List of 1952 Winter Olympics medal winners information
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 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]
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]
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nordic Combined at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
^Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games, p. 4.
^ abcd"Oslo 1952 Winter Olympics". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 8, 2011. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
^ abcdeEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "1952 Oslo Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
^Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games, p. 75.
^Pelle, Kimberly D.; Findling, John E. (1996). Historical dictionary of the modern Olympic movement. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. p. 254. ISBN 0-313-28477-6. Retrieved November 7, 2010. west germany.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bobsleigh at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dick Button Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 20, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hjalmar Andersen Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Speed Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Speed Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
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