United States at the 1952 Winter Olympics

United States at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Oslo
Competitors	65 (55 men, 10 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	James John Bickford (bobsleigh)
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 4 6 1 11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Mead Lawrence, AndreaAndrea Mead Lawrence	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Gold	Mead Lawrence, AndreaAndrea Mead Lawrence	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Gold	Button, DickDick Button	Figure skating	Men's singles
Gold	Henry, KenKen Henry	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
Silver	Benham, StanleyStanley Benham Patrick Martin	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Silver	Atkinson, JamesJames Atkinson Stanley Benham Howard Crossett Patrick Martin	Bobsleigh	Four-man
Silver	Albright, TenleyTenley Albright	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
Silver	Kennedy, KarolKarol Kennedy Peter Kennedy	Figure skating	Pairs
Silver	United States men's national ice hockey team Ruben Bjorkman   Clifford Harrison   Robert Rompre Leonard Ceglarski   Gerald Kilmartin   James Sedin Joseph Czarnota   John Mulhern   Allen Van Richard Desmond   John Noah   Donald Whiston Andre Gambucci   Arnold Oss   Ken Yackel	Ice hockey	Men's competition
Silver	McDermott, DonDon McDermott	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
Bronze	Grogan, JamesJames Grogan	Figure skating	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brooks Dodge	Downhill					2:52.2	32
Jack Reddish						2:41.5	14
Dick Buek						2:39.1	12
Bill Beck						2:33.3	5
David Lawrence	Giant Slalom					2:48.6	35
Jack Nagel						2:42.0	29
Jack Reddish						2:39.5	24
Brooks Dodge						2:32.6	6
Jack Nagel	Slalom	1:07.3	35	Did not advance
Darrell Robinson		1:05.1	25 Q	1:05.1	18	2:10.2	22
Jack Reddish		1:02.5	13 Q	1:06.5	23	2:09.0	17
Brooks Dodge		1:01.4	8 Q	1:03.3	11	2:04.7	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jannette Burr	Downhill					DSQ	–
Katy Rodolph						1:57.4	23
Betty Weir						1:55.7	19
Andrea Mead-Lawrence						1:55.3	17
Sandra Borg						–	–
Jannette Burr	Giant Slalom					2:19.2	22
Imogene Opton						2:15.8	15
Katy Rodolph						2:11.7	5
Andrea Mead-Lawrence						2:06.8
Katy Rodolph	Slalom	1:17.6	31	1:06.4	4	2:24.0	21
Jannette Burr		1:11.2	19	1:09.3	15	2:20.5	15
Imogene Opton		1:07.4	5	1:06.7	5	2:14.1	5
Andrea Mead-Lawrence		1:07.2	4	1:03.4	1	2:10.6

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	Stanley Benham Patrick Martin	Two-man	1:22.03	2	1:22.12	2	1:21.21	2	1:21.53	3	5:26.89
USA-2	Frederick Fortune John L. Helmer	Two-man	1:23.46	7	1:24.48	8	1:23.15	7	1:22.73	5	5:33.82	7

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	Stanley Benham Patrick Martin Howard Crossett James Atkinson	Four-man	1:17.44	2	1:17.78	2	1:16.72	2	1:18.54	4	5:10.48
USA-2	James Bickford Hubert Miller Maurice R. Severino Joseph Scott	Four-man	1:19.13	8	1:19.97	11	1:19.49	11	1:21.09	11	5:19.68	9

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	John Caldwell	1'25:42	73
	Robert Pidacks	1'18:25	72
	George Hovland	1'18:05	71
	John Burton	1'16:47	67
	Tom Jacobs	1'16:43	66
	Wendell Broomhall	1'14:06	57
	Theodore A. Farwell	1'11:54	43

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
George Hovland John C. Burton Theodore A. Farwell Wendell Broomhall	2'53:28	12

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Hayes Alan Jenkins	5	3	174.589	40	4
James Grogan	3	2	180.822	24
Dick Button	1	1	192.256	9

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Virginia Baxter	8	1	152.211	50	5
Sonya Klopfer	3	5	154.633	33	4
Tenley Albright	2	3	159.133	22

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Janet Gerhauser John Nightingale	10.289	54	6
Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy	11.178	17.5

Ice hockey

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

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	71	14	15
United States	8	6	1	1	43	21	13
Sweden	9	7	2	0	53	22	14
Czechoslovakia	9	6	3	0	50	23	12
Switzerland	8	4	4	0	40	40	8
Poland	8	2	5	1	21	56	5
Finland	8	2	6	0	21	60	4
West Germany	8	1	6	1	21	53	3
Norway	8	0	8	0	15	46	0

• 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

Silver:

United States Alfred Van Allen André Gambucci Arnold Oss Clifford Harrison Donald Whiston Gerald Kilmartin James Sedin John Mulhern John Noah Joseph Czarnota Kenneth Yackel Leonard Ceglarski Richard Desmond Robert Rompre Ruben Bjorkman

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).

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping				Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Paul Wegeman	Individual	DNF	–	58.5	58.5	187.0	19	DNF	–
John Caldwell		155.273	22	57.5	58.0	146.5	25	301.773	22
Tom Jacobs		187.939	19	57.0	56.0	179.5	21	367.439	21
Theodore Farwell		205.454	13	60.0	60.0	196.0	13	401.454	11

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Willis Olson	Normal hill	62.5	100.5	18	62.0	93.0	31	193.5	22
Art Tokle		62.5	100.5	18	63.0	99.0	20	199.5	18
Keith Wegeman		62.5	102.0	16	61.5	102.5	11	204.5	12
Art Devlin		63.5	104.0	13	60.5	97.5	23	201.5	15

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Bobby Fitzgerald	44.9	15
	Johnny Werket	44.5	11
	Don McDermott	43.9
	Ken Henry	43.2
1500 m	Don McDermott	2:28.8	28
	Pat McNamara	2:25.5	18
	Ken Henry	2:25.0	17
	Johnny Werket	2:24.3	12
5000 m	Al Broadhurst	9:09.2	34
	Chuck Burke	9:06.4	33
	Ken Henry	8:59.9	29
	Pat McNamara	8:53.4	24
10,000 m	Johnny Werket	DNF	–
	Chuck Burke	19:07.1	27
	Al Broadhurst	18:44.2	25
	Pat McNamara	18:08.7	16

References

• (ed.) Rolf Petersen (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com