1952 Winter Olympics / Participant (New Zealand)
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New Zealand took part in the 1952 Winter Olympics in the Norwegian capital Oslo with five athletes, one woman and four men.
It was the first time a New Zealand team took part in the Winter Olympics . All athletes competed in the alpine skiing competitions, team captain was Sir Roy McKenzie , trainer Herbert Modelhart.
Flag bearer
Austin Haywood carried the New Zealand flag during the opening ceremony at Bislett Stadium .
Participants by sport
Male participants from New Zealand | |||||||
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sport | athlete | discipline | space | comment | |||
Alpine skiing | Roy McKenzie | Discipline? | ? | Team captain | |||
Herbie Familton | Departure | 65 | 3 min. 44.6 s | ||||
Herbie Familton | Giant slalom | 77 | 3 min. 31.7 s | ||||
William Hunt | Giant slalom | 81 | 3 min. 51.6 s | ||||
William Hunt | slalom | ./. | 1 min. 29.5 s, eliminated after the 1st round | ||||
Austin Haywood | Discipline ? | ? | ? | ||||
Female participants from New Zealand | |||||||
sport | athlete | discipline | space | comment | |||
Alpine skiing | Annette Johnson | Giant slalom | 39 | 2 min. 57.7 s | |||
Annette Johnson | slalom | ./. | 2 min 2.5 s, disqualified |
Web links
- New Zealand Olympic Team 1952 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Rolf Petersen (Ed.): The Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo . Oslo 1952 (English, la84foundation.org [PDF; accessed January 31, 2008]).
- Website at NZARE with a biography of Roy McKenzie (English)