| Nordic Combined at the VI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Holmenkollbakken | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 17–18 February 1952 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning Score | 451.62 | ||||||||||||
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At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, one Nordic combined event was contested. This marked the first time in Olympic history that the ski jumping portion of the competition was held before the 18 km cross-country skiing segment. [1]
| Gold | Simon Slåttvik  Norway |
| Silver | Heikki Hasu  Finland |
| Bronze | Sverre Stenersen Norway |
| Rank | Athlete | Jumping | 18 km Cross-Country | Final | |||||||||
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| Jump | Distance | Style | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | |||||||
| A | B | C | D | E | |||||||||
| Gold |  Simon Slåttvik (NOR) | 1 | 67.5m | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 1 | 1:05:40 | 228.121 | 3 | 451.621 |
| 2 | 67.0m | 17.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18.5 | |||||||
| 3 | 66.5m | 17.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | |||||||
| Silver |  Heikki Hasu (FIN) | 1 | 63.0m | 16.5 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5 | 1:02:24 | 240.000 | 1 | 447.500 |
| 2 | 63.0m | 16.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 16.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 61.0m | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | |||||||
| Bronze | Sverre Stenersen (NOR) | 1 | 67.0m | 17.0 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 2 | 1:09:44 | 213.335 | 9 | 436.335 |
| 2 | 68.0m | 16.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | |||||||
| 3 | 69.5m | 17.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | |||||||
| 4 | Paavo Korhonen (FIN) | 1 | 61.0m | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6 | 1:05:30 | 228.727 | 2 | 434.727 |
| 2 | 61.0m | 16.0 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 16.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 63.5m | 16.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 16.0 | |||||||
| 5 | Per Gjelten (NOR) | 1 | 65.0m | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 3 | 1:07:40 | 220.848 | 6 | 432.848 |
| 2 | 64.5m | 15.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 66.0m | 16.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | |||||||
| 6 | Ottar Gjermundshaug (NOR) | 1 | 61.0m | 15.5 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 6 | 1:06:13 | 226.121 | 5 | 432.121 |
| 2 | 64.5m | 16.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | |||||||
| 3 | 68.0m | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |||||||
| 7 | Aulis Sipponen (FIN) | 1 | 59.0m | 15.5 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 12 | 1:06:03 | 226.727 | 4 | 425.227 |
| 2 | 60.0m | 16.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 15.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 61.5m | 16.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | |||||||
| 8 | Eeti Nieminen (FIN) | 1 | 59.0m | 16.0 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 6 | 1:08:24 | 218.181 | 7 | 424.181 |
| 2 | 62.5m | 16.0 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 16.0 | 15.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 64.5m | 16.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.0 | |||||||
| 9 |  Hans Eder (AUT) | 1 | 61.5m | 16.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 4 | 1:10:13 | 211.575 | 11 | 420.575 |
| 2 | 62.0m | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 16.5 | |||||||
| 3 | 64.5m | 17.0 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | |||||||
| 10 |  Alfons Supersaxo (SUI) | 1 | 61.0m | 15.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 9 | 1:09:38 | 213.696 | 8 | 415.196 |
| 2 | 60.5m | 16.0 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | |||||||
| 3 | 62.5m | 16.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 15.5 | |||||||
| 11 |  Theodore A. Farwell (USA) | 1 | 60.0m | 15.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 13 | 1:11:54 | 205.454 | 13 | 401.454 |
| 2 | 59.5m | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 60.0m | 14.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | |||||||
| 12 |  Alfredo Prucker (ITA) | 1 | 58.5m | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 17 | 1:10:56 | 208.970 | 12 | 397.970 |
| 2 | 59.5m | 15.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | |||||||
| 3 | 60.5m | 13.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | |||||||
| 13 |  Erik Elmsäter (SWE) | 1 | 61.0m | 16.5 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 11 | 1:13:46 | 198.667 | 16 | 397.667 |
| 2 | 59.5m | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 62.0m | 15.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | |||||||
| 14 |  Ryoichi Fujisawa (JPN) | 1 | 61.5m | 15.0 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 10 | 1:14:41 | 195.333 | 18 | 396.333 |
| 2 | 59.5m | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 14.5 | |||||||
| 3 | 63.0m | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | |||||||
| 15 |  Heinz Hauser (GER) | 1 | 60.0m | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 14 | 1:13:30 | 199.636 | 15 | 393.136 |
| 2 | 59.0m | 14.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 62.0m | 14.5 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | |||||||
| 16 |  Vlastimil Melich (TCH) | 1 | 58.0m | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 23 | 1:10:09 | 211.818 | 10 | 390.818 |
| 2 | 56.0m | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | |||||||
| 3 | 58.0m | 13.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | |||||||
| 17 | Lars-Erik Efverström (SWE) | 1 | 59.5m | 15.0 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 15 | 1:14:19 | 196.667 | 17 | 389.667 |
| 2 | 59.0m | 13.5 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 14.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 60.5m | 16.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | |||||||
| 18 | Leopold Kohl (AUT) | 1 | 58.0m | 14.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 20 | 1:13:10 | 200.848 | 14 | 383.348 |
| 2 | 57.0m | 15.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 13.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 58.0m | 14.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 13.0 | |||||||
| 19 |  Niculae-Cornel Crăciun (ROU) | 1 | 57.5m | 15.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 16 | 1:17:11 | 186.121 | 20 | 376.621 |
| 2 | 56.5m | 15.0 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | |||||||
| 3 | 59.5m | 15.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 16.0 | |||||||
| 20 | Sepp Schiffner (AUT) | 1 | 56.5m | 13.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 19 | 1:17:31 | 185.030 | 21 | 371.530 |
| 2 | 59.5m | 14.0 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 13.5 | |||||||
| 3 | 60.5m | 12.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | |||||||
| 21 | Thomas M. Jacobs (USA) | 1 | 57.0m | 14.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 21 | 1:16:43 | 187.939 | 19 | 367.439 |
| 2 | 56.5m | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 56.0m | 14.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | |||||||
| 22 | John H. Caldwell (USA) | 1 | 57.5m | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 25 | 1:25:42 | 155.273 | 22 | 301.773 |
| 2 | 57.5m | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 58.0m | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 12.0 | |||||||
| - | Alvin P. Wegeman (USA) | 1 | 58.5m | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 18 | DNF | - | - | |
| 2 | 58.5m | 14.5 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | |||||||
| 3 | 59.5m | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |||||||
| - | Helmut Böck (GER) | 1 | 57.5m | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 22 | DNF | - | - | |
| 2 | 54.5m | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 58.5m | 13.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | |||||||
| - | Peter Radacher (AUT) | 1 | 57.0m | 14.0 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 24 | DNF | - | - | |
| 2 | 56.5m | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |||||||
| 3 | 58.0m | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 4.0 | |||||||
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Austria (4) Finland (4) Germany (2) Italy (1) Japan (1) Norway (4) Romania (1) Switzerland (1) Sweden (2) Czechoslovakia (1) United States (4)
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