Norway was the host nation for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
By winning 7 gold medals, Norway had the most golds at these games. This would be the last time a host country would win the most gold medals at the Winter Olympics until Canada won the most gold medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km Nordic combined Men's individual Ski jumping Men's normal hill Speed skating Men's 1500m Speed skating Men's 5000m Speed skating Men's 10,000m Alpine skiing Men's slalom Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay Ski jumping Men's normal hill Alpine skiing Men's slalom Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km Nordic combined Men's individual Speed skating Men's 500m Speed skating Men's 1500m Speed skating Men's 5000m
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSverre JohannessenDownhillDSQ–Johnny Lunde2:43.620Gunnar Hjeltnes2:35.97Stein Eriksen2:33.86Alf OpheimGiant Slalom2:35.919Guttorm Berge2:34.513Gunnar Hjeltnes2:33.710Stein Eriksen2:25.0Gunnar HjeltnesSlalom1:11.649did not advancePer Rollum1:01.611 Q1:02.992:04.58Guttorm Berge1:01.16 Q1:00.632:01.7Stein Eriksen59.21 Q1:02.062:01.2
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBorghild NiskinDownhillDSQ–Karen-Sofie Styrmoe2:15.531Dagny Jørgensen1:56.821Margit Hvammen1:50.97Tull GasmannGiant Slalom2:34.335Dagny Jørgensen2:31.133Margit Hvammen2:17.718Borghild Niskin2:11.96Tull GasmannSlalom1:29.4351:07.582:36.933Karen-Sofie Styrmoe1:15.0281:12.6272:27.623Margit Hvammen1:09.8141:11.4232:21.218Borghild Niskin1:08.7101:09.0142:17.711
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNOR-1Arne HolstKåre ChristiansenTwo-man1:24.52131:24.77111:24.24121:24.88145:38.4113NOR-2Erik TandbergCurt James HaydnTwo-man1:26.33151:24.82121:24.23111:24.24105:39.6214
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNOR-1Arne HolstTrygve BrudevoldCurt James HaydnKåre ChristiansenFour-man1:20.05121:19.9391:19.98121:21.40125:21.3612NOR-2Reidar AlvebergAnders HveemArne RøgdenGunnar ThoresenFour-man1:21.53151:21.18131:20.77141:20.99105:24.4713
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank18 kmSverre Stenersen1'09:4427Per Gjelten1'07:4020Ottar Gjermundshaug1'06:1317Simon Slåttvik1'05:4015Mikal Kirkholt1'04:5312Magnar Estenstad1'04:2611Martin Stokken1'03:006Hallgeir Brenden1'01:3450 kmHarald Maartmann3'43:438Edvin Landsem3'40:437Olav Økern3'38:454Magnar Estenstad3'38:28
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankMagnar EstenstadMikal KirkholtMartin StokkenHallgeir Brenden2'23:13
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 kmJorun Askersrud47:4512Gina Sigstad45:3710Marit Øiseth45:047Rakel Wahl44:546
Figure skating
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Bjørg Løhner Øien23DNSDNF–– Ingeborg Nilsson2524113.32221524
Pairs AthletesPointsPlacesRank Bjørg SkjærlaaenReidar Børjeson8.34611713
Ice hockey
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating. Team PldWLTGFGAPts 8701711415 8611432113 9720532214 9630502312 844040408 825121565 826021604 816121533 9th808015460
Norway 2-3 USA Norway 0-6 Czechoslovakia Norway 2-4 Sweden Norway 2-7 Switzerland Norway 2-5 Finland Norway 2-6 Germany FR Norway 2-11 Canada Norway 3-4 Poland
Contestants Jan Erik Adolfsen Arne Berg Egil Bjerklund Per Dahl Bjørn Gulbrandsen Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen Finn Gundersen Arthur Kristiansen Gunnar Kroge Johnny Larntvet Roar Pedersen Annar Petersen Ragnar Rygel Leif Solheim Øivind Solheim Roy Strandem Per Voigt
Nordic combined
Events: 18 km cross-country skiing normal hill ski jumping
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.
The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).
AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotalPointsRankDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankPointsRankSverre StenersenIndividual213.335968.069.5223.02436.335Per Gjelten220.848665.066.0212.03432.8485Ottar Gjermundshaug226.121561.064.5206.06432.1216Simon Slåttvik228.121367.066.5223.51451.621
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankHalvor NæsNormal hill63.5108.0864.5108.53216.54Arne Hoel66.5109.0763.5106.55215.56Arnfinn Bergmann67.5112.0268.0114.01226.0Torbjørn Falkanger68.0113.0164.0108.53221.5
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mSigmund Søfteland44.310Hroar Elvenes44.16Finn Helgesen44.015Arne Johansen44.01500 mNic Stene2:24.815Ivar Martinsen2:23.48Roald Aas2:21.6Hjalmar Andersen2:20.45000 mYngvar Karlsen8:48.220Wiggo Hanssen8:37.29Sverre Haugli8:22.4Hjalmar Andersen8:10.6 OR10,000 mIngar NordlundDNF–Yngvar Karlsen18:10.618Sverre Haugli17:30.26Hjalmar Andersen16:45.8 OR
1 No bronze medal awarded as there was a tie for bronze
References
Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com