Norway at the 1952 Summer Olympics
# Norway at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Norway competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 102 competitors, 96 men and 6 women, took part in 72 events in 14 sports. Earlier in the year, Norway had hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.

## Cycling

### Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

* Odd Berg — 5:17:30.2 (→ 24th place)
* Erling Kristiansen — 5:11:16.5 (→ 25th place)
* Lorang Christiansen — 5:20:01.3 (→ 28th place)

## Fencing

Five fencers, all male, represented Norway in 1952.

### Men's foil

* Leif Klette

### Men's épée

* Johan von Koss
* Egill Knutzen
* Alfred Eriksen

### Men's team épée

* Egill Knutzen, Alfred Eriksen, Johan von Koss, Sverre Gillebo

### Men's sabre

* Alfred Eriksen

## Rowing

Norway had nine male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1952.

### Men's coxless four

* Sverre Kråkenes
* Kristoffer Lepsøe
* Thorstein Kråkenes
* Harald Kråkenes

### Men's coxed four

* Bjørn Christoffersen
* Arnfinn Larsen
* Wilhelm Hayden
* Thor Nilsen
* Leif Andersen (cox)

## Shooting

Nine shooters represented Norway in 1952. Erling Kongshaug won gold in the 50 m rifle, three positions and John H. Larsen, Sr. won gold in the 100m running deer.

### 25 m pistol

* Gunnar Svendsen
* Oddvar Wenner Nilssen

### 50 m pistol

* Gunnar Svendsen
* Rolf Klementsen

### 300 m rifle, three positions

* Erling Kongshaug
* Mauritz Amundsen

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Erling Kongshaug
* Mauritz Amundsen

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Erling Kongshaug
* Mauritz Amundsen

### 100m running deer

* John H. Larsen, Sr.
* Rolf Bergersen

### Trap

* Hans Aasnæs
* Svein Helling
