Dominion Ceylon took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki ( Finland ) for the second time in its history, but did not win a single medal.
| Ceylon at the Olympics | ||||
| IOC Code | Cey | |||
| NOC | Ceylon National Olympic Committee | |||
| Helsinki Olympic Games | ||||
| Athletes | 5 in 4 sports | |||
| Standard bearer | unknown | |||
| Medals | Gold 0 | Silver 0 | Bronze 0 | Total 0 |
| Participation in the Summer Olympics | ||||
| 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 * • 1984 * • 1988 * • 1992 * • 1996 * • 2000 * • 2004 * • 2008 * * Sri Lanka | ||||
Competition Results
Boxing
- Athletes - 2
| Sportsman | Category | 1/16 | 1/8 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | The final | A place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rival Result | Rival Result | Rival Result | Rival Result | Rival Result | |||
| Leslie Handung | Up to 51 kg | Jesus Thello ( MEX ) Pob. 2: 1 | Give Dower ( GBR ) Por. 0: 3 | Completed the presentation | 9 | ||
| Basil Henricus | Up to 60 kg | Robert Bickle ( USA ) Por.TKO 2 round | Completed the presentation | 17 | |||
Athletics
- Men
| Discipline | Sportsman | Qualification | The final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | A place | Result | A place | ||
| High jump | Nagalingam Etirvirasingam | 1 m 84 cm | 29th | Completed the presentation | |
Swimming
- Men
| Distance | Sportsman | Preliminary round | Semifinal | The final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | A place | Result | A place | Result | A place | ||
| 100 m freestyle | Jeffrey marx | 1: 04.1 | 54 | Completed the presentation | |||
| 400 m freestyle | Jeffrey marx | 5: 15.2 | 43 | Completed the presentation | |||
| 1,500 m freestyle | Jeffrey marx | 20: 59.4 | thirty | Completed the presentation | |||
Diving
- Men
| Discipline | Sportsman | Qualification | The final | Result | A place | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | Total | one | 2 | 3 | four | Total | ||||
| Trampoline, 3 meters | Allan Smith | 8.85 | 8.84 | 11.21 | 6.36 | 11.00 | 8.74 | 55.00 | Did not qualify | 31 | |||||