Australia at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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Australia at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	AUS
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1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo
Competitors	9 in 4 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Australia's second Winter Olympic Games appearance was at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. It was 16 years since Australia's last Winter Games, as the 1940 and 1944 Winter Olympics were cancelled, and Australia did not compete in the 1948 Winter Olympics. Australia sent nine athletes and competed in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating and speed skating. Nancy Hallam and Gweneth Molony were Australia's first women athletes at the Winter Olympics.

Contents 1 Results by event 1.1 Alpine skiing 1.2 Cross-country skiing 1.3 Figure skating 1.4 Speed skating 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

• Downhill: Bill Day (60th/72), Barry Patten (67th), William "Bob" Arnott (71st)
• Slalom: Bill Day (50th), William "Bob" Arnott (61st), Barry Patten (71st) (all three were only allowed one run)
• Giant slalom: Bill Day (67th/82), William "Bob" Arnott (78th), Barry Patten (80th)

[edit] Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

• 18 km: Bruce Haslingden (74th/75), Cedric Sloane (75th)
• 50 km: Bruce Haslingden (DNF), Cedric Sloane(DNF)

Along with Karl Schüssler of Germany, Bruce and Cedric gave up between the 30.5km mark and 42km mark in the 50km race.

The winner of the 18km won in a time of 1:01:34, whereas Bruce Haslingden took 1:29:58 and Cedric Sloane timed 1:32:39. The third-last competitor, John H Caldwell (USA) took 1:25:42, and a total of five competitors retired during the race.

[edit] Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

• Men: Adrian Swan (10th/14)
• Women: Nancy Hallam (married name Nancy Burley) (14th/25), Gweneth Molony (also spelled Gwenneth) (21st)

[edit] Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

• 500 m: Colin Hickey (29th/39)
• 1500 m: Colin Hickey (30th/39)
• 5000 m: Colin Hickey (28th/35)

[edit] See also

• Australia at the Winter Olympics

[edit] External links

• Australia NOC
• Olympic Winter Institute of Australia

[edit] References

• "Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester ISBN 0-949853-05-4 (suspected errata listed in Errata/0949853054)

• "2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" PDF file

• "The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee ISBN 0-7022-3425-7 (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)

• "Winter Olympic Representatives 1924 - 2002" Ice Skating Australia

• "Olympic Winter Games - Oslo 1952", published by the Organising Committee, Oslo 1952, pp. 228–33. PDF scan by the Amateur Athletics Foundation.

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