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Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue(s): Helsinki Sailing Society, Liuskasaari, Helsinki
Date Started: July 23, 1952
Date Finished: July 23, 1952
| Gold: | Paul Elvstrøm |
| Silver: | Charles Currey |
| Bronze: | Rickard Sarby |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | PTS | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Elvstrøm | 24 | Denmark | DEN | 1,548 | 1-18:35 | |
| 2 | Alfredo Bercht | 30 | Brazil | BRA | 1,247 | 1-20:29 | |
| 3 | Pyotr Gorelikov | Soviet Union | URS | 1,071 | 1-20:37 | ||
| 4 | Willy Pieper | 41 | Switzerland | SUI | 946 | 1-20:58 | |
| 5 | Jacques Baptiste Lebrun | 41 | France | FRA | 849 | 1-21:27 | |
| 6 | Rickard Sarby | 39 | Sweden | SWE | 770 | 1-22:11 | |
| 7 | Mário Quina | 22 | Portugal | POR | 703 | 1-22:12 | |
| 8 | Charles Currey | 36 | Great Britain | GBR | 645 | 1-22:13 | |
| 9 | Hellmut Stauch | 42 | South Africa | RSA | 594 | 1-22:14 | |
| 10 | Peter Attrill | 22 | Australia | AUS | 548 | 1-22:38 | |
| 11 | Koos de Jong | 40 | Netherlands | NED | 507 | 1-22:42 | |
| 12 | Christian Nielsen | 20 | Belgium | BEL | 469 | 1-23:02 | |
| 13 | Kenneth Albury | 32 | Bahamas | BAH | 434 | 1-23:22 | |
| 14 | Adelchi Pelaschiar | 30 | Italy | ITA | 402 | 1-23:27 | |
| 15 | Gunnar Källström | 44 | Finland | FIN | 372 | 1-23:46 | |
| 16 | Wolfgang Erndl | 30 | Austria | AUT | 344 | 1-24:00 | |
| 17 | Werner Krogmann | 51 | Germany | GER | 318 | 1-24:04 | |
| 18 | Morits Skaugen | 32 | Norway | NOR | 293 | 1-25:34 | |
| 19 | Alf Delany | 41 | Ireland | IRL | 269 | 1-25:35 | |
| 20 | Karlo Bauman | 38 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 247 | 1-26:01 | |
| 21 | Edward Melaika | 21 | United States | USA | 226 | 1-26:34 | |
| 22 | Paul McLaughlin | 32 | Canada | CAN | 206 | 1-26:52 | |
| 23 | Antonios Modinos | Greece | GRE | 186 | 1-27:32 | ||
| 24 | Carlos Miguel Benn | 27 | Argentina | ARG | 168 | 1-27:33 | |
| 25 | Eugenio Lauz | 46 | Uruguay | URU | 150 | 1-28:15 | |
| 26 | Ramón Balcells Rodón | 32 | Spain | ESP | 133 | 1-29:47 | |
| 27 | Jorge de Cárdenas | 19 | Cuba | CUB | 117 | 1-37:45 | |
| AC | Keijiro Kaitoku | 22 | Japan | JPN | DNF |