Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

The men's eight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place at Meilahti, Finland.[1]

Men's eight at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Date	20–23 July
Competitors	126 from 14 nations
Medalists
Frank Shakespeare William Fields James Dunbar Richard Murphy Robert Detweiler Henry Proctor Wayne Frye Edward Stevens Charles Manring  United States Yevgeny Brago Vladimir Rodimushkin Aleksey Komarov Igor Borisov Slava Amiragov Leonid Gissen Yevgeny Samsonov Vladimir Kryukov Igor Polyakov  Soviet Union Bob Tinning Ernest Chapman Nimrod Greenwood David Anderson Geoff Williamson Mervyn Finlay Edward Pain Phil Cayzer Tom Chessell  Australia

Results

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank	Rowers	Country
	Frank Shakespeare William Fields James Dunbar Richard Murphy Robert Detweiler Henry Proctor Wayne Frye Edward Stevens Charles Manring	United States
	Yevgeny Brago Vladimir Rodimushkin Aleksey Komarov Igor Borisov Slava Amiragov Leonid Gissen Yevgeny Samsonov Vladimir Kryukov Igor Polyakov	Soviet Union
	Bob Tinning Ernest Chapman Nimrod Greenwood David Anderson Geoff Williamson Mervyn Finlay Edward Pain Phil Cayzer Tom Chessell	Australia
	David Macklin Alastair MacLeod Nicholas Clack Roger Sharpley Edward Worlidge Brian Lloyd William Windham David Jennens John Hinde	Great Britain
	Anton Reinartz Michael Reinartz Roland Freihoff Heinz Zünkler Peter Betz Stefan Reinartz Hans Betz Toni Siebenhaar Hermann Zander	Germany
	Ladislav Matetić Branko Belačić Vladimir Horvat Vojko Šeravić Karlo Pavlenć Boris Beljak Stanko Despot Drago Husjak Zdenko Bego	Yugoslavia
	István Sándor Csaba Kovács Miklós Zágon Tibor Nádas Rezső Riheczky Pál Bakos László Marton Béla Zsitnik Róbert Zimonyi	Hungary
	Ted Chilcott Jack Taylor Bo Westlake Frank Young John Sharp Mervin Kaye Jack Russell George McCauley Norm Rowe	Canada
	Lennart Andersson Frank Olsson John Niklasson Gösta Adamsson Ivan Simonsson Ragnar Ek Thore Börjesson Rune Andersson Sture Baatz	Sweden
	Bjørn Stybert Preben Hoch Mogens Snogdahl Jørn Snogdahl Helge Muxoll Schrøder Björn Brönnum Leif Hermansen Ole Scavenius Jensen John Vilhelmsen	Denmark
	Iosif Bergesz Milivoi Iancovici Ștefan Konyelicska Gheorghe Măcinic Ion Niga Ștefan Pongratz Alexandru Rotaru Ștefan Somogy Ion Vlăduț	Romania
	Albino Baldan Savino Dalla Puppa Alberto Bozzato Ferdinando Smerghetto Montanino Nuvoli Dino Nardin Ottorino Enzo Pier Nicola Attorese Sergio Ghiatto	Italy
	Felisberto Fortes Albino Simões Neto Manuel Regala João Cravo João Alberto Lemos Carlos da Benta João da Paula Zacarias Andias José Pinheiro	Portugal
	Tor Lundsten Birger Andersson Eero Lehtovirta Yrjö Hakoila Antti Arell Harry Wikman Esko Lyytikkä Klaus Lampi Toivo Räsänen	Finland

References

1. "Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

External links

• The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (PDF) (PDF). p. 611.