United States at the 1948 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1948
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Location:	St. Moritz
Competitors:	69 (59 men, 10 women)
Sports:	9
Flagbearer:	John Heaton (skeleton)
Rank:	4
Gold:	3
Silver:	4
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

The United States competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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Name	Sport	Event
	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
	Figure skating	Men's singles
Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus Francis Tyler	Bobsleigh	Four-man
	Speed skating	500 meters
	Speed skating	500 meters
	Alpine skiing	Women's combined
	Skeleton	Men's competition
Frederick Fortune	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Donald Dupree William Dupree Thomas Hicks	Bobsleigh	Four-man

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	0	2
Bobsleigh	1	0	2	3
Figure skating	1	0	0	1
Speed skating	0	2	0	2
Skeleton	0	1	0	1
Total	style=background:gold	3	style=background:silver	4	style=background:#c96	2	9

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Male	2	3	2	7	77.8%
Female	1	1	0	2	22.2%
Total	style=background:gold	3	style=background:silver	4	style=background:#c96	2	9	100%

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Timed events
Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bob Blatt	align=left rowspan=6	Downhill	3:27.4	44
Dev Jennings	3:28.2	45
Steve Knowlton	3:26.2	43
Barney McLean	3:30.1	47
Dick Movitz	3:25.2	42
Jack Reddish	3:12.3	26
Steve Knowlton	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	1:12.9	16	1:07.6	17	2:20.5	16
Barney McLean	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
Jack Reddish	1:11.0	10	1:04.5	5	2:15.5	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Becky Cremer	align=left rowspan=6	Downhill	2:44.2	22
Gretchen Fraser	2:37.1	13
Brynhild Grasmoen	2:36.0	12
Paula Kann	2:49.0	28
Andrea Mead<	--- age 15, pre-marriage --->	3:03.1	35
Ruth-Marie Stewart	2:42.0	20
Gretchen Fraser	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	59.7	1	57.5	2	1:57.2
Brynhild Grasmoen	1:05.6	12	1:04.0	12	2:09.6	9
Paula Kann	1:07.8	16	1:02.0	9	2:09.8	11
Andrea Mead<	--- age 15, pre-marriage --->	1:05.1	11	1:03.7	11	2:08.8	8

Combined
The downhill part of the combined events were held concurrently with the individual downhill skiing events. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the events were held separate from the individual slalom competitions.

Men

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom				Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Time 1	Time 2	Total	Points	Points	Rank
Bob Blatt	align=left rowspan=4	Combined	3:27.4	18.09	1:15.6	1:21.4	2:37.0	9.74	27.83	29
Steve Knowlton	3:26.2	17.32	1:15.5	1:14.0	2:29.5	6.42	23.75	25
Barney McLean	3:30.1	19.42	1:16.4	1:11.5	2:27.9	5.73	25.15	26
Jack Reddish	3:12.3	9.71	1:14.1	1:08.8	2:22.9	3.53	13.24	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom				Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Time 1	Time 2	Total	Points	Points	Rank
Becky Cremer	align=left rowspan=4	Combined	2:44.2	10.11	1:09.4	1:12.5	2:21.9	11.90	22.01	17
Gretchen Fraser	2:37.1	5.50	1:01.8	59.2	2:01.0	1.45	6.95
Andrea Mead<	--- age 15, pre-marriage --->	3:03.1	22.14	1:03.8	1:11.7	2:15.5	8.70	30.84	21
Ruth-Marie Stewart	2:42.0	8.58	1:09.8	1:06.6	2:16.4	9.15	17.73	16

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frederick Fortune Schuyler Carron	align=left rowspan=2	Two-man	1:25.5	8	1:24.1	3	1:22.5	3	1:23.2	3	5:35.3
Tuffield A. Latour Leo J. Martin	1:24.9	4	1:24.8	6	1:24.1	8	1:25.4	12	5:39.2	9
James Bickford Thomas Hicks Donald Dupree William Dupree	align=left rowspan=2	Four-man	1:17.4	5	1:20.7	2	1:21.8	4	1:21.6	2	5:21.5
Francis Tyler Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus William D'Amico	1:17.1	2	1:19.6	1	1:21.4	1	1:22.0	5	5:20.1

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Wendell Broomhall	align=left rowspan=5	18 km	1:31:40	65
Corey Engen	1:37:24	75
Don Johnson	1:32:03	66
Ralph Townsend	1:37:12	74
Gordy Wren	1:40:12	77

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event			Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Dick Button	align=left rowspan=3	Men's singles	1	1	191.177	10
James Grogan	9	6	168.711	62	6
John Lettengarver	4	2	176.400	36	4
Gretchen Merrill	align=left rowspan=3	Ladies singles	6	11	148.466	73	8
Eileen Seigh	10	10	144.111	110	11
Yvonne Sherman	8	5	149.833	62	6

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Points	Score	Rank
Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy	align=left rowspan=2	Pairs	10.536	59.5	6
Yvonne Sherman Robert Swenning	10.581	53	4

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

The tournament was almost cancelled when rival teams representing the United States arrived. An Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team was supported by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), and an Amateur Hockey Association (AHA) team was supported by the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG).^[1] ^[2] At the center of the issue was amateurism.^[3] ^[4] ^[5] The International Olympic Committee ruled that neither team could compete, but the Swiss organizing committee allowed the AAU team to march in the opening ceremony, and the AHA team to play unofficially, without being eligible for medals.^[6] ^[3]

Summary

Roster

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

Tournament

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
	8	7	0	1	80	18	15
	8	6	2	0	67	21	12
	8	4	4	0	55	28	8
	8	3	5	0	39	47	6
	8	2	6	0	29	97	4
	8	1	7	0	33	77	2
	8	0	8	0	24	156	0
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

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

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
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Corey Engen	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	1:34:24	132.00	34	65.5	64.0	214.8	3	346.80	26
Don Johnson	1:32:03	157.50	28	57.0	59.0	187.6	27	345.10	27
Ralph Townsend	1:37:12	138.00	33	61.0	58.0	188.7	24	326.70	33
Gordy Wren	1:40:12	120.00	36	66.5	68.5	220.2	2	340.20	29

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Run 5		Run 6		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Heaton	align=left rowspan=4	Men's	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 Johnson	47.7	2	48.4	5	48.0	4
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
Wilbur 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

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Distance	Points	Rank
Walter Bietila	align=left rowspan=4	Normal hill	61.0	64.0 (fall)	142.9	42
Sverre Fredheim	66.0	65.0	210.1	12
Joe Perrault	61.0	67.0	207.0	15
Gordy Wren	68.0	68.5	222.8	5

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ken Bartholomew	align=left rowspan=4	500 m	43.2
Bobby Fitzgerald	43.2
Ken Henry	43.3	5
Del Lamb	43.6	6
Ray Blum	align=left rowspan=4	1500 m	2:23.4	20
Bobby Fitzgerald	2:27.0	28
Ken Henry	2:24.6	22
Johnny Werket	2:20.2	6
Ray Blum	align=left rowspan=4	5000 m	8:54.4	17
Ken Henry	8:56.0	18
Sonny Rupprecht	8:58.4	21
Buddy Solem	9:10.4	27
Sonny Rupprecht	align=left rowspan=4	10,000 m	21:20.3	17
Art Seaman	21:34.8	18
Buddy Solem	26:22.4	19
Johnny Werket	19:44.0	11

References

Book: Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 . Comité Olympique Suisse . H. Jaunin . Lausanne . January 1951 . fr . PDF . 2008-06-10.
Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2008-06-10.
Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com

Notes and References

Web site: 1948-Winter Olympics V (St. Moritz, Switzerland). CTV global media. 2009-05-28.
News: Storms over St. Moritz. Time Magazine. Time Inc.. 1948-02-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20120302185224/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,856028,00.html?iid=chix-sphere. dead. March 2, 2012. 2009-05-26.
Findling & Pelle (2004), p. 316
Web site: Story #82–USA sends two teams to the 1948 Olympics. International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-03-10. 2008. Szemberg, Szymon. Podnieks, Andrew.
http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/JO1948.htm Results and commentary in french
Findling & Pelle (2004), p. 317