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  • Was It Worth It?
    Despite the loutish behavior of the U.S. hockey team and the favorites' early ouster, the answer is, Yes, this was a dream of a tournament

    Golden Girls
    A talented U.S. women's hockey team showed its mettle by defeating favored Canada

    A Holy Tara
    While Michelle Kwan was all business, Tara Lipinski was determined to make friends and have fun, and she left Nagano with a cool keepsake

     
    Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsled Curling Figure Skating Freestyle Skiing Ice Hockey Speed Skating Luge Nordic Combined Snowboarding olympics

    1952 Results
    Alpine Skiing - Downhill
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Trude Jochum Beiser (Austria)
    Men -- Zeno Colo (Italy)
    Silver Women -- Annemarie Buchner (Germany)
    Men -- Othmar Schneider (Austria)
    Bronze Women -- Giuliana Minuzzo (Italy)
    Men -- Christian Pravda (Austria)
    Alpine Skiing - Slalom
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Andrea Mead Lawrence (United States)
    Men -- Othmar Schneider (Austria)
    Silver Women -- Ossi Reichert (Germany)
    Men -- Stein Eriksen (Norway)
    Bronze Women -- Annemarie Buchner (Germany)
    Men -- Guttorm Berge (Norway)
    Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Andrea Mead Lawrence (United States)
    Men -- Stein Eriksen (Norway)
    Silver Women -- Dagmar Rom (Austria)
    Men -- Christian Pravda (Austria)
    Bronze Women -- Annemarie Buchner (Germany)
    Men -- Toni Spiss (Austria)
    Bobsled - Four-Man
    Medal Winners
    Gold Germany -- Andreas Ostler, Friedrich Kuhn, Lorenz Nieberl, Franz Kemser
    Silver United States -- Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, Howard Crossett, James Atkinson
    Bronze Switzerland -- Fritz Feierabend, Albert Madorin, Andre Filippini, Stephan Waser
    Bobsled - Two-Man
    Medal Winners
    Gold Germany -- Andreas Ostler, Lorenz Nieberl
    Silver United States -- Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin
    Bronze Switzerland -- Fritz Feierabend, Stephan Waser
    Figure Skating - Pairs
    Medal Winners
    Gold Germany -- Ria Falk, Paul Falk
    Silver United States -- Karol Kennedy, Michael Kennedy
    Bronze Hungary -- Marianna Nagy, Laszlo Nagy
    Figure Skating - Singles
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Jeanette Altwegg (Great Britain)
    Men -- Richard "Dick" Button (United States)
    Silver Women -- Tenley Albright (United States)
    Men -- Helmut Seibt (Austria)
    Bronze Women -- Jacqueline du Bief (France)
    Men -- James Grogan (United States)
    Ice Hockey
    Medal Winners
    Gold Canada -- George Abel, John Davies, William Dawe, Robert Dickson, Donald Gauf, William Gibson, Ralph Hansch, Robert Meyers, David Miller, Eric Paterson, Thomas Pollock, Allan Purvis, Gordon Robertson, Louis Secco, Francis Sullivan, Robert Watt
    Silver United States -- Ruben Bjorkman, Leonard 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, Kenneth Yackel
    Bronze Sweden -- Gote Almqvist, Hans Andersson, Stig Tvilling Andersson, Ake Andersson, Lars Bjorn, Gote Blomqvist, Thord Flodqvist, Erik Johansson, Gosta Johansson, Rune Johansson, Sven Johansson, Ake Lassas, Holger Nurmela, Hans Oberg, Lars Pettersson, Lars Svensson, Sven Thunman
    Nordic Skiing - 10km (Classical)
    Medal Winners
    Gold Lydia Wideman (Finland)
    Silver Mirja Hietamies (Finland)
    Bronze Siira Rantanen (Finland)
    Nordic Skiing - 15km (Classical)
    Medal Winners
    Gold Hallgeir Brenden (Norway)
    Silver Tapio Makela (Finland)
    Bronze Paavo Lonkila (Finland)
    Nordic Skiing - 50km (Classical)
    Medal Winners
    Gold Veikko Hakulinen (Finland)
    Silver Eero Kolehmainen (Finland)
    Bronze Magnar Estenstad (Norway)
    Nordic Skiing - 4 X 10km Relay
    Medal Winners
    Gold Finland -- Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, Tapio Makela
    Silver Norway -- Magnar Estenstad, Mikal Kirkholt, Martin Stokken, Hallgeir Brenden
    Bronze Sweden -- Nils Tapp, Sigurd Andersson, Enar Josefsson, Martin Lundstrom
    Nordic Skiing - Individual Combined
    Medal Winners
    Gold Simon Slattvik (Norway)
    Silver Heikki Hasu (Finland)
    Bronze Sverre Stenersen (Norway)
    Ski Jumping - Individual Large Hill
    Medal Winners
    Gold Arnfinn Bergmann (Norway)
    Silver Torbjorn Falkanger (Norway)
    Bronze Karl Holmstrom (Sweden)
    Speed Skating - 500m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Kenneth Henry (United States)
    Silver Donald McDermott (United States)
    Bronze Gordon Audley (tie) (Canada)
    Arne Johansen (tie) (Norway)
    Speed Skating - 1500m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Hjalmar Andersen (Norway)
    Silver Willem van der Voort (Netherlands)
    Bronze Roald Aas (Norway)
    Speed Skating - 5000m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Hjalmar Andersen (Norway)
    Silver Cornelis "Kees" Broekman (Netherlands)
    Bronze Sverre Haugli (Norway)
    Speed Skating - 10,000m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Hjalmar Andersen (Norway)
    Silver Cornelius "Kees" Broekman (Netherlands)
    Bronze Carl-Erik Asplund (Sweden)

    Information compiled by the Sports Illustrated Library


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