Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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The Football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was won by Hungary.[1]
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Finland |
Dates | 15 July – 2 August 1952 |
Teams | 25 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Hungary |
Runners-up | Yugoslavia |
Third place | Sweden |
Fourth place | West Germany |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 135 (5.19 per match) |
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The games signalled the arrival (to Western Europeans at least) of the Hungary national team – the "Magical Magyars". Ferenc Puskás later said of the 1952 competition: "It was during the Olympics that our football first started to flow with real power."[2] It was during the Games that Stanley Rous of English Football Association invited the Hungarians to play a friendly at Wembley the following year.