Sportsfans · Winter Olympics · Games · St. Moritz 1948
Winter Olympics · Switzerland · 30 January – 8 February 1948
St. Moritz 1948
22 medal events in 9 sports, 68 medals to 13 delegations, 128 named medallists. On top of the table: Norway with 4 gold.
Open 1948 in the atlas →← 19441952 →Athletes669592 men · 77 women
Delegations28
Programme22events scheduled
Medal events229 sports
Medals6822 gold
The medal table
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | France | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Canada | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Austria | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Finland | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Every event gold, silver, bronze
| Sport | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | Men's combined | Henri Oreiller France | Karl Molitor Switzerland | James Couttet France |
| Alpine skiing | Men's downhill | Henri Oreiller France | Franz Gabl Austria | Rolf Olinger Switzerland / Karl Molitor Switzerland |
| Alpine skiing | Men's slalom | Edy Reinalter Switzerland | James Couttet France | Henri Oreiller France |
| Alpine skiing | Women's combined | Trude Beiser Austria | Gretchen Fraser United States | Erika Mahringer Austria |
| Alpine skiing | Women's downhill | Hedy Schlunegger Switzerland | Trude Beiser Austria | Resi Hammerer Austria |
| Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | Gretchen Fraser United States | Antoinette Meyer Switzerland | Erika Mahringer Austria |
| Bobsleigh | Men’s Four-man | Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, William D'Amico United States | Max Houben, Freddy Mansveld, Louis-Georges Niels, Jacques Mouvet Belgium | James Bickford, Thomas Hicks, Donald Dupree, William Dupree United States |
| Bobsleigh | Men’s Two-man | Felix Endrich, Friedrich Waller Switzerland | Fritz Feierabend, Paul Eberhard Switzerland | Frederick Fortune, Schuyler Carron United States |
| Cross-country skiing | Men’s 18 km | Martin Lundström Sweden | Nils Östensson Sweden | Gunnar Eriksson Sweden |
| Cross-country skiing | Men’s 4×10 km | Gunnar Eriksson, Martin Lundström, Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp Sweden | August Kiuru, Teuvo Laukkanen, Sauli Rytky, Lauri Silvennoinen Finland | Erling Evensen, Olav Hagen, Reidar Nyborg, Olav Økern Norway |
| Cross-country skiing | Men’s 50 km | Nils Karlsson Sweden | Harald Eriksson Sweden | Benjamin Vanninen Finland |
| Figure skating | Men's singles | Dick Button United States | Hans Gerschwiler Switzerland | Edi Rada Austria |
| Figure skating | Mixed Pairs | Pierre Baugniet, Micheline Lannoy Belgium | Andrea Kékesy, Ede Király Hungary | Wallace Diestelmeyer, Suzanne Morrow Canada |
| Figure skating | Women’s Ladies' singles | Barbara-Ann Scott Canada | Eva Pawlik Austria | Jeannette Altwegg Great Britain |
| Ice hockey | Men's team | 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 Canada | 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 Czechoslovakia | 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 Switzerland |
| Nordic combined | Men's individual | Heikki Hasu Finland | Martti Huhtala Finland | Sven Israelsson Sweden |
| Skeleton | Men's individual | Nino Bibbia Italy | John Heaton United States | John Crammond Great Britain |
| Ski jumping | Men's individual | Petter Hugsted Norway | Birger Ruud Norway | Thorleif Schjelderup Norway |
| Speed skating | Men’s 10000 metres | Åke Seyffarth Sweden | Lassi Parkkinen Finland | Pentti Lammio Finland |
| Speed skating | Men’s 1500 metres | Sverre Farstad Norway | Åke Seyffarth Sweden | Odd Lundberg Norway |
| Speed skating | Men’s 500 metres | Finn Helgesen Norway | Thomas Byberg Norway / Ken Bartholomew United States / Robert Fitzgerald United States | — |
| Speed skating | Men’s 5000 metres | Reidar Liaklev Norway | Odd Lundberg Norway | Göthe Hedlund Sweden |