Skeleton_at_the_1948_Winter_Olympics

Skeleton
at the V Olympic Winter Games
Skeleton; at the V Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Cresta Run
Competitors	15 from 6 nations
Medalists
	← 1928 2002 →

Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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Medals awarded for the skeleton discipline at the 1948 Winter Olympics held in St Moritz. At that time the sport was called cresta, and St. Moritz had the most famous Cresta Run, dating to 1884. In many locations the sport was referred to as tobogganing during these and the 1928 Games. The contest was run over a total of six runs.

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Gold	Nino Bibbia Italy
Silver	John Heaton United States
Bronze	John Crammond Great Britain

Rank	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Total	Diff.
	Nino Bibbia	Italy	0:48.8	0:47.6	0:47.6	0:59.5	1:00.2	1:00.3	5:23.2	—
	John Heaton	United States	0:48.1	0:47.4	0:47.7	1:00.0	1:00.2	1:01.2	5:24.6	+1.4
	John Crammond	Great Britain	0:47.4	0:47.7	0:47.9	1:00.9	1:00.9	1:00.3	5:25.1	+1.9
4	Wilbur Lee Martin	United States	0:47.8	0:49.2	0:48.2	1:00.7	1:01.6	1:00.5	5:28.0	+4.8
5	Gottfried Kägi	Switzerland	0:48.9	0:48.8	0:48.7	1:00.8	1:01.6	1:01.1	5:29.9	+6.7
6	Richard Bott	Great Britain	0:48.3	0:48.9	0:49.2	1:01.5	1:01.4	1:01.4	5:30.7	+7.5
7	James Coats	Great Britain	0:48.8	0:48.7	0:49.0	1:02.3	1:01.7	1:01.4	5:31.9	+8.7
8	Fairchilds Maccarthy	United States	0:48.8	0:48.3	0:49.4	1:03.6	1:02.7	1:02.7	5:35.5	+12.3
9	Thomas Clarke	Great Britain	0:49.7	0:49.9	0:49.3	1:03.5	1:03.8	1:02.8	5:39.0	+15.8
10	C. William Johnson	United States	0:47.7	0:48.4	0:48.0	did not start			—	—
11	Milo Bigler	Switzerland	0:48.4	0:48.4	0:48.7	did not start			—	—
12	Dialma Balsegia	Switzerland	0:49.2	0:49.0	0:48.6	did not start			—	—
13	William Hirigoyen	France	0:52.7	0:49.9	0:51.0	did not start			—	—
	Christian Fischbacher	Switzerland	unknown			did not start			—	—
	Hugo Kuranda	Austria	unknown			did not start			—	—

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
2	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
3	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Skeleton_at_the_1948_Winter_Olympics

Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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