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Pairs, Mixed

Date22 February 1952 — 19:00
StatusOlympic
LocationBislett Stadion, Oslo
Participants26 from 9 countries
FormatEach judge ranked each pair by Ordinal Placement from first through last place. The Ordinal Placement for each judge was based on Total Points awarded by that judge to the pairs, with the tiebreaker being Sporting Merit (2nd mark). Final placement was determined by a Majority Placement rule. Thus, if a pair were ranked first by a majority of the judges, that pair was placed first overall, and the process was repeated for each place. If no absolute majority for a place existed, the tiebreakers were, in order: 1) Total Ordinals, 2) Total Points, 3) Compulsory Figure Points.
Judge #1Donald GilchristCAN
Judge #2Harold StorkeUSA
Judge #3Christen ChristensenNOR
Judge #4Pauline BorrajoGBR
Judge #5Henri MügeliSUI
Judge #6Fritz SchoberGER
Judge #7Einar TörsleffSWE
Judge #8László SzollásHUN
Judge #9Franz WojtanowskyjAUT

Karol and Peter Kennedy emerged the leading figure skating couple after the 1948 Games, winning the US Championships 5 times in a row (1948-1952) and the World title in 1950. In 1951 Germany was again invited to take part internationally, and their leading couple, Ria Baran and Peter Falk, German Champions since 1947, had immediate success, winning the European title in 1951 and 1952 and the World title in 1951 in a close battle with the Kennedys. Ria and Peter married in 1951. They were also World and European champions in roller figure skating.

Ria and Peter Falk was favored for the gold medal in Oslo, and they did not disappoint their fans. This mature, elegant and creative pair was unbeaten as amateurs. At the Oslo Games Ria was 29 and Peter 30. They were the first pair showing side by side double jumps and the Lasso lift.

Karol and Peter Kennedy made a gallant try to threaten the German champions in Oslo. They started their program at a very high speed and impressed the audience at the initial stage of their program, but got problems on the last half and had to settle with the silver medal. Another sibling pair, Marianna and László Nagy of Hungary, European Champions in 1950, claimed the bronze medal.

At the World Championships in Paris one week later Ria and Peter Falk ended their amateur career in a convincing way with the clearest international victory of their career, before signing a contract with Holiday on Ice. The Kennedys had to be content with another silver medal. Paul Kennedy, apparently frustrated, assaulted a press photographer after their performance, and was suspended by both ISU and his national governing body. This incident ended the figure skating career of the colorful “Kennedy Kids”.

PosSkaterNOCMaj. PlacementsOrdinalsPointsReducedJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
1Ria Falk / Paul FalkGER6×1+11.5102.611.40011.4 (1)11.3 (2)11.3 (2)11.5 (1)11.4 (1)11.4 (1)11.2 (=1)11.5 (1)11.6 (1)Gold1
2Karol Kennedy / Peter KennedyUSA7×2+17.5100.611.17811.1 (2)11.4 (1)11.4 (1)10.9 (2)11.2 (2)11.1 (2)11.2 (=1)10.9 (3)11.4 (3)Silver
3Marianna Nagy / László NagyHUN8×4+31.097.410.82210.6 (4)10.5 (4)10.8 (4)10.7 (4)10.7 (5)10.8 (3)10.7 (3)11.2 (2)11.4 (2)Bronze
4Jennifer Nicks / John NicksGBR5×4+39.095.410.60010.4 (5)10.2 (5)10.9 (3)10.8 (3)10.8 (4)10.7 (4)10.3 (5)10.7 (4)10.6 (6)
5Frances Dafoe / Norris BowdenCAN6×6+48.094.410.48910.7 (3)10.6 (3)10.6 (5)10.3 (6)10.5 (6)10.3 (7)10.2 (7)10.3 (7)10.9 (4)
6Janet Gerhauser / John NightingaleUSA7×6+54.092.610.28910.2 (6)10.1 (6)10.1 (6)10.4 (5)10.4 (7)10.4 (6)10.6 (4)10.3 (6)10.1 (8)
7Silvia Grandjean / Michel GrandjeanSUI8×7+53.092.710.3009.8 (8)9.9 (7)10.0 (7)10.0 (7)10.9 (3)10.6 (5)10.2 (6)10.5 (5)10.8 (5)
8Inge Minor / Hermann BraunGER6×8+73.588.19.7899.9 (7)9.5 (8)9.7 (8)9.8 (8)9.9 (8)10.2 (8)9.7 (8)9.7 (9)9.7 (=9)2
9Sissy Schwarz / Kurt OppeltAUT6×9+83.085.29.4679.4 (9)9.4 (10)9.5 (9)9.6 (9)9.4 (9)9.4 (10)9.4 (9)8.9 (11)10.2 (7)
10Éva Szöllősi / Gábor VidaHUN5×10+91.583.29.2448.8 (11)9.1 (11)9.0 (12)9.0 (11)9.3 (10)9.5 (9)9.0 (10)9.8 (8)9.7 (=9)
11Peri Horne / Ray LockwoodGBR9×11+94.082.29.1339.0 (10)9.5 (9)9.1 (11)9.2 (10)9.2 (11)9.0 (11)8.8 (11)9.0 (10)9.4 (11)
12Britta Lindmark / Ulf BerendtSWE9×12+106.078.88.7568.7 (12)9.0 (12)9.2 (10)8.3 (12)8.9 (12)8.8 (12)8.3 (12)8.6 (12)9.0 (12)
13Bjørg Skjælaaen / Reidar BørjesonNOR9×13+117.075.28.3568.3 (13)8.9 (13)8.2 (13)7.6 (13)8.8 (13)8.2 (13)8.2 (13)8.2 (13)8.8 (13)