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List of 1952 Winter Olympics medal winners

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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 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]

Alpine skiing

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
Lasse 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

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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

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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

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A colour photograph of a Scandinavian man in his eighties. He is seen wearing a red overcoat.
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

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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

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References

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  • "Oslo 1952". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
  • 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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