TOURNAMENT
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
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 |