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List of gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London from 29 July to 14 August 1948. Only one discipline, artistic gymnastics, was included in the Games.[1]

Female artistic gymnasts

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NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
 Austria Erika Enzenhofer (1926-09-02)2 September 1926 (aged 21)
Gerti Fesl (1931-09-29)29 September 1931 (aged 16)
Trude Gollner-Kolar (1926-01-23)23 January 1926 (aged 22) Graz, Austria
Gertrude Gries (1924-10-16)16 October 1924 (aged 23)
Gretchen Hehenberger (1918-02-10)10 February 1918 (aged 30)
Traudl Ruckser (1925-02-13)13 February 1925 (aged 23) Vienna, Austria
Edeltraud Schramm (1923-12-16)16 December 1923 (aged 24) Linz, Austria
Gertrude Winnige-Barosch (1929-01-19)19 January 1929 (aged 19)
 Belgium Julienne Boudewijns (1929-08-11)11 August 1929 (aged 18) Antwerp, Belgium
Thérèse de Grijze (1926-08-24)24 August 1926 (aged 21) Ostend, Belgium
Anna Jordaens (1927-12-20)20 December 1927 (aged 20) Mortsel, Belgium
Denise Parmentiers (1915-01-05)5 January 1915 (aged 33) Liège, Belgium
Jenny Schumacher (1921-09-10)10 September 1921 (aged 26) Heusy, Belgium
Yvonne van Bets (1928-12-14)14 December 1928 (aged 19) Mechelen, Belgium
Albertine van Roy-Moens (1915-10-13)13 October 1915 (aged 32) Willebroek, Belgium
Caroline Verbraecken-De Loose (1924-11-26)26 November 1924 (aged 23) Antwerp, Belgium
 Czechoslovakia Zdeňka Honsová (1927-07-03)3 July 1927 (aged 21) Jihlava, Czechoslovakia
Marie Kovářová (1927-05-11)11 May 1927 (aged 21) Luleč, Czechoslovakia
Miloslava Misáková (1922-02-25)25 February 1922 (aged 26) Horákov, Czechoslovakia
Milena Müllerová (1923-06-09)9 June 1923 (aged 25) Babice, Czechoslovakia
Věra Růžičková (1928-08-10)10 August 1928 (aged 19) Brno, Czechoslovakia
Olga Šilhánová (1920-12-21)21 December 1920 (aged 27) Vysoké nad Jizerou, Czechoslovakia
Božena Srncová (1925-06-11)11 June 1925 (aged 23) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Zdeňka Veřmiřovská (1913-06-27)27 June 1913 (aged 35) Kopřivnice, Austria-Hungary
 France Gisèle Guibert (1925-07-04)4 July 1925 (aged 23) Paris, France
Colette Hué (1932-05-11)11 May 1932 (aged 16) Paris, France
Christine Palau (1930-06-11)11 June 1930 (aged 18) Paris, France
Irène Pittelioen (1927-05-13)13 May 1927 (aged 21) Lille, France
Jeanine Touchard (1924-11-25)25 November 1924 (aged 23) Bondy, France
Florence Vallée circa 1928
Jeanette Vogelbacher (1922-02-02)2 February 1922 (aged 26) Belfort, France
Monique Yvinou (1928-06-10)10 June 1928 (aged 20) Quimper, France
 Great Britain Joan Airey (1926-04-04)4 April 1926 (aged 22) Croydon, England
Cissy Davies (1932-12-01)1 December 1932 (aged 15) Swansea, Wales
Pat Evans 1926 Swansea, Wales
Dorothy Hey 1931 Bradford, England
Irene Hirst (1930-07-11)11 July 1930 (aged 18) North Bierley, England
Pat Hirst (1918-11-18)18 November 1918 (aged 29) Wortley, England
Audrey Rennard (1933-01-14)14 January 1933 (aged 15) North Bierley, England
Dorothy Smith (1919-11-16)16 November 1919 (aged 28) Keighley, England
 Hungary Anna Fehér (1921-09-24)24 September 1921 (aged 26) Budapest, Hungary
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles (1924-11-03)3 November 1924 (aged 23) Budapest, Hungary
Irén Karcsics (1927-03-18)18 March 1927 (aged 21) Budapest, Hungary
Mária Kövi-Zalai (1924-10-20)20 October 1924 (aged 23) Târgu Mureș, Romania
Margit Nagy-Sándor (1921-05-29)29 May 1921 (aged 27) Debrecen, Hungary
Erzsébet Sárkány-Balázs (1920-10-15)15 October 1920 (aged 27) Budapest, Hungary
Olga Tass (1929-03-29)29 March 1929 (aged 19) Pécs, Hungary
Edit Weckinger (1923-05-05)5 May 1923 (aged 25) Kispent, Hungary
 Italy Renata Bianchi (1926-07-12)12 July 1926 (aged 22) Cornigliano, Italy
Norma Icardi (1930-08-16)16 August 1930 (aged 17) Trieste, Italy
Licia Macchini (1930-07-11)11 July 1930 (aged 18) Lodi, Italy
Laura Micheli (1931-04-21)21 April 1931 (aged 17) Trieste, Italy
Wanda Nuti (1925-09-21)21 September 1925 (aged 22) Colle di Val d'Elsa, Italy
Luciana Pezzoni (1928-10-31)31 October 1928 (aged 19) Lodi, Italy
Elena Santoni (1930-04-30)30 April 1930 (aged 18) Nereto, Italy
Lilia Torriani (1920-11-30)30 November 1920 (aged 27) Genoa, Italy
 Netherlands Lenie Gerrietsen (1930-03-28)28 March 1930 (aged 18) Utrecht, Netherlands
Truida Heil-Bonnet (1920-07-11)11 July 1920 (aged 28) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dientje Meijer-Haantjes (1918-03-17)17 March 1918 (aged 30) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Klara Post (1926-07-05)5 July 1926 (aged 22) Arnhem, Netherlands
Annie Ros (1926-03-05)5 March 1926 (aged 22) Utrecht, Netherlands
Anna Maria van Geene (1928-02-27)27 February 1928 (aged 20) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cootje van Kampen-Tonneman (1921-09-15)15 September 1921 (aged 26) Horn, Netherlands
Jacoba Wijnands (1924-06-28)28 June 1924 (aged 24) Rotterdam, Netherlands
 Sweden Ingrid Andersson (1924-02-07)7 February 1924 (aged 24) Stockholm, Sweden
Märta Andersson (1925-02-14)14 February 1925 (aged 23) Malmö, Sweden
Kerstin Bohman (1914-11-09)9 November 1914 (aged 33) Hudiksvall, Sweden
Stina Haage (1924-08-03)3 August 1924 (aged 23) Landskrona, Sweden
Gunnel Johansson (1922-08-12)12 August 1922 (aged 25) Växjö, Sweden
Karin Lindberg (1929-10-06)6 October 1929 (aged 18) Kalix, Sweden
Göta Pettersson (1926-12-18)18 December 1926 (aged 21) Stockholm, Sweden
Ingrid Sandahl (1924-11-05)5 November 1924 (aged 23) Stockholm, Sweden
 United States Ladislava Bakanic (1924-05-03)3 May 1924 (aged 24) New York, New York
Marian Barone (1924-03-18)18 March 1924 (aged 24) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dorothy Dalton (1922-08-01)1 August 1922 (aged 25) Newark, New Jersey
Meta Elste (1919-10-16)16 October 1919 (aged 28) Bremen, Germany
Consetta Lenz (1918-09-26)26 September 1918 (aged 29) Allegany, New York
Helen Schifano (1922-04-13)13 April 1922 (aged 26) Newark, New Jersey
Clara Schroth (1920-10-05)5 October 1920 (aged 27) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anita Simonis (1926-03-02)2 March 1926 (aged 22) New York, New York
 Yugoslavia Dragica Basletić (1916-08-30)30 August 1916 (aged 31) Rijeka, Yugoslavia
Neža Černe (1933-01-20)20 January 1933 (aged 15) Maribor, Yugoslavia
Draginja Đipalović unknown
Dragana Đorđević (1914-06-02)2 June 1914 (aged 34)
Vida Gerbec (1925-07-12)12 July 1925 (aged 23) Trieste, Italy
Zlatica Mijatović (1922-03-01)1 March 1922 (aged 26) Sombor, Yugoslavia
Ruža Vojsk (1930-03-31)31 March 1930 (aged 18) Maribor, Yugoslavia
Tanja Žutić (1927-01-29)29 January 1927 (aged 21) Ptuj, Yugoslavia

Male artistic gymnasts

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NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
 Argentina Arturo Amos (1927-03-06)6 March 1927 (aged 21) Temperley, Argentina
César Bonoris (1927-09-22)22 September 1927 (aged 20)
Pedro Lonchibuco circa 1920
Roberto Núñez circa 1928
Enrique Rapesta (1919-04-12)12 April 1919 (aged 29) Saladillo, Argentina
Jorge Soler unknown
Jorge Vidal circa 1917
 Austria Karl Bohusch (1916-05-18)18 May 1916 (aged 32) Vienna, Austria
Hans Friedrich (1924-02-09)9 February 1924 (aged 24)
Gottfried Hermann (1910-06-22)22 June 1910 (aged 38)
Robert Pranz (1905-10-22)22 October 1905 (aged 42)
Hans Sauter (1925-06-06)6 June 1925 (aged 23) Bregenz, Austria
Willi Schreyer (1914-09-09)9 September 1914 (aged 33) Salzburg, Austria
Willi Welt (1926-08-19)19 August 1926 (aged 21)
Ernst Wister (1922-07-11)11 July 1922 (aged 26)
 Cuba Ángel Aguiar (1926-11-07)7 November 1926 (aged 21) Havana, Cuba
Alejandro Díaz (1924-11-24)24 November 1924 (aged 23) Havana, Cuba
Fernando Lecuona (1926-10-20)20 October 1926 (aged 21) Havana, Cuba
Rafael Lecuona (1928-06-02)2 June 1928 (aged 20) Havana, Cuba
Raimundo Rey (1925-07-29)29 July 1925 (aged 23) Havana, Cuba
Baldomero Rubiera (1926-11-24)24 November 1926 (aged 21) Havana, Cuba
Roberto Villacián (1928-09-05)5 September 1928 (aged 19) Havana, Cuba
 Czechoslovakia Pavel Benetka (1921-01-26)26 January 1921 (aged 27) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Gustav Hrubý (1916-04-18)18 April 1916 (aged 32) Vienna, Austria
Vladimír Karas (1927-05-22)22 May 1927 (aged 21) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Miroslav Málek (1915-11-30)30 November 1915 (aged 32) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Vratislav Petráček (1910-02-22)22 February 1910 (aged 38) České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Zdeněk Růžička (1925-04-15)15 April 1925 (aged 23) Ivančice, Czechoslovakia
Leo Sotorník (1926-04-11)11 April 1926 (aged 22) Vítkovice, Czechoslovakia
František Wirth (1915-03-07)7 March 1915 (aged 33) Prague, Czechoslovakia
 Denmark Elkana Grønne (1925-02-24)24 February 1925 (aged 23) Esbjerg, Denmark
Freddy Jensen (1926-01-28)28 January 1926 (aged 22) Nuuk, Greenland
Poul Jessen (1926-02-17)17 February 1926 (aged 22) Copenhagen, Denmark
Børge Minerth (1920-04-02)2 April 1920 (aged 28) Copenhagen, Denmark
Vilhelm Møller (1922-02-20)20 February 1922 (aged 26)
Gunner Olesen (1916-12-22)22 December 1916 (aged 31) Slagelse, Denmark
Arnold Thomsen (1913-05-31)31 May 1913 (aged 35) Esbjerg, Denmark
Volmer Thomsen (1917-10-31)31 October 1917 (aged 30) Horsens, Denmark
 Egypt Mahmoud Abdel-Aal (1929-02-11)11 February 1929 (aged 19)
Moustafa Abdelal unknown Cairo, Egypt
Ahmed Khalaf Ali unknown
Mohamed Aly unknown
Ahmed Khalil El-Giddawi 1931 Cairo, Egypt
Ali El-Hefnawi unknown
Mohamed Roushdi (1921-07-21)21 July 1921 (aged 27) Cairo, Egypt
Ali Zaky 1930 Alexandria, Egypt
 Finland Paavo Aaltonen (1919-12-12)12 December 1919 (aged 28) Kemi, Finland
Veikko Huhtanen (1919-06-05)5 June 1919 (aged 29) Vyborg, Finland
Kalevi Laitinen (1918-05-19)19 May 1918 (aged 30) Kotka, Finland
Olavi Rove (1915-07-29)29 July 1915 (aged 33) Helsinki, Finland
Aleksanteri Saarvala (1913-04-09)9 April 1913 (aged 35) Vyborg, Finland
Sulo Salmi (1914-03-04)4 March 1914 (aged 34) Vaasa, Finland
Heikki Savolainen (1907-09-28)28 September 1907 (aged 40) Joensuu, Finland
Einari Teräsvirta (1914-12-07)7 December 1914 (aged 33) Vyborg, Finland
 France Alphonse Anger (1915-08-20)20 August 1915 (aged 32) Pfastatt, France
Marcel de Wolf (1919-09-19)19 September 1919 (aged 28) Trith-Saint-Léger, France
Raymond Dot (1926-12-20)20 December 1926 (aged 21) Puteaux, France
Lucien Masset (1914-05-11)11 May 1914 (aged 34) Lyon, France
Michel Mathiot (1926-08-23)23 August 1926 (aged 21) Besançon, France
Antoine Schildwein (1911-08-10)10 August 1911 (aged 36) Sarreguemines, France
Auguste Sirot (1919-09-29)29 September 1919 (aged 28) Roanne, France
André Weingand (1915-03-14)14 March 1915 (aged 33) Luxeuil-les-Bains, France
 Great Britain Ken Buffin (1923-11-01)1 November 1923 (aged 24) Barry, Wales
Jack Flaherty (1908-09-21)21 September 1908 (aged 39) Manchester, England
Glyn Hopkins (1928-10-01)1 October 1928 (aged 19) Pontypridd, Wales
Percy May (1927-10-06)6 October 1927 (aged 20) Swansea, Wales
Frank Turner (1922-11-05)5 November 1922 (aged 25) London, England
Ivor Vice (1929-07-23)23 July 1929 (aged 19) Swansea, Wales
Alec Wales (1916-12-04)4 December 1916 (aged 31) Stepney, England
George Weedon (1920-07-03)3 July 1920 (aged 28) Richmond, England
 Hungary László Baranyai (1920-01-13)13 January 1920 (aged 28) Budapest, Hungary
József Fekete (1923-02-27)27 February 1923 (aged 25) Kecskemét, Hungary
János Mogyorósi-Klencs (1922-03-31)31 March 1922 (aged 26) Debrecen, Hungary
Győző Mogyorossy (1914-12-23)23 December 1914 (aged 33) Debrecen, Hungary
Ferenc Pataki (1917-09-18)18 September 1917 (aged 30) Budapest, Hungary
Lajos Sántha (1915-07-13)13 July 1915 (aged 33) Csorvás, Hungary
Lajos Tóth (1914-08-25)25 August 1914 (aged 33) Debrecen, Hungary
Ferenc Várkõi (1916-01-27)27 January 1916 (aged 32) Csongrád, Hungary
 Italy Egidio Armelloni (1909-07-22)22 July 1909 (aged 39) Soresina, Italy
Guido Figone (1927-10-13)13 October 1927 (aged 20) Chiavari, Italy
Danilo Fioravanti (1913-08-23)23 August 1913 (aged 34) Berra, Italy
Domenico Grosso (1922-06-15)15 June 1922 (aged 26) Legnano, Italy
Savino Guglielmetti (1911-11-26)26 November 1911 (aged 36) Milan, Italy
Ettore Perego (1913-04-11)11 April 1913 (aged 35) Monza, Italy
Quinto Vadi (1921-09-13)13 September 1921 (aged 26) Faenza, Italy
Luigi Zanetti (1921-09-20)20 September 1921 (aged 26) Padua, Italy
 Luxembourg Jos Bernard (1924-04-26)26 April 1924 (aged 24) Cologne, Germany
Menn Krecke (1922-12-20)20 December 1922 (aged 25) Neudorf-Weimershof, Luxembourg
Jey Kugeler (1910-04-18)18 April 1910 (aged 38) Schifflange, Luxembourg
Pierre Schmitz (1920-05-16)16 May 1920 (aged 28) Differdange, Luxembourg
René Schroeder (1920-12-23)23 December 1920 (aged 27) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Josy Stoffel (1928-06-27)27 June 1928 (aged 20) Differdange, Luxembourg
Polo Welfring (1926-04-10)10 April 1926 (aged 22) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Georges Wengler (1918-11-14)14 November 1918 (aged 29) Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
 Mexico Dionisio Aguilar unknown
Jorge Castro (1919-06-22)22 June 1919 (aged 29) Mexico City, Mexico
Rubén Lira (1922-10-22)22 October 1922 (aged 25) Monterrey, Mexico
Everardo Ríos (1915-05-12)12 May 1915 (aged 33) Los Aldamas, Mexico
Nicanor Villarreal (1919-04-01)1 April 1919 (aged 29) Monterrey, Mexico
 Switzerland Karl Frei (1917-03-08)8 March 1917 (aged 31) Regensdorf, Switzerland
Christian Kipfer (1921-12-19)19 December 1921 (aged 26)
Walter Lehmann (1919-01-13)13 January 1919 (aged 29) Hütten, Switzerland
Robert Lucy (1923-02-20)20 February 1923 (aged 25)
Michael Reusch (1914-02-03)3 February 1914 (aged 34) Rothrist, Switzerland
Josef Stalder (1919-02-06)6 February 1919 (aged 29) Lucerne, Switzerland
Emil Studer (1914-05-11)11 May 1914 (aged 34)
Melchior Thalmann (1924-05-21)21 May 1924 (aged 24)
 United States William Bonsall (1923-12-31)31 December 1923 (aged 24) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Louis Bordo (1920-06-02)2 June 1920 (aged 28) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Frank Cumiskey (1912-09-06)6 September 1912 (aged 35) West New York, New Jersey
Vincent D'Autorio (1915-10-01)1 October 1915 (aged 32) Newark, New Jersey
Joe Kotys (1925-10-31)31 October 1925 (aged 22) Olyphant, Pennsylvania
Bill Roetzheim (1928-08-07)7 August 1928 (aged 19) Chicago, Illinois
Ed Scrobe (1923-01-26)26 January 1923 (aged 25) New York, New York
Ray Sorensen (1922-05-12)12 May 1922 (aged 26) Warren, Pennsylvania
 Yugoslavia Stjepan Boltižar (1913-08-01)1 August 1913 (aged 34) Varaždin, Yugoslavia
Konrad Grilc (1909-10-25)25 October 1909 (aged 38) Celje, Yugoslavia
Karel Janež (1914-01-22)22 January 1914 (aged 34) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Drago Jelić (1914-11-16)16 November 1914 (aged 33)
Ivica Jelić (1917-09-28)28 September 1917 (aged 30)
Josip Kujundžić 1916 Bačka, Yugoslavia
Miro Longyka (1913-03-22)22 March 1913 (aged 35) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Jakob Šubelj 1922 Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

References

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  1. ^ "London 1948 Gymnastics Artistic Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.