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.
MedalNameSportEventDate
Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom
Speed skating500 meters
Alpine skiingWomen's slalom
Figure skatingMen's singles

Patrick Martin
BobsleighTwo-man
Speed skating500 meters
Figure skatingLadies' singles

Stanley Benham
Howard Crossett
Patrick Martin
BobsleighFour-man

Peter Kennedy
Figure skatingPairs

Ice hockeyMen's tournament
Figure skatingMen's singles

Alpine skiing

;Men
;Women

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

;Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Wendell Broomhall18 km1:14:0657
John Burton18 km1:16:4767
John Caldwell18 km1:25:4273
Theodore A. Farwell18 km1:11:5443
George Hovland18 km1:18:0571
Tom Jacobs18 km1:16:4366
Robert Pidacks18 km1:18:2572
Wendell Broomhall
John C. Burton
Theodore A. Farwell
George Hovland
4×10 km relay2:53:2812

Figure skating

;Individual
;Pairs
AthleteEventPointsPlacesRank
Janet Gerhauser
John Nightingale
Pairs10.289546
Karol Kennedy
Peter Kennedy
Pairs11.17817.5

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
;Summary
TeamEventOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
United States menMen'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
TeamPldWLTGFGAPts
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9720532214
9630502312
844040408
825121565
826021604
816121533
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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 event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Ski jumping

Speed skating