United States at the 1948 Winter Olympics
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| At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 69 (59 men, 10 women) in 9 sports | |||||||||
| Flag bearer | John Heaton (skeleton) | |||||||||
| Medals Rank: 4 |
Gold 3 |
Silver 4 |
Bronze 2 |
Total 9 |
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The United States competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Fraser, GretchenGretchen Fraser | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
| Gold | D'Amico, WilliamWilliam D'Amico Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus Francis Tyler | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
| Gold | Button, DickDick Button | Figure skating | Men's singles |
 Silver | Fraser, GretchenGretchen Fraser | Alpine skiing | Women's combined |
| Silver | Heaton, JohnJohn Heaton | Skeleton | Men's competition |
| Silver | Bartholomew, KenKen Bartholomew | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres |
| Silver | Fitzgerald, RobertRobert Fitzgerald | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres |
 Bronze | Carron, SchuylerSchuyler Carron Frederick Fortune | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
| Bronze | Bickford, JamesJames Bickford Donald Dupree William Dupree Thomas Hicks | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Barney McLean | Downhill | 3:30.1 | 47 | ||||
| Dev Jennings | 3:28.2 | 45 | |||||
| Bob Blatt | 3:27.4 | 44 | |||||
| Steve Knowlton | 3:26.2 | 43 | |||||
| Dick Movitz | 3:25.2 | 42 | |||||
| Jack Reddish | 3:12.3 | 26 | |||||
| Barney McLean | Slalom | 1:20.5 | 30 | 1:07.6 | 17 | 2:28.1 | 24 |
| Colin Stewart | 1:15.3 | 23 | 1:08.8 | 21 | 2:24.1 | 20 | |
| Steve Knowlton | 1:12.9 | 16 | 1:07.6 | 17 | 2:20.5 | 16 | |
| Jack Reddish | 1:11.0 | 10 | 1:04.5 | 5 | 2:15.5 | 7 | |
Men's combined
The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).
| Athlete | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| Barney McLean | 1:16.4 | 1:11.5 | 15 | 25.15 | 26 |
| Bob Blatt | 1:15.6 | 1:21.4 | 23 | 27.83 | 29 |
| Steve Knowlton | 1:15.5 | 1:14.0 | 17 | 23.75 | 25 |
| Jack Reddish | 1:14.1 | 1:08.8 | 8 | 13.24 | 12 |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Andrea Mead-Lawrence | Downhill | 3:03.1 | 35 | ||||
| Paula Kann | 2:49.0 | 28 | |||||
| Becky Cremer | 2:44.2 | 22 | |||||
| Ruth-Marie Stewart | 2:42.0 | 20 | |||||
| Gretchen Fraser | 2:37.1 | 13 | |||||
| Brynhild Grasmoen | 2:36.0 | 12 | |||||
| Paula Kann | Slalom | 1:07.8 | 16 | 1:02.0 | 9 | 2:09.8 | 11 |
| Brynhild Grasmoen | 1:05.6 | 12 | 1:04.0 | 12 | 2:09.6 | 9 | |
| Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1:05.1 | 11 | 1:03.7 | 11 | 2:08.8 | 8 | |
| Gretchen Fraser | 59.7 | 1 | 57.5 | 2 | 1:57.2 | | |
Women's combined
The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).
| Athlete | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| Ruth-Marie Stewart | 1:09.8 | 1:06.6 | 12 | 17.73 | 16 |
| Becky Cremer | 1:09.4 | 1:12.5 | 20 | 22.01 | 17 |
| Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1:03.8 | 1:11.7 | 11 | 30.84 | 21 |
| Gretchen Fraser | 1:01.8 | 59.2 | 2 | 6.95 | |
Bobsleigh
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| USA-1 | Tuffield A. Latour Leo J. Martin |
Two-man | 1:24.9 | 4 | 1:24.8 | 6 | 1:24.1 | 8 | 1:25.4 | 12 | 5:39.2 | 9 |
| USA-2 | Frederick Fortune Schuyler Carron |
Two-man | 1:25.5 | 8 | 1:24.1 | 3 | 1:22.5 | 3 | 1:23.2 | 3 | 5:35.3 | |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| USA-1 | James Bickford Thomas Hicks Donald Dupree William Dupree |
Four-man | 1:17.4 | 5 | 1:20.7 | 2 | 1:21.8 | 4 | 1:21.6 | 2 | 5:21.5 | |
| USA-2 | Francis Tyler Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus William D'Amico |
Four-man | 1:17.1 | 2 | 1:19.6 | 1 | 1:21.4 | 1 | 1:22.0 | 5 | 5:20.1 | |
Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
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| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Gordy Wren | 1'40:12 | 77 |
| Corey Engen | 1'37:24 | 75 | |
| Ralph Townsend | 1'37:12 | 74 | |
| Don Johnson | 1'32:03 | 66 | |
| Wendell Broomhall | 1'31:40 | 65 | |
Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Grogan | 9 | 6 | 168.711 | 62 | 6 |
| John Lettengarver | 4 | 2 | 176.400 | 36 | 4 |
| Dick Button | 1 | 1 | 191.177 | 10 | |
- Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eileen Seigh | 10 | 10 | 144.111 | 110 | 11 |
| Gretchen Merrill | 6 | 11 | 148.466 | 73 | 8 |
| Yvonne Sherman | 8 | 5 | 149.833 | 62 | 6 |
- Pairs
| Athletes | Points | Score | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy |
10.536 | 59.5 | 6 |
| Yvonne Sherman Robert Swenning |
10.581 | 53 | 4 |
Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 5 | 15 |
 Czechoslovakia |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 18 | 15 |
 Switzerland |
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 21 | 12 |
 Sweden |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 28 | 8 |
 Great Britain |
8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 6 |
 Poland |
8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 97 | 4 |
 Austria |
8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 77 | 2 |
 Italy |
8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 156 | 0 |
 United States DSQ |
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 33 | (10) |
- Switzerland 5-4 USA
- USA 23-4 Poland
- USA 31-1 Italy
- USA 5-2 Sweden
- Canada 12-3 USA
- USA 13-2 Austria
- USA 4-3 United Kingdom
- Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA
| Contestants Al Opsahl Bruce Mather Bruce Cunliffe Donald Geary Fred Pearson Goodwin Harding Herb Vaningen Jack Kirrane Jack Riley Jack Garrity Ralph Warburton Robert Baker Bob Boeser Stan Priddy |
Nordic combined
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Events:
- 18 km cross-country skiing
- normal hill ski jumping
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.
The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.
| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total | ||||||
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| Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Distance 3 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Gordy Wren | Individual | 120.00 | 36 | 66.5 (fall) | 68.5 | 66.0 | 220.2 | 2 | 340.20 | 29 |
| Corey Engen | 132.00 | 34 | 65.5 | 59.0 | 64.0 | 214.8 | 3 | 346.80 | 26 | |
| Ralph Townsend | 138.00 | 33 | 54.5 | 61.0 | 58.0 | 188.7 | 24 | 326.70 | 33 | |
| Don Johnson | 157.50 | 28 | 57.0 | 56.5 | 59.0 | 187.6 | 27 | 345.10 | 27 | |
Skeleton
Main article: Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 5 | Run 6 | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Mac MacCarthy | 48.8 | 8 | 48.3 | 4 | 49.4 | 12 | 1:03.6 | 9 | 1:02.7 | 9 | 1:02.7 | 8 | 5:35.5 | 8 |
| Jack Heaton | 48.1 | 5 | 47.4 | 1 | 47.7 | 2 | 1:00.0 | 2 | 1:00.2 | 1 | 1:01.2 | 5 | 5:24.6 | |
| William Martin | 47.8 | 3 | 49.2 | 11 | 48.2 | 5 | 1:00.7 | 3 | 1:01.6 | 5 | 1:00.5 | 3 | 5:28.0 | 4 |
| William Johnson | 47.7 | 2 | 48.4 | 5 | 48.0 | 4 | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Bietila | Normal hill | 61.0 | 64.0 (fall) | 142.9 | 42 |
| Joe Perrault | 61.0 | 67.0 | 207.0 | 15 | |
| Sverre Fredheim | 66.0 | 65.0 | 210.1 | 12 | |
| Gordy Wren | 68.0 | 68.5 | 222.8 | 5 |
Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
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| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Del Lamb | 43.6 | 6 |
| Ken Henry | 43.3 | 5 | |
| Bobby Fitzgerald | 43.2 | | |
| Ken Bartholomew | 43.2 | | |
| 1500 m | Bobby Fitzgerald | 2:27.0 | 28 |
| Ken Henry | 2:24.6 | 22 | |
| Ray Blum | 2:23.4 | 20 | |
| Johnny Werket | 2:20.2 | 6 | |
| 5000 m | Buddy Solem | 9:10.4 | 27 |
| Sonny Rupprecht | 8:58.4 | 21 | |
| Ken Henry | 8:56.0 | 18 | |
| Ray Blum | 8:54.4 | 17 | |
| 10,000 m | Buddy Solem | 26:22.4 | 19 |
| Art Seaman | 21:34.8 | 18 | |
| Sonny Rupprecht | 21:20.3 | 17 | |
| Johnny Werket | 19:44.0 | 11 | |
References
- Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com
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