United States at the 1948 Winter Olympics

United States at the Olympic Games
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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	Gretchen Fraser	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Gold	William D'Amico Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus Francis Tyler	Bobsleigh	Four-man
Gold	Dick Button	Figure skating	Men's singles
Silver	Gretchen Fraser	Alpine skiing	Women's combined
Silver	John Heaton	Skeleton	Men's competition
Silver	Ken Bartholomew	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
Silver	Robert Fitzgerald	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
Bronze	Schuyler Carron Frederick Fortune	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Bronze	James 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
		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
			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
			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
		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
		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
		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

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