Editing 1952 Winter Olympics (section)

==Host city selection==
{{Location map|Norway|label=Oslo|mark=Green pog.svg|lat=59.56|long=10.45|width=230|float=right|thumb|alt=A map of Norway with Oslo marked in the south east of the country.|caption=Location of Oslo in Norway}}
[[Oslo]] had unsuccessfully bid to host the [[1936 Winter Olympics]], losing to Germany, which had hosted the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]. At that time, the nation that hosted the [[Summer Olympics]] also hosted the [[Winter Olympics]].<ref name=fp252>Findling and Pelle (1996), p. 252</ref> After the 1936 Games, the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) decided to award the Winter and Summer Games to different countries, but the Games were suspended during World War II. London hosted the first post-war Games, the [[1948 Summer Olympics]], and recommended Oslo as the host city for the [[1948 Winter Olympics|1948 Winter Games]], but the city council declined.<ref name=fp252/> Instead, the 1948 Winter Olympics were held in [[St. Moritz]], Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Moritz, 1948|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/st-moritz-1948-winter-olympics|access-date=26 August 2010|archive-date=17 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417233806/http://www.olympic.org/st-moritz-1948-winter-olympics|url-status=live}}</ref>

Norwegians were undecided about hosting a Winter Olympics.<ref>Klausen (1999), p. 28</ref> Culturally, they were opposed to competitive winter sports, particularly skiing events, despite the success of Norwegian athletes at previous Winter Games.<ref>Klausen (1999), pp. 28–29</ref> But the organizers believed the 1952 Games could be an opportunity to promote national unity and to show the world that Norway had recovered from the war.<ref>Klausen (1999), p. 29</ref> Vying with Oslo for the right to host the Games were [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]], Italy, and [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States.<ref name=fp252/> The IOC voted to award the 1952 Winter Games to Oslo on 21 June 1947 at the 40th [[List of IOC meetings|IOC Session]] in Stockholm, Sweden.<ref name=osloor20>Organising Committee for the VI Winter Olympic Games (1952), p. 20</ref> Later, Cortina d'Ampezzo was awarded the [[1956 Winter Olympics|1956 Games]], and Lake Placid—which had hosted the [[1932 Winter Olympics]]—was chosen to host the [[1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Winter Games]]. Norway became the first Scandinavian country to host a Winter Olympics,<ref name=fp252/> and the 1952 Winter Games were the first to be held in a nation's capital.<ref name=oslo/>

===Results===
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|+1952 Winter Olympics bidding result<ref name=votes>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml |title=Past Olympic host city election results |publisher=[[GamesBids]] |access-date=17 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821055613/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |archive-date=21 August 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope=col | City
! scope=col | Country
! scope=col | Round 9
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! scope=row | [[Oslo]]
| {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway || style="text-align:center;"|'''17'''
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! scope=row | [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]]
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Italy || style="text-align:center;"|9
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! scope=row | [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]]
| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} United States || style="text-align:center;"|1
|}