an outdoors swimming venue in Helsinki, Finland, located in the Eläintarha area to the northeast of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

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Helsinki Velodrome

Helsinki Velodrome (Helsingin Velodromi) is an outdoor velodrome and american football stadium in Helsinki, Finland.

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History of Germany (1945–90)

As a consequence of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, Germany was cut between the two global blocs in the East and West, a period known as the division of Germany.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Hungary national football team

The Hungary national football team (Magyar labdarúgó-válogatott) represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation.

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Huopalahti

Huopalahti (Hoplax) was a municipality during the years 1920–1945 in Uusimaa, Finland.

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India men's national field hockey team

The India national field hockey team was the first non-European team to be a part of the International Hockey Federation.

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Indo-European languages

The Indo-European languages are a language family of several hundred related languages and dialects.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Indonesia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Indonesia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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International

International mostly means something (a company, language, or organization) involving more than a single country.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.

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Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Israel competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Josy Barthel

Joseph ("Josy") Barthel (24 April 1927 – 7 July 1992) was a Luxembourgish athlete.

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Juho Kusti Paasikivi

Juho Kusti Paasikivi (27 November 1870 – 14 December 1956) was the seventh President of Finland (1946–1956).

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K. D. Singh

Kunwar Digvijay Singh (2 February 1922 in Barabanki – 27 March 1978 in Lucknow), popularly known as "Babu", was an Indian field hockey player.

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Käpylä

Käpylä (Kottby) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki with 7,600 inhabitants.

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Laakso

Laakso (Dal) is a neighbourhood in Helsinki, Finland.

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Lahti

Lahti (Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland.

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Lis Hartel

Lis Hartel (March 14, 1921 – February 12, 2009) was an equestrian from Denmark.

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List of IOC meetings

This is the list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) meetings.

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Liuskasaari

Liuskasaari (Skifferholmen) is an island located south of Helsinki, Finland.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Luxembourg

Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxembourg, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in western Europe.

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Malmi, Helsinki

Malmi (Malm) is a regional center and a major district on the north-eastern part of Helsinki, Finland.

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Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance race, completed by running, walking, or a run/walk strategy.

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Maunula

Maunula (Finnish), Månsas (Swedish) is a northwestern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.

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Meilahti

Meilahti (in Swedish Mejlans) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki between Mannerheimintie (the main entrance road to Helsinki) and a bay named Seurasaarenselkä.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Netherlands Antilles

The Netherlands Antilles (Nederlandse Antillen,; Papiamentu: Antia Hulandes) was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Nina Ponomaryova

Nina Apollonovna Ponomaryova (Нина Аполлоновна Пономарёва; née Romashkova; Ромашкова; 27 April 1929 – 19 August 2016) was a Russian discus thrower and the first Soviet Olympic champion.

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Obverse and reverse

Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics.

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Olympic flame

The Olympic flame is a symbol used in the Olympic movement.

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Paavo Nurmi

Paavo Johannes Nurmi (13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner.

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Pakila

Pakila (Baggböle) is a neighbourhood in Northern Helsinki, about nine kilometers from the city center.

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Pesäpallo at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Pesäpallo, the Finnish variant of baseball, was played as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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PFC CSKA Moscow

PFC Central Sport Club of the Army Moscow (Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА) is a Russian professional football club.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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President of Finland

The President of the Republic of Finland (Suomen tasavallan presidentti, Republiken Finlands president) is the head of state of Finland.

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Running

Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot.

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Ruskeasuo

Ruskeasuo (Brunakärr in Swedish, verbatim "Brown swamp") is a neighbourhood of Helsinki (Helsingfors in Swedish), about 3 kilometres north of the city center.

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Saar at the 1952 Summer Olympics

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Saarland was founded in spring of 1950 in the Saar Protectorate which existed from 1947 to 1956 (German state of Saarland since), a region of Western Germany that was (again) occupied in 1945 by France.

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Saar Protectorate

The Saar Protectorate (Saarprotektorat; Protectorat de Sarre) was a short-lived protectorate (1947–1956) partitioned from Germany after its defeat in World War II; it was administered by the French Fourth Republic.

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Sigfrid Edström

Johannes Sigfrid Edström (November 11, 1870 – March 18, 1964) was a Swedish industrialist, chairman of the Sweden-America Foundation, and 4th President of the International Olympic Committee.

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Soviet Top League

The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (Высшая лига) served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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Soviet Union national football team

The Soviet Union national football team (сбо́рная Сове́тского Сою́за по футбо́лу, sbornaya Sovyetskogo Soyuza po futbolu) was the national football team of the Soviet Union.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 952,058 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area.

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Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'été) or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is an international multi-sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Tali, Helsinki

Tali (Tali) is a neighbourhood located in Pitäjänmäki district of Western Helsinki, Finland.

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Tampere

Tampere (Swedish: Tammerfors) is a city in Pirkanmaa, southern Finland.

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Töölö Rowing Stadium

The Töölö Rowing Stadium is a rowing and canoeing venue located a kilometer from Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland.

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Töölö Sports Hall

Töölö Sports Hall (Töölön kisahalli, Tölö sporthall) is a sports venue located in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland.

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Telia 5G -areena

The Telia 5G -areena (until April 2017 Sonera Stadium, before that until August 2010 Finnair Stadium; also known as Töölön jalkapallostadion, "Töölö football stadium") is a football stadium in Helsinki, Finland.

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Tennispalatsi

Tennispalatsi (Tennispalatset; lit. Tennis Palace), is an enclosed cultural and recreational center in Kamppi, Helsinki, Finland.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.

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Thailand at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Thailand competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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The Bahamas

The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic state within the Lucayan Archipelago.

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Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR and Russia

Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR (Единая Всесоюзная спортивная классификация) is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for both athletes and coaches.

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Veritas Stadion

Veritas Stadion is a football (soccer) stadium in Turku, Finland.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD) in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wu Chuanyu

Wu Chuanyu (August 21, 1928 - October 29, 1954) was an Indonesian-born Chinese swimmer who competed in the Olympic Games in 1948 and 1952.

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Yugoslavia national football team

The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941, until 1929 as Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes), and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1943–1992, until November 29, 1945 as Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, 29 November 1945–1963 as Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) in association football.

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10,000 metres

The 10,000 metres or 10,000-meter run is a common long-distance track running event.

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1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany.

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1940 Summer Olympics

The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad, were originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6, 1940, in Tokyo, Japan.

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1948 Palestine war

The 1948 Palestine war, known in Hebrew as the War of Independence (מלחמת העצמאות, Milkhemet Ha'Atzma'ut) or the War of Liberation (מלחמת השחרור, Milkhemet HaShikhrur) and in Arabic as The Nakba or Catastrophe (النكبة, al-Nakba), refers to the war that occurred in the former Mandatory Palestine during the period between the United Nations vote on the partition plan on November 30, 1947, and the official end of the first Arab–Israeli war on July 20, 1949.

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1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in London, United Kingdom.

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1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics (Norwegian: Vinter-OL 1952), officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (French: Les VIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February.

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1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in November–December 1956, apart from the equestrian events, which were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden.

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1956 Winter Olympics

The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les VIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (Italian: VII Giochi olimpici invernali), was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

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1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles (LA), California, United States.

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2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and commonly known as Beijing 2008, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Beijing, China.

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5000 metres

The 5000 metres or 5000-meter run (approximately 3.1 mi or 16,404 ft) is a common long-distance running event in track and field.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics

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