1952 Winter Olympics / Participant (Norway)

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Norway participated in the VI. 1952 Winter Olympics in the Norwegian capital Oslo with a delegation of 73 athletes in eight disciplines, including 61 men and 12 women. With seven gold, three silver and six bronze medals, the hosts were the most successful nation at these games.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the speed skater Hjalmar Andersen . Andersen competed in three disciplines and was Olympic champion in all, twice with an Olympic record.

Participants by sport

bob

Men, twos

• Arne Holst , Kåre Christiansen (NOR-1)

  13th place (5: 38.41 min)

• Erik Tandberg , Curt James Haydn (NOR-2)

  14th place (5: 39.62 min)

Men, foursome

• Arne Holst , Trygve Brudevold , Curt James Haydn , Kåre Christiansen (NOR-1)

  12th place (5: 21.36 min)

• Reidar Alveberg , Anders Hveem , Arne Røgden , Gunnar Thoresen (NOR-2)

  13th place (5: 24.47 min)

ice Hockey

Men

Jan Erik Adolfsen Arne Berg Egil Bjerklund By Dahl Bjørn Sigmund 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

• 9th place

figure skating

Women

• Ingeborg Nilsson

  24th place (113,322)

• Bjørg Løhnner Øien

  Competition not ended

Couples

• Bjørg Skjælaaen & Reidar Børjeson

  13th place (8,346)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Hroar ​​Elvenes

  500 m: 6th place (44.1 s)

• Finn Helgesen

  500 m: 5th place (44.01 s)

• Arne Johansen

  500 m: bronze (44.0 s)

• Sigmund Søfteland

  500 m: 10th place (44.3 s)

• Roald Carrion

  1500 m: bronze (2: 21.6 min)

• Hjalmar Andersen

  1500 m: gold (2: 20.4 min)

  5000 m: gold (8: 10.6 min, Olympic record)

  10,000 m: gold (16: 45.8 min, Olympic record)

• Ivar Martinsen

  1500 m: 8th place (2: 23.4 min)

• Nic Stene

  1500 m: 15th place (2: 24.8 min)

• Wiggo Hanssen

  5000 m: 9th place (8: 37.2 min)

• Sverre Ingolf Haugli

  5000 m: bronze (8: 22.4 min)

  10,000 m: 6th place (17: 30.2 min)

• Yngvar Karlsen

  5000 m: 20th place (8: 48.2 min)

  10,000 m: 18th place (18: 10.6 min)

• Ingar Nordlund

  10,000 m: race not finished

Nordic combination

• Per Gjelten

  Individual (normal hill / 18 km): 5th place (432.848)

• Ottar Gjermundshaug

  Individual (normal hill / 18 km): 6th place (432,121)

• Simon Slåttvik

  Individual (normal hill / 18 km): Gold (451.621)

• Sverre Stenersen

  Individual (normal hill / 18 km): Bronze (436,335)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Stone Eriksen

  Downhill: 6th place (2: 33.8 min)

  Giant Slalom: Gold (2: 25.0 min)

  Slalom: Silver (2: 01.2 min)

• Gunnar Hjeltnes

  Downhill: 7th place (2: 35.9 min)

  Giant Slalom: 10th place (2: 33.7 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Sverre Johannessen

  Departure: disqualified

• Johnny Lunde

  Downhill: 20th place (2: 43.6 min)

• Guttorm mountains

  Giant slalom: 13th place (2: 34.5 min)

  Slalom: Bronze (2: 01.7 min)

• Alf Opheim

  Giant Slalom: 19th place (2: 35.9 min)

• Per rollum

  Slalom: 8th place (2: 04.5 min)

Women

• Margit Hvammen

  Downhill: 7th place (1: 50.9 min)

  Giant Slalom: 18th place (2: 17.7 min)

  Slalom: 18th place (2: 21.2 min)

• Dagny Jørgensen

  Downhill: 21st place (1: 56.8 min)

  Giant Slalom: 33rd place (2: 31.1 min)

• Borghild Niskin

  Departure: disqualified

  Giant Slalom: 6th place (2: 11.9 min)

  Slalom: 11th place (2: 17.7 min)

• Karen-Sofie Styrmoe

  Departure: 31st place (2: 15.5 min)

  Slalom: 23rd place (2: 27.6 min)

• Tull Gasman

  Giant Slalom: 35th place (2: 34.3 min)

  Slalom: 33rd place (2: 36.9 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Hallgeir Brenden

  18 km: Gold (1:01:34 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2:23:13 h)

• Magnar Estenstad

  18 km: 11th place (1:04:26 h)

  50 km: Bronze (3:38:28 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2:23:13 h)

• Per Gjelten

  18 km: 20th place (1:07:40 h)

• Ottar Gjermundshaug

  18 km: 17th place (1:06:13 h)

• Mikal Kirkholt

  18 km: 12th place (1:04:53 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2:23:13 h)

• Simon Slåttvik

  18 km: 15th place (1:05:40 h)

• Sverre Stenersen

  18 km: 27th place (1:09:44 h)

• Martin Stokken

  18 km: 6th place (1:03:00 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (2:23:13 h)

• Edvin Landsem

  50 km: 7th place (3:40:43 h)

• Harald Maartmann

  50 km: 8th place (3:43:43 h)

• Olav Økern

  50 km: 4th place (3:38:45 h)

Women

• Jorun Askersrud-Tangen

  10 km: 12th place (47:45 min)

• Gina Regland

  10 km: 10th place (45:37 min)

• Marit Øiseth

  10 km: 7th place (45:04 min)

• Squeegee choice

  10 km: 6th place (44:54 min)

Ski jumping

• Arnfinn miner

  Normal hill: Gold (226.0)

• Torbjørn Falkanger

  Normal hill: Silver (221.5)

• Arne Hoel

  Normal hill: 6th place (215.5)

• Halvor Næs

  Normal hill: 4th place (187.0)

Web links

• Norway at the 1952 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )