Great_Britain_at_the_1948_Winter_Olympics
Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Quick Facts Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | GBR |
| NOC | British Olympic Association |
| in St. Moritz | |
| Competitors | 55 (43 men, 12 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Henry Graham Sharp |
| Medals Ranked 13th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Jeannette Altwegg | Figure skating | Women's singles |
| Bronze | John Crammond | Skeleton | Men's individual |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Peter Boumphrey | Men's downhill | DNF | – | ||||
| Ian Appleyard | 4:25.2 | 91 | |||||
| Harry Taylor | 4:17.4 | 88 | |||||
| Stuart Parkinson | 4:03.0 | 81 | |||||
| James Palmer-Tomkinson | 3:54.1 | 74 | |||||
| Donald Garrow | 3:41.3 | 60 | |||||
| John Boyagis | Men's slalom | 2:30.0 | 65 | 1:44.1 | 59 | 4:14.1 | 63 |
| Harry Taylor | 2:05.5 | 59 | 2:04.4 | 65 | 4:09.9 | 61 | |
| Ian Appleyard | 1:47.0 | 53 | 1:33.1 | 54 | 3:20.1 | 55 | |
| Donald Garrow | 1:37.0 | 47 | 1:24.3 | 48 | 3:01.3 | 49 | |
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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).
More information Athlete, Slalom ...
| Athlete | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| James Palmer-Tomkinson | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Donald Garrow | 1:36.8 (+0:05) | 1:26.3 | 44 | 46.98 | 45 |
| Harry Taylor | 1:45.8 | 1:37.8 | 62 | 75.99 | 61 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Xanthe Ryder | Women's downhill | 3:01.4 | 34 | ||||
| Sheena Mackintosh | 3:00.0 | 33 | |||||
| Rosemarie Sparrow | 2:52.3 | 30 | |||||
| Isobel Roe | 2:47.3 | 27 | |||||
| Bunty Greenland | Women's slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Bridget Duke-Wooley | 1:34.7 | 25 | 1:19.0 | 21 | 2:53.7 | 24 | |
| Isobel Roe | 1:24.5 | 23 | 1:25.1 | 24 | 2:49.6 | 23 | |
| Sheena Mackintosh | 1:10.5 | 18 | 1:20.4 | 22 | 2:30.9 | 21 | |
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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).
More information Athlete, Slalom ...
| Athlete | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| Isobel Roe | 1:28.1 | 1:15.5 | 25 | 34.91 | 23 |
| Xanthe Ryder | 1:25.0 | 1:24.8 | 26 | 47.10 | 27 |
| Rosemarie Sparrow | 1:22.0 | 1:19.7 | 24 | 37.16 | 25 |
| Sheena Mackintosh | 1:10.9 | 1:19.0 | 23 | 36.00 | 24 |
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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics
More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| GBR-1 | William Coles Raymond Collings |
Two-man | 1:25.2 | 7 | 1:24.4 | 4 | 1:24.2 | 9 | 1:24.1 | 5 | 5:37.9 | 5 |
| GBR-2 | Anthony Gadd Basil Wellicome |
Two-man | 1:27.9 | 15 | 1:26.8 | 14 | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
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More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| GBR-1 | William Coles William McLean Raymond Collings George Holliday |
Four-man | 1:18.5 | 8 | 1:20.9 | 6 | 1:21.5 | 3 | 1:23.0 | 6 | 5:23.9 | 7 |
| GBR-2 | Richard Jeffrey Edgar Meddings George Powell-Sheddon James Iremonger |
Four-man | 1:20.8 | 15 | 1:24.3 | 14 | 1:29.8 | 15 | 1:26.2 | 15 | 5:41.1 | 15 |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, CF ...
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Graham Sharp | 6 | 8 | 167.044 | 67 | 7 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, CF ...
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidie Jill Linzee | 19 | 18 | 140.200 | 145 | 19 |
| Marion Tiefy Davies | 11 | 12 | 144.766 | 104 | 10 |
| Bridget Shirly Adams | 5 | 16 | 148.644 | 69 | 7 |
| Jeannette Altwegg | 2 | 6 | 156.166 | 28 | |
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- Pairs
More information Athletes, Points ...
| Athletes | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Nicks John Nicks |
9.700 | 98 | 8 |
| Winifred Silverthorne Dennis Silverthorne |
10.572 | 53 | 5 |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
More information Pld, W ...
| 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 5th |
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 * |
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 33 | 10 |
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* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.
- Great Britain 5-4 Austria
- Canada 3-0 Great Britain
- Czechoslovakia 11-4 Great Britain
- Switzerland 12-3 Great Britain
- Great Britain 7-2 Poland
- Sweden 4-3 Great Britain
- USA 4-3 Great Britain
- Great Britain 14-7 Italy
| Contestants Lennie Baker George Baillie Jimmy Chappell Gerry Davey Freddie Dunkelman Art Green Frankie Green Frank Jardine Johnny Murray Johnny Oxley Stan Simon Bert Smith Archie Stinchcombe Tom Syme |
Main article: Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Run 1 ...
| 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 | |
| Thomas Clarke | 49.7 | 12 | 49.9 | 12 | 49.3 | 11 | 1:03.5 | 8 | 1:03.8 | 10 | 1:02.8 | 9 | 5:39.0 | 9 |
| James Coates | 48.8 | 8 | 48.7 | 7 | 49.0 | 9 | 1:02.3 | 7 | 1:01.7 | 7 | 1:01.4 | 6 | 5:31.9 | 7 |
| Richard Bott | 48.3 | 6 | 48.9 | 9 | 49.2 | 10 | 1:01.5 | 6 | 1:01.4 | 4 | 1:01.4 | 6 | 5:30.7 | 6 |
| John Crammond | 47.4 | 1 | 47.7 | 3 | 47.9 | 3 | 1:00.9 | 5 | 1:00.9 | 3 | 1:00.3 | 1 | 5:25.1 | |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Henry Howes | 46.9 | 35 |
| Dennis Blundell | 46.5 | 32 | |
| Bruce Peppin | 46.4 | 29 | |
| Johnny Cronshey | 46.0 | 25 | |
| 1500 m | Thomas Ross | 2:32.6 | 41 |
| Dennis Blundell | 2:29.2 | 30 | |
| Bruce Peppin | 2:24.7 | 23 | |
| Henry Howes | 2:23.0 | 18 | |
| 5000 m | Dennis Blundell | 9:22.2 | 32 |
| Thomas Ross | 9:18.3 | 28 | |
| Henry Howes | 8:56.6 | 19 | |
| Johnny Cronshey | 8:45.6 | 11 | |
| 10,000 m | Henry Howes | DNF | – |
| Johnny Cronshey | DNF | – | |
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- Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com