List of 1948 Winter Olympics medal winners

Barbara-Ann Scott of Canada and Hans Gerschwiler of Switzerland practice pairs figure skating before competition.

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the V Olympic Winter Games, were a multi-sport event held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from January 30 through February 8, 1948. A total of 669 athletes representing 28 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated at the Games in twenty two events across eight disciplines.[1]

The Olympic programme was adjusted from that of the 1936 Winter Olympics[2] with the addition of skeleton for men. The sport had first appeared at the 1928 Winter Olympics, which had also taken place in St. Moritz, but would not make another appearance until 2002 in Salt Lake City.[3] Two demonstration sports were held in St. Moritz, winter pentathlon and military patrol. This was the fourth time military patrol had been held as a demonstration event, the closely related sport of biathlon was added to the programme beginning with the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics.[4][5] Both men and women competed in the 1948 Games, with women taking part in alpine skiing and figure skating.

A total of 123 athletes won medals at the 1948 Games.[6] Norway, Sweden and Switzerland tied for the most number of medals, with ten each. The United States placed fourth in the medal count, with nine, and Austria placed fifth, with eight. Of the 28 competing NOCs, 13 won at least one medal, with 10 of these winning at least one gold. Notable absences from these Games were defeated Axis Powers members Germany and Japan, who were not invited to St. Moritz or the London Summer Olympics later in the year in light of the recently concluded World War II.[6][7] The Soviet Union, who did not form an NOC until 1951,[8] declined to take part.[6][9]

Sweden repeated its success in cross-country skiing, winning all three medals in the Men's 18 km event and all three gold medals available in the sport.[10] Canadian teenager Barbara-Ann Scott became the first from her nation to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating, and Dick Button from the United States did the same.[9] Alpine skier Henri Oreiller from France won the most medals with a total of three, with two gold medals from the downhill and combined events, and a bronze in the slalom event.[6][11]

Alpine skiing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's downhill[12]
  Henri Oreiller
France (FRA)		  Franz Gabl
Austria (AUT)		  Rolf Olinger
Switzerland (SUI)
 Karl Molitor
Switzerland (SUI)
Women's downhill[13]
  Hedy Schlunegger
Switzerland (SUI)		  Trude Beiser
Austria (AUT)		  Resi Hammerer
Austria (AUT)
Men's slalom[14]
  Edy Reinalter
Switzerland (SUI)		  James Couttet
France (FRA)		  Henri Oreiller
France (FRA)
Women's slalom[15]
  Gretchen Fraser
United States (USA)		  Antoinette Meyer
Switzerland (SUI)		  Erika Mahringer
Austria (AUT)
Men's combined[16]
  Henri Oreiller
France (FRA)		  Karl Molitor
Switzerland (SUI)		  James Couttet
France (FRA)
Women's combined[17]
  Trude Beiser
Austria (AUT)		  Gretchen Fraser
United States (USA)		  Erika Mahringer
Austria (AUT)

Bobsleigh

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
  Switzerland (SUI)[18]
Switzerland II
Felix Endrich
Friedrich Waller		  Switzerland (SUI)[18]
Switzerland I
Fritz Feierabend
Paul Eberhard		  United States (USA)[19]
USA II
Frederick Fortune
Schuyler Carron
Four-man
  United States (USA)[19]
USA II
Francis Tyler
Patrick Martin
Edward Rimkus
William D'Amico		  Belgium (BEL)[20]
Belgium I
Max Houben
Freddy Mansveld
Louis-Georges Niels
Jacques Mouvet		  United States (USA)[19]
USA I
James Bickford
Thomas Hicks
Donald Dupree
William Dupree

Cross-country skiing

Swedish cross-country skier Martin Lundström during the Men's 18 km event. Lundström went on to win the gold medal in this event.
Event Gold Silver Bronze
18 km[21]
  Martin Lundström
Sweden (SWE)		  Nils Östensson
Sweden (SWE)		  Gunnar Eriksson
Sweden (SWE)
50 km[22]
  Nils Karlsson
Sweden (SWE)		  Harald Eriksson
Sweden (SWE)		  Benjamin Vanninen
Finland (FIN)
4×10 km
  Sweden (SWE)[23]
Gunnar Eriksson
Martin Lundström
Nils Östensson
Nils Täpp		  Finland (FIN)[24]
August Kiuru
Teuvo Laukkanen
Sauli Rytky
Lauri Silvennoinen		  Norway (NOR)[25]
Erling Evensen
Olav Hagen
Reidar Nyborg
Olav Økern

Figure skating

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles[26]
  Dick Button
United States (USA)		  Hans Gerschwiler
Switzerland (SUI)		  Edi Rada
Austria (AUT)
Ladies' singles[27]
  Barbara-Ann Scott
Canada (CAN)		  Eva Pawlik
Austria (AUT)		  Jeannette Altwegg
Great Britain (GBR)
Pairs
  Belgium (BEL)[28]
Pierre Baugniet
Micheline Lannoy		  Hungary (HUN)[29]
Andrea Kékesy
Ede Király		  Canada (CAN)[30]
Wallace Diestelmeyer
Suzanne Morrow

Ice hockey

The gold-medal winning men's ice hockey team, the Ottawa RCAF Flyers.
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
  Canada (CAN)[31]
Andy Gilpin
Albert Renaud
Bernard Dunster
George Mara
Hubert Brooks
Henri-André Laperrière
Irving Taylor
Pete Leichnitz
Jean Gravelle
Louis Lecompte
Murray Dowey
Patrick Guzzo
R. A. Forbes
Reginald Schroeter
Ross King
Thomas Hibberd
Walter Halder		  Czechoslovakia (TCH)[32]
Bohumil Modrý
Gustav Bubník
Jaroslav Drobný
Josef Trousílek
Karel Stibor
Ladislav Troják
Miloslav Pokorný
Miroslav Sláma
Oldřich Zábrodský
Přemysl Hajný
Stanislav Konopásek
Václav Roziňák
Vilibald Šťovík
Vladimír Bouzek
Vladimír Kobranov
Vladimír Zábrodský
Zdeněk Jarkovský		  Switzerland (SUI)[33]
Alfred Bieler
Beat Rüedi
Emil Handschin
Ferdinand Cattini
Gebhard Poltera
Hans Bänninger
Hans Cattini
Hans Dürst
Hans Trepp
Heini Lohrer
Heinrich Boller
Otto Schubiger
Reto Perl
Bibi Torriani
Ulrich Poltera
Walter Dürst
Werner Lohrer

Nordic combined

Nordic combined gold medal winner Heikki Hasu, pictured in 1952
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[34]
  Heikki Hasu
Finland (FIN)		  Martti Huhtala
Finland (FIN)		  Sven Israelsson
Sweden (SWE)

Skeleton

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[35]
  Nino Bibbia
Italy (ITA)		  John Heaton
United States (USA)		  John Crammond
Great Britain (GBR)

Ski jumping

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[36]
  Petter Hugsted
Norway (NOR)		  Birger Ruud
Norway (NOR)		  Thorleif Schjelderup
Norway (NOR)

Speed skating

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres[37]
  Finn Helgesen
Norway (NOR)		  Ken Bartholomew
United States (USA)		 none awarded
 Thomas Byberg
Norway (NOR)
 Robert Fitzgerald
United States (USA)
1500 metres[38]
  Sverre Farstad
Norway (NOR)		  Åke Seyffarth
Sweden (SWE)		  Odd Lundberg
Norway (NOR)
5000 metres[39]
  Reidar Liaklev
Norway (NOR)		  Odd Lundberg
Norway (NOR)		  Göthe Hedlund
Sweden (SWE)
10000 metres[40]
  Åke Seyffarth
Sweden (SWE)		  Lassi Parkkinen
Finland (FIN)		  Pentti Lammio
Finland (FIN)

Multiple medallists

Athletes who won more than one medal are listed below.[6]

Athlete Nation Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Oreiller, HenriHenri Oreiller  France (FRA) Alpine skiing 2 0 1 3
Lundström, MartinMartin Lundström  Sweden (SWE) Cross-country skiing 2 0 0 2
Fraser, GretchenGretchen Fraser  United States (USA) Alpine skiing 1 1 0 2
Jochum-Beiser, TrudeTrude Jochum-Beiser  Austria (AUT) Alpine skiing 1 1 0 2
Östensson, NilsNils Östensson  Sweden (SWE) Cross-country skiing 1 1 0 2
Seyffarth, ÅkeÅke Seyffarth  Sweden (SWE) Speed skating 1 1 0 2
Eriksson, GunnarGunnar Eriksson  Sweden (SWE) Cross-country skiing 1 0 1 2
Couttet, JamesJames Couttet  France (FRA) Alpine skiing 0 1 1 2
Lundberg, OddOdd Lundberg  Norway (NOR) Speed skating 0 1 1 2
Molitor, KarlKarl Molitor  Switzerland (SUI) Alpine Skiing 0 1 1 2
Mahringer, ErikaErika Mahringer  Austria (AUT) Alpine skiing 0 0 2 2

See also

References

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