Lebanon at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Lebanon at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLIB
NOCLebanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.lebolymp.org
in Helsinki, Finland
Competitors9 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Lebanon competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, which was held from 19 July to 3 August 1952. This was the country's second appearance in a Summer Olympic Games, following their debut at the 1948 edition. The Lebanese delegation consisted of nine male competitors: boxer Sarkis Moussa, shooters Abdel Sattar Tarabulsi, Khalil Hilmi, and Abdullah Jaroudi Sr., weightlifter Moustafa Laham, and wrestlers Zakaria Chihab, Safi Taha, Khalil Taha, and Michel Skaff.

With Chihab's silver medal in the Greco-Roman bantamweight competition and Khalil Taha's bronze in the Greco-Roman welterweight competition, Lebanon won their first medals in its Olympic history during these Games. In other events, Moussa lost his first round bout in the light welterweight boxing competition, Tarabulsi finished 29th in the 50 metre pistol event, while Hilmi finished 46th in the same event, with Jaroudi finishing 50th in the 50 metre rifle, prone event. Laham finished fifth in the 75 kg weightlifting competition, Safi Taha finished seventh in the Greco-Roman featherweight competition, and Skaff finished sixth in the Greco-Roman light heavyweight event. To date, this is the only Olympic Games in which Lebanon has recorded multiple medals.