The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1952 in Oslo, Norway.

Host City Selection

Oslo had two other candidate cities going against it for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The vote took place at the 40th IOC Session in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 21, 1947. The chart's information comes from the International Olympic Committee Vote History web page. Most of all, these Winter Olympics was the first to be contested by having the International Olympic Committee members to cast their ballots for their favorite choice.

Highlights

• In the speedskating Hjalmar Andersen of Norway 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
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Nordic combined
  • Ski jumping
• 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 did not participate in 1952, after having competed in 1948.

Medal count

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

References

• International Olympic Committee ? Oslo 1952 main page
• Oslo 1952 – official report, digitized copy online
• The program of the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics

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