The Sports Almanac



1948 Winter Olympics
St. Moritz, Switzerland

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

NORWAY/SWEDEN - 10 Medals
SWITZERLAND - 10 Medals
UNITED STATES - 9 Medals

Bobsled Skeleton
 Ice Hockey
Figure Skating Speed Skating Alpine Skiing
Cross Country Skiing Nordic Combined Ski Jumping


1948 St. Moritz Overall Medal Standings
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 Norway 4
 3
 3
 10
1
 Sweden 4
 3
 3
 10
2
 Switzerland
 3
 4
 3
 10
3
 United States
 3
 4
 2
 9
4
 Austria 1
 3
 4
 8
5
 Finland 1
 3
 2
 6
6
 France 2
 1
 2
 5
7
 Canada 2
 0
 1
 3
8
 Belgium
 1
 1
 0
 2
9
 Great Britain 0
 0
 2
 2
10
 Italy
 1
 0
 0
 1
11
 Czechoslovakia
 0
 1
 0
 1
12
 Hungary
 0
 1
 0
 1

1948 St. Moritz Boblsed
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Two-Man
 Switzerland
 Switzerland
 United States
Four-Man
 United States
 Belgium
 United States

1948 St. Moritz Skeleton
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Nino Bibbia - Italy
 John Heaton - United States
 John Crammond - Great Britain

1948 St. Moritz Ice Hockey
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Canada
 Czechoslovakia
 Switzerland

1948 St. Moritz Figure Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles Dick Button - United States
 Hans Gerschwiler - Switzerland
 Edi Rada - Austria
Women's Singles Barbara Ann Scott - Canada
 Eva Pawlik - Austria
 Jeannette Altwegg - Great Britain
Pairs Micheline Lannoy, Pierre Baugniet - Belgium
 Andrea Kékesy, Ede Király - Hungary
 Suzanne Morrow, Wallace Diestelmeyer - Canada

1948 St. Moritz Speed Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 500 Meters Finn Helgesen - Norway
 Ken Bartholomew - United States
Thomas Byberg - Norway
Robert Fitzgerald - United States
 None Awarded
Men's 1500 Meters Sverre Farstad - Norway
 Âke Seyffarth - Sweden
 Odd Lundberg - Norway
Men's 5000 Meters
 Reidar Liaklev - Norway
 Odd Lundberg - Norway Göthe Hedlund - Sweden
Men's 10000 Meters
 Âke Seyffarth - Sweden Lassi Parkkinen - Finland
 Pentti Lammio - Finland

1948 St. Moritz  Alpine Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Downhill
 Henri Oreiller - France
 Franz Gabl - Austria
 Rolf Olinger - Switzerland
Karl Molitor - Switzerland
Women's Downhill Hedy Schlunegger - Switzerland
 Trude Beiser - Austria
 Resi Hammerer - Austria
Men's Slalom Edy Reinalter - Switzerland
 James Couttet - France
 Henri Oreiller - France
Women's Slalom Gretchen Fraser - United States
 Antoinette Meyer - Switzerland
 Erika Mahringer - Austria
Men's Combined
 Henri Oreiller - France Karl Molitor - Switzerland James Couttet - France
Women's Combined
 Trude Beiser - Austria Gretchen Fraser - United States Erika Mahringer - Austria

1948 St. Moritz Cross Country Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
18KM Martin Lundström - Sweden
 Nils Östensson - Sweden
 Gunnar Eriksson - Sweden
50KM Nils Karlsson - Sweden
 Harald Eriksson - Sweden
 Benjamin Vanninen - Finland
Relay
 Sweden
 Finland
 Norway

1948 St. Moritz Nordic Combined
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual
 Heikki Hasu - Finland
 Martti Huhtala - Finland
 Sven Israelsson - Sweden

1948 St. Moritz Ski Jumping
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Normal Hill
 Petter Hugsted - Norway
 Birger Ruud - Norway
 Thorleif Schjelderup - Norway