title: Norway at the 1952 Summer Olympics
text: # Norway at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  
  Norway competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 102 competitors, 96 men and 6 women, took part in 72 events in 14 sports. Earlier in the year, Norway had hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
  
  ## Cycling
  
  ### Road Competition
  
  Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
  
  * Odd Berg — 5:17:30.2 (→ 24th place)
  * Erling Kristiansen — 5:11:16.5 (→ 25th place)
  * Lorang Christiansen — 5:20:01.3 (→ 28th place)
  
  ## Fencing
  
  Five fencers, all male, represented Norway in 1952.
  
  ### Men's foil
  
  * Leif Klette
  
  ### Men's épée
  
  * Johan von Koss
  * Egill Knutzen
  * Alfred Eriksen
  
  ### Men's team épée
  
  * Egill Knutzen, Alfred Eriksen, Johan von Koss, Sverre Gillebo
  
  ### Men's sabre
  
  * Alfred Eriksen
  
  ## Rowing
  
  Norway had nine male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1952.
  
  ### Men's coxless four
  
  * Sverre Kråkenes
  * Kristoffer Lepsøe
  * Thorstein Kråkenes
  * Harald Kråkenes
  
  ### Men's coxed four
  
  * Bjørn Christoffersen
  * Arnfinn Larsen
  * Wilhelm Hayden
  * Thor Nilsen
  * Leif Andersen (cox)
  
  ## Shooting
  
  Nine shooters represented Norway in 1952. Erling Kongshaug won gold in the 50 m rifle, three positions and John H. Larsen, Sr. won gold in the 100m running deer.
  
  ### 25 m pistol
  
  * Gunnar Svendsen
  * Oddvar Wenner Nilssen
  
  ### 50 m pistol
  
  * Gunnar Svendsen
  * Rolf Klementsen
  
  ### 300 m rifle, three positions
  
  * Erling Kongshaug
  * Mauritz Amundsen
  
  ### 50 m rifle, three positions
  
  * Erling Kongshaug
  * Mauritz Amundsen
  
  ### 50 m rifle, prone
  
  * Erling Kongshaug
  * Mauritz Amundsen
  
  ### 100m running deer
  
  * John H. Larsen, Sr.
  * Rolf Bergersen
  
  ### Trap
  
  * Hans Aasnæs
  * Svein Helling
  