1952 winter games

the 1952 winter Olympics were held in Oslo, Norway and were held from February 14 - 25.  30 nations attended these games.  highlights include: 1. Canada winning hockey gold.  this would be the last one until 2002.  2. a woman declared the games open for the first time.  3. Wim van der Voort and Kees Broekman won the Netherlands first ever speed skating medals.  van der Voort won silver in the 1500, while Broekman won silver in the 5000m and 10000m events.  Hjalmar Andersen of Norway won gold in all three of those events.  4.  womens 10k was added to the cross country skiing program.  5.  bandy was a demostration sport here.  Canada won 2 medals (1g, 1b) at these games.  tomorrow - the 1956 games.  here is the logo for the '52 games.