Norway at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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Norway at the
1952 Winter Olympics
Flag of Norway.svg
IOC code NOR
NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.idrett.no  (in Norwegian)
in Oslo
Competitors73 (61 men, 12 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Hjalmar 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.

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

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sverre Johannessen DownhillDSQ
Johnny Lunde 2:43.620
Gunnar Hjeltnes 2:35.97
Stein Eriksen 2:33.86
Alf Opheim Giant Slalom2:35.919
Guttorm Berge 2:34.513
Gunnar Hjeltnes 2:33.710
Stein Eriksen 2:25.0Gold medal icon.svg
Gunnar Hjeltnes Slalom1:11.649did not advance
Per Rollum 1:01.611 Q1:02.992:04.58
Guttorm Berge 1:01.16 Q1:00.632:01.7Bronze medal icon.svg
Stein Eriksen 59.21 Q1:02.062:01.2Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Borghild Niskin DownhillDSQ
Karen-Sofie Styrmoe 2:15.531
Dagny Jørgensen 1:56.821
Margit Hvammen 1:50.97
Tull Gasmann Giant Slalom2:34.335
Dagny Jørgensen 2:31.133
Margit Hvammen 2:17.718
Borghild Niskin 2:11.96
Tull Gasmann Slalom1:29.4351:07.582:36.933
Karen-Sofie Styrmoe 1:15.0281:12.6272:27.623
Margit Hvammen 1:09.8141:11.4232:21.218
Borghild Niskin 1:08.7101:09.0142:17.711

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
NOR-1 Arne Holst
Kåre Christiansen
Two-man1:24.52131:24.77111:24.24121:24.88145:38.4113
NOR-2 Erik Tandberg
Curt James Haydn
Two-man1:26.33151:24.82121:24.23111:24.24105:39.6214
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
NOR-1 Arne Holst
Trygve Brudevold
Curt James Haydn
Kåre Christiansen
Four-man1:20.05121:19.9391:19.98121:21.40125:21.3612
NOR-2 Reidar Alveberg
Anders Hveem
Arne Røgden
Gunnar Thoresen
Four-man1:21.53151:21.18131:20.77141:20.99105:24.4713

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 km Sverre Stenersen 1'09:4427
Per Gjelten 1'07:4020
Ottar Gjermundshaug 1'06:1317
Simon Slåttvik 1'05:4015
Mikal Kirkholt 1'04:5312
Magnar Estenstad 1'04:2611
Martin Stokken 1'03:006
Hallgeir Brenden 1'01:34Gold medal icon.svg
50 km Harald Maartmann 3'43:438
Edvin Landsem 3'40:437
Olav Økern 3'38:454
Magnar Estenstad 3'38:28Bronze medal icon.svg
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Magnar Estenstad
Mikal Kirkholt
Martin Stokken
Hallgeir Brenden
2'23:13Silver medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km Jorun Tangen-Askersrud 47:4512
Gina Regland-Sigstad 45:3710
Marit Øiseth 45:047
Rakel Wahl 44:546

Figure skating

Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Bjørg Løhner Øien 23DNSDNF
Ingeborg Nilsson 2524113.32221524
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesRank
Bjørg Skjærlaaen
Reidar Børjeson
8.34611713

Ice hockey

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

TeamPldWLTGFGAPts
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 8701711415
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8611432113
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9720532214
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 9630502312
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 844040408
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 825121565
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 826021604
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 816121533
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 9th808015460
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:

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 JumpingTotal
PointsRankDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankPointsRank
Sverre Stenersen Individual213.335968.069.5223.02436.335Bronze medal icon.svg
Per Gjelten 220.848665.066.0212.03432.8485
Ottar Gjermundshaug 226.121561.064.5206.06432.1216
Simon Slåttvik 228.121367.066.5223.51451.621Gold medal icon.svg

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Halvor Næs Normal hill63.5108.0864.5108.53216.54
Arne Hoel 66.5109.0763.5106.55215.56
Arnfinn Bergmann 67.5112.0268.0114.01226.0Gold medal icon.svg
Torbjørn Falkanger 68.0113.0164.0108.53221.5Silver medal icon.svg

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Sigmund Søfteland 44.310
Hroar Elvenes 44.16
Finn Helgesen 44.015
Arne Johansen 44.0Bronze medal icon.svg
1500 m Nic Stene 2:24.815
Ivar Martinsen 2:23.48
Roald Aas 2:21.6Bronze medal icon.svg
Hjalmar Andersen 2:20.4Gold medal icon.svg
5000 m Yngvar Karlsen 8:48.220
Wiggo Hanssen 8:37.29
Sverre Haugli 8:22.4Bronze medal icon.svg
Hjalmar Andersen 8:10.6 ORGold medal icon.svg
10,000 m Ingar Nordlund DNF
Yngvar Karlsen 18:10.618
Sverre Haugli 17:30.26
Hjalmar Andersen 16:45.8 ORGold medal icon.svg
1 No bronze medal awarded as there was a tie for bronze

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