Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/1952 Winter Olympics

1952 Winter Olympics

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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 6, 2014 by Bencherlite ^Talk 01:32, 20 January 2014‎ (UTC)[reply]

The 1952 Winter Olympics took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February. All of the venues for the games were located in Oslo's metropolitan area with the exception of the alpine skiing events, which were held at Norefjell, 113 km (70 mi) away. A new hotel was built for the press and dignitaries, along with three dormitories to house athletes and coaches, creating the first modern Olympic Village. The games attracted 694 athletes representing 30 countries, who participated in 6 sports and 22 events. There was one demonstration sport, bandy, in which three Scandinavian countries competed. Women were allowed to compete in cross-country skiing for the first time. Portugal and New Zealand competed at their first Winter Olympics, and Japan and Germany competed for the first time since World War II. Norway won the overall medal count with sixteen medals, seven of which were gold. Hjalmar Andersen from Norway was the most decorated athlete with three gold medals for speed skating. The games closed with the presentation of a flag (pictured) by the city of Oslo to the International Olympic Committee. The "Oslo Flag" has been displayed in the host city during each subsequent winter games. (Full article...)

3 points, 2 points for 2 years in between being featured and the date, and 1 point for the date being significant as the opening day of the 2014 Olympics. buff bills 7701 14:47, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support FYI: Blurb as nominated, 198 words/1,183 characters (with spaces). Interesting topic, ~~look forward to reading through the article later today~~. Excellent choice, relevant date.--ColonelHenry (talk) 15:27, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Tweaked; +16 characters LeadSongDog come howl! 18:36, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - Tweaked further and 1,200 exactly. Gold medals all round. Bencherlite ^Talk 14:55, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support, relevant date, also, helps with WP:WORLDVIEW. Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 23:29, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support, good choice. – Quadell ^(talk) 18:44, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Three deadlinks tagged. Bencherlite ^Talk 14:26, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]