title: Pesäpallo at the 1952 Summer Olympics
text: # Pesäpallo at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  
  Pesäpallo, the Finnish variant of baseball, was played as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Summer Olympics at Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland.
  
  The ceremonial first feed, or pitch, was thrown at 18:00 on 31 July by Lauri Pihkala, who had created the sport. The teams playing were the Finnish Baseball Federation and the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation. In a match with a shortened schedule, the Finnish Baseball Federation won, 8–4.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Cava, Pete (Summer 1992). "Baseball in the Olympics". Citius, Altius, Fortius. 1 (1): 7–15.
  * Official Report. XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952.
  * Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans (2011). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement. p. 297. ISBN 9780810875227.
  