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United States at the 1952 Winter Olympics

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = USA

| NOCname = United States Olympic Committee

| games = Winter Olympics

| games_link = 1952 Winter Olympics

| year = 1952

| date = February 14–25, 1952

| flagcaption = Flag of the United States

| oldcode =

| website =

| location = Oslo, Norway

| competitors = 65 (55 men, 10 women)

| sports = 4

| flagbearer = James Bickford (bobsleigh)

| rank = 2

| gold = 4

| silver = 6

| bronze = 1

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso =

}}

The United States competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Medalists

{{Further information|1952 Winter Olympics medal table}}

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" |

class="wikitable sortable" style=font-size:95%
Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Andrea|Mead Lawrence}}

|Alpine skiing

|Women's giant slalom

|{{dts|February 14}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Ken|Henry|dab=speed skater}}

|Speed skating

|500 meters

|{{dts|February 16}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Andrea|Mead Lawrence}}

|Alpine skiing

|Women's slalom

|{{dts|February 20}}

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Dick|Button}}

|Figure skating

|Men's singles

|{{dts|February 21}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Stanley|Benham}}
Patrick Martin

|Bobsleigh

|Two-man

|{{dts|February 15}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Don|McDermott}}

|Speed skating

|500 meters

|{{dts|February 16}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Tenley|Albright}}

|Figure skating

|Women's singles

|{{dts|February 20}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|James|Atkinson|dab=bobsleigh}}
Stanley Benham
Howard Crossett
Patrick Martin

|Bobsleigh

|Four-man

|{{dts|February 22}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Karol|Kennedy}}
Peter Kennedy

|Figure skating

|Pairs

|{{dts|February 22}}

{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|United States|men's national ice hockey team}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:32em|{{ubl|Ruben Bjorkman|Len Ceglarski|Joseph Czarnota|Richard Desmond|Andre Gambucci|Clifford Harrison|Gerald Kilmartin|John Mulhern|John Noah|Arnold Oss|Robert Rompre|James Sedin|Allen Van|Donald Whiston|Ken Yackel}}}}

|Ice hockey

|Men's tournament

|{{dts|February 25}}

{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|James|Grogan}}

|Figure skating

|Men's singles

|{{dts|February 21}}

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{{Clear}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:85%;float:right;text-align:center
colspan=5|Medals by sport
Sport

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|{{gold1}}

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|{{silver2}}

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|{{bronze3}}

!Total

Alpine skiing

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Figure skating

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|2

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|4

Speed skating

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Bobsleigh

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|2

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Ice hockey

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|1

Total

!style=background:gold|4

!style=background:silver|6

!style=background:#c96|1

!11

{{Clear}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:85%;float:right;text-align:center
colspan=6|Medals by gender
Gender

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|{{gold1}}

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|{{silver2}}

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|{{bronze3}}

!Total

!Percentage

Male

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|4

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|7

|63.6%

Female

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|3

|27.3%

Mixed

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|1

|9.1%

Total

!style=background:gold|4

!style=background:silver|6

!style=background:#c96|1

!11

!100%

{{Clear}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:85%;float:right;text-align:center
colspan=6|Multiple medalists
Name

!Sport

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|{{gold1}}

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|{{silver2}}

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|{{bronze3}}

!Total

Andrea Mead Lawrence

|Alpine skiing

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|2

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Stanley Benham

|Bobsleigh

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|2

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

Patrick Martin

|Bobsleigh

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|0

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|2

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0

|2

{{col-end}}

Alpine skiing

{{main|Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}

Men

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Run 1

!colspan=2|Run 2

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Bill Beck

|align=left rowspan=4|Downhill

|colspan=4 rowspan=4 {{n/a}}

|2:33.3

|5

align=left|Dick Buek

|2:39.1

|12

align=left|Brooks Dodge

|2:52.2

|32

align=left|Jack Reddish

|2:41.5

|14

align=left|Brooks Dodge

|align=left rowspan=4|Giant slalom

|colspan=4 rowspan=4 {{n/a}}

|2:32.6

|6

align=left|David Lawrence

|2:48.6

|35

align=left|Jack Nagel

|2:42.0

|29

align=left|Jack Reddish

|2:39.5

|24

align=left|Brooks Dodge

|align=left rowspan=4|Slalom

|1:01.4

|8 Q

|1:03.3

|11

|2:04.7

|9

align=left|Jack Nagel

|1:07.3

|35

|colspan=4|did not advance

align=left|Jack Reddish

|1:02.5

|13 Q

|1:06.5

|23

|2:09.0

|17

align=left|Darrell Robison

|1:05.1

|25 Q

|1:05.1

|18

|2:10.2

|22

Women

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Run 1

!colspan=2|Run 2

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Jannette Burr

|align=left rowspan=4|Downhill

|colspan=4 rowspan=4 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|{{abbr|DSQ|Disqualified}}

align=left|Andrea Mead Lawrence

|1:55.3

|17

align=left|Katy Rodolph

|1:57.4

|23

align=left|Betty Weir

|1:55.7

|19

align=left|Jannette Burr

|align=left rowspan=4|Giant slalom

|colspan=4 rowspan=4 {{n/a}}

|2:19.2

|22

align=left|Andrea Mead Lawrence

|2:06.8

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Imogene Opton

|2:15.8

|15

align=left|Katy Rodolph

|2:11.7

|5

align=left|Jannette Burr

|align=left rowspan=4|Slalom

|1:11.2

|19

|1:09.3

|15

|2:20.5

|15

align=left|Andrea Mead Lawrence

|1:07.2

|4

|1:03.4

|1

|2:10.6

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Imogene Opton

|1:07.4

|5

|1:06.7

|5

|2:14.1

|5

align=left|Katy Rodolph

|1:17.6

|31

|1:06.4

|4

|2:24.0

|21

Bobsleigh

{{main|Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Run 1

!colspan=2|Run 2

!colspan=2|Run 3

!colspan=2|Run 4

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Stanley Benham
Patrick Martin

|align=left rowspan=2|Two-man

|1:22.03

|2

|1:22.12

|2

|1:21.21

|2

|1:21.53

|3

|5:26.89

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Frederick Fortune
John L. Helmer

|1:23.46

|7

|1:24.48

|8

|1:23.15

|7

|1:22.73

|5

|5:33.82

|7

align=left|Stanley Benham
Patrick Martin
Howard Crossett
James Atkinson

|align=left rowspan=2|Four-man

|1:17.44

|2

|1:17.78

|2

|1:16.72

|2

|1:18.54

|4

|5:10.48

|{{silver02}}

align=left|James Bickford
Hubert Miller
Maurice R. Severino
Joseph Scott

|1:19.13

|8

|1:19.97

|11

|1:19.49

|11

|1:21.09

|11

|5:19.68

|9

Cross-country skiing

{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Wendell Broomhall

|align=left rowspan=7|Men's 18 km

|1:14:06

|57

align=left|John Burton

|1:16:47

|67

align=left|John Caldwell

|1:25:42

|73

align=left|Theodore A. Farwell

|1:11:54

|43

align=left|George Hovland

|1:18:05

|71

align=left|Tom Jacobs

|1:16:43

|66

align=left|Robert Pidacks

|1:18:25

|72

align=left|Wendell Broomhall
John C. Burton
Theodore A. Farwell
George Hovland

|align=left|Men's 4 × 10 km relay

|2:53:28

|12

Figure skating

{{main|Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}

Individual

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!{{abbr|CF|Compulsory figures}}

!{{abbr|FS|Free skating}}

!colspan=3|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Rank

!Rank

!Points

!Places

!Rank

align=left|Dick Button

|align=left rowspan=3|Men's singles

|1

|1

|192.256

|9

|{{gold01}}

align=left|James Grogan

|3

|2

|180.822

|24

|{{bronze03}}

align=left|Hayes Alan Jenkins

|5

|3

|174.589

|40

|4

align=left|Tenley Albright

|align=left rowspan=3|Ladies' singles

|2

|3

|159.133

|22

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Virginia Baxter

|8

|1

|152.211

|50

|5

align=left|Sonya Klopfer

|3

|5

|154.633

|33

|4

Mixed

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%
Athlete

!Event

!Points

!Places

!Rank

align=left|Janet Gerhauser
John Nightingale

|align=left rowspan=2|Pairs

|10.289

|54

|6

align=left|Karol Kennedy
Peter Kennedy

|11.178

|17.5

|{{silver02}}

Ice hockey

{{main|Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

Summary

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
Team

!Event

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=left|United States men

|align=left|Men's tournament

|{{ih|NOR}}
W 3–2

|{{ih|FRG}}
W 8–2

|{{ih|FIN}}
W 8–2

|{{ih|SUI}}
W 8–2

|{{ih|SWE}}
L 2–4

|{{ih|POL|1927}}
W 5–3

|{{ih|TCH}}
W 6–3

|{{ih|CAN|1921}}
T 3–3

|{{silver02}}

Roster

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%
Alfred Van Allen
André Gambucci
Arnold Oss
Clifford Harrison
Donald Whiston
Gerald Kilmartin
James Sedin
John Mulhern
John Noah
Joseph Czarnota
Kenneth Yackel
Len Ceglarski
Richard Desmond
Robert Rompre
Ruben Bjorkman

Tournament

class="wikitable"

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="150"|Team

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|T

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts

align=center bgcolor="gold"

|align=left| {{ih|CAN|1921}}

|8

701711415
align=center bgcolor="silver"

|align=left| {{ih|USA}}

|8

611432113
align=center bgcolor="#C96"

|align=left| {{ih|SWE}}

|9

720532214
align=center

|align=left| {{ih|TCH}}

|9

630502312
align=center

|align=left| {{ih|SUI}}

|8

44040408
align=center

|align=left| {{ih|POL|1927}}

|8

25121565
align=center

|align=left| {{ih|FIN}}

|8

26021604
align=center

|align=left| {{ih|FRG}}

|8

16121533
align=center

|align=left| {{ih|NOR}}

|8

08015460

  • Norway 2-3 USA
  • USA 8-2 Germany FR
  • USA 8-2 Finland
  • USA 8-2 Switzerland
  • Sweden 4-2 USA
  • USA 5-3 Poland
  • USA 6-3 Czechoslovakia
  • Canada 3-3 USA

Nordic combined

{{main|Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}

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).

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Ski Jumping

!colspan=3|Cross-country

!colspan=2|Total

style=font-size:95%

!Jump 1

!Jump 2

!Total

!Rank

!Time

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=left|John Caldwell

|align=left rowspan=4|Individual

|57.5

|58.0

|146.5

|25

|1:25:42

|155.273

|22

|301.773

|22

align=left|Theodore Farwell

|60.0

|60.0

|196.0

|13

|1:11:54

|205.454

|13

|401.454

|11

align=left|Tom Jacobs

|57.0

|56.0

|179.5

|21

|1:16:43

|187.939

|19

|367.439

|21

align=left|Paul Wegeman

|58.5

|58.5

|187.0

|19

|colspan=5|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

Ski jumping

{{main|Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=3|Jump 1

!colspan=3|Jump 2

!colspan=2|Total

Distance

!Points

!Rank

!Distance

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=left|Art Devlin

|align=left rowspan=4|Normal hill

|63.5

|104.0

|13

|60.5

|97.5

|23

|201.5

|15

align=left|Willis Olson

|62.5

|100.5

|18

|62.0

|93.0

|31

|193.5

|22

align=left|Art Tokle

|62.5

|100.5

|18

|63.0

|99.0

|20

|199.5

|18

align=left|Keith Wegeman

|62.5

|102.0

|16

|61.5

|102.5

|11

|204.5

|12

Speed skating

{{main|Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=left|Bobby Fitzgerald

|align=left rowspan=4|500 m

|44.9

|15

align=left|Ken Henry

|43.2

|{{gold01}}

align=left|Don McDermott

|43.9

|{{silver02}}

align=left|Johnny Werket

|44.5

|11

align=left|Ken Henry

|align=left rowspan=4|1500 m

|2:25.0

|17

align=left|Don McDermott

|2:28.8

|28

align=left|Pat McNamara

|2:25.5

|18

align=left|Johnny Werket

|2:24.3

|12

align=left|Al Broadhurst

|align=left rowspan=4|5000 m

|9:09.2

|34

align=left|Chuck Burke

|9:06.4

|33

align=left|Ken Henry

|8:59.9

|29

align=left|Pat McNamara

|8:53.4

|24

align=left|Al Broadhurst

|align=left rowspan=4|10,000 m

|18:44.2

|25

align=left|Chuck Burke

|19:07.1

|27

align=left|Pat McNamara

|18:08.7

|16

align=left|Johnny Werket

|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

References

{{refbegin}}

  • {{cite book |title=The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo |author=(ed.) Rolf Petersen |location=Oslo |year=1952 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/or1952w.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=2008-01-31}}
  • {{cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |access-date=2008-06-10}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040522/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/ Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com]

{{refend}}

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