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competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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. 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 The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...

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Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

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)

Equestrian

Fencing

Five fencers, all male, represented Norway in 1952. ; Men's foil * Leif Klette ; Men's épée *

Johan von Koss Johan von Koss (16 November 1921 – 30 October 2005) was a Norwegian épée fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially k ...

Egill Knutzen Egill Knutzen (28 April 1914 – 6 March 1990) was a Norwegian épée fencer. He competed at the 1936, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially k ...

* Alfred Eriksen ; Men's team épée *

, Alfred Eriksen,

Sverre Gillebo Sverre Gillebo (9 December 1912 – 24 May 1971) was a Norwegian épée fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known ...

; Men's sabre * Alfred Eriksen

Football

Gymnastics

Rowing

Norway had nine male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1952. ; Men's coxless four * Sverre Kråkenes *

Kristoffer Lepsøe Kristoffer Lepsøe (15 March 1922 – 26 March 2006) was a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal in the men's eight at the 1948 Summer Olympics, as a member of the Norwegian team. Lepsøe received a ...

* Thorstein Kråkenes * Harald Kråkenes ; Men's coxed four * Bjørn Christoffersen * Arnfinn Larsen * Wilhelm Hayden * Thor Nilsen *

Leif Andersen Leif Andersen (born 19 April 1971) is a Norwegian retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent most of his career in Norwegian domestic football, but also spent one-and-a-half seasons with English Football League club Cry ...

(cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Nine shooters represented Norway in 1952.

Erling Kongshaug Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (22 March 1915 – 14 September 1993) was a Norwegian rifle shooter. He competed in the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics in 50 meter rifle three positions and 50 meter rifle prone and won a gold medal in the three pos ...

won gold in the 50 m rifle, three positions and John H. Larsen, Sr. won gold in the 100m running deer. ;

25 m pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sp ...

* Gunnar Svendsen *

Oddvar Wenner Nilssen Oddvar Wenner Nilssen (22 October 1920 – 15 April 1979) was a Norwegian sports shooter. He competed in the 25 m pistol event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspel ...

;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to th ...

* Gunnar Svendsen * Rolf Klementsen ; 300 m rifle, three positions *

* Mauritz Amundsen ; 50 m rifle, three positions *

* Mauritz Amundsen ; 50 m rifle, prone *

* Mauritz Amundsen ; 100m running deer * John H. Larsen, Sr. * Rolf Bergersen ; Trap * Hans Aasnæs * Svein Helling

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

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