Austria At The 1948 Winter Olympics
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1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...
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St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ...
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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
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Medalists


Alpine skiing

;Men 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). ;Women 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).


Cross-country skiing

;Men ;Men's 4 x 10 km relay


Figure skating

;Men ;Women ;Pairs


Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating. * United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked. *Poland 7-5 Austria *United Kingdom 5-4 Austria *Switzerland 11-2 Austria *Sweden 7-1 Austria *Czechoslovakia 17-3 Austria *Austria 16-5 Italy *USA 13-2 Austria *Canada 12-0 Austria


Nordic combined

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.


Skeleton


Ski jumping


Speed skating

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References

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Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com
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