1952 Winter Olympics

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VI Olympic Winter Games
The emblem is a circle with the Olympic rings and the New Oslo Town Hall in the centre. Bordering the circle are the words, "DE VI. OLYMPISKE VINTERLEKER OSLO 1952".
Host city	Oslo, Norway
Nations participating	30
Athletes participating	694 (585 men, 109 women)
Events	22 in 6 sports
Opening ceremony	February 14, 1952
Closing ceremony	February 25, 1952
Officially opened by	Princess Ragnhild
Athlete's Oath	Torbjørn Falkanger
Olympic Torch	Eigil Nansen
Stadium	Bislett stadion

Contents 1 Highlights 2 Medal winners 2.1 Demonstration sport 3 Participating nations 4 Medal count 5 References

[edit] Highlights

The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1952 in Oslo, Norway.

• In the speedskating Hjalmar Andersen won 3 gold medals in the 1,500 m, the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m.
• In the alpine skiing the winner of the downhill was the Italian Zeno Colò in a time of 2:30.80 and in the slalom event Othmar Schneider was the champion with Antoin Miliordos falling 18 times before finishing his run, as he went over the line backwards.
• In bandy, Sweden, Norway and Finland participated with their best players and Sweden won the tournament, with Norway second and Finland third.

[edit] Medal winners

See the medal winners ordered by sport:

• Alpine skiing
• Bobsleigh
• Figure skating
• Ice hockey
• Nordic skiing
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Nordic combined
  • Ski jumping
• Speed skating

[edit] Demonstration sport

• Bandy

[edit] Participating nations

A total of 30 nations sent athletes to compete at these Games, which was the highest number to that date. New Zealand and Portugal participated at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time. Australia, Germany, and Japan returned, after having missed the 1948 Winter Olympics. Korea, Liechtenstein, and Turkey did not participate in 1952, after having competed in 1948.

Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada Chile Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland

France Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Japan Lebanon Netherlands New Zealand

Norway Poland Portugal Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland United States West Germany Yugoslavia

[edit] Medal count

Main article: 1952 Winter Olympics medal count

These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1952 Winter Games.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (host nation)	7	3	6	16
2	United States	4	6	1	11
3	Finland	3	4	2	9
4	West Germany	3	2	2	7
5	Austria	2	4	2	8
6	Canada	1	0	1	2
	Italy	1	0	1	2
8	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
9	Netherlands	0	3	0	3
10	Sweden	0	0	4	4

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee – Oslo 1952 main page
• Oslo 1952 – official report, digitized copy online

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