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V GAMES – ST. MORITZ 1948
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Date: 30 January - 8 February.
Nations: 28.
Athletes: 669 (77 women, 592 men).
Sports: 4.
Events: 22.
Official opening of the Games by: President of the Helvetic
Confederation Enrico Celio.
Olympic flame: the first time in Oslo in 1952.
Olympic oath:
Riccardo Torriani (ice hockey).
Official oath: the first time in Munich in 1972.
Number of medal-winning nations: 13.
National medal total:
1. Sweden and Norway 10 (4, 3, 3).
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Winter Olympic Games
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The Games were not held in 1940
and 1944 because of the war; due to their war “merits” Germany and Japan
were not invited to St. Moritz, the first city to host the Winter
Olympics twice. The most successful nations were Sweden, Norway and
Switzerland - none of these nations took part in the war.
Two teams of two hockey associations (the AAU and the AHA) came from the
USA and triggered a conflict between the IOC and the host.
The IOC recognised the Amateur Athletic Union, while the Swiss allowed
the team selected by the American Hockey Association to compete. The
epilogue: the tournament was recognised but without the Americans’
ranking who were fourth.
Yugoslavia was represented by 17 athletes (Alpine skiing, cross country,
ski jumping) and the best-ranked were the 50km runners: Knific 14th,
Smolej 15th and Kordež 16th.
Candidate citied: Lake Placid (USA).
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The most successful athlete: France’s Henri Oreiller (Alpine
skiing) – three medals (2, - , 1) |
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Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
Pts |
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SWEDEN |
4 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
21 |
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NORWAY |
4 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
21 |
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USA |
3 |
5 |
2 |
10 |
21 |
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SWITZERLAND |
3 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
18 |
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AUSTRIA |
1 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
13 |
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FINLAND |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
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FRANCE |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
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CANADA |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
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BELGIUM |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
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ITALY |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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HUNGARY |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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GREAT BRITAIN |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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TOTAL |
22 |
24 |
22 |
68 |
136 |
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Thirteen nations won medals. An
average number of medals won per nation was 5.2. The most successful
nation won 14.7 per cent of the total number of medals. |
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