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10th Chess Olympiad — Helsinki 1952

1952 · Helsinki
The Soviet Union won the 10th Chess Olympiad at Helsinki in 1952 — gold on its Olympic debut — with 21 board points, ahead of Argentina (19½) and Yugoslavia (19).
Format
Tournament
Dates
1952
Venue
Helsinki
Games
737

Final Standings

21
The Soviet Union won the 10th Chess Olympiad at Helsinki in 1952 — gold on its Olympic debut — with 21 board points, ahead of Argentina (19½) and Yugoslavia (19).

Twenty-five nations played three preliminary groups; the top three of each formed the Championship Final (Final A, places 1–9), the rest Final B (10–18) and Final C (19–25). Points shown are within each section, so a lower-section total can exceed a higher one. The archive holds 737 of the 740 games played.

This archive holds 737 of the 740 games played; the standings above are the official final result.

# Team Points
1 Soviet Union 21
2 Argentina 19½
3 Yugoslavia 19
4 Czechoslovakia 18
5 United States 17
6 Hungary 16
7 Sweden 13
8 West Germany 10½
9 Finland 10
10 Netherlands 21
11 Israel 19½
12 Poland 16½
13 East Germany 16½
14 Denmark 16
15 Cuba 15
16 England 14
17 Austria 13
18 Italy 12½
19 Brazil 18½
20 Greece 13½
21 Norway 13
22 Switzerland 13
23 Iceland 12½
24 Saar 12½
25 Luxembourg 1