Canada at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Canada
games=1952 Summer
competitors=
sports=
flagbearer=William Parnell
gold=1
silver=2
bronze=0
total=3
rank=21

Canada competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Medalists

Gold

* George Genereux — Shooting, Men's Trap

Silver

* Kenneth Lane and Donald Hawgood — Canoeing, Men's C-2 1000 m
* Gerald Gratton — Weightlifting, Men's 67.5–75 kg (middleweight)

Results by event

=Basketball=

Men's Team Competition

*Qualification Round (Group C):* Defeated Italy (68-57):* Defeated Romania (72-51):* Defeated Egypt (63-57)
*Main Round (Group C):* Lost to Brazil (55-57):* Lost to Argentina (81-82):* Lost to Philippines (65-81) → did not advance, 13th place
*Team Roster:*Ralph Campbell :*William Coulthard :*James Curren :*Charles Dalton :*William Pataky :*Glen Pettinger :*Robert Phibbs :*Bernard Pickell :*John Ridd :*Robert Simpson :*Harry Wade :*George Wearring :*Roy Williams

=Boxing=

Men's Light Welterweight (–63,5 kg)
* Roy Keenan
*# First Round — Lost to Piet van Klaveren (Netherlands) on points (1-2)

Men's Featherweight (–57 kg)
* Leonard Walters
*# First Round — Defeated Salah El Din Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) on points (3-0)
*# Second Round — Defeated Willi Roth (Germany) on points (2-1)
*# Quarterfinals — Lost to Leonard John Leisching (South Africa) on points (0-3)

Men's Lightweight (–60 kg)
* Clayton Kenny
*# First Round — Defeated Niels Erik Berthelsen (Denmark) on technical knock-out in third round
*# Second Round — Lost to István Juhász (Hungary) on points (1-2)

Men's Welterweight (–67 kg)
* Jacob Butula
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Lost to Ron Norris (India) on technical knock-out in third round

Men's Light Middleweight (–71 kg)
* Charles Chase
*# First Round — Defeated Andre Oueillé (France) on points (2-1)
*# Second Round — Lost to László Papp (Hungary) on knock-out in second round

Men's Middleweight (–75 kg)
* Robert Malouf
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Lost to Leen Jansen (Netherlands) on technical knock-out in first round

Men's Heavyweight (> 91 kg)
* James Saunders
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Lost to Giacomo di Segni (Italy) on points (0-3)

=Cycling=

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Frederick Henry:* Final — 1:17.6 (→ 22nd place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
*John Millman — 8th place