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was the host nation for the 1952 Winter Olympics in

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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

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won the most gold medals at the

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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

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