| United States at the 1952 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | USA |
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
| in Oslo, Norway February 14–25, 1952 | |
| Competitors | 65 (55 men, 10 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | James Bickford (bobsleigh) |
| Medals Ranked 2nd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United States competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
Men
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Bill Beck | Downhill | — | 2:33.3 | 5 | |||
| Dick Buek | 2:39.1 | 12 | |||||
| Brooks Dodge | 2:52.2 | 32 | |||||
| Jack Reddish | 2:41.5 | 14 | |||||
| Brooks Dodge | Giant slalom | — | 2:32.6 | 6 | |||
| David Lawrence | 2:48.6 | 35 | |||||
| Jack Nagel | 2:42.0 | 29 | |||||
| Jack Reddish | 2:39.5 | 24 | |||||
| Brooks Dodge | Slalom | 1:01.4 | 8 Q | 1:03.3 | 11 | 2:04.7 | 9 |
| Jack Nagel | 1:07.3 | 35 | did not advance | ||||
| Jack Reddish | 1:02.5 | 13 Q | 1:06.5 | 23 | 2:09.0 | 17 | |
| Darrell Robison | 1:05.1 | 25 Q | 1:05.1 | 18 | 2:10.2 | 22 | |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jannette Burr | Downhill | — | DSQ | ||||
| Andrea Mead Lawrence | 1:55.3 | 17 | |||||
| Katy Rodolph | 1:57.4 | 23 | |||||
| Betty Weir | 1:55.7 | 19 | |||||
| Jannette Burr | Giant slalom | — | 2:19.2 | 22 | |||
| Andrea Mead Lawrence | 2:06.8 |  | |||||
| Imogene Opton | 2:15.8 | 15 | |||||
| Katy Rodolph | 2:11.7 | 5 | |||||
| Jannette Burr | Slalom | 1:11.2 | 19 | 1:09.3 | 15 | 2:20.5 | 15 |
| Andrea Mead Lawrence | 1:07.2 | 4 | 1:03.4 | 1 | 2:10.6 | | |
| Imogene Opton | 1:07.4 | 5 | 1:06.7 | 5 | 2:14.1 | 5 | |
| Katy Rodolph | 1:17.6 | 31 | 1:06.4 | 4 | 2:24.0 | 21 | |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Stanley Benham Patrick Martin | Two-man | 1:22.03 | 2 | 1:22.12 | 2 | 1:21.21 | 2 | 1:21.53 | 3 | 5:26.89 |  |
| Frederick Fortune John L. Helmer | 1:23.46 | 7 | 1:24.48 | 8 | 1:23.15 | 7 | 1:22.73 | 5 | 5:33.82 | 7 | |
| Stanley Benham Patrick Martin Howard Crossett James Atkinson | Four-man | 1:17.44 | 2 | 1:17.78 | 2 | 1:16.72 | 2 | 1:18.54 | 4 | 5:10.48 | |
| James Bickford Hubert Miller Maurice R. Severino Joseph Scott | 1:19.13 | 8 | 1:19.97 | 11 | 1:19.49 | 11 | 1:21.09 | 11 | 5:19.68 | 9 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Broomhall | Men's 18 km | 1:14:06 | 57 |
| John Burton | 1:16:47 | 67 | |
| John Caldwell | 1:25:42 | 73 | |
| Theodore A. Farwell | 1:11:54 | 43 | |
| George Hovland | 1:18:05 | 71 | |
| Tom Jacobs | 1:16:43 | 66 | |
| Robert Pidacks | 1:18:25 | 72 | |
| Wendell Broomhall John C. Burton Theodore A. Farwell George Hovland | Men's 4 × 10 km relay | 2:53:28 | 12 |
Individual
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank | ||
| Dick Button | Men's singles | 1 | 1 | 192.256 | 9 | |
| James Grogan | 3 | 2 | 180.822 | 24 |  | |
| Hayes Alan Jenkins | 5 | 3 | 174.589 | 40 | 4 | |
| Tenley Albright | Ladies' singles | 2 | 3 | 159.133 | 22 | |
| Virginia Baxter | 8 | 1 | 152.211 | 50 | 5 | |
| Sonya Klopfer | 3 | 5 | 154.633 | 33 | 4 | |
Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet Gerhauser John Nightingale | Pairs | 10.289 | 54 | 6 |
| Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy | 11.178 | 17.5 | |
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
Summary
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States men | Men's tournament |  Norway W 3–2 |  West Germany W 8–2 |  Finland W 8–2 |  Switzerland W 8–2 |  Sweden L 2–4 |  Poland W 5–3 |  Czechoslovakia W 6–3 |  Canada T 3–3 | |
Roster
| Alfred Van Allen |
| André Gambucci |
| Arnold Oss |
| Clifford Harrison |
| Donald Whiston |
| Gerald Kilmartin |
| James Sedin |
| John Mulhern |
| John Noah |
| Joseph Czarnota |
| Kenneth Yackel |
| Len Ceglarski |
| Richard Desmond |
| Robert Rompre |
Tournament
| 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 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 0 |
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 | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| John Caldwell | Individual | 57.5 | 58.0 | 146.5 | 25 | 1:25:42 | 155.273 | 22 | 301.773 | 22 |
| Theodore Farwell | 60.0 | 60.0 | 196.0 | 13 | 1:11:54 | 205.454 | 13 | 401.454 | 11 | |
| Tom Jacobs | 57.0 | 56.0 | 179.5 | 21 | 1:16:43 | 187.939 | 19 | 367.439 | 21 | |
| Paul Wegeman | 58.5 | 58.5 | 187.0 | 19 | DNF | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Art Devlin | Normal hill | 63.5 | 104.0 | 13 | 60.5 | 97.5 | 23 | 201.5 | 15 |
| Willis Olson | 62.5 | 100.5 | 18 | 62.0 | 93.0 | 31 | 193.5 | 22 | |
| Art Tokle | 62.5 | 100.5 | 18 | 63.0 | 99.0 | 20 | 199.5 | 18 | |
| Keith Wegeman | 62.5 | 102.0 | 16 | 61.5 | 102.5 | 11 | 204.5 | 12 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Fitzgerald | 500 m | 44.9 | 15 |
| Ken Henry | 43.2 | | |
| Don McDermott | 43.9 | | |
| Johnny Werket | 44.5 | 11 | |
| Ken Henry | 1500 m | 2:25.0 | 17 |
| Don McDermott | 2:28.8 | 28 | |
| Pat McNamara | 2:25.5 | 18 | |
| Johnny Werket | 2:24.3 | 12 | |
| Al Broadhurst | 5000 m | 9:09.2 | 34 |
| Chuck Burke | 9:06.4 | 33 | |
| Ken Henry | 8:59.9 | 29 | |
| Pat McNamara | 8:53.4 | 24 | |
| Al Broadhurst | 10,000 m | 18:44.2 | 25 |
| Chuck Burke | 19:07.1 | 27 | |
| Pat McNamara | 18:08.7 | 16 | |
| Johnny Werket | DNF | ||
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 1952 in Oslo, the capital of Norway.
Canada competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Sweden competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Sweden competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
The United States competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Norway competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Norway was the host nation for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
Austria competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Austria competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Italy competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Nino Bibbia won the nation's first medal at the Winter Games.
Italy competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Switzerland was the host nation for the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. It was the second time that Switzerland had hosted the Winter Games, after the 1928 Winter Olympics, also in St. Moritz.
Switzerland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Finland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The country's only medal was a silver in ice hockey.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Germany competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway after not having been invited to the 1948 Winter Olympics because of their role in World War II, and because the NOC restored in 1947 as Deutscher Olympischer Ausschuß did not represent a recognized state yet. The Federal Republic of Germany was founded in 1949, the NOC for Germany was renamed and in 1951 recognized by the IOC while recognition of a separate NOC of the GDR was declined. East Germans were told to cooperate in a single team Germany, which they declined in 1952, but accepted for 1956 and later.
Poland competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Romania competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Japan competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Japan returned to the Winter Games after not being invited to the 1948 Winter Olympics because of the nation's role in World War II.
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