Participating NOCs
A total of 69 nations participated in these Games, up from 59 in the 1948 Games. Thirteen nations made their first Olympic appearance in 1952: The Bahamas, the People's Republic of China, Gold Coast (now Ghana), Guatemala, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Netherlands Antilles, Nigeria, Soviet Union (USSR), Thailand, and Vietnam.
Japan and Germany were both reinstated and permitted to send athletes after being banned for 1948 for their instigation of World War II. Due to the division of Germany, German athletes from Saar entered a separate team for the only time. Only West Germany would provide athletes for the actual Germany team, since East Germany refused to participate in a joint German team.
- Argentina (123)
- Australia (87)
- Austria (112)
- Bahamas (7)
- Belgium (135)
- Bermuda (6)
- Brazil (97)
- British Guiana (1)
- Bulgaria (63)
- Burma (5)
- Canada (107)
- Ceylon (5)
- Chile (59)
- People's Republic of China (1)
- Cuba (29)
- Czechoslovakia (99)
- Denmark (129)
- Egypt (106)
- Finland (258) (Host nation)
- France (245)
- Germany (205)
- Gold Coast (7)
- Great Britain (257)
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- Greece (53)
- Guatemala (21)
- Hong Kong (4)
- Hungary (189)
- Iceland (9)
- India (69)
- Indonesia (3)
- Iran (22)
- Ireland (19)
- Israel (26)
- Italy (231)
- Jamaica (8)
- Japan (69)
- Lebanon (9)
- Liechtenstein (2)
- Luxembourg (44)
- Mexico (64)
- Monaco (8)
- Netherlands (104)
- Netherlands Antilles (11)
- New Zealand (15)
- Nigeria (9)
- Norway (102)
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- Pakistan (38)
- Panama (1)
- Philippines (25)
- Poland (125)
- Portugal (71)
- Puerto Rico (21)
- Romania (114)
- Saar (36)
- Singapore (5)
- South Africa (64)
- South Korea (19)
- Soviet Union (295)
- Spain (30)
- Sweden (206)
- Switzerland (157)
- Thailand (8)
- Trinidad and Tobago (2)
- Turkey (51)
- United States (286)
- Uruguay (32)
- Venezuela (38)
- Vietnam (8)
- Yugoslavia (96)
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