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St. Moritz,
Switzerland
Vth WINTER GAMES |
January 30 - February
8, 1948 |
Mascot - none |
28 countries,
669 athletes (77 women) |
5 sports, 22 events |
Opening -
President Enrico Celio |
Torch lit by - none |
Candidates: Lake Placid,
USA |
World War II caused a suspension
of Olympic events in 1940 and 1944. The Olympic Winter Games resumed in
1948, with a revisit to the 1928 host site, St. Moritz. Alpine skiing
was expanded to include separate downhill and slalom events for both men
and women. Participation, both by individuals and countries, had
increased but the extremely poor condition of the facilities and the
dreadful weather had considerable influence on the results.
The Games returned to
St. Moritz largely because Switzerland's neutrality during the war left
it unscathed. Both Germany and Japan, as aggressor countries, were barred from competing by the
IOC as punishment for their actions during the war.
The hockey portion of the Games
was shrouded in controversy because of a dispute between the U.S.
Olympic Association (now known as the USOC) and the Amateur Hockey
Association. The USOA sent one team, and the AHA sent its own. However
the IOC threatened to cancel the hockey competition if the dispute was
not settled, so it was decided that the AHA team could play, but its
results would not count. The team finished fourth. Once the competition
began, it was the Canadians who returned to their familiar dominance in
winning the gold, with Czechoslovakia coming in second, and Switzerland
in third.
In figure skating, 18-year-old
American Dick Button won gold and in the process revolutionized the
sport with his athletic jumping style. Canadian Barbara Ann Scott
defeated her European counterparts to claim gold in the ladies'
competition.
The Scandinavian countries once
again dominated the Nordic events. The Swiss and Americans took the
medals in the bobsled events. For the fourth time out of five
Olympics, Norway was atop the medals table with 10, tied with Sweden and
Switzerland.
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ICE HOCKEY |
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LUGE |
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1 |
SKATING |
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Figure Skating |
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1 |
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3 |
Speed Skating |
3 |
1 |
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4 |
SKIING |
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Alpine Skiing |
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2 |
1 |
2 |
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1 |
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6 |
Cross-Country Skiing |
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3 |
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3 |
Nordic Combined |
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1 |
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Ski Jumping |
1 |
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1 |
TOTAL |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
22 |
GOLD MEDAL
WINNERS
(5 new events, Luge added)
(17 Men, 4 Women, 1 Combined Events)
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BOBSLEIGH
M\Two-Man: Felix Endrich/Friedrich Waller, SUI
M\Four-Man: United States
ICE HOCKEY
Men's Team: Canada
LUGE (NEW)
M\Skeleton-Cresta Run: Nino
Bibbia, Italy |
SKIING
ALPINE SKIING
M\Alpine Combined: Henri Oreiller, France
M\Downhill: Henri Oreiller, France
M\Slalom: Edi Reinalter, Switzerland
W\Alpine Combined: Trude Beiser, Austria
W\Downhill: Hedy Schlunegger, Switzerland
W\Slalom: Gretchen Fraser, United States
CROSS-COUNTRY
SKIING
M\18km Classical: Martin Lundström, Sweden
M\50km Classical: Nils Karlsson, Sweden
M\4x10km Relay: Sweden
NORDIC COMBINED
M\Individual: Heikki Hasu, Finland
SKI JUMPING
M\K-90 Individual: Petter Hugsted, Norway
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SKATING
FIGURE SKATING
M\Singles: Richard Button, United States
W\Singles: Barbara Ann Scott, Canada
Pairs: Micheline Lannoy/Pierre Baugniet, Belgium
SPEED SKATING
M\500m: Finn Helgesen, Norway
M\1500m: Sverre Farstad, Norway
M\5000m: Reidar Liaklev, Norway
M\10000m: Ake Seyffarth, Sweden |
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Country
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B |
TTL |
Norway |
4 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
Sweden |
4 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
Switzerland |
3 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
United
States |
3 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
France |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
Canada |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
Austria |
1 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
Finland |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
Belgium |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Italy |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Czechoslovakia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Hungary |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Great
Britain |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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TOTAL
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22 |
24 |
22 |
68 |
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