1952 Winter Olympics medal table

The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially called the VI Olympic Winter Games, happened in Oslo, Norway, from February 14 to 25, 1952. About 694 athletes from 30 countries joined in to compete in 22 different events across 6 sports.

Thirteen countries won at least one medal, with eight of them getting at least one gold medal. Ten countries won more than one medal. Norway did the best, earning sixteen medals, including seven gold ones. The United States came next with eleven medals, including four gold, and Finland was third with nine medals and three gold.

Norway’s Hjalmar Andersen and Germany’s Mirl Buchner each won three medals, the most of anyone. The Netherlands got its first Winter Olympics medals when Kees Broekman and Wim van der Voort each won silver medals in speed skating. This was the first time Portugal and New Zealand took part in the Winter Olympics, but neither country won a medal.

Highlights

See also: 1952 Winter Olympics

Oslo was the first Scandinavian city to host a Winter Olympics. Athletes from Norway won the most medals. A truck driver named Hjalmar Andersen won three speed skating races, and athletes Simon Slåttvik and Sverre Stenersen won gold and bronze in nordic combined. Ski jumpers Arnfinn Bergmann and Torbjørn Falkanger took the top two spots, with only Swedish jumper Karl Holmström keeping Norway from winning all the medals.

After not competing for 16 years, Germany returned and won seven medals, including three golds. They won gold in both two- and four-man bobsleigh events. The United States and Switzerland took silver and bronze in both events. Germany also won gold in the mixed pairs figure skating with Paul and Ria Falk. Mirl Buchner from Germany won three medals in alpine skiing.

Wim van der Voort from the Netherlands placed second in the 1,500 meter speed skating race, and Kees Broekman also placed second in the 5,000 and 10,000-meter races. These were the first Dutch medals ever at the Winter Olympics. Great Britain's only medal was won by Jeannette Altwegg, who won the ladies' figure skating competition. Dick Button and James Grogan from the United States won gold and bronze in the men's figure skating event. Button was the first to land a triple jump in competition.

Finnish athletes won nine medals and three golds. They dominated the cross-country events, winning eight out of twelve possible medals. Finnish skiers Lydia Wideman, Mirja Hietamies and Siiri Rantanen all won medals in the women’s race, which was held for the first time. Veikko Hakulinen won the 50-kilometer men’s race.

Canada won the ice hockey tournament. Their gold medal game against the United States ended in a tie, and because of the rules at the time, Canada won the gold medal based on having more goals overall. Canada had won most Olympic hockey tournaments until then.

Medal table

See also: Olympic medal table

The medal table shows which countries won the most medals at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Countries are ranked first by how many gold medals their athletes won, then by silver medals, and finally by bronze medals. If two countries have the same number of medals, they receive the same rank and are listed alphabetically by their country code.

In the men's 500-metre speed skating event, two athletes tied for third place, so two bronze medals were awarded.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway*	7	3	6	16
2	United States	4	6	1	11
3	Finland	3	4	2	9
4	Germany	3	2	2	7
5	Austria	2	4	2	8
6	Canada	1	0	1	2
	Italy	1	0	1	2
8	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
9	Netherlands	0	3	0	3
10	Sweden	0	0	4	4
11	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
12	France	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		22	22	23	67