1952 Winter Olympics Totally Explained

Everything about 1952 Winter Olympics totally explained

The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1952 in Oslo, Norway.

Highlights

In the speedskating Hjalmar Andersen won 3 gold medals in the 1,500 m, the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m.
In the alpine skiing the winner of the downhill was the Italian Zeno Colò in a time of 2:30.80 and in the slalom event Othmar Schneider was the champion with Antoin Miliordos falling 18 times before finishing his run, as he went over the line backwards.
Bandy was a demonstration sport but has so far never returned to the Olympics.

Medal winners

See the medal winners ordered by sport:

Alpine skiing

Bobsleigh

Figure skating

Ice hockey

Nordic skiing

Speed skating

Demonstration sport

Bandy

Venues

Bislett stadion - speed skating

Frognerseteren - bobsleigh

Holmenkollen ski jump - cross country skiing, nordic combined, and ski jumping

Lillestrøm stadion - ice hockey

Participating nations

A total of 30 nations sent athletes to compete at these Games, which was the highest number to that date. New Zealand and Portugal participated at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time. Australia, Germany (of the three contemporary German states, only the Federal Republic of Germany send athletes), and Japan returned, after having missed the 1948 Winter Olympics. South Korea, Liechtenstein, and Turkey didn't participate in 1952, after having competed in 1948.

Medal count

These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1952 Winter Games.

1	(host nation)	7	3	6	16
2		4	6	1	11
3		3	4	2	9
4		3	2	2	7
5		2	4	2	8
6		1	0	1	2
6		1	0	1	2
8		1	0	0	1
9		0	3	0	3
10		0	0	4	4

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