Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Nordic Combined
at the V Olympic Winter Games
VenueOlympiaschanze St. Moritz (ski jumping)
Around the hills of St. Moritz (cross-country skiing)
Dates31 January-1 February
Competitors39 from 13 nations
Winning Score448.80
Medalists
   Finland
   Finland
   Sweden

Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics consisted of one event, held from 31 January to 1 February. The ski jumping portion took place at Olympiaschanze St. Moritz, while the cross-country portion took place around the hills of St. Moritz. [1]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Finland 1 1 0 2
2 Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 1 3

Norway, which had won every previous Olympic medal in Nordic combined, were stunned to see Finland and Sweden split the three medals in St. Moritz.

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
 Heikki Hasu
Finland (FIN) 		448.80  Martti Huhtala
Finland (FIN) 		433.65  Sven Israelsson
Sweden (SWE) 		433.40

Individual

The 18 kilometre cross-country race was used to determine the cross-country scores for the nordic combined, which did not have a separate ski race. 39 competitors in that race went on to compete in the ski jumping, with each jumper taking three attempts, and the top two counting for points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal.[1]

Rank Name Country Cross-countrySki JumpingTotal
Time Points Rank Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3 Total Rank
1 Heikki Hasu Finland 16:43 240.00 39 57.0 61.5 64.0 208.8 8 448.80
2 Martti Huhtala Finland 19:28 224.15 38 62.0 61.0 61.5 209.5 6 433.65
3 Sven Israelsson Sweden 21:44 211.50 36 67.5 66.0 67.0 221.9 1 433.40
4 Niklaus Stump Switzerland 22:15 208.50 33 65.5 63.5 60.0 213.0 5 421.50
5 Olavi Sihvonen Finland 22:26 207.00 32 60.0 65.0 60.0 209.2 7 416.20
6 Eilert Dahl Norway 22:52 205.50 30 62.0 62.5 63.0 208.8 8 414.30
7 Pauli Salonen Finland 22:28 207.00 31 63.0 62.0 60.5 206.3 10 413.30
8 Olaf Dufseth Norway 21:50 211.50 35 61.0 59.0 61.0 201.1 16 412.60
9 Erik Elmsäter Sweden 22:12 208.95 34 56.0 61.5 58.0 202.0 15 410.95
10 Clas Haraldsson Sweden 24:21 197.35 25 63.5 66.0 66.0 213.4 4 410.75
11 Olav Odden Norway 21:35 212.25 37 59.0 53.5 55.5 196.9 19 409.15
12 Kåre Østerdal Norway 24:20 198.00 26 55.0 62.0 61.0 206.2 11 404.20
13 Alfons Supersaxo Switzerland 24:29 196.50 24 63.0 57.0 61.5 203.9 13 400.40
14 Alfredo Prucker Italy 23:26 202.50 29 51.0 59.5 56.0 191.5 22 394.00
15 Rizzieri Rodeghiero Italy 24:12 198.00 27 57.0 58.0 56.0 190.8 23 388.80
16 Josl Gstrein Austria 25:04 193.50 23 63.5 61.0 59.5 188.2 25 381.70
17 Theo Allenbach Switzerland 23:54 199.50 28 52.5 52.0 50.0 176.6 32 376.10
18 Gottlieb Perren Switzerland 26:27 186.00 20 56.0 57.5 56.5 187.8 26 373.80
19 René Jeandel France 25:57 189.00 21 52.0 54.0 56.5 182.1 28 371.10
20 Stefan Dziedzic Poland 25:33 190.50 22 52.0 54.5 52.0 177.1 31 367.60
21 Karl Martitsch Austria 31:19 162.00 13 59.0 60.0 61.0 198.2 17 360.20
22 Józef Daniel Krzeptowski Poland 31:05 162.00 14 58.0 57.0 60.5 197.8 18 359.80
23 Hubert Hammerschmied Austria 32:47 154.50 10 58.5 62.0 62.5 202.4 14 356.90
24 Tone Razinger Yugoslavia 28:24 176.25 17 53.5 51.5 55.5 176.2 33 352.45
25 Tadeusz Kwapień Poland 27:55 178.50 19 47.0 52.5 51.0 173.7 34 352.20
26 Corey Engen United States 37:24 132.00 6 65.5 59.0 64.0 214.8 3 346.80
27 Don Johnson United States 32:03 157.50 12 57.0 56.5 59.0 187.6 27 345.10
28 Alberto Tassotti Italy 28:16 177.00 18 46.5 52.0 42.0 165.1 36 342.10
29 Gordy Wren United States 40:12 120.00 4 66.5 68.5 66.0 220.2 2 340.20
30 Walter Jeandel France 34:19 147.00 9 60.5 59.0 59.5 192.6 21 339.60
31 Jaroslav Kadavý Czechoslovakia 32:17 157.50 11 51.5 55.0 55.5 181.1 29 338.60
32 Bohumil Kosour Czechoslovakia 29:37 169.50 16 44.5 47.5 48.5 159.0 37 328.50
33 Ralph Townsend, Jr. United States 37:12 138.00 7 54.5 61.0 58.0 188.7 24 326.70
34 Leopold Tajner Poland 38:45 126.00 5 61.5 58.0 55.0 195.5 20 321.50
35 Jaroslav Lukeš Czechoslovakia 41:00 115.50 3 63.5 62.0 65.0 205.4 12 320.90
36 František Šimůnek Czechoslovakia 35:21 142.50 8 51.0 50.0 52.0 169.8 35 312.30
37 Bill Irwin Canada 44:43 99.00 1 51.0 51.0 51.5 181.0 30 280.00
38 Nikola Delev Bulgaria 43:29 105.00 2 42.0 45.0 48.0 157.1 38 262.10
- Paul Haslwanter Austria 31:00 163.50 15 - - - DNS - -

Participating NOCs

Thirteen nations participated in nordic combined at the St. Moritz Games. Bulgaria and France made their Olympic nordic combined debuts.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d'Hiver St-Moritz 1948". Comité Olympique Suisse. LA84 Foundation. 1948. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

Sports-Reference - 1948 Olympics - Nordic Combined

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