Ski jumping
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...
at the
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 ...
consisted of one event held on 7 February.
The competition took place at
Olympiaschanze
Olympiaschanze was a ski jumping venue in St. Moritz, Switzerland, it was built in 1926 and closed in 2006. The Ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics, ski jumping and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined at the 1928 Winter Olympics, Nord ...
with a K-Point of 68m.
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Medal summary
Medal table
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Norway swept all three medals for the second time, having previously done so in ]1932
Events January
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Events
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Results
Each athlete took two jumps, and were ranked on the total points scored.[
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Participating NOCs
Fourteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. France and Iceland made the Olympic ski jumping debuts.[
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