Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the VI Winter Olympics
Type:	Olympic Games
Venue:	Bislett Stadion
Champions
Men's singles: Dick Button
Ladies' singles: Jeannette Altwegg
Pair skating: Ria Baran / Paul Falk
Previous: 1948 Winter Olympics
Next: 1956 Winter Olympics

At the 1952 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. Compulsory figures were skated at the outdoor Jordal Amfi rink, while the free skating portions of the competition were held at the huge Bislett Stadion, on a regulation-sized ice surface set inside the speed skating track. The competition opened with the ladies' figures on February 16 and 17, followed by the men's figures on February 19 and then the three free skating events for ladies, men, and pairs. Somewhat unusually for competitions of this era, there were no particular problems with bad weather or poor ice conditions at the outdoor rinks.^[1]

At this competition, Dick Button won his second Olympic title, and also became the first skater to land a triple jump –a triple loop jump– in competition.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Dick Button  United States	Helmut Seibt  Austria	James Grogan  United States
Ladies	Jeannette Altwegg  Great Britain	Tenley Albright  United States	Jacqueline du Bief  France
Pair skating	Ria Baran / Paul Falk  Germany	Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy  United States	Marianna Nagy / László Nagy|HUN|1952 Winter}}

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	CF	FS	Points	Places
1	Dick Button	United States	1	1	192.256	9
2	Helmut Seibt	Austria	2	5	180.144	23
3	James Grogan	United States	3	2	180.822	24
4	Hayes Alan Jenkins	United States	5	3	174.589	40
5	Peter Firstbrook	Canada	4	4	173.122	43
6	Carlo Fassi	Italy	6	7	169.822	50
7	Alain Giletti	France	7	6	163.233	63
8	Freimut Stein	Germany	8	8	155.956	72
9	François Pache	Switzerland	9	11	139.922	92
10	Adrian Swan	Australia	12	9	138.689	95
11	Kurt Oppelt	Austria	11	10	137.033	98
12	György Czakó	Hungary	14	12	132.233	112
13	Kalle Tuulos	Finland	13	13	131.211	112
14	Per Cock-Clausen	Denmark	10	11	133.722	112

Referee:

• Kenneth M. Beaumont

Assistant Referee:

• Georges Torchon

Judges:

• Alex Krupy
• Theo Klemm
• Bruno Bonfiglio
• Franz Wojtanowskyj
• Sven P. Sørensen
• Norman V.S. Gregory
• Martti Gyldén
• Gérard Rodrigues Henriques
• László Szollás

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	CF	FS	Points	Places
1	Jeannette Altwegg	Great Britain	1	4	161.756	14
2	Tenley Albright	United States	2	3	159.133	22
3	Jacqueline du Bief	France	4	2	158.000	24
4	Sonya Klopfer	United States	3	5	154.633	33
5	Virginia Baxter	United States	8	1	152.211	50
6	Suzanne Morrow	Canada	6	7	149.333	56
7	Barbara Wyatt	Great Britain	5	11	148.378	63
8	Gundi Busch	Germany	10	6	146.289	75
9	Marlene Smith	Canada	11	9	143.289	92
10	Erika Kraft	Germany	9	10	143.767	89
11	Valda Osborn	Great Britain	7	13	144.767	89
12	Helga Dudzinski	Germany	12	8	142.767	103
13	Vera Smith	Canada	13	15	138.220	117
14	Nancy Burley	Australia	17	14	135.633	135
15	Susi Wirz	Switzerland	15	17	135.578	136
16	Annelies Schilhan	Austria	19	12	134.744	140
17	Patricia Devries	Great Britain	14	20	132.811	148
18	Yolande Jobin	Switzerland	16	16	132.478	151
19	Sissy Schwarz	Austria	22	18	126.878	178
20	Leena Pietilä	Finland	20	21	124.733	185
21	Gweneth Molony	Australia	18	22	124.344	190
22	Alida Stoppelman	Netherlands	21	23	123.544	193
23	Eszter Jurek	Hungary	24	19	121.478	199
24	Ingeborg Nilsson	Norway	25	24	113.322	215
WD	Bjørg Løhner Øien	Norway	23

Referee:

• Kenneth M. Beaumont

Assistant Referee:

• Karen Klæboe

Judges:

• Harold G. Storke
• Joseph Wilson
• Fritz Schober
• Henri Mügeli
• Per Reiertsen
• Donald H. Gilchrist
• Franz Heinlein
• Martti Gyldén
• Gérard Rodrigues Henriques

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Points	Places
1	Ria Baran / Paul Falk	United Team of Germany	11.400	11.5
2	Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy	United States	11.178	17.5
3	Marianna Nagy / László Nagy	Hungary	10.822	31
4	Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks	Great Britain	10.600	39
5	Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden	Canada	10.489	48
6	Janet Gerhauser / John Nightingale	United States	10.289	54
7	Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean	Switzerland	10.300	53
8	Ingeborg Minor / Hermann Braun	United Team of Germany	9.089	73.5
9	Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt	Austria	9.469	83
10	Éva Szöllösy / Gábor Vida	Hungary	9.244	91.5
11	Peri Horne / Raymond Lockwood	Great Britain	9.133	94
12	Britta Lindmark / Ulf Berendt	Sweden	8.756	106
13	Bjørg Skjælaaen / Reidar Børjeson	Norway	8.346	117

Referee:

• Walter S. Powell

Assistant Referee:

• Elemér Terták

Judges:

• Donald H. Gilchrist
• Harold G. Storke
• Christen Christensen
• Pauline Barrajo
• Henri Mügeli
• Fritz Schober
• Einar Törsleff
• László Szollás
• Franz Wojtanowskyj

References

1. "The Olympics: 1948 and 1952", Skating magazine, February 1960

External links

• Official Olympic Report
• results