1948 Winter Olympics medal table
| 1948 Winter Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
 Henri Oreiller was the most successful athlete at the 1948 Winter Olympics, winning two gold medals and one bronze medal in men's alpine skiing | |
| Location | St. Moritz,  Switzerland |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  Norway (4) and  Sweden (4) |
| Most total medals | Norway (10), Sweden (10), and Switzerland (10) |
| Medalling NOCs | 13 |
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from 30 January to 8 February 1948. A total of 669 athletes representing 28 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated. The games featured 22 events in 4 sports across 9 disciplines. The games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from 6 to 16 February 1936. The games were also the second Winter Games held in St. Moritz.[1][2]
Overall, athletes representing 13 NOCs won at least one medal, and 10 NOCs won at least one gold medal. Norway and Sweden won the most gold medals with 4 and also won the most overall medals with host nation Switzerland with 10. Norway and Switzerland also equaled their silver and bronze medal total, tying them for first place in the medal table.[3] Italy's team won their first Winter Olympic gold medal after Nino Bibbia won the men's skeleton event;[4] the medal was also their first Winter Olympic medal of any color.[5] Additionally, Belgium's team also won their first Olympic gold medal, with Micheline Lannoy and Pierre Baugniet winning the pair skating event.[6]
Alpine skier Henri Oreiller of France and Martin Lundström of Sweden tied for the most gold medals won for an individual at the games, with two. Oreiller also won the most overall medals, winning a total of three medals from an additional bronze medal to his two gold medals.[3] Norway and Sweden both achieved podium sweeps at the games, with the former in the individual ski jumping event with Petter Hugsted winning the gold, Birger Ruud winning the silver, and Thorleif Schjelderup winning the bronze, and the latter in the men's 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event with Lundström winning the gold, Nils Östensson winning the silver, and Gunnar Eriksson winning the bronze.[7][8]
Medal table
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The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.[9][10] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[11]
In alpine skiing, two bronze medals were awarded in the men's downhill event after a third-place tie.[12] In speed skating, a three-way tie for second place resulted with three silver medals and no bronze medal being awarded in the men's 500 metres event.[13]
* Host nation (Switzerland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 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 |
 Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (13 entries) | 22 | 24 | 22 | 68 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Factsheet: The Winter Olympic Games" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. October 14, 2021. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Swiss Olympic Committee 1948, p. 13.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "1948 St. Moritz Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ Williams, Richard (14 June 2013). "How David Gower got it in the neck on a daredevil descent of Cresta Run". Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "Italy Overview". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "Irene Schouten wins speedskating mass start for 3rd gold of Beijing Olympics". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 February 2022. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Summary for Saturday's Olympic Competition". The Salt Lake Tribune. Associated Press. 8 February 1948. p. 41. Retrieved 6 February 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "St. Moritz 1948 Cross Country Skiing 18km Men Results". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ Ostlere, Lawrence (11 August 2024). "Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Araton, Harvey (18 August 2008). "A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Cons, Roddy (10 August 2024). "What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained". Diario AS. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Winter Olympic Games Summary". Hartford Courant. United Press. 3 February 1948. p. 11. Retrieved 6 February 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Pinkley, Virgil (1 February 1948). "Winter Olympics Settle Down as Strife Subsides; U.S. in Running". The San Bernardino Sun. United Press. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "St. Moritz Olympic Medal Table - Gold, Silver & Bronze". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
Bibliography
[edit]- "Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948" [General Report of the Swiss Olympic Committee General Secretariat, Lausanne, on the V Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz 1948] (PDF). Swiss Olympic Committee (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008 – via LA84 Foundation.
External links
[edit]- "St Moritz 1948". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
- "1948 Winter Olympics". Olympedia.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
