Norway at the 1952 Winter Olympics
# Norway at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Norway was the host nation for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.

By winning 7 gold medals, Norway had the most golds at these games. This would be the last time a host country would win the most gold medals at the Winter Olympics until Canada won the most gold medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Stein Eriksen | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Gold | Hallgeir Brenden | Cross-country skiing | Men's 18 km |
| Gold | Simon Slåttvik | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Gold | Arnfinn Bergmann | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill |
| Gold | Hjalmar Andersen | Speed skating | Men's 1500m |
| Gold | Hjalmar Andersen | Speed skating | Men's 5000m |
| Gold | Hjalmar Andersen | Speed skating | Men's 10,000m |
| Silver | Stein Eriksen | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Silver | Magnar Estenstad Mikal Kirkholt Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Silver | Torbjørn Falkanger | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill |
| Bronze | Guttorm Berge | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Bronze | Magnar Estenstad | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Bronze | Sverre Stenersen | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Bronze | Arne Johansen | Speed skating | Men's 500m |
| Bronze | Roald Aas | Speed skating | Men's 1500m |
| Bronze | Sverre Haugli | Speed skating | Men's 5000m |

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sverre Johannessen | Downhill | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Johnny Lunde | Downhill | | | | | 2:43.6 | 20 |
| Gunnar Hjeltnes | Downhill | | | | | 2:35.9 | 7 |
| Stein Eriksen | Downhill | | | | | 2:33.8 | 6 |
| Alf Opheim | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:35.9 | 19 |
| Guttorm Berge | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:34.5 | 13 |
| Gunnar Hjeltnes | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:33.7 | 10 |
| Stein Eriksen | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:25.0 | |
| Gunnar Hjeltnes | Slalom | 1:11.6 | 49 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Per Rollum | Slalom | 1:01.6 | 11 Q | 1:02.9 | 9 | 2:04.5 | 8 |
| Guttorm Berge | Slalom | 1:01.1 | 6 Q | 1:00.6 | 3 | 2:01.7 | |
| Stein Eriksen | Slalom | 59.2 | 1 Q | 1:02.0 | 6 | 2:01.2 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Borghild Niskin | Downhill | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Karen-Sofie Styrmoe | Downhill | | | | | 2:15.5 | 31 |
| Dagny Jørgensen | Downhill | | | | | 1:56.8 | 21 |
| Margit Hvammen | Downhill | | | | | 1:50.9 | 7 |
| Tull Gasmann | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:34.3 | 35 |
| Dagny Jørgensen | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:31.1 | 33 |
| Margit Hvammen | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:17.7 | 18 |
| Borghild Niskin | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:11.9 | 6 |
| Tull Gasmann | Slalom | 1:29.4 | 35 | 1:07.5 | 8 | 2:36.9 | 33 |
| Karen-Sofie Styrmoe | Slalom | 1:15.0 | 28 | 1:12.6 | 27 | 2:27.6 | 23 |
| Margit Hvammen | Slalom | 1:09.8 | 14 | 1:11.4 | 23 | 2:21.2 | 18 |
| Borghild Niskin | Slalom | 1:08.7 | 10 | 1:09.0 | 14 | 2:17.7 | 11 |

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| NOR-1 | Arne Holst Kåre Christiansen | Two-man | 1:24.52 | 13 | 1:24.77 | 11 | 1:24.24 | 12 | 1:24.88 | 14 | 5:38.41 | 13 |
| NOR-2 | Erik Tandberg Curt James Haydn | Two-man | 1:26.33 | 15 | 1:24.82 | 12 | 1:24.23 | 11 | 1:24.24 | 10 | 5:39.62 | 14 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| NOR-1 | Arne Holst Trygve Brudevold Curt James Haydn Kåre Christiansen | Four-man | 1:20.05 | 12 | 1:19.93 | 9 | 1:19.98 | 12 | 1:21.40 | 12 | 5:21.36 | 12 |
| NOR-2 | Reidar Alveberg Anders Hveem Arne Røgden Gunnar Thoresen | Four-man | 1:21.53 | 15 | 1:21.18 | 13 | 1:20.77 | 14 | 1:20.99 | 10 | 5:24.47 | 13 |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 18 km | Sverre Stenersen | 1'09:44 | 27 |
| 18 km | Per Gjelten | 1'07:40 | 20 |
| 18 km | Ottar Gjermundshaug | 1'06:13 | 17 |
| 18 km | Simon Slåttvik | 1'05:40 | 15 |
| 18 km | Mikal Kirkholt | 1'04:53 | 12 |
| 18 km | Magnar Estenstad | 1'04:26 | 11 |
| 18 km | Martin Stokken | 1'03:00 | 6 |
| 18 km | Hallgeir Brenden | 1'01:34 | |
| 50 km | Harald Maartmann | 3'43:43 | 8 |
| 50 km | Edvin Landsem | 3'40:43 | 7 |
| 50 km | Olav Økern | 3'38:45 | 4 |
| 50 km | Magnar Estenstad | 3'38:28 | |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Magnar Estenstad Mikal Kirkholt Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden | 2'23:13 | |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km | Jorun Tangen-Askersrud | 47:45 | 12 |
| 10 km | Gina Regland-Sigstad | 45:37 | 10 |
| 10 km | Marit Øiseth | 45:04 | 7 |
| 10 km | Rakel Wahl | 44:54 | 6 |

## Figure skating

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bjørg Løhner Øien | 23 | DNS | DNF | – | – |
| Ingeborg Nilsson | 25 | 24 | 113.322 | 215 | 24 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bjørg Skjærlaaen Reidar Børjeson | 8.346 | 117 | 13 |

## Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canada | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 14 | 15 |
| United States | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 21 | 13 |
| Sweden | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 14 |
| Czechoslovakia | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 12 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 8 |
| Poland | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 56 | 5 |
| Finland | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 4 |
| West Germany | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 3 |
| Norway 9th | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 0 |

* Norway 2-3 USA
* Norway 0-6 Czechoslovakia
* Norway 2-4 Sweden
* Norway 2-7 Switzerland
* Norway 2-5 Finland
* Norway 2-6 Germany FR
* Norway 2-11 Canada
* Norway 3-4 Poland
* Contestants Jan Erik Adolfsen Arne Berg Egil Bjerklund Per Dahl Bjørn 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

## Nordic combined

Events:

* 18 km cross-country skiing
* normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sverre Stenersen | Individual | 213.335 | 9 | 68.0 | 69.5 | 223.0 | 2 | 436.335 | |
| Per Gjelten | Individual | 220.848 | 6 | 65.0 | 66.0 | 212.0 | 3 | 432.848 | 5 |
| Ottar Gjermundshaug | Individual | 226.121 | 5 | 61.0 | 64.5 | 206.0 | 6 | 432.121 | 6 |
| Simon Slåttvik | Individual | 228.121 | 3 | 67.0 | 66.5 | 223.5 | 1 | 451.621 | |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Halvor Næs | Normal hill | 63.5 | 108.0 | 8 | 64.5 | 108.5 | 3 | 216.5 | 4 |
| Arne Hoel | Normal hill | 66.5 | 109.0 | 7 | 63.5 | 106.5 | 5 | 215.5 | 6 |
| Arnfinn Bergmann | Normal hill | 67.5 | 112.0 | 2 | 68.0 | 114.0 | 1 | 226.0 | |
| Torbjørn Falkanger | Normal hill | 68.0 | 113.0 | 1 | 64.0 | 108.5 | 3 | 221.5 | |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Sigmund Søfteland | 44.3 | 10 |
| 500 m | Hroar Elvenes | 44.1 | 6 |
| 500 m | Finn Helgesen | $44.0^1$ | 5 |
| 500 m | Arne Johansen | 44.0 | |
| 1500 m | Nic Stene | 2:24.8 | 15 |
| 1500 m | Ivar Martinsen | 2:23.4 | 8 |
| 1500 m | Roald Aas | 2:21.6 | |
| 1500 m | Hjalmar Andersen | 2:20.4 | |
| 5000 m | Yngvar Karlsen | 8:48.2 | 20 |
| 5000 m | Wiggo Hanssen | 8:37.2 | 9 |
| 5000 m | Sverre Haugli | 8:22.4 | |
| 5000 m | Hjalmar Andersen | 8:10.6 OR | |
| 10,000 m | Ingar Nordlund | DNF | – |
| 10,000 m | Yngvar Karlsen | 18:10.6 | 18 |
| 10,000 m | Sverre Haugli | 17:30.2 | 6 |
| 10,000 m | Hjalmar Andersen | 16:45.8 OR | |

    $^1$ No bronze medal awarded due to Helgesen finishing behind his direct opponent during his race
