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List of 1952 Winter Olympics medal winners

The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the VI Olympic Winter Games,[2] were a multi-sport event held in Oslo, Norway, from February 14–25, 1952. A total of 694 athletes representing 30 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated at the Games in 22 events across 8 disciplines.[3] Of the 30 participating NOCs, Portugal and New Zealand made their Winter Olympic Games debuts in Oslo—neither delegation secured a medal.[3]

A man in a blue outfit with his competitor number "33" pinned to it skiing along a course in front of three other men.
Sverre Stenersen, the 1952 bronze medallist in Nordic combined, pictured here at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy where he won gold in the same event[1]

The Olympic programme changed only slightly from that of the 1948 St. Moritz Olympics, with the addition of women's cross-country skiing, and changes to the alpine skiing line-up where the combined was replaced by the giant slalom.[4] Bandy was held as the sole demonstration event at the Games.[5] Both men and women participated at these Games; aside from cross-country skiing, women also took part in alpine skiing and figure skating. The Games were officially opened by a woman for the first time; Princess Ragnhild of Norway did the honours in the absence of both her father Crown Prince Olav and grandfather King Haakon VII, away in London for the funeral of George VI of the United Kingdom who had died just days before the Games opened.[3][4]

A total of 115 athletes won at least one medal at the Games.[4] On home soil, athletes from Norway won sixteen medals, including seven golds, the most of any country at the Games. The United States (eleven medals, four golds) and Finland (nine medals, three golds) finished second and third in the medal table respectively. Athletes from 13 of the 30 participating NOCs won at least one medal; athletes from eight countries won at least one gold. Of the 13 NOCs which won medals, 10 won more than one.[4] Germany made their return to the Olympics after being barred from both the 1948 Winter and Summer Games for their involvement in World War II.[6] As a result of the war, Germany had been divided into two nations, the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), and the German Democratic Republic. Only the FRG competed at these Games, where they won both the two-man and four-man bobsleigh events by taking advantage of a not-yet implemented rule by the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing that imposed a weight limit on bobsleigh teams.[7]

Dick Button of the United States successfully defended the Olympic title he won in St. Moritz for men's singles figure skating, in the process becoming the first skater to be unanimously ranked first by judges in every round of an Olympic competition.[8] Finland's Lydia Wideman won the first gold medal awarded in women's cross-country skiing, with Mirja Hietamies and Siiri Rantanen completing an all-Finnish podium in the event. Finland won three of the four golds and eight of the twelve medals on offer in the sport.[9] Hjalmar Andersen was the most successful athlete at the Games, winning three gold medals in speed skating. In two of the three events he won, the 5000 m and 10000 m, he set new Olympic records[10] and won by the largest margins in those events' Olympic history:[3] 11 seconds in the 5000 m[11] and nearly 25 seconds in the 10000 m.[12] Mirl Buchner of Germany also won three medals at the Games, with one silver and two bronzes won in alpine skiing. A total of 18 athletes won more than one medal at the Games. However, only four of them won more than one gold medal: Andersen; Andrea Mead Lawrence of the United States; and Lorenz Nieberl and Andreas Ostler of Germany.[4]

Alpine skiing edit

See also: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's downhill[13]
details 		Zeno Colò
  Italy 		Othmar Schneider
  Austria 		Christian Pravda
  Austria
Women's downhill[14]
details 		Trude Jochum-Beiser
  Austria 		Annemarie Buchner
  Germany 		Giuliana Minuzzo
  Italy
Men's giant slalom[15]
details 		Stein Eriksen
  Norway 		Christian Pravda
  Austria 		Toni Spiß
  Austria
Women's giant slalom[16]
details 		Andrea Mead Lawrence
  United States 		Dagmar Rom
  Austria 		Annemarie Buchner
  Germany
Men's slalom[17]
details 		Othmar Schneider
  Austria 		Stein Eriksen
  Norway 		Guttorm Berge
  Norway
Women's slalom[18]
details 		Andrea Mead Lawrence
  United States 		Ossi Reichert
  Germany 		Annemarie Buchner
  Germany

Bobsleigh edit

See also: Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
details 		  Germany (GER)[19]
Germany I
Andreas Ostler
Lorenz Nieberl 		  United States (USA)[20]
USA I
Stanley Benham
Patrick Martin 		  Switzerland (SUI)[21]
Switzerland I
Fritz Feierabend
Stephan Waser
Four-man
details 		  Germany (GER)[19]
Germany I
Andreas Ostler
Friedrich Kuhn
Lorenz Nieberl
Franz Kemser 		  United States (USA)[20]
USA I
Stanley Benham
Patrick Martin
Howard Crossett
James Atkinson 		  Switzerland (SUI)[21]
Switzerland I
Fritz Feierabend
Albert Madörin
André Filippini
Stephan Waser

Cross-country skiing edit

 
Heikki Hasu was part of Finland's gold medal-winning cross-country relay team at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Hasu also won a silver medal at the same Games in Nordic combined.
See also: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's 10 km[22]
details 		Lydia Wideman
  Finland 		Mirja Hietamies
  Finland 		Siiri Rantanen
  Finland
Men's 18 km[23]
details 		Hallgeir Brenden
  Norway 		Tapio Mäkelä
  Finland 		Paavo Lonkila
  Finland
Men's 50 km[24]
details 		Veikko Hakulinen
  Finland 		Eero Kolehmainen
  Finland 		Magnar Estenstad
  Norway
Men's 4×10 km relay
details 		  Finland (FIN)[25]
Heikki Hasu
Paavo Lonkila
Urpo Korhonen
Tapio Mäkelä 		  Norway (NOR)[26]
Magnar Estenstad
Mikal Kirkholt
Martin Stokken
Hallgeir Brenden 		  Sweden (SWE)[27]
Nils Täpp
Sigurd Andersson
Enar Josefsson
Martin Lundström

Figure skating edit

See also: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles[28]
details 		Dick Button
  United States 		Helmut Seibt
  Austria 		James Grogan
  United States
Ladies' singles[29]
details 		Jeannette Altwegg
  Great Britain 		Tenley Albright
  United States 		Jacqueline du Bief
  France
Pairs
details 		  Germany (GER)[30]
Ria Falk
Paul Falk 		  United States (USA)[31]
Karol Kennedy
Peter Kennedy 		  Hungary (HUN)[32]
Marianna Nagy
László Nagy

Ice hockey edit

See also: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
details 		  Canada (CAN)[33]
Eric Paterson
Ralph Hansch
John Davies
Don Gauf
Robert Meyers
Thomas Pollock
Al Purvis
Billy Gibson
David Miller
George Abel
Billy Dawe
Robert Dickson
Gordon Robertson
Louis Secco
Francis Sullivan
Robert Watt 		  United States (USA)[34]
Alfred Van Allen
André Gambucci
Arnold Oss
Clifford Harrison
Donald Whiston
Gerald Kilmartin
James Sedin
John Mulhern
John Noah
Joseph Czarnota
Kenneth Yackel
Len Ceglarski
Richard Desmond
Robert Rompre
Ruben Bjorkman 		  Sweden (SWE)[35]
Göte Almqvist
Hans Andersson
Stig Andersson
Åke Andersson
Lars Björn
Göte Blomqvist
Thord Flodqvist
Erik Johansson
Gösta Johansson
Rune Johansson
Sven "Tumba" Johansson
Åke Lassas
Holger Nurmela
Lars Pettersson
Lars Svensson
Sven Thunman
Hans Öberg

Nordic combined edit

See also: Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[36]
details 		Simon Slåttvik
  Norway 		Heikki Hasu
  Finland 		Sverre Stenersen
  Norway

Ski jumping edit

See also: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[37]
details 		Arnfinn Bergmann
  Norway 		Torbjørn Falkanger
  Norway 		Karl Holmström
  Sweden

Speed skating edit

 
Hjalmar Andersen, the Norwegian speed skater who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympics, pictured in October 2010
See also: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres[38]
details 		Ken Henry
  United States 		Don McDermott
  United States 		Gordon Audley
  Canada
Arne Johansen
  Norway
1500 metres[39]
details 		Hjalmar Andersen
  Norway 		Wim van der Voort
  Netherlands 		Roald Aas
  Norway
5000 metres[40]
details 		Hjalmar Andersen
  Norway 		Kees Broekman
  Netherlands 		Sverre Haugli
  Norway
10000 metres[41]
details 		Hjalmar Andersen
  Norway 		Kees Broekman
  Netherlands 		Carl-Erik Asplund
  Sweden

Multiple medallists edit

Athletes who won multiple medals at these Games are listed below by the number of medals won.[4]

Athlete Nation Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Hjalmar Andersen   Norway Speed skating 3 0 0 3
Annemarie Buchner   Germany Alpine skiing 0 1 2 3
Andrea Mead Lawrence   United States Alpine skiing 2 0 0 2
Lorenz Nieberl   Germany Bobsleigh 2 0 0 2
Andreas Ostler   Germany Bobsleigh 2 0 0 2
Hallgeir Brenden   Norway Cross-country skiing 1 1 0 2
Stein Eriksen   Norway Alpine skiing 1 1 0 2
Heikki Hasu   Finland Cross-country skiing 1 1 0 2
Tapio Mäkelä   Finland Cross-country skiing 1 1 0 2
Othmar Schneider   Austria Alpine skiing 1 1 0 2
Paavo Lonkila   Finland Cross-country skiing 1 0 1 2
Stanley Benham   United States Bobsleigh 0 2 0 2
Kees Broekman   Netherlands Speed skating 0 2 0 2
Patrick Martin   United States Bobsleigh 0 2 0 2
Magnar Estenstad   Norway Cross-country skiing 0 1 1 2
Christian Pravda   Austria Alpine skiing 0 1 1 2
Fritz Feierabend   Switzerland Bobsleigh 0 0 2 2
Stephan Waser   Switzerland Bobsleigh 0 0 2 2

See also edit

References edit

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External links edit

 
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  • Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games (1952). VI Olympic Winter Games (PDF) (in Norwegian and English). Oslo: The Organising Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved November 6, 2010.

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