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 1948
Competitors39 from 13 nations
Winning Score448.80
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Heikki Hasu  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martti Huhtala  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sven Israelsson  Sweden
← 1936
1952 →

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][2]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Finland1102
2 Sweden0011
Totals (2 entries)1113

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
details 		Heikki Hasu
 Finland		 448.80 Martti Huhtala
 Finland		 433.65 Sven Israelsson
 Sweden		 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-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3 Total Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s) Heikki Hasu  Finland 1:16:43 240.00 39 57.0 61.5 64.0 208.8 8 448.80
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martti Huhtala  Finland 1:19:28 224.15 38 62.0 61.0 61.5 209.5 6 433.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sven Israelsson  Sweden 1:21:44 211.50 36 67.5 66.0 67.0 221.9 1 433.40
4 Niklaus Stump  Switzerland 1:22:15 208.50 33 65.5 63.5 60.0 213.0 5 421.50
5 Olavi Sihvonen  Finland 1:22:26 207.00 32 60.0 65.0 60.0 209.2 7 416.20
6 Eilert Dahl  Norway 1:22:52 205.50 30 62.0 62.5 63.0 208.8 8 414.30
7 Pauli Salonen  Finland 1:22:28 207.00 31 63.0 62.0 60.5 206.3 10 413.30
8 Olaf Dufseth  Norway 1:21:50 211.50 35 61.0 59.0 61.0 201.1 16 412.60
9 Erik Elmsäter  Sweden 1:22:12 208.95 34 56.0 61.5 58.0 202.0 15 410.95
10 Clas Haraldsson  Sweden 1:24:21 197.35 25 63.5 66.0 66.0 213.4 4 410.75
11 Olav Odden  Norway 1:21:35 212.25 37 59.0 53.5 55.5 196.9 19 409.15
12 Kåre Østerdal  Norway 1:24:20 198.00 26 55.0 62.0 61.0 206.2 11 404.20
13 Alfons Supersaxo  Switzerland 1:24:29 196.50 24 63.0 57.0 61.5 203.9 13 400.40
14 Alfredo Prucker  Italy 1:23:26 202.50 29 51.0 59.5 56.0 191.5 22 394.00
15 Rizzieri Rodeghiero  Italy 1:24:12 198.00 27 57.0 58.0 56.0 190.8 23 388.80
16 Josl Gstrein  Austria 1:25:04 193.50 23 63.5 61.0 59.5 188.2 25 381.70
17 Theo Allenbach  Switzerland 1:23:54 199.50 28 52.5 52.0 50.0 176.6 32 376.10
18 Gottlieb Perren  Switzerland 1:26:27 186.00 20 56.0 57.5 56.5 187.8 26 373.80
19 René Jeandel  France 1:25:57 189.00 21 52.0 54.0 56.5 182.1 28 371.10
20 Stefan Dziedzic  Poland 1:25:33 190.50 22 52.0 54.5 52.0 177.1 31 367.60
21 Karl Martitsch  Austria 1:31:19 162.00 13 59.0 60.0 61.0 198.2 17 360.20
22 Józef Daniel Krzeptowski  Poland 1:31:05 162.00 14 58.0 57.0 60.5 197.8 18 359.80
23 Hubert Hammerschmied  Austria 1:32:47 154.50 10 58.5 62.0 62.5 202.4 14 356.90
24 Tone Razinger  Yugoslavia 1:28:24 176.25 17 53.5 51.5 55.5 176.2 33 352.45
25 Tadeusz Kwapień  Poland 1:27:55 178.50 19 47.0 52.5 51.0 173.7 34 352.20
26 Corey Engen  United States 1:37:24 132.00 6 65.5 59.0 64.0 214.8 3 346.80
27 Don Johnson  United States 1:32:03 157.50 12 57.0 56.5 59.0 187.6 27 345.10
28 Alberto Tassotti  Italy 1:28:16 177.00 18 46.5 52.0 42.0 165.1 36 342.10
29 Gordy Wren  United States 1:40:12 120.00 4 66.5 68.5 66.0 220.2 2 340.20
30 Walter Jeandel  France 1:34:19 147.00 9 60.5 59.0 59.5 192.6 21 339.60
31 Jaroslav Kadavý  Czechoslovakia 1:32:17 157.50 11 51.5 55.0 55.5 181.1 29 338.60
32 Bohumil Kosour  Czechoslovakia 1:29:37 169.50 16 44.5 47.5 48.5 159.0 37 328.50
33 Ralph Townsend, Jr.  United States 1:37:12 138.00 7 54.5 61.0 58.0 188.7 24 326.70
34 Leopold Tajner  Poland 1:38:45 126.00 5 61.5 58.0 55.0 195.5 20 321.50
35 Jaroslav Lukeš  Czechoslovakia 1:41:00 115.50 3 63.5 62.0 65.0 205.4 12 320.90
36 František Šimůnek  Czechoslovakia 1:35:21 142.50 8 51.0 50.0 52.0 169.8 35 312.30
37 Bill Irwin  Canada 1:44:43 99.00 1 51.0 51.0 51.5 181.0 30 280.00
38 Nikola Delev  Bulgaria 1:43:29 105.00 2 42.0 45.0 48.0 157.1 38 262.10
- Paul Haslwanter  Austria 1:31:00 163.50 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. ^ a b c d e "Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d'Hiver St-Moritz 1948" (PDF). Comité Olympique Suisse. LA84 Foundation. 1948. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "Nordic Combined at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2019.