Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Australia
games=1952 Summer
competitors=85 (70 men, 15 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Mervyn Wood
gold=6
silver=2
bronze=3
total=11
rank=9

Australia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Gold

* Marjorie Jackson — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

* Marjorie Jackson — Athletics, Women's 200 metres

* Shirley Strickland — Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles

* Russell Mockridge — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial

* Lionel Cox and Russell Mockridge — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem

* John Davies — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke

Silver

* Lionel Cox — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)

* Mervyn Wood — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls

Bronze

* Shirley Strickland — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

* David Anderson, Philip Cayzer, Ernest Chapman, Thomas Chessel, Mervyn Finlay, Nimrod Greenwood, Edward Pain, Robert Tinning, and Geoffrey Willamson — Rowing, Men's Eights

* Verdi Barberis — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight

Results and competitors by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres
* John Treloar:* First Round – 10.7:* First Round – 10.7:* Semifinals – 10.6:* Final – 10.5 (→ 6th place)

=Cycling=

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
*Peter Pryor — 5:22:33.5 (→ 34th place)
*Jim Nevin — 5:22:33.6 (→ 35th place)
*Ken Caves — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Peter Nelson — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Russell Mockridge:* Final — 1:11.1 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
*Lionel Cox → Silver Medal

=Diving=

Men's 3m Springboard
*Ronald Faulds:* Preliminary Round — 59.90 points (→ 24th place)

*Francis Murphy:* Preliminary Round — 48.42 points (→ 34th place)