1952 Winter Olympics medal table

January 2021 1952 Winter Olympics medals Oslo, NOR 1952 Winter Most total medals NOR 1952 Winter 16 Most gold medals NOR 1952 Winter 7 Medalling NOCs 13 1948 Olympics medal tables 1956 thumb|right|400px|1952 Winter Olympic Games Medals map Legend: #ffc500Gold represents countries that won at least one gold medal silverSilver represents countries that won at least one silver medal #cc9966Bronze represents countries that won at least one bronze medal #d40000Red represents countries that did not win any medals #ecececGrey represents countries that did not participate The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February 1952. A total of 694 athletes representing 30 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Games, taking part in 22 events from 6 sports.Oslo 1952 International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/oslo-1952-winter-olympics 27 April 2011 25 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225173303/https://www.olympic.org/oslo-1952 live From the thirteen NOCs that collected at least one medal, eight secured at least one gold. Ten NOCs won more than one medal, and among these, Norway was the most successful with sixteen medals, including seven golds. The United States (eleven medals, four golds) and Finland (nine medals, three golds) finished second and third in the medal table, respectively.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/ 1952 Oslo Winter Games 7 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722211912/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/ 22 July 2011 dead Norway's Hjalmar Andersen and Germany's Mirl Buchner were the top medal winners, with three medals each. The Netherlands got its first Winter Olympics medals, when Kees Broekman and Wim van der Voort won three silver medals between them in speed skating.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093436/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/ dead 17 April 2020 Netherlands 7 July 2011 Portugal and New Zealand made their Winter Olympic Games debuts in Oslo, but neither nation won a medal. Highlights 1952 Winter Olympics thumb|right|alt=metallic sled with the word Deutschland 1 emblazoned on the front|The gold medal-winning four-man bobsleigh from Germany Oslo was the first Scandinavian city to host a Winter Olympics.Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement Findling John E. Pelle Kimberly D. Greenwood Publishing Group Westport, United States 1996 https://books.google.com/books?id=vj5-Srq3ki4C&q=oslo+winter+olympics+pelle&pg=PA252 0-313-28477-6 13 September 2011 Athletes from the host nation won more medals than any other nation. Truck driver Hjalmar Andersen won three out of the four speed skating events, and Simon Slåttvik and Sverre Stenersen won gold and bronze in Nordic combined.Speed Skating History National Speed Skating Museum Word document http://www.nationalspeedskatingmuseum.org/Docs/Handbook-History/SSHIST.doc 31 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110727112640/http://www.nationalspeedskatingmuseum.org/Docs/Handbook-History/SSHIST.doc 27 July 2011 deadNordic Combined at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/NCO/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043439/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/NCO/ dead 17 April 2020 31 August 2010 Ski jumpers Arnfinn Bergmann and Torbjørn Falkanger placed first and second, and only Swedish jumper Karl Holmström prevented a Norwegian sweep.Ski Jumping at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/SKJ/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043501/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/SKJ/ dead 17 April 2020 31 August 2010 After a 16-year hiatus from Olympic competition Germany made a triumphant return, winning seven medals and three golds.1952 Oslo Winter Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/ 26 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100829092629/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/ 29 August 2010 dead They won gold medals in both two- and four-man bobsleigh events. The results for both events were identical with the United States and Switzerland taking silver and bronze.Bobsleigh at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/BOB/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043459/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/BOB/ dead 17 April 2020 31 August 2010 The other gold medal for Germany went to the husband and wife figure skating pair of Paul and Ria Falk, who won the mixed pairs competition.Germany Figure Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GER/winter/1952/FSK/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417080935/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GER/winter/1952/FSK/ dead 17 April 2020 31 August 2010 Mirl Buchner of Germany was the only other triple medalist when she won three medals in alpine skiing, placing second in the downhill and third in the slalom and giant slalom.1952 Winter Olympics Database Olympics http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=32&sp=ALP 7 July 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110816013340/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=32&sp=ALP 16 August 2011 Wim van der Voort from the Netherlands placed second in the 1,500 meter speed skating events and his countryman Kees Broekman placed second in the 5,000 and 10,000-meter races. These were the first-ever Dutch medals at the Winter Olympics.Speed Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/SSK/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043455/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/SSK/ dead 17 April 2020 31 August 2010 Great Britain's lone medal was won by Jeannette Altwegg, who became only the second British woman to win the ladies' figure skating competition.Great Britain Figure Skating Women's Singles Results https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/winter/FSK/womens-singles.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417231805/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/winter/FSK/womens-singles.html dead 17 April 2020 7 July 2011 Dick Button and James Grogan of the United States won gold and bronze in the men's figure skating event.Figure Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games-Men's Singles https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/FSK/mens-singles.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417201147/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/FSK/mens-singles.html dead 17 April 2020 31 August 2010 Button became the first figure skater to land a triple jump in competition when he performed the triple loop in the men's free skate program.Oslo 1952 Overview ESPN http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/history/_/year/1952 31 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100731001212/http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/history/_/year/1952 31 July 2010 dead Finnish athletes won nine medals and three golds at the Games. They dominated the cross-country events, winning eight out of a possible twelve medals.Cross Country Skiing at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/CCS/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043453/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/CCS/ dead 17 April 2020 31 August 2010 A women's race was added to the cross-country program for the first time and Finnish skiers Lydia Wideman, Mirja Hietamies and Siiri Rantanen swept the event. Veikko Hakulinen won the 50-kilometer men's race to begin an Olympic career that would culminate in seven medals, three of them gold.The Winter Olympics Judd Ron C. The Mountaineers Books Seattle, United States 2008 978-1-59485-063-9 https://books.google.com/books?id=Hc2dCHfyh0AC 7 July 2011 The ice hockey tournament was won by Canada. Their gold medal game against the United States ended in a tie, and International rules at the time did not allow for overtime, so the gold medal was awarded to Canada on goal differential.Ice Hockey at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/ICH/ 31 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100829090228/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/ICH/ 29 August 2010 dead Canada had won all but one Olympic hockey tournament thus far, but in 1956 the Soviet team entered the competition and ended Canadian dominance.1952 – Winter Olympics VI (Oslo, Norway) The Sports Network (TSN) https://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=10270 2 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604053103/http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=10270 4 June 2011 dead Medal table Olympic medal table The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.Ostlere Lawrence 11 August 2024 Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 12 August 2024 The Independent enAraton Harvey 18 August 2008 A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 25 July 2024 The New York Times If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.Cons Roddy 10 August 2024 What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ August 11, 2024 11 August 2024 Diario AS en-us There was a tie for third place in the men's 500-metre event in speed skating, therefore two bronze medals were awarded.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/SSK/mens-500-metres.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192326/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/SSK/mens-500-metres.html dead 17 April 2020 Speed Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Men's 500 metres 29 December 2010 NOR flagIOC 1952 Winter 7 3 6 yes 4 6 1 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 Notes The IOC medal table currently shows medals won by both "Germany" and "Federal Republic of Germany (1950–1990, GER since)", which have been combined here. The official report for these Games refers to Germany, not West Germany or FRG.VI Olympic Winter Games 1952 Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games The Organising Committee Oslo http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/or1952w.pdf 6 November 2010 no, en dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110604123755/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/or1952w.pdf 4 June 2011 http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/searchresultpercountry/?athletename=&country=ger&sport2=&games2=1952%2f2&event2=&mengender=true&womengender=true&mixedgender=true&goldmedal=true&silvermedal=true&bronzemedal=true&worldrecord=true&olympicrecord=false&teamclassification=true&individualclassification=true&winter=true&summer=true Olympic Medalists – Germany Olympic.org 10 July 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140224160848/http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/searchresultpercountry/?athletename=&country=ger&sport2=&games2=1952%2F2&event2=&mengender=true&womengender=true&mixedgender=true&goldmedal=true&silvermedal=true&bronzemedal=true&worldrecord=true&olympicrecord=false&teamclassification=true&individualclassification=true&winter=true&summer=true 24 February 2014 http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/searchresultpercountry/?athletename=&country=frg&sport2=&games2=1952%2f2&event2=&mengender=true&womengender=true&mixedgender=true&goldmedal=true&silvermedal=true&bronzemedal=true&worldrecord=true&olympicrecord=false&teamclassification=true&individualclassification=true&winter=true&summer=true Olympic Medalists – Federal Republic of Germany (1950–1990, "GER" since) Olympic.org 10 July 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140224162353/http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/searchresultpercountry/?athletename=&country=frg&sport2=&games2=1952%2F2&event2=&mengender=true&womengender=true&mixedgender=true&goldmedal=true&silvermedal=true&bronzemedal=true&worldrecord=true&olympicrecord=false&teamclassification=true&individualclassification=true&winter=true&summer=true 24 February 2014 References External links 1952 Winter Olympics 1952 Winter Olympics Olympedia.com http://www.olympedia.org/editions/34 24 February 2021 26 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210226035829/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/34 live Olympic Analytics/1952_2 olympanalyt.com http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1952%2F2 21 August 2020 9 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210809205521/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1952%2F2 live Oslo 1952 – official report, digitized copy online Medal table 1952