Helsinki - Finland - OG 1952 - Detailed day schedule : 31th 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	Basketball Classification Round Chile 60 - 53 Bulgaria Basketball Classification Round Brazil 59 - 44 France Basketball Semi-Finals United States 85 - 76 Argentina Basketball Semi-Finals Soviet Union 61 - 57 Uruguay
	Not set	Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke 1 Joan Harrison (RSA) 1:14.3 2 Geertje Wielema (NED) 1:14.5 3 Jean Stewart (NZL) 1:15.8 Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle - Heat 1 Evelyn Kawamoto (USA) 5:16.60 Q 1 Daphne Wilkinson (GBR) 5:16.60 Q 3 Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN) 5:19.10 Q Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke - Heat 1 Geertje Wielema (NED) 1:13.80 Q 2 Joan Harrison (RSA) 1:14.70 Q 3 Johanna Catharina De Korte (NED) 1:15.80 Q Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle - Heat 1 Shiro Hashizume (JPN) 18:34.00 Q 2 Ford Konno (USA) 18:53.70 Q 3 Peter Duncan (RSA) 19:03.50 Q Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke - Semi-Final 1 Yoshinobu Oyakawa (USA) 1:05.70 Q 2 Gilbert Bozon (FRA) 1:06.60 Q 3 Jack Taylor (USA) 1:07.00 Q Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke - Heat 1 Holan Gerald () USA 2 Klein Herbert () GER 3 Komadel Ludevit () TCH Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke - Semi-Final 1 John Davies (AUS) 2:36.80 Q 2 Herbert Klein (FDR) 2:37.00 Q 3 Takayoshi Kajikawa (JPN) 2:37.30 Q
	Not set	Track Cycling Men's Sprint 1 Enzo Sacchi (ITA) 2 Lionel Cox (AUS) 3 Werner Potzernheim (GER) Track Cycling Men's Kilometre TT 1 Russell Mockbridge (AUS) 1:11.1 2 Marino Morettini (ITA) 1:12.7 3 Raymond Robinson (RSA) 1:13.0
	Not set	Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - 1/2 Finals - Group E United States 6 - 4 Spain Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - 1/2 Finals - Group E Italy 5 - 1 Belgium Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - 1/2 Finals - Group F Netherlands 4 - 2 U.S.S.R. Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - 1/2 Finals - Group F Hungary 2 - 2 Yugoslavia