Norway at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Norway at the Olympic Games
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At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo
Competitors	73 (61 men, 12 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Hjalmar Andersen (speed skating)
Medals Rank: 1	Gold 7	Silver 3	Bronze 6	Total 16
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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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Stein Eriksen	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Gold	Hallgeir Brenden	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Gold	Simon Slåttvik	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Gold	Arnfinn Bergmann	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Gold	Hjalmar Andersen	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Gold	Hjalmar Andersen	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Gold	Hjalmar Andersen	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m
Silver	Stein Eriksen	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Silver	Magnar Estenstad Mikal Kirkholt Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Silver	Torbjørn Falkanger	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Bronze	Guttorm Berge	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Bronze	Magnar Estenstad	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Bronze	Sverre Stenersen	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Bronze	Arne Johansen	Speed skating	Men's 500m
Bronze	Roald Aas	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Bronze	Sverre Haugli	Speed skating	Men's 5000m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sverre Johannessen	Downhill					DSQ	–
Johnny Lunde						2:43.6	20
Gunnar Hjeltnes						2:35.9	7
Stein Eriksen						2:33.8	6
Alf Opheim	Giant Slalom					2:35.9	19
Guttorm Berge						2:34.5	13
Gunnar Hjeltnes						2:33.7	10
Stein Eriksen						2:25.0
Gunnar Hjeltnes	Slalom	1:11.6	49	Did not advance
Per Rollum		1:01.6	11 Q	1:02.9	9	2:04.5	8
Guttorm Berge		1:01.1	6 Q	1:00.6	3	2:01.7
Stein Eriksen		59.2	1 Q	1:02.0	6	2:01.2

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Borghild Niskin	Downhill					DSQ	–
Karen-Sofie Styrmoe						2:15.5	31
Dagny Jørgensen						1:56.8	21
Margit Hvammen						1:50.9	7
Tull Gasmann	Giant Slalom					2:34.3	35
Dagny Jørgensen						2:31.1	33
Margit Hvammen						2:17.7	18
Borghild Niskin						2:11.9	6
Tull Gasmann	Slalom	1:29.4	35	1:07.5	8	2:36.9	33
Karen-Sofie Styrmoe		1:15.0	28	1:12.6	27	2:27.6	23
Margit Hvammen		1:09.8	14	1:11.4	23	2:21.2	18
Borghild Niskin		1:08.7	10	1:09.0	14	2:17.7	11

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Arne Holst Kåre Christiansen	Two-man	1:24.52	13	1:24.77	11	1:24.24	12	1:24.88	14	5:38.41	13
NOR-2	Erik Tandberg Curt James Haydn	Two-man	1:26.33	15	1:24.82	12	1:24.23	11	1:24.24	10	5:39.62	14

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Arne Holst Trygve Brudevold Curt James Haydn Kåre Christiansen	Four-man	1:20.05	12	1:19.93	9	1:19.98	12	1:21.40	12	5:21.36	12
NOR-2	Reidar Alveberg Anders Hveem Arne Røgden Gunnar Thoresen	Four-man	1:21.53	15	1:21.18	13	1:20.77	14	1:20.99	10	5:24.47	13

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Sverre Stenersen	1'09:44	27
	Per Gjelten	1'07:40	20
	Ottar Gjermundshaug	1'06:13	17
	Simon Slåttvik	1'05:40	15
	Mikal Kirkholt	1'04:53	12
	Magnar Estenstad	1'04:26	11
	Martin Stokken	1'03:00	6
	Hallgeir Brenden	1'01:34
50 km	Harald Maartmann	3'43:43	8
	Edvin Landsem	3'40:43	7
	Olav Økern	3'38:45	4
	Magnar Estenstad	3'38:28

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Magnar Estenstad Mikal Kirkholt Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden	2'23:13

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km	Jorun Tangen-Askersrud	47:45	12
	Gina Regland-Sigstad	45:37	10
	Marit Øiseth	45:04	7
	Rakel Wahl	44:54	6

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Bjørg Løhner Øien	23	DNS	DNF	–	–
Ingeborg Nilsson	25	24	113.322	215	24

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Bjørg Skjærlaaen Reidar Børjeson	8.346	117	13

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	71	14	15
United States	8	6	1	1	43	21	13
Sweden	9	7	2	0	53	22	14
Czechoslovakia	9	6	3	0	50	23	12
Switzerland	8	4	4	0	40	40	8
Poland	8	2	5	1	21	56	5
Finland	8	2	6	0	21	60	4
West Germany	8	1	6	1	21	53	3
Norway 9th	8	0	8	0	15	46	0

• 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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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).

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping				Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sverre Stenersen	Individual	213.335	9	68.0	69.5	223.0	2	436.335
Per Gjelten		220.848	6	65.0	66.0	212.0	3	432.848	5
Ottar Gjermundshaug		226.121	5	61.0	64.5	206.0	6	432.121	6
Simon Slåttvik		228.121	3	67.0	66.5	223.5	1	451.621

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Halvor Næs	Normal hill	63.5	108.0	8	64.5	108.5	3	216.5	4
Arne Hoel		66.5	109.0	7	63.5	106.5	5	215.5	6
Arnfinn Bergmann		67.5	112.0	2	68.0	114.0	1	226.0
Torbjørn Falkanger		68.0	113.0	1	64.0	108.5	3	221.5

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Sigmund Søfteland	44.3	10
	Hroar Elvenes	44.1	6
	Finn Helgesen	44.01	5
	Arne Johansen	44.0
1500 m	Nic Stene	2:24.8	15
	Ivar Martinsen	2:23.4	8
	Roald Aas	2:21.6
	Hjalmar Andersen	2:20.4
5000 m	Yngvar Karlsen	8:48.2	20
	Wiggo Hanssen	8:37.2	9
	Sverre Haugli	8:22.4
	Hjalmar Andersen	8:10.6 OR
10,000 m	Ingar Nordlund	DNF	–
	Yngvar Karlsen	18:10.6	18
	Sverre Haugli	17:30.2	6
	Hjalmar Andersen	16:45.8 OR

¹ No bronze medal awarded due to Helgesen finishing behind his direct opponent during his race

References

• Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com