Helsinki
1952

Where?	Helsinki Finland
Which Olympics?	The fifteenth (summer)
How long was it?	From 19 July till 3 August
Joining countries:	69
Athletes:	4925
Whereof women:	518

This time was the host city of the Olympics the smallest city ever, Helsinki with only 367,000 inhabitants.
During the openings ceremony were there two thrilling events.

1. An in white dressed girl, an 'Angel of Peace' runned over the running-track. It was a demented German girl.
2. There were lighted this time two fires.

Remarkable was, that this time there were two Olympic Villages. One for the Sovietbloc, and the rest (the most) staid somewhere else. The Soviets wanted to furnish their own village.
Yet something politic: Taiwan (Nationalistic China) retired, because of Communistic China was invited.

Remarkable: there was at the Olympics one Czech (Emil Zátopek), who by track-and-field, three distances won. The 5,000 meter, the 10,000 meter and the Marathon.
His wife, who has her birthday at the same day as him, won within an hour after the 5,000 meter of her husband a gold medal for javelin.

Small facts:

• After 40 year, participate the Russians again, but with the Soviet flag.
  
• Some new countries too: the Bahamas, Goldcoast (now Ghana), Guatemala, Netherland Antilles, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Nigeria, Thailand, Vietnam and (for the first and only time) Saarland.
  
• By track-and-field was the American Barbara Jones the youngest winner ever by track-and-field (relay). She was 15 years and 123 days old.

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