Norway
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was the host nation for the
1952 Winter Olympics in
Oslo
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.
By winning 7 gold medals, Norway had the most golds at these games. This would be the last time a host country would win the most gold medals at the Winter Olympics until
Canada
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won the most gold medals at the
2010 Winter Olympics
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, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ...
in
Vancouver
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.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
;Men
;Women
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
;Men
;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
;Women
Figure skating
;Women
;Pairs
Ice hockey
The tournament was run in a
round-robin format with nine teams participating.
*Norway 2-3 USA
*Norway 0-6 Czechoslovakia
*Norway 2-4 Sweden
*Norway 2-7 Switzerland
*Norway 2-5 Finland
*Norway 2-6 Germany FR
*Norway 2-11 Canada
*Norway 3-4 Poland
Nordic combined
Events:
* 18 km cross-country skiing
* normal hill ski jumping
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).
Ski jumping
Speed skating
;Men
:
1 No bronze medal awarded due to Helgesen finishing behind his direct opponent during his race
References
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Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com
{{Top Winter Olympics medal-winning nations
Nations at the 1952 Winter 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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