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See also: 1951 in sports, other events of 1952, 1953 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
Auto Racing
- NASCAR Championship - Tim Flock
- AAA Racing:
- Troy Ruttman won the Indianapolis 500
- Chuck Stevenson won the season championship
- Formula One Championship - Alberto Ascari of Italy
- 24 hours of Le Mans:
- Hermann Lang / Fritz Reiss won, driving a Mercedes 300SL
- Rally racing:
- Sydney Allard / George Warburton won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Allard J2
- Drag racing - In cities and towns across North America, drag racing begins to move from the streets to organized events usually at abandoned airport strips.
Baseball
- January 31: The Hall of Fame elects two new members: Harry Heilmann, with 203 votes, and Paul Waner with 195. Waner, a .333 career hitter, rapped out 3,152 hits and struck out just 376 times in 9,459 career at-bats. Heilmann was similarly skilled with the bat, winning four batting titles with the Tigers and finishing his career with a .342 average
- World Series: New York Yankees win 4 games to 3 over the Brooklyn Dodgers
Basketball
- NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
- Kansas wins 80-63 over St. John's
- NBA Finals:
- Minneapolis Lakers won 4 games to 3 over the Syracuse Nationals
Boxing
- June 25 at Yankee Stadium, Joey Maxim defeats Sugar Ray Robinson by knockout to retain his world light heavyweight title. This is the only knockout Robinson would ever suffer.
- September 23 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rocky Marciano knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott in the 13th round to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
Cricket
- 16 October-18 October, Delhi - Pakistan plays its first Test match, against India. India won by an innings and 70 runs.
Cycling
- Giro d'Italia won by Fausto Coppi of Italy
- Tour de France - Fausto Coppi of Italy
- World Cycling Championship: Heinz Müller of Germany
Field Hockey
- Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Helsinki, Finland
- Gold Medal: India
- Silver Medal: The Netherlands
- Bronze Medal: Great Britain
Figure Skating
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Dick Button, United States
- Women's champion: Jacqueline du Bief, France
- Pairs champions: Ria Falk & Paul Falk, Germany
- World Championships in Ice Dancing introduced as part of the World Figure Skating Championships
Football (American)
- NFL Championship: Detroit Lions win 17-7 over the Cleveland Browns
Football (Australian Rules)
- Victorian Football League
- Geelong wins the 56th VFL Premiership (Geelong 13.8 (86) d Collingwood 5.10 (40))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Roy Wright (Richmond) and Bill Hutchinson (Essendon)
Football (Canadian)
- Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts win 21-11 over the Edmonton Eskimos
Football (soccer)
England
- First Division - Manchester United win the 1951-52 title.
- FA Cup - Newcastle United beat Arsenal 1-0.
Golf
Men's Golf
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- April - The Masters - Sam Snead
- June - US Open - Julius Boros
- July - British Open - Bobby Locke
- August - PGA Championship - Jim Turnesa
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Julius Boros - $37,033
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Dalray
- Canada - Queen's Plate - Epigram
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Nuccio
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Thirteen of Diamonds
Harness Racing
- Little Brown Jug for pacers won by Meadow Rice
- Hambletonian for trotters won by Sharp Note
Ice Hockey
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings
- Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings
- Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 0 over the Montreal Canadiens
- World Hockey Championship
- Men's champion: Canada defeated the United States
Skiing
- Alpine Skiing
- The men's Olympic Gold Medal:
- Downhill: Zeno Colo, Italy
- Slalom: Othmar Schneider, Austria
- Giant Slalom: Stein Eriksen, Norway
- The women's Olympic Gold Medal:
- Downhill: Trude Jochum-Beiser, Austria
- Slalom: Andrea Mead Lawrence, United States
- Giant Slalom: Andrea Mead Lawrence, United States
Snooker
- Schism in snooker means two world championships are held:
- World Snooker Championship (World Matchplay): Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson 38-35
- World Snooker Championship (BA&CC event): Horace Lindrum beats Clark McConachy 94-49
Tennis
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- Davis Cup: Australia wins 4-1 over the United States in world tennis.
General sporting events
- 1952 Summer Olympics takes place in Helsinki, Finland
- United States wins the most medals (76), and the most gold medals (40).
- Emil Zátopek wins marathon.
- 1952 Winter Olympics takes place in Oslo, Norway
- Norway wins the most medals (16), and the most gold medals (7).
Births
- January 3 — Viacheslav Lampeev, Soviet field hockey player
- January 11 — Ben Crenshaw, golfer
- January 12 — John Walker, New Zealand middle distance runner
- January 18 — Wim Rijsbergen, Dutch soccer player and manager
- January 22 — Karen Moe, American swimmer
- January 27 — Brian Gottfried, American tennis player
- February 2 — Jeff Archibald, New Zealand field hockey player
- February 10 — Pinklon Thomas, American boxer
- February 15 — Carla Beurskens, Dutch athlete
- February 15 — Arthur Parkin, New Zealand field hockey player
- February 19 — Freddy Maertens, Belgian cyclist
- February 28 — Pat Ryan, New Zealand boxer
- February 29 — Jaime Arbós, Spanish field hockey player
- March 6 — Ian Cooke, Australian field hockey player
- March 22 — Bob Costas, sports announcer
- March 27 — Jan Albers, Dutch field hockey player
- March 29 — Teofilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer
- April 4 — Julie Staver, American field hockey player
- April 5 — Sandy Mayer, American tennis player
- April 10 — Hugo Broos, Belgian soccer player and manager
- April 23 — Terry Moor, American tennis player
- April 25 — Jacques Santini, French soccer manager
- May 3 — Christine Prinsloo, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- May 19 — Erik Fish, Canadian backstroke swimmer
- May 20 — Roger Milla, Cameroonian soccer player
- May 25 — François van Kruijsdijk, Dutch medley swimmer
- June 1 — Mihaela Loghin, Romanian shot putter
- June 11 — Trevor Laurence, New Zealand field hockey player
- June 13 — Jean-Marie Dedecker, Belgian judo coach
- June 18 — Ron Steens, Dutch field hockey player
- June 25 — Hans-Joachim Abel, German football (soccer) player
- June 28 — Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter
- July 11 — Alan Hobkirk, Canadian field hockey player
- July 3 — Ruud Misdorp, Dutch water polo player
- August 3 — Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentinian football (soccer) player
- August 3 — Wojtek Fibak, Polish tennis player
- August 3 — Thomas Munkelt, East German athlete
- August 4 — Daniel Bautista, Mexican track and field athlete
- August 7 — Kees Kist, Dutch football (soccer) player
- August 9 — Rui Jordão, Angolan-born Portuguese football (soccer) player
- August 12 — Patrick Sweeney, British rower
- August 14 — Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
- August 17 — Nelson Piquet, Brazilian Formula 1-driver
- August 17 — Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
- August 22 — Gerda Lassooy, Dutch medley swimmer
- August 26 — John Kinsella, American swimmer
- August 27 — Barry Dancer, Australian field hockey player and coach
- September 2 — Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
- September 8 — Rod Frawley, Australian tennis player
- September 12 — Pierluigi Marzorati, Italian basketball player
- September 12 — Jeff Rackley, New Zealand boxer
- September 18 — Ton Buunk, Dutch water polo player
- September 25 — Ray Clarke, English football (soccer) player
- October 6 — Jerzy Engel, Polish football (soccer) player and coach
- October 14 — Nikolai Andrianov, Soviet/Russian gymnast
- November 8 — Jan Raas, Dutch professional cyclist
- November 12 — Juan Arbós, Spanish field hockey player
- November 17 — Ties Kruize, Dutch field hockey player
- November 17 — Roman Ogaza, Polish football (soccer) player (d. 2006)
- November 21 — Eamonn Coghlan, Irish track and field athlete
- December 15 — Allan Simonsen, Danish football (soccer) player and coach
Deaths
- January 17: Detroit Tigers owner Walter O. Briggs dies at the age of 74. His son will succeed him in the presidency.
- March 30: Deacon Phillippe, Major League Baseball player (1899-1911)
- July 3: Fred Tenney, Major League Baseball player (1894-1911)
- August 30: Arky Vaughan, Major League Baseball player (1932-1948)
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