At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 963 participating athletes from 57 countries.
Medal summary
MenWomen == Records broken ==
Records broken
During the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, 26 new Olympic records and 8 new world records were set in the athletics events. Men's Olympic and world records Women's Olympic and world records ==Medal table==
Participating nations
A total of 57 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ==References==