United States at the 1952 Winter Olympics
The United States competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Medalists
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | |||
Speed skating | 500 meters | |||
Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | |||
Figure skating | Men's singles | |||
Patrick Martin | Bobsleigh | Two-man | ||
Speed skating | 500 meters | |||
Figure skating | Ladies' singles | |||
Stanley Benham Howard Crossett Patrick Martin | Bobsleigh | Four-man | ||
Peter Kennedy | Figure skating | Pairs | ||
Ice hockey | Men's tournament | |||
Figure skating | Men's singles |
Alpine skiing
;Men;Women
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
;MenAthlete | Event | Time | Rank |
Wendell Broomhall | 18 km | 1:14:06 | 57 |
John Burton | 18 km | 1:16:47 | 67 |
John Caldwell | 18 km | 1:25:42 | 73 |
Theodore A. Farwell | 18 km | 1:11:54 | 43 |
George Hovland | 18 km | 1:18:05 | 71 |
Tom Jacobs | 18 km | 1:16:43 | 66 |
Robert Pidacks | 18 km | 1:18:25 | 72 |
Wendell Broomhall John C. Burton Theodore A. Farwell George Hovland | 4×10 km relay | 2:53:28 | 12 |
Figure skating
;Individual;Pairs
Athlete | Event | Points | Places | Rank |
Janet Gerhauser John Nightingale | Pairs | 10.289 | 54 | 6 |
Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy | Pairs | 11.178 | 17.5 |
Ice hockey
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.;Summary
Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
United States men | Men's tournament | W 3–2 | W 8–2 | W 8–2 | W 8–2 | L 2–4 | W 5–3 | W 6–3 | T 3–3 |
;Roster
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 |
;Tournament
Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 14 | 15 | |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 21 | 13 | |
9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 14 | |
9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 12 | |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 8 | |
8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 56 | 5 | |
8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 4 | |
8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 3 | |
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
Nordic combined
The ski jumping event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.