1952 Winter Olympics / Figure Skating
Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics |
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venue | Oslo |
Competition venue | Jordal Amfi , Bislett Stadium |
Nations | 15th |
Athletes | 63 (26 , 37 ) |
date | 16.-21. February 1952 |
decisions | 3 |
← St. Moritz 1948 |
At the VI. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo , three figure skating competitions were held. The venue was the Jordal Amfi .
Balance sheet
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
2 | Germany | 1 | - | - | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
4th | Austria | - | 1 | - | 1 |
5 | France | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Hungary | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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Men's | Richard Button | Helmut Seibt | James Grogan |
Ladies | Jeannette Altwegg | Tenley Albright | Jacqueline du Bief |
Couples | Ria Baran / Paul Falk | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | Marianna Nagy / László Nagy |
Results
- K = freestyle
- P = compulsory
- Pz = place number
- Pts = points
Men's
space | country | athlete | P | K | Pz | Pt. |
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1 | United States | Richard Button | 1 | 1 | 9 | 192.256 |
2 | AUT | Helmut Seibt | 2 | 5 | 23 | 180.144 |
3 | United States | James Grogan | 3 | 2 | 24 | 180.822 |
4th | United States | Hayes Alan Jenkins | 5 | 3 | 40 | 174.589 |
5 | CAN | Peter Firstbrook | 4th | 4th | 43 | 173.122 |
6th | ITA | Carlo Fassi | 6th | 7th | 50 | 169.822 |
7th | FRA | Alain Giletti | 7th | 6th | 63 | 163.233 |
8th | GER | Frankness stone | 8th | 8th | 72 | 155,956 |
9 | SUI | François Pache | 9 | 11 | 92 | 139.922 |
10 | OUT | Adrian Swan | 12 | 9 | 95 | 138.689 |
11 | AUT | Kurt Oppelt | 11 | 10 | 98 | 137.033 |
12 | HUN | György Czakó | 14th | 12 | 112 | 132.233 |
13 | FIN | Kalle Tuulos | 13 | 13 | 112 | 131.211 |
14th | THE | Per Cock-Clausen | 10 | 11 | 112 | 133.722 |
Date: compulsory February 19; Freestyle February 21.
The competition consisted of compulsory and a five-minute freestyle. The performances were judged by nine judges.
Defending champion Richard Button already had a respectful distance on Seibt (18 / 106.411) after completing his duty (number 9 / 111.133 points), so that the Olympic victory could no longer be taken from him. Grogan (29 / 102,488) was four points behind the Austrian, but it was expected that the American would be the much better free skier and therefore only bronze would be possible for Seibt.
Button had dominated the men's competition since his Olympic victory and not lost a single competition. Despite his comfortable lead from duty, he did not rest in the freestyle. He showed a triple Rittberger , making him the first figure skater to have a triple jump in competition. His second Olympic victory was unanimous and safe.
The fight for second place was closer. European champion Helmut Seibt won the silver medal with the smallest possible margin of one place number (with four to three) in front of James Grogan . Four of the nine judges gave Seibt second place, five third place, which resulted in place number 23. Grogan only got second place three times and third six times, which led to place number 24. 18 year old Hayes Alan Jenkins finished fourth; he was to become the next Olympic champion four years later. The Canadian Peter Firstbrook followed in fifth place , for whom it was the best result of his career. The second best European was the Italian Carlo Fassi in sixth place , ahead of the French Alain Giletti .
Ladies
space | country | sportswoman | P | K | Pz | Pt. |
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1 | GBR | Jeannette Altwegg | 1 | 4th | 14th | 161.756 |
2 | United States | Tenley Albright | 2 | 3 | 22nd | 159.133 |
3 | FRA | Jacqueline du Bief | 4th | 2 | 24 | 158,000 |
4th | United States | Sonya knockers | 3 | 5 | 33 | 154.633 |
5 | United States | Virginia Baxter | 8th | 1 | 50 | 152.211 |
6th | CAN | Suzanne Morrow | 6th | 7th | 56 | 149.333 |
7th | GBR | Barbara Wyatt | 5 | 11 | 63 | 148.378 |
8th | GER | Gundi Busch | 10 | 6th | 75 | 146.289 |
9 | CAN | Marlene Smith | 11 | 9 | 92 | 143.289 |
10 | GER | Erika Kraft | 9 | 10 | 89 | 143.767 |
11 | GBR | Valda Osborn | 7th | 13 | 89 | 144.767 |
12 | GER | Helga Dudzinski | 12 | 8th | 103 | 142.767 |
13 | CAN | Vera Smith | 13 | 15th | 117 | 138.220 |
14th | OUT | Nancy Burley | 17th | 14th | 135 | 135.633 |
15th | SUI | Susi Wirz | 15th | 17th | 136 | 135.578 |
16 | AUT | Annelies Schilhan | 19th | 12 | 140 | 134.744 |
17th | GBR | Patricia Devries | 14th | 20th | 148 | 132.811 |
18th | SUI | Yolande Jobin | 16 | 16 | 151 | 132.478 |
19th | AUT | Sissy black | 22nd | 18th | 178 | 126.878 |
20th | FIN | Leena Pietila | 20th | 21st | 185 | 124.733 |
21st | OUT | Gweneth Molony | 18th | 22nd | 190 | 124.344 |
22nd | NED | Lidy Stoppelman | 21st | 23 | 193 | 123.544 |
23 | HUN | Eszter Jurek | 24 | 19th | 199 | 121.478 |
24 | NOR | Ingeborg Nilsson | 25th | 24 | 215 | 113,322 |
NOR | Bjørg Løhnner Øien | 23 | withdrawn |
Date: compulsory 16./17. February; Freestyle February 21, 1952
The competition consisted of compulsory and a five-minute freestyle. The performances were judged by nine judges.
After the freestyle, Altwegg led with 97.822 points and place number 10 ahead of Albright (93.200 / 21.5), Klopfer (90.967 / 30.0) and Du Brief (90.467 / 38.0).
Couples
space | country | Pair | Pz | Pt. |
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1 | DEU | Ria Baran / Paul Falk | 11.5 | 11,400 |
2 | United States | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | 17.5 | 11.178 |
3 | HUN | Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | 31.0 | 10,822 |
4th | GBR | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | 39.0 | 10,600 |
5 | CAN | Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | 48.0 | 10.489 |
6th | United States | Janet Gerhauser / John Nightingale | 54.0 | 10.289 |
7th | SUI | Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean | 53.0 | 10,300 |
8th | GER | Inge Minor / Hermann Braun | 73.5 | 9,089 |
9 | AUT | Sissy Black / Kurt Oppelt | 83.0 | 9.469 |
10 | HUN | Éva Szöllösy / Gábor Vida | 91.5 | 9.244 |
11 | GBR | Peri Horne / Raymond Lockwood | 94.0 | 9.133 |
12 | SWE | Britta Lindmark / Ulf Berendt | 106 | 8,756 |
13 | NOR | Bjørg Skjælaaen / Reidar Børjeson | 117 | 8.346 |
Date: February 22, 1952
The competition consisted of a five-minute freestyle. The performances were judged by nine judges.
Statement by the representative of the Swiss Ice Skating Association:
Dr. Arnold Huber from the Swiss Ice Skating Association stated in a retrospective in Sport Zurich on February 27, 1952 that in figure skating the judges awarded the two Swiss representatives the marks corresponding to their performance, and that François Pache had also proven himself to be a reliable fighter. With the evaluation of the Grandjean couple “he does not agree; it belongs in 5th place, not 7th. It has once again been shown that the acrobatic in pair skating is rated far too well. The Swiss couple did without it and had to experience that the Canadians, who neglected the dancing part, slipped into the top ranks with their acrobatics. "
Web links
- Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Be behind button" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 20, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ^ "Austria in third place" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 23, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ Sport Zürich, No. 25, February 27, 1952, page 3.