Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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Medals awarded for the skeleton discipline at the 1948 Winter Olympics held in St Moritz. In many locations the sport was referred to as tobogganing during these and the 1928 Games. The contest was run over a total of six runs.

[edit] Medalists

Gold Italy Nino Bibbia
Italy (ITA)
Silver United States John Heaton
United States (USA)
Bronze Great Britain John Crammond
Great Britain (GBR)

Turn 10 at Cesana Pariol, where the bobsled, luge, and skeleton competitions took place for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, is named for Bibbia.

Jack Heaton also won the silver medal in skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics.

[edit] Results

Rank Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total Diff.
1 Italy Nino Bibbia (ITA) 0:48.8 0:47.6 0:47.6 0:59.5 1:00.2 1:00.3 5:23.2 —
2 United States John Heaton (USA) 0:48.1 0:47.4 0:47.7 1:00.0 1:00.2 1:01.2 5:24.6 +1.4
3 Great Britain John Crammond (GBR) 0:47.4 0:47.7 0:47.9 1:00.9 1:00.9 1:00.3 5:25.1 +1.9
4 United States William Martin (USA) 0:47.8 0:49.2 0:48.2 1:00.7 1:01.6 1:00.5 5:28.0 +4.8
5 Switzerland Gottfried Kägi (SUI) 0:48.9 0:48.8 0:48.7 1:00.8 1:01.6 1:01.1 5:29.9 +6.7
6 Great Britain Richard Bott (GBR) 0:48.3 0:48.9 0:49.2 1:01.5 1:01.4 1:01.4 5:30.7 +7.5
7 Great Britain James Coats (GBR) 0:48.8 0:48.7 0:49.0 1:02.3 1:01.7 1:01.4 5:31.9 +8.7
8 United States Fairchilds MacCarthy (USA) 0:48.8 0:48.3 0:49.4 1:03.6 1:02.7 1:02.7 5:35.5 +12.3
9 Great Britain T. Clarke (GBR) 0:49.7 0:49.9 0:49.3 1:03.5 1:03.8 1:02.8 5:39.0 +15.8
10 United States C. W. Johnson (USA) 0:47.7 0:48.4 0:48.0 did not start — —
11 Switzerland M. Bigler (SUI) 0:48.4 0:48.4 0:48.7 did not start — —
12 Switzerland D. Balsegia (SUI) 0:49.2 0:49.0 0:48.6 did not start — —
13 France W. G. Hirigoyen (FRA) 0:52.7 0:49.9 0:51.0 did not start — —

[edit] Reference


Events at the 1948 Winter Olympics (St. Moritz)
Alpine skiing • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Figure skating • Ice hockey • Military patrol (demonstration) • Nordic combined • Skeleton • Ski jumping • Speed skating • Winter pentathlon (demonstration)
Skeleton at the Winter Olympics
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952-1998 • 2002 • 2006
See also: List of Olympic medalists in skeleton
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