| Figure skating at the V Winter Olympics | |
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| Champions | |
| Men's singles: United States (USA) Dick Button |
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| Ladies singles: Canada (CAN) Barbara Ann Scott |
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| Pair skating: Belgium (BEL) Micheline Lannoy and Pierre Baugniet |
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| Previous: | 1936 |
| Next: | 1952 |
At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies singles, and pair skating.
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Barbara Ann Scott became the first Canadian to win the figure skating gold medal while Dick Button became the first American to win a figure skating title for the United States. Button also became the first figure skater to perform a double axel in competition.
The competition began with the men's compulsory figures on February 2. However, the next day, competition was postponed in the midst of the ladies' figures event due to a thaw that left puddles of water on the outdoor ice surface. On February 5 competition had to be resumed, regardless of poor ice conditions, in order to allow the Games to finish on schedule. The pairs event on February 7 was skated in a heavy snowstorm, with the ice having to be scraped after each program.[1]
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles | Dick Button United States (USA) |
Hans Gerschwiler Switzerland (SUI) |
Edi Rada Austria (AUT) |
| Ladies' singles | Barbara Ann Scott Canada (CAN) |
Eva Pawlik Austria (AUT) |
Jeannette Altwegg Great Britain (GBR) |
| Pair skating | Micheline Lannoy and Pierre Baugniet Belgium (BEL) |
Andrea Kékesy and Ede Király Hungary (HUN) |
Suzanne Morrow and Wallace Diestelmeyer Canada (CAN) |
| Rank | Name | Nation | CF | CF Points | FS | Total Points | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Button | United States | 1 | 994.7 | 1 | 191.177 | 10 |
| 2 | Hans Gerschwiler | Switzerland | 2 | 965.1 | 3 | 181.122 | 23 |
| 3 | Edi Rada | Austria | 3 | 941.0 | 4 | 178.133 | 33 |
| 4 | John Lettengarver | United States | 4 | 916.3 | 2 | 176.400 | 36 |
| 5 | Ede Király | Hungary | 5 | 922.1 | 5 | 174.400 | 42 |
| 6 | James Grogan | United States | 9 | 867.4 | 6 | 168.711 | 62 |
| 7 | Henry Graham Sharp | Great Britain | 6 | 909.8 | 8 | 167.044 | 67 |
| 8 | Hellmut May | Austria | 7 | 893.2 | 7 | 165.666 | 68 |
| 9 | Helmut Seibt | Austria | 8 | 882.9 | 12 | 162.655 | 79 |
| 10 | Vladislav Čáp | Czechoslovakia | 10 | 859.0 | 11 | 160.233 | 96 |
| 11 | Fernand Leemans | Belgium | 11 | 838.0 | 14 | 157.822 | 104 |
| 12 | Wallace Diestelmeyer | Canada | 13 | 809.1 | 9 | 156.322 | 110 |
| 13 | Zdeněk Fikar | Czechoslovakia | 12 | 819.0 | 13 | 154.155 | 114 |
| 14 | Karl Enderlin | Switzerland | 14 | 796.7 | 10 | 154.244 | 110 |
| 15 | Carlo Fassi | Italy | 16 | 764.9 | 15 | 145.966 | 135 |
| 16 | Per Cock-Clausen | Denmark | 15 | 785.5 | 16 | 145.533 | 135 |
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| Rank | Name | Nation | CF | CF Points | FS | Total Points | Places |
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| 1 | Barbara Ann Scott | Canada | 1 | 858.1 | 1 | 163.077 | 11 |
| 2 | Eva Pawlik | Austria | 3 | 832.1 | 2 | 157.588 | 24 |
| 3 | Jeannette Altwegg | Great Britain | 2 | 842.1 | 6 | 156.166 | 28 |
| 4 | Jirína Nekolová | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 807.2 | 4 | 154.088 | 34 |
| 5 | Alena Vrzáňová | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 797.2 | 3 | 153.044 | 44 |
| 6 | Yvonne Sherman | United States | 8 | 783.9 | 5 | 149.833 | 62 |
| 7 | Bridget Shirly Adams | Great Britain | 5 | 806.8 | 16 | 148.644 | 69 |
| 8 | Gretchen Merrill | United States | 6 | 798.0 | 11 | 148.466 | 73 |
| 9 | Martha Musilek Bachem | Austria | 14 | 744.5 | 7 | 144.456 | 103 |
| 10 | Marion Tiefy Davies | Great Britain | 11 | 763.5 | 12 | 144.766 | 104 |
| 11 | Eileen Seigh | United States | 10 | 755.8 | 10 | 144.111 | 110 |
| 12 | Marilyn Ruth Take | Canada | 12 | 754.1 | 13 | 143.722 | 110.5 |
| 13 | Dagmar Lerchová | Czechoslovakia | 15 | 745.5 | 8 | 144.433 | 112 |
| 14 | Suzanne Morrow | Canada | 9 | 761.9 | 15 | 143.655 | 117 |
| 15 | Maja Hug | Switzerland | 13 | 755.9 | 19 | 141.522 | 137 |
| 16 | Jacqueline du Bief | France | 16 | 746.0 | 21 | 139.022 | 147.5 |
| 17 | Marika Saáry | Hungary | 17 | 739.3 | 14 | 140.944 | 142 |
| 18 | Hildegard Appeltauer | Austria | 18 | 743.7 | 20 | 139.300 | 155 |
| 19 | Maidie Jill Linzee | Great Britain | 19 | 742.8 | 18 | 140.200 | 145 |
| 20 | Ingeborg Solar | Austria | 23 | 677.8 | 9 | 135.444 | 186 |
| 21 | Éva Lindner | Hungary | 22 | 679.7 | 17 | 134.188 | 192 |
| 22 | Marit Henie | Norway | 21 | 699.4 | 23 | 133.111 | 194 |
| 23 | Lotti Höner | Switzerland | 20 | 699.1 | 22 | 134.211 | 186 |
| 24 | Grazia Barcellona | Italy | 25 | 607.9 | 24 | 122.211 | 218 |
| 25 | Doris Blanc | Switzerland | 24 | 635.6 | 25 | 122.622 | 221 |
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| Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
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| 1 | Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet | Belgium | 11.227 | 17.5 |
| 2 | Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király | Hungary | 11.109 | 26 |
| 3 | Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer | Canada | 11.000 | 31 |
| 4 | Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning | United States | 10.581 | 53 |
| 5 | Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne | Great Britain | 10.572 | 53 |
| 6 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | United States | 10.536 | 59.5 |
| 7 | Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | Hungary | 9.909 | 89 |
| 8 | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | Great Britain | 9.700 | 98 |
| 9 | Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer | Austria | 9.436 | 111.5 |
| 10 | Margot Walle / Allan Fjeldheim | Norway | 9.281 | 118.5 |
| 11 | Susanne Giebisch / Helmut Seibt | Austria | 9.290 | 117.5 |
| 12 | Luny Unold / Hans Kuster | Switzerland | 9.281 | 120 |
| 13 | Grazia Barcellona / Carlo Fassi | Italy | 9.263 | 121.5 |
| 14 | Denise Favart / Jacques Favart | France | 8.700 | 139 |
| WD | Blazena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka | Czechoslovakia |
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