United States at the 1952 Winter Olympics
# United States at the 1952 Winter Olympics

The United States competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

## Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Andrea Mead Lawrence | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | February 14 |
| Gold | Ken Henry | Speed skating | 500 meters | February 16 |
| Gold | Andrea Mead Lawrence | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | February 20 |
| Gold | Dick Button | Figure skating | Men's singles | February 21 |
| Silver | Stanley Benham Patrick Martin | Bobsleigh | Two-man | February 15 |
| Silver | Don McDermott | Speed skating | 500 meters | February 16 |
| Silver | Tenley Albright | Figure skating | Ladies' singles | February 20 |
| Silver | James Atkinson Stanley Benham Howard Crossett Patrick Martin | Bobsleigh | Four-man | February 22 |
| Silver | Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy | Figure skating | Pairs | February 22 |
| Silver | United States men's national ice hockey team Ruben BjorkmanLen CeglarskiJoseph CzarnotaRichard DesmondAndre GambucciClifford HarrisonGerald KilmartinJohn MulhernJohn NoahArnold OssRobert RompreJames SedinAllen VanDonald WhistonKen Yackel | Ice hockey | Men's tournament | February 25 |
| Bronze | James Grogan | Figure skating | Men's singles | February 21 |

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Alpine skiing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Figure skating | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Speed skating | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobsleigh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ice hockey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |

Medals by gender :

| Gender | | | | Total | Percentage |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Male | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 63.6% |
| Female | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27.3% |
| Mixed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.1% |
| Total | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 100% |

Multiple medalists :

| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andrea Mead Lawrence | Alpine skiing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stanley Benham | Bobsleigh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Patrick Martin | Bobsleigh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

## Alpine skiing

Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Bill Beck | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:33.3 | 5 |
| Dick Buek | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:39.1 | 12 |
| Brooks Dodge | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:52.2 | 32 |
| Jack Reddish | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:41.5 | 14 |
| Brooks Dodge | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:32.6 | 6 |
| David Lawrence | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:48.6 | 35 |
| Jack Nagel | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:42.0 | 29 |
| Jack Reddish | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:39.5 | 24 |
| Brooks Dodge | Slalom | 1:01.4 | 8 Q | 1:03.3 | 11 | 2:04.7 | 9 |
| Jack Nagel | Slalom | 1:07.3 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jack Reddish | Slalom | 1:02.5 | 13 Q | 1:06.5 | 23 | 2:09.0 | 17 |
| Darrell Robison | Slalom | 1:05.1 | 25 Q | 1:05.1 | 18 | 2:10.2 | 22 |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jannette Burr | Downhill | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Andrea Mead Lawrence | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:55.3 | 17 |
| Katy Rodolph | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:57.4 | 23 |
| Betty Weir | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:55.7 | 19 |
| Jannette Burr | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:19.2 | 22 |
| Andrea Mead Lawrence | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:06.8 | |
| Imogene Opton | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:15.8 | 15 |
| Katy Rodolph | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:11.7 | 5 |
| Jannette Burr | Slalom | 1:11.2 | 19 | 1:09.3 | 15 | 2:20.5 | 15 |
| Andrea Mead Lawrence | Slalom | 1:07.2 | 4 | 1:03.4 | 1 | 2:10.6 | |
| Imogene Opton | Slalom | 1:07.4 | 5 | 1:06.7 | 5 | 2:14.1 | 5 |
| Katy Rodolph | Slalom | 1:17.6 | 31 | 1:06.4 | 4 | 2:24.0 | 21 |

## Bobsleigh

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Stanley Benham Patrick Martin | Two-man | 1:22.03 | 2 | 1:22.12 | 2 | 1:21.21 | 2 | 1:21.53 | 3 | 5:26.89 | |
| Frederick Fortune John L. Helmer | Two-man | 1:23.46 | 7 | 1:24.48 | 8 | 1:23.15 | 7 | 1:22.73 | 5 | 5:33.82 | 7 |
| Stanley Benham Patrick Martin Howard Crossett James Atkinson | Four-man | 1:17.44 | 2 | 1:17.78 | 2 | 1:16.72 | 2 | 1:18.54 | 4 | 5:10.48 | |
| James Bickford Hubert Miller Maurice R. Severino Joseph Scott | Four-man | 1:19.13 | 8 | 1:19.97 | 11 | 1:19.49 | 11 | 1:21.09 | 11 | 5:19.68 | 9 |

## Cross-country skiing

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Wendell Broomhall | Men's 18 km | 1:14:06 | 57 |
| John Burton | Men's 18 km | 1:16:47 | 67 |
| John Caldwell | Men's 18 km | 1:25:42 | 73 |
| Theodore A. Farwell | Men's 18 km | 1:11:54 | 43 |
| George Hovland | Men's 18 km | 1:18:05 | 71 |
| Tom Jacobs | Men's 18 km | 1:16:43 | 66 |
| Robert Pidacks | Men's 18 km | 1:18:25 | 72 |
| Wendell Broomhall John C. Burton Theodore A. Farwell George Hovland | Men's 4 × 10 km relay | 2:53:28 | 12 |

## Figure skating

Individual

| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank |
| Dick Button | Men's singles | 1 | 1 | 192.256 | 9 | |
| James Grogan | Men's singles | 3 | 2 | 180.822 | 24 | |
| Hayes Alan Jenkins | Men's singles | 5 | 3 | 174.589 | 40 | 4 |
| Tenley Albright | Ladies' singles | 2 | 3 | 159.133 | 22 | |
| Virginia Baxter | Ladies' singles | 8 | 1 | 152.211 | 50 | 5 |
| Sonya Klopfer | Ladies' singles | 3 | 5 | 154.633 | 33 | 4 |

Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Janet Gerhauser John Nightingale | Pairs | 10.289 | 54 | 6 |
| Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy | Pairs | 11.178 | 17.5 | |

## Ice hockey

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

Summary

| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States men | Men's tournament | Norway W 3–2 | West Germany W 8–2 | Finland W 8–2 | Switzerland W 8–2 | Sweden L 2–4 | Poland W 5–3 | Czechoslovakia W 6–3 | Canada T 3–3 | |

Roster

* Alfred Van Allen
* André Gambucci
* Arnold Oss
* Clifford Harrison
* Donald Whiston
* Gerald Kilmartin
* James Sedin
* John Mulhern
* John Noah
* Joseph Czarnota
* Kenneth Yackel
* Len Ceglarski
* Richard Desmond
* Robert Rompre

Tournament

| 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 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 0 |

* Norway 2-3 USA
* USA 8-2 Germany FR
* USA 8-2 Finland
* USA 8-2 Switzerland
* Sweden 4-2 USA
* USA 5-3 Poland
* USA 6-3 Czechoslovakia
* Canada 3-3 USA

## Nordic combined

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 | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| John Caldwell | Individual | 57.5 | 58.0 | 146.5 | 25 | 1:25:42 | 155.273 | 22 | 301.773 | 22 |
| Theodore Farwell | Individual | 60.0 | 60.0 | 196.0 | 13 | 1:11:54 | 205.454 | 13 | 401.454 | 11 |
| Tom Jacobs | Individual | 57.0 | 56.0 | 179.5 | 21 | 1:16:43 | 187.939 | 19 | 367.439 | 21 |
| Paul Wegeman | Individual | 58.5 | 58.5 | 187.0 | 19 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |

## 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 |
| Art Devlin | Normal hill | 63.5 | 104.0 | 13 | 60.5 | 97.5 | 23 | 201.5 | 15 |
| Willis Olson | Normal hill | 62.5 | 100.5 | 18 | 62.0 | 93.0 | 31 | 193.5 | 22 |
| Art Tokle | Normal hill | 62.5 | 100.5 | 18 | 63.0 | 99.0 | 20 | 199.5 | 18 |
| Keith Wegeman | Normal hill | 62.5 | 102.0 | 16 | 61.5 | 102.5 | 11 | 204.5 | 12 |

## Speed skating

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bobby Fitzgerald | 500 m | 44.9 | 15 |
| Ken Henry | 500 m | 43.2 | |
| Don McDermott | 500 m | 43.9 | |
| Johnny Werket | 500 m | 44.5 | 11 |
| Ken Henry | 1500 m | 2:25.0 | 17 |
| Don McDermott | 1500 m | 2:28.8 | 28 |
| Pat McNamara | 1500 m | 2:25.5 | 18 |
| Johnny Werket | 1500 m | 2:24.3 | 12 |
| Al Broadhurst | 5000 m | 9:09.2 | 34 |
| Chuck Burke | 5000 m | 9:06.4 | 33 |
| Ken Henry | 5000 m | 8:59.9 | 29 |
| Pat McNamara | 5000 m | 8:53.4 | 24 |
| Al Broadhurst | 10,000 m | 18:44.2 | 25 |
| Chuck Burke | 10,000 m | 19:07.1 | 27 |
| Pat McNamara | 10,000 m | 18:08.7 | 16 |
| Johnny Werket | 10,000 m | DNF | DNF |
