Share This
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II.
Helsinki was chosen as the host city over bids...
Learn more about 1952 Summer Olympics »
Add More Topics
Save this view to a base, or just for yourself.
about 69 Olympic participating country topics matching:
Filter this Collection
Austria
Austria /ˈɔːstriə/ (help·info) (German: Österreich (help·info)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- AUT
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina, pronounced [reˈpuβlika arxenˈtina]), is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- ARG
Belgium
The Kingdom of Belgium /ˈbɛldʒəm/ (help·info) is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO. Belgium covers an...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- BEL
Brazil
Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil) listen (help·info), is the largest country in South America and the only Portuguese-speaking country on that continent. It is the...
Athletic performances:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- BRA
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (pronounced /bʌlˈɡɛəriə/ ( listen); Bulgarian: България, Bălgariya, pronounced [bəlˈɡarija]), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, Republika Bălgariya, [rɛˈpublika bəlˈɡarija]), is a country in the Balkans in south...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- BUL
The Bahamas
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is an English-speaking country consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 rocks. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the...
Athletic performances:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- BAH
Bermuda
Bermuda (pronounced /bɜrˈmjuːdə/; officially, the Bermuda Islands or the Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi)...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- BER
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia (Československo; from 1990 Slovak: Česko-Slovensko) was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992. From 1939 to 1945 the state...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- TCH
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile), is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north,...
Athletic performances:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- CHI
Egypt
Egypt (pronounced /ˈiːdʒɪpt/ ( listen); Arabic: مصر Miṣr, pronounced [misˤɾ] ( listen); Egyptian Arabic: Maṣr [ˈmɑsˤɾ]; Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, kīmi; Egyptian: Kemet), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the...
Athletic performances:
- , ,
- Bronze medal
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- EGY
Finland
Finland (pronounced /ˈfɪnlənd/ (help·info)), officially the Republic of Finland ( Finnish: Suomi; Swedish: Finland (help·info)), is a Nordic country and democracy situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- FIN
Germany
Germany (pronounced /ˈdʒɜrməni/ ( listen)), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »Demonstration medals won:
IOC Code:
- GER
Guatemala
Guatemala (Spanish: República de Guatemala, Spanish pronunciation: [reˈpuβlika ðe ɣwateˈmala]) 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...
Athletes:
IOC Code:
- GUA
Greece
Greece /ˈɡriːs/ (help·info) (Greek: Ελλάδα, transliterated: Elláda [e̞ˈlaða] , historically Ἑλλάς, Hellás, IPA: [eˈlas]), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía, [e̞liniˈkʲi ðimokraˈti.a]), is a country in...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- GRE
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR; more commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Communist state that originated from the Soviet Zone of occupied Germany and the Soviet sector of occupied...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
IOC Code:
- GDR ,
- EUA
Hungary
Hungary /ˈhʌŋɡəri/ (help·info) (Hungarian: Magyarország [ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ] ( listen)), in English officially the Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság listen (help·info), literally Magyar (Hungarian) Republic), is a landlocked country in the...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- HUN
Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Chinese: 香港特別行政區), is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and was a British Crown colony until 1997. Consisting of a peninsula and 236...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- HKG
Iceland
The Republic of Iceland ( /ˈaɪslənd/ (help·info)) (Icelandic: Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland (names of Iceland); IPA: [ˈislant]) is a European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of...
Athletic performances:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- ISL
Italy
Italy /ˈɪtəli/ (help·info) (Italian: Italia, [iˈtalja]), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea,...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- ITA
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- IND
Republic of Ireland
Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɪrlənd/ ( listen), locally [ˈaɾlənd]; Irish: Éire, pronounced [ˈeːɾʲə] ( listen)) is a country in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
- ,
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- IRL
Indonesia
The Republic of Indonesia (pronounced /ˌɪndoʊˈniːziə/ or /ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/) (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia) is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands. With an estimated population of around 237 million people, it is...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
IOC Code:
- INA
Iran
Iran (Persian: ایران [ʔiˈɾɒn]( listen)), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanid period and came into international use from 1935, before which the country was...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- IRI
Israel
Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Yisra'el; Arabic: إِسْرَائِيلُ, Isrā'īl) officially the State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (help·info), Medinat Yisra'el; Arabic: دَوْلَةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ, Dawlat Isrā'īl), is a developed country in Western...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- ISR
Japan
Japan (日本, Nihon or Nippon, officially 日本国 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku) is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia,...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- JPN
Jamaica
Jamaica (pronounced /dʒəˈmeɪkə/) is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 234 kilometres (145 mi) in length and as much as 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width, amounting to 11,100 km. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about 145 kilometres (90 mi)...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- JAM
Luxembourg
Luxembourg (pronounced /ˈlʌksəmbɜrɡ/ ( listen)), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg, French: Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, German: Großherzogtum Luxemburg), is a small, landlocked country in western...
Athletic performances:
- , ,
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- LUX
Lebanon
Lebanon (pronounced /ˈlɛbənɒn/ ( listen) or /ˈlɛbənən/; Arabic: لُبْنَان Lubnān; French: Liban), officially the Republic of Lebanon (Arabic: اَلْجُمْهُورِيَّة اَللُّبْنَانِيَّة al-Jumhūrīyah al-Lubnānīyah; French: République libanaise), is a...
Athletic performances:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- LIB
Liechtenstein
The Principality of Liechtenstein /ˈlɪktənstaɪn/ (help·info) (German: Fürstentum Liechtenstein, ˈfʏʁstəntuːm ˈliːçtənʃtaɪn (help·info), Principality of Liechtenstein) is a doubly landlocked alpine microstate in Western Europe, bordered by...
Athletic performances:
- , ,
- Bronze medal
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- LIE
Monaco
Monaco /ˈmɒnəkoʊ/ (help·info), officially the Principality of Monaco (French: Principauté de Monaco; Monégasque: Principatu de Múnegu; Italian: Principato di Monaco; Occitan: Principat de Mónegue), is a small sovereign city-state located in South...
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- MON
Myanmar
Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia or Indochina. The country is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west,...
IOC Code:
- MYA
Netherlands
The Netherlands (pronounced /ˈnɛðərləndz/ ( listen); Dutch: Nederland, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑnt] ( listen)) is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- NED
Norway
Norway (pronounced /ˈnɔrweɪ/ ( listen); Norwegian: Norge (Bokmål), Noreg (Nynorsk) or Norga (North Sami)), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »Demonstration medals won:
IOC Code:
- NOR
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen (help·info)), previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies, is part of the Lesser Antilles and consists of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea: Curaçao...
Athletic performances:
IOC Code:
- AHO
Nigeria
Nigeria (pronounced /naɪˈdʒɪrɪə/), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Capital Territory. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with...
Athletic performances:
Olympics participated in:
IOC Code:
- NGR
Poland
Poland /ˈpoʊlənd/ (help·info) (Polish: Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- POL
Portugal
Portugal /ˈpɔrtjəɡəl/ (help·info), officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa), is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- POR
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (pronounced /ˌpwɛrtə ˈriːkoʊ/ or /ˌpɔrtə ˈriːkoʊ/), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: "Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" — literally Associated Free State of Puerto Rico), is a self-governing unincorporated...
Athletic performances:
IOC Code:
- PUR
Pakistan
Pakistan (Urdu: پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It has a 1,046 kilometre (650 mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the...
Athletic performances:
IOC Code:
- PAK
Philippines
The Philippines (Filipino: Pilipinas [pɪlɪˈpinɐs]) officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. To its west across the South China...
Athletic performances:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- PHI
Romania
Romania (pronounced /roʊˈmeɪniə/ ( listen); archaic: Rumania, Roumania; Romanian: România [romɨˈni.a] ( listen)) is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- ROU
Republic of China
Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics and Asian Games. The international community...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »
Spain
Spain /ˈspeɪn/ (help·info) (Spanish: España, pronounced [esˈpaɲa] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- ESP
Switzerland
Switzerland (German: die Schweiz French: la Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansh: Svizra), officially the Swiss Confederation (Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin, hence its ISO country codes CH and CHE), is a federal republic consisting of 26 states...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- SUI
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (from the Sanskrit “Venerable Island”), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (pronounced /ˌʃriːˈlɑːŋkɑː/, Sinhala: , Tamil: இலங்கை; known as Ceylon (/sɪˈlɒn/) before 1972 and as Taprobane (/təˈprɒbəniː/) in ancient...
Athletic performances:
IOC Code:
- SRI
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK) (Korean: 대한민국, pronounced [tɛːhanminɡuk̚] ( listen)) and often simply referred to as Korea, is a country in East Asia, located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- KOR
Thailand
The Kingdom of Thailand (pronounced /ˈtaɪlænd/; Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย Ratcha Anachak Thai, IPA: [râːtɕʰa ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k tʰɑj]( listen)) is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia.
It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar,...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- THA
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or as Britain) is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- GBR
Uruguay
Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay, pronounced [reˈpuβlika oɾjenˈtal del uɾuˈɣwai]), is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.46 million people, of whom 1.1 million live in the capital Montevideo...
Athletic performances:
- Silver medal , ,
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- URU
Venezuela
Venezuela (pronounced /ˌvɛnɨˈzweɪlə/ or /ˌvɛnɨˈzwɛlə/; in Spanish pronounced [be̞ne̞ˈswe̞la]), officially titled Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a tropical country on the northern coast of South...
Athletic performances:
- , ,
- Bronze medal
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- VEN
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Slovene: Jugoslavija; Cyrillic script: Југославија; literally in English: "South Slavia" or "Land of the South Slavs") is a term that describes three political entities that existed...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and...
Athletic performances:
- Silver medal , ,
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- RSA
Denmark
Denmark (pronounced /ˈdɛnmɑrk/ ( listen); Danish: Danmark, pronounced [ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊], archaic: [ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊]) is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries;...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- DEN
Gold Coast
Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa that became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957.
The first Europeans to arrive at the coast were the Portuguese, in 1471. Upon their arrival, they encountered a variety of...
Olympics participated in:
British Guiana
British Guiana was the name of the British colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana.
The area was originally settled by the Dutch as the colonies of Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice. These three colonies...
Olympics participated in:
Vietnam
Vietnam (pronounced /ˌviː.ɛtˈnɑːm/; Vietnamese: Việt Nam), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
IOC Code:
- VIE
Turkey
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) in the Balkan region of southeastern...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- TUR
United States of America
The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America,...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- USA
Trinidad and Tobago
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (pronounced /ˈtrɪnɨdæd ən təˈbeɪɡoʊ/) is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. It shares maritime...
Athletic performances:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- TRI
Mexico
The United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos (help·info)), commonly known as Mexico (English: /ˈmɛksɪkoʊ/) (Spanish: México (help·info) [ˈmexiko]), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north...
Athletic performances:
Athletes:
Olympics participated in:
View entire collection »IOC Code:
- MEX
