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	competitors	85 (70 men, 15 women)
	flagbearer	Mervyn Woods
	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 .

MEDALS

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)