Sweden
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competed at 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 ...
in
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Norway
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Medalists
Alpine skiing
;Men
;Women
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
;Men
;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
;Women
Figure skating
;Pairs
Ice hockey
;Summary
The tournament was run in a
round-robin format with nine teams participating.
*Sweden 9–2 Finland
*Sweden 17–1 Poland
*Norway 2–4 Sweden
*Sweden 7–3 Germany FR
*Sweden 4–2 USA
*Canada 3–2 Sweden
*Sweden 5–2 Switzerland
*Czechoslovakia 4–0 Sweden
*Sweden 5–3 Czechoslovakia
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1 Sweden and Czechoslovakia were tied with identical record and goal differentials, so a tie breaker game was played.
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
References
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Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com
{{Nations at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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
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Olympics
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