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

See also: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's downhill[12]
details 		Henri Oreiller
 France 		Franz Gabl
 Austria 		Rolf Olinger
 Switzerland
Karl Molitor
 Switzerland
Women's downhill[13]
details 		Hedy Schlunegger
 Switzerland 		Trude Beiser
 Austria 		Resi Hammerer
 Austria
Men's slalom[14]
details 		Edy Reinalter
 Switzerland 		James Couttet
 France 		Henri Oreiller
 France
Women's slalom[15]
details 		Gretchen Fraser
 United States 		Antoinette Meyer
 Switzerland 		Erika Mahringer
 Austria
Men's combined[16]
details 		Henri Oreiller
 France 		Karl Molitor
 Switzerland 		James Couttet
 France
Women's combined[17]
details 		Trude Beiser
 Austria 		Gretchen Fraser
 United States 		Erika Mahringer
 Austria

Bobsleigh

See also: Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
details 		 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
details 		 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.
See also: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
18 km[21]
details 		Martin Lundström
 Sweden 		Nils Östensson
 Sweden 		Gunnar Eriksson
 Sweden
50 km[22]
details 		Nils Karlsson
 Sweden 		Harald Eriksson
 Sweden 		Benjamin Vanninen
 Finland
4×10 km
details 		 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

See also: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles[26]
details 		Dick Button
 United States 		Hans Gerschwiler
 Switzerland 		Edi Rada
 Austria
Ladies' singles[27]
details 		Barbara-Ann Scott
 Canada 		Eva Pawlik
 Austria 		Jeannette Altwegg
 Great Britain
Pairs
details 		 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.
See also: Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
details 		 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
Roy 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
See also: Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[34]
details 		Heikki Hasu
 Finland 		Martti Huhtala
 Finland 		Sven Israelsson
 Sweden

Skeleton

See also: Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[35]
details 		Nino Bibbia
 Italy 		John Heaton
 United States 		John Crammond
 Great Britain

Ski jumping

See also: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[36]
details 		Petter Hugsted
 Norway 		Birger Ruud
 Norway 		Thorleif Schjelderup
 Norway

Speed skating

See also: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres[37]
details 		Finn Helgesen
 Norway 		Ken Bartholomew
 United States 		none awarded
Thomas Byberg
 Norway
Robert Fitzgerald
 United States
1500 metres[38]
details 		Sverre Farstad
 Norway 		Åke Seyffarth
 Sweden 		Odd Lundberg
 Norway
5000 metres[39]
details 		Reidar Liaklev
 Norway 		Odd Lundberg
 Norway 		Göthe Hedlund
 Sweden
10000 metres[40]
details 		Åke Seyffarth
 Sweden 		Lassi Parkkinen
 Finland 		Pentti Lammio
 Finland

Multiple medallists

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

Athlete Nation Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Henri Oreiller  France (FRA) Alpine skiing 2 0 1 3
Martin Lundström  Sweden (SWE) Cross-country skiing 2 0 0 2
Gretchen Fraser  United States (USA) Alpine skiing 1 1 0 2
Trude Jochum-Beiser  Austria (AUT) Alpine skiing 1 1 0 2
Nils Östensson  Sweden (SWE) Cross-country skiing 1 1 0 2
Åke Seyffarth  Sweden (SWE) Speed skating 1 1 0 2
Gunnar Eriksson  Sweden (SWE) Cross-country skiing 1 0 1 2
James Couttet  France (FRA) Alpine skiing 0 1 1 2
Odd Lundberg  Norway (NOR) Speed skating 0 1 1 2
Karl Molitor  Switzerland (SUI) Alpine Skiing 0 1 1 2
Erika Mahringer  Austria (AUT) Alpine skiing 0 0 2 2

See also

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