The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 286 competitors – 245 men and 41 women – took part in 133 events in 18 sports. They won 76 medals (40 gold), including 6 podium sweeps; the highest number of medal sweeps in a single Olympiad by one country since World War II and still a record (though achieved a few more times since). Medalists Gold Lindy Remigino — Athletics, Men's 100 metres Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 200 metres Mal Whitfield — Athletics, Men's 800 metres Harrison Dillard — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles Charles Moore — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles Horace Ashenfelter — Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Dean Smith, and Andy Stanfield — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Men Walt Davis — Athletics, Men's High Jump Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Jerome Biffle — Athletics, Men's Long Jump Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put Sim Iness — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw Cy Young — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw Bob Mathias — Athletics, Men's Decathlon Mae Faggs, Catherine Hardy, Barbara Jones, and Janet Moreau — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay Ron Bontemps, Marc Freiberger, Wayne Glasgow, Charlie Hoag, Bill Hougland, John Keller, Dean Kelley, Bob Kenney, Bob Kurland, Bill Lienhard, Clyde Lovellette, Frank McCabe, Dan Pippin, and Howie Williams — Basketball, Men's Team Competition Nathan Brooks — Boxing, Men's Flyweight Charles Adkins — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight Floyd Patterson — Boxing, Men's Middleweight Norvel Lee — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight Edward Sanders — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight Frank Havens — Canoeing, Men's C1 10,000 m Canadian Singles David Browning — Diving, Men's Springboard Diving Sammy Lee — Diving, Men's Platform Diving Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard Diving Pat McCormick — Diving, Women's Platform Diving Charlie Logg and Tom Price — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs Robert Detweiler, James Dunbar, William Fields, Wayne Frye, Charles Manring, Richard Murphy, Henry Proctor, Frank Shakespeare, and Edward Stevens — Rowing, Men's Eights Joe Benner — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol Clarke Scholes — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle Ford Konno — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle Yoshi Oyakawa — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke Ford Konno, Jimmy McLane, Wayne Moore, and Bill Woolsey — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Tommy Kono — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight Peter George — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight Norbert Schemansky — Weightlifting, Men's