Helsinki - Finland - OG 1952 - Detailed day schedule : 27th July

Times shown in bold are those of the competition venue and if they do, those in brackets are adjusted to your local time.

Sport	Time	Events
	Not set	Flatwater Women's K-1 500m kayak single 1 Sylvi Riitta Saimo (FIN) 2:18.4 2 Gertrude Liebhart (AUT) 2:18.8 3 Nina Savina (URS) 2:21.6 Flatwater Men's K-1 10000m single 1 Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) 47:22.8 2 Gert Fredriksson (SWE) 47:34.1 3 Michael Scheuer (GER) 47:54.4 Flatwater Men's K-2 10000m double 1 Finland (FIN) 44:21.3 2 Sweden (SWE) 44:21.7 3 Hungary (HUN) 44:26.6 Flatwater Men's C-1 10000m canoe single 1 Frank Havens (USA) 57:41.1 2 Gábor Novák (HUN) 57:49.2 3 Alfred Jindra (CZE) 57:53.1 Flatwater Men's C-2 10000m canoe double 1 France (FRA) 54:08.3 2 Canada (CAN) 54:09.9 3 Germany (GER) 54:28.1
	Not set	Athletics Men's Marathon 1 Emil Zátopek (CZE) 2:23:03.2 2 Reinaldo Gorno (ARG) 2:25:35.0 3 Gustaf Jansson (SWE) 2:26:07.0 Athletics Women's High jump 1 Esther Brand (RSA) 1.67 2 Sheila Lerwill (GBR) 1.65 3 Aleksandra Chudina (URS) 1.63 Athletics Men's 4x100 m relay 1 United States (USA) 40.1 2 Soviet Union (URS) 40.3 3 Hungary (HUN) 40.5 Athletics Men's 4x400 m relay 1 Jamaica (JAM) 3:03.9 2 United States (USA) 3:04.0 3 Germany (GER) 3:06.6 Athletics Women's 4x100 m relay 1 United States (USA) 45.9 2 Germany (GER) 45.9 3 Great Britain (GBR) 46.2 Athletics Men's 10 km walk 1 John Mikaelsson (SWE) 45:02.8 2 Fritz Schwab (SWI) 45:41.0 3 Bruno Junk (URS) 45:41.0
	Not set	Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group A United States 72 - 47 Czechoslovakia Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group A Uruguay 70 - 56 Hungary Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group C Argentina 72 - 56 Brazil Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group C Brazil 71 - 52 Philippines Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group D France 52 - 43 Chile Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group D Egypt 66 - 55 Cuba
	Not set	Fencing Women's Foil 1 Irene Camber (ITA) 64 2 Ilona Elek (HUN) 64 3 Karen Lachmann (DEN) 40
	Not set	Shooting sports Men's 300m free rifle 3 positions 1 Anatoly Bogdanov (URS) 1,123 2 Robert Bürchler (SWI) 1,120 3 Lev Vaynshteyn (URS) 1,109
	Not set	Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle 1 Clarke Scholes (USA) 57.4 2 Hiroshi Suzuki (JPN) 57.4 3 Göran Larsson (SWE) 58.2 Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle - Semi-Final 1 Joan Alderson (USA) 1:06.60 Q 2 Irma Schuhmacher (NED) 1:06.70 Q 3 Johanna Maria Termeulen (NED) 1:07.10 Q Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke - Semi-Final 1 Eva Székely (HUN) 2:54.00 Q 2 Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN) 2:55.80 Q 3 Klara Killerman Bartos (HUN) 2:56.50 Q Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle - Heat 1 Goran Larsson (SWE) 57.50 Q 2 Richard Cleveland (USA) 57.80 Q 3 Ronald Gora (USA) 58.00 Q 3 Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (JPN) 58.00 Q 3 Hiroshi Suzuki (JPN) 58.00 Q Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle - Semi-Final 1 Clarke Scholes (USA) 57.10 Q 2 Ronald Gora (USA) 57.70 Q 3 Géza Kádas (HUN) 57.80 Q
	Not set	Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Group A United States 8 - 3 Great Britain Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Group A Italy 8 - 1 Austria Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Group B Hungary 5 - 3 U.S.S.R. Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Group B Egypt 5 - 2 Germany Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Group C Netherlands 7 - 1 Sweden Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Group C Yugoslavia 9 - 1 Argentina Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Group D Belgium 3 - 1 Brazil Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Group D Spain 3 - 1 South Africa
	Not set	Weightlifting Men's 75 - 82.5 kg 1 Trofim Lomakin (URS) 417.5 2 Stanley Stanczyk (USA) 415.0 3 Arkady Vorobyov (URS) 407.5 Weightlifting Men's 82.5 - 90 kg 1 Norb Schemansky (USA) 445.0 2 Grigory Novak (URS) 410.0 3 Lennox Kilgour (TRI) 402.5 Weightlifting Men's + 90 kg 1 John Davis (USA) 460.0 2 Jim Bradford (USA) 437.5 3 Humberto Selvetti (ARG) 432.5