Jul 31, 1952
Hungary's Magnificent Magyars won gold in the football
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Jul 31, 1952
The first gold medal for the USSR at an Olympics was won by Nina Romashkova in the discus
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Jul 31, 1952
Emil Zatopek was in a different league to his rivals in the 5000m
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Jul 31, 1952
Marjorie Jackson set a new world record time of 23.4s in winning the 200m
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Jul 31, 1952
Emil Zatopek completed an amazing treble of gold in the 5000m, 10,000m and marathon
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Jul 31, 1952
Diving was as spectacular in 1952 as it is now
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Jul 31, 1952
Charles Moore was in a different league to his rivals in the 400m hurdles
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Jul 31, 1952
The great Floyd Patterson won gold at middleweight
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Jul 22, 1952
Reverend Bob Richards, 'the Vaulting Vicar', jumps for joy
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Apr 16, 1952
American shot put champion Parry O'Brien
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1952
Tony Lock bowls for Surrey
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