Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Ski jumping at the V Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympiaschanze | ||||||||||||
Dates | 7 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 49 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning Score | 227.0 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 7 February.[1] The competition took place at Olympiaschanze with a K-Point of 68m.[2][3]
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Totals (1 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Norway swept all three medals for the second time, having previously done so in 1932.
Events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Normal hill |
Petter Hugsted |
228.1 | Birger Ruud |
226.6 | Thorleif Schjelderup |
225.1 |
Results
[edit]Each athlete took two jumps, and were ranked on the total points scored.[1]
Participating NOCs
[edit]Fourteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. France and Iceland made the Olympic ski jumping debuts.[1]
Austria (4)
Canada (3)
Finland (4)
France (4)
Hungary (2)
Iceland (1)
Italy (3)
Norway (4)
Poland (4)
Switzerland (4)
Sweden (4)
Czechoslovakia (4)
United States (4)
Yugoslavia (4)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d'Hiver St-Moritz 1948" (PDF). Comité Olympique Suisse. LA84 Foundation. 1948. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski jumping). "hill lengths." E-Mail to Chris Miller. 5 June 2006.
- ^ "Ski Jumping at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2019.