Bandy at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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Bandy at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Bandy pictogram.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates20–23 February
Teams3
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played3
Goals scored12 (4 per game)

Bandy was held as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. A men's program was included but not a women's program.

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Sweden, Norway and Finland participated with their best players and won one match each. All three teams also lost a match apiece. Sweden won the tournament thanks to the best goal difference, with Norway second and Finland third. The three participating countries regularly played friendlies, but this was the first official international bandy tournament since 1913.[ citation needed ]

Though bandy was played in the Soviet Union, they did not partake in the event because they did not compete in any international bandy competitions at that point. While agreements had previously been made to play friendlies against Sweden in the late 1940s, the plans did not come to fruition. [1]

The Olympic bandy games were noticed by the sport's leaders from the Soviet Union, who invited the three Nordic countries to a friendly four-nation bandy tournament in 1954. The first men's Bandy World Championships were not held until five years later, in 1957.

Medalists

Gold:Silver:Bronze:
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  • Yngve Palmqvist
  • Orvar Bergmark
  • Herbert Swartswee
  • Karl-Erik Sjöberg
  • Olle Lindgren
  • Sven-Olof Landar
  • Inge Cahlman
  • Martin Johansson
  • Olle Sääv
  • Sven-Eric Broberg
  • Ernst Hård
  • Agard Magnusson
  • Tore Olsson
  • Henry Olsson
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  • Bosse Halla
  • Leif Eriksen
  • David Eriksen
  • Arne Bakker
  • Tore Frisholm
  • Rolf Person
  • Arne Johansen
  • Einar Andersen
  • Martin Olsen
  • Cato Helgerud
  • Gunnar Fossum
  • Ole Marthinsen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  • Herbert Lundström
  • Juhani Halme
  • Yrjö Jussila
  • Arvo Raitavuo
  • Per-Erik Lindqvist
  • Martti Nyyssönen
  • Olof Stolpe
  • Kauko Tukiainen
  • Erik Åberg
  • Heikki Ollikainen
  • Sakari Salo
  • Pentti Immonen
  • Pentti Hämäläinen

Results

1952 Winter Olympics (Men's bandy)
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 210152+32
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 21014402
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21013632
Source: [ citation needed ]
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3–2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

Final rankings

Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Finland

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References

  1. Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), p. 183 (in Swedish)