Back Futbol als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1952 Catalan Fotbal na Letních olympijských hrách 1952 Czech Olympische Sommerspiele 1952/Fußball German Anexo:Fútbol en los Juegos Olímpicos de Helsinki 1952 Spanish Jalgpall 1952. aasta suveolümpiamängudel Estonian فوتبال در بازیهای المپیک تابستانی ۱۹۵۲ Persian Jalkapallo kesäolympialaisissa 1952 Finnish Football aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1952 French Fuotbal op de Olympyske Simmerspullen 1952 Frisian Nogomet na OI 1952. Croatian
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Finland |
| Dates | 15 July – 2 August 1952 |
| Teams | 25 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Hungary (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Yugoslavia |
| Third place |  Sweden |
| Fourth place |  West Germany |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 135 (5.19 per match) |
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The Football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was won by Hungary.[1]
The games signalled the arrival (to Western Europeans at least) of the Hungarian national football team – the "Magical Magyars". Ferenc Puskás later said of the 1952 competition: "It was during the Olympics that our football first started to flow with real power."[2] It was during the Games that Stanley Rous of English Football Association invited the Hungarians to play a friendly at Wembley the following year.
- ^ "Football at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Puskas on life and football". The Guardian. 19 November 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2013.