Bandy at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Bandy at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Dates	20–23 February
Teams	3
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	12 (4 per match)
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Bandy was held as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. A men's program was included but not a women's program.

Sweden, Norway and Finland participated with their best players and won one match each. Sweden won the tournament thanks to the best goal difference, with Norway second and Finland third. The three participating countries regularly played friendlies, but this was the first official international bandy tournament since 1913.^{[citation needed]}

Though bandy was played in the Soviet Union, they did not partake in the event because they did not compete in any international bandy competitions at that point. While agreements had previously been made to play friendlies against Sweden in the late 1940s, the plans did not come to fruition.^[1]

The Olympic bandy games were noticed by the sport's leaders from the Soviet Union, who invited the three Nordic countries to a friendly four nation bandy tournament in 1954. The first men's Bandy World Championships were not held until five years later, in 1957.

Medalists[]

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Sweden Orvar Bergmark Martin Johansson	Norway Bosse Halla Leif Eriksen David Eriksen Arne Bakker Tore Frisholm Rolf Person Arne Johansen Einar Andersen Martin Olsen Harald Cato Helgerud Gunnar Fossum Ole Marthinsen	Finland Herbert Lundström Juhani Halme Yrjö Jussila Arvo Raitavuo Per-Erik Lindqvist Martti Nyyssönen Olof Stolpe Sakari Salo Pentti Hämäläinen

Results[]

1952 Winter Olympics (Men's bandy)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	2
Norway	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	2
Finland	2	1	0	1	3	6	−3	2

20 February 1952

14:00

Finland	3–2	Norway

Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo

Referee: (Sweden)

21 February 1952

14:00

Norway	2–1	Sweden

Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo

Referee: Johan Alho (Finland)

23 February 1952

14:00

Sweden	4–0	Finland

Bislett Stadium, Oslo

Referee: (Norway)

Final rankings[]

	Sweden
	Norway
	Finland

References[]

External links[]

• 1952 Winter Olympics pp. 215–216, 256