1952 Winter Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)

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Great Britain participated in the VI. 1952 Winter Olympics in the Norwegian capital Oslo with a delegation of 18 athletes in three disciplines, eight of them men and ten women. It was the only nation that went to the games with more women than men. Jeannette Altwegg achieved the only British medal win with her Olympic victory in figure skating.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the figure skater John Nicks .

Participants by sport

figure skating

Women

• Jeannette Altwegg

  Gold (161,756)

• Patricia Devries

  17th place (132,811)

• Valda Osborne

  11th place (144,767)

• Barbara Wyatt

  7th place (148,378)

Couples

• Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks

  4th place (10,600)

• Peri Horne & Raymond Lockwood

  11th place (9,133)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• John Hearn

  1500 m: 38th place (2: 40.1 min)

  5000 m: 17th place (8: 47.0 min)

  10,000 m: 10th place (17: 41.5 min)

• Norman Holwell

  500 m: 21st place (45.4 s)

  1500 m: 14th place (2: 24.5 min)

  5000 m: 16th place (8: 44.5 min)

  10,000 m: 15th place (18: 02.4 min)

• Bill Jones

  500 m: 34th place (46.9 s)

  1500 m: 35th place (2: 32.2 min)

  5000 m: 31st place (9: 03.7 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• John Boyagis

  Downhill: 39th place (2: 55.6 min)

  Giant Slalom: 43rd place (2: 52.5 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Noel Harrison

  Downhill: 58th place (3: 21.5 min)

  Giant Slalom: 74th place (3: 24.1 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Rupert de Larrinaga

  Giant Slalom: 71st place (3: 16.9 min)

Women

• Fiona Campbell

  Downhill: 33rd place (2: 26.1 min)

  Giant Slalom: 36th place (2: 39.8 min)

• Hilary Laing

  Departure: disqualified

  Giant Slalom: 24th place (2: 20.7 min)

  Slalom: 24th place (2: 27.9 min)

• Sheena Mackintosh

  Downhill: 26th place (1: 58.6 min)

  Giant Slalom: 28th place (2: 22.5 min)

  Slalom: 28th place (2: 29.4 min)

• Vora Mackintosh

  Departure: disqualified

  Giant Slalom: 38th place (2: 57.1 min)

Web links

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