Indonesia at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Indonesia at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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Flag bearer Habib Suharko | | |
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Indonesia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. With three male athletes, Indonesia was one of the smallest teams competing in Helsinki. A non-participant served as flag bearer for the Indonesian delegation at the opening ceremony. The team did not win any medals. The weightlifter Thio Ging Hwie ranked eighth overall in men's lightweight, Maram Sudarmodjo ranked 20th in men's high jump, and the swimmer Habib Suharko did not advance past the preliminary round.
Background
The
Competitors
The Indonesian team consisted of three male athletes: high jump athlete
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Athletics
The 24-year-old
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | Source | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
Maram Sudarmodjo | High jump | 1.87 | =26 | 1.80 | =20 | [9][10] |
Swimming
The sole Indonesian swimmer, Habib Suharko, participated in men's 200 m breaststroke. In the preliminary round, he swam a time of 2 minutes and 51.3 seconds, finishing fifth in heat five, and did not qualify for the next round.[11]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Source | ||
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Time | Rank | Note | |||
Habib Suharko | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:51.3 | 5 (heat 5) | Did not advance | [11] |
Weightlifting
The weightlifter Thio Ging Hwie participated in men's lightweight. He completed three
Athlete | Event | Military press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | Source | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
Thio Ging Hwie | Men's Lightweight | 105 | =1 | 92.5 | =18 | 130 | =6 | 327.5 | 8 | [12] |
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement 2015, p. 265
- ^ National Sports Committee of Indonesia 2018
- ^ a b Republika 2016.
- ^ a b c Kompas 2012.
- ^ Kompas 2012b.
- ^ Okezone 2017.
- ^ "15th Olympic Games Opened as 70,000 See Rites in Rain". The Milwaukee Journal. 1952-07-19. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
Indonesia [sent] a flagbearer and three athletes
- ^ "Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad, Helsinki, 1952". digital.la84.org. pp. 120, 192. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ a b "Sports Reference – Athletes – Maram Sudarmodjo". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- ^ a b "Sports Reference – 1952 Helsinki – Athletics – Men's High Jump". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- ^ a b "Sports Reference – Athletes – Habib Suharko". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- ^ a b "Sports Reference – Athletes – Thio Ging Hwie". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- ^ "Sports Reference – 1952 Helsinki – Weightlifting – Men's Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
Sources
- Fernan Rahadi (2016-08-04). "Sejarah Indonesia di Olimpiade" [History of Indonesia in the Olympics] (in Indonesian). Republika.
- John Grasso; Bill Mallon; Jeroen Heijmans (2015-05-14). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4422-4860-1.
- Randy Wirayudha (2017-05-27). "TOP FILES: Pertama Kali Ikut Olimpiade, Indonesia Hanya Kirim Tiga Atlet...Siapa Saja Mereka?" (in Indonesian). Okezone.
- "Sejarah" [History] (in Indonesian). National Sports Committee of Indonesia. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- "Helsinki yang Pertama, dan Pasti Bukan yang Terakhir" [Helsinki was the First and Definitely Not the Last] (in Indonesian). Kompas. 2012-07-25.
- "Keteladanan Sudarmodjo" [Sudarmodjo's Exemplar] (in Indonesian). Kompas. 2012-07-25.