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Great Britain at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1952 Winter Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Oslo
Competitors18 (8 men, 10 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearerJohn Nicks
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Medallists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Jeannette Altwegg Figure skating Women's singles

Alpine skiing

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Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Noel Harrison Downhill 3:21.5 58th
John Boyagis 2:55.6 39th
Noel Harrison Giant Slalom 3:24.1 74th
Rupert de Larrinaga 3:16.9 71st
John Boyagis 2:52.5 43rd
Noel Harrison Slalom DNF did not advance
John Boyagis 1:08.3 37th did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vora Mackintosh Downhill DSQ
Hilary Laing DSQ
Fiona Campbell 2:26.1 33rd
Sheena Mackintosh 1:58.6 26th
Vora Mackintosh Giant Slalom 2:57.1 38th
Fiona Campbell 2:39.8 36th
Sheena Mackintosh 2:22.5 28th
Hilary Laing 2:20.7 24th
Sheena Mackintosh Slalom 1:16.2 30th 1:13.2 28th 2:29.4 28th
Hilary Laing 1:13.7 22nd 1:14.2 30th 2:27.9 24th

Figure skating

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Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Patricia Devries 14 20 132.811 148 17
Valda Osborne 7 13 144.767 89 11
Barbara Wyatt 5 11 148.378 63 7
Jeannette Altwegg 1 4 161.756 14 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pairs
Athletes Points Places Rank
Peri Horne
Raymond Lockwood
9.133 94 11
Jennifer Nicks
John Nicks
10.600 39 4

Speed skating

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Bill Jones 46.9 34
Norman Holwell 45.4 21
1500 m John Hearn 2:40.1 38
Bill Jones 2:32.2 35
Norman Holwell 2:24.5 14
5000 m Bill Jones 9:03.7 31
John Hearn 8:47.0 17
Norman Holwell 8:44.5 16
10,000 m Norman Holwell 18:02.4 15
John Hearn 17:41.5 10

References

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  • (ed.) Rolf Petersen (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2008. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com