Oslo 1952

Olympic Winter Games Oslo 1952 Medals

Front: Olympic rings superimposed over raised torch within French legend. "Jeux Olympiques" across the top with "Olympia" in Greek inscribed in background. "Citius, Altius, Fortius" along lower rim.

Back: Silhouette of Oslo City Hall between two snow crystals, Norwegian legend and snow crystal below. Legend: "De VI. Olympiske Vinterleker Oslo 1952"

Designer: Vasos Falireas [obverse of medal] and Knut Yran [reverse of medal]
Mint: Th. Marthinsen, Tonsberg, Norway

Alpine skier Andrea Mead Lawrence, aunt to former Wyoming governor Matt Mead, won two gold medals in slalom and giant slalom in Oslo.

Tenley Albright won her first Olympic medal in women's singles figure skating (silver) as well as the first of five consecutive national titles in 1952. All the more amazing when considering Albright contracted polio at the age of 12.

Norwegian artist Knut Yran not only designed the reverse of the prize medals, but also the Olympic poster.

For the first time the Olympic Winter Games appeared in Norway, the birthplace of modern skiing, and computers were used for the first time in figure skating to calculate the scores awarded by the different judges for the compulsory and free programs. This enabled an athlete's score to be given immediately.