1952 Winter Olympics / Participant (Iceland)

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Iceland participated in the 1952 Winter Olympics in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, with eleven male athletes in three sports; never before and after that have more participants started for the northern European country.

After 1948 it was Iceland's second participation in the Winter Olympics .

Flag bearer

Gísli Benóný Kristjánsson , who did not start in any discipline, carried the flag of Iceland during the opening ceremony in the Bislett Stadium .

List of Icelandic participants

sport	athlete	discipline	space
Alpine skiing	Ásgeir Eyjólfsson	Departure	52
		Giant slalom	63
		slalom	27 +
	Haukur Sigurðsson	Departure	49 +
		Giant slalom	51 +
		slalom	DNF
	Jón Karl Sigurðsson	Departure	54
		Giant slalom	57
		slalom	40
	Stefán Kristjánsson	Departure	50
		Giant slalom	68
		slalom	46
Nordic skiing, cross-country skiing	Ebeneser Þórarinsson	18 kilometers	40
	Gunnar Petursson	18 kilometers	32 +
	Ivar Stefánsson	50 kilometers	29 +
	Jón Kristjánsson	18 kilometers	45
		50 kilometers	30th
	Matthías Kristjánsson	50 kilometers	33
	Oddur Petursson	18 kilometers	55
	Ebeneser Þórarinsson Ivar Stefánsson Jón Kristjánsson Oddur Pétursson	4 × 10 kilometers (relay)	11
Nordic skiing , ski jumping	Ari Friðbjörn Guðmundsson	Normal hill	35
If several Icelanders took part in one discipline, the best placement is marked with a + .

Web links

• Icelandic Olympic team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )