Norway at the
1952 Winter Olympics
IOC codeNOR
NOCNorwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Websitewww.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Oslo
Competitors73 (61 men, 12 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerHjalmar Andersen (speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
7
Silver
3
Bronze
6
Total
16
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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 × 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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Stein Eriksen 59.2 1 Q 1:02.0 6 2:01.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Magnar Estenstad
Mikal Kirkholt
Martin Stokken
Hallgeir Brenden 		2'23:13 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
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:

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)

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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Torbjørn Falkanger 68.0 113.0 1 64.0 108.5 3 221.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1500 m Nic Stene 2:24.8 15
Ivar Martinsen 2:23.4 8
Roald Aas 2:21.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hjalmar Andersen 2:20.4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
5000 m Yngvar Karlsen 8:48.2 20
Wiggo Hanssen 8:37.2 9
Sverre Haugli 8:22.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hjalmar Andersen 8:10.6 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10,000 m Ingar Nordlund DNF –
Yngvar Karlsen 18:10.6 18
Sverre Haugli 17:30.2 6
Hjalmar Andersen 16:45.8 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1 No bronze medal awarded due to Helgesen finishing behind his direct opponent during his race

References

  • (ed.) Rolf Petersen (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-31. ((cite book)): |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com
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