Ski jumping
at the V Olympic Winter Games
VenueOlympiaschanze
Dates7 February
Competitors49 from 14 nations
Winning Score227.0
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Petter Hugsted  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Birger Ruud  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thorleif Schjelderup  Norway
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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

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)1113
Totals (1 entries)1113

Norway swept all three medals for the second time, having previously done so in 1932.

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Normal hill
details 		Petter Hugsted
 Norway		 228.1 Birger Ruud
 Norway		 226.6 Thorleif Schjelderup
 Norway		 225.1

Results

Each athlete took two jumps, and were ranked on the total points scored.[1]

Rank Athlete Country Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Petter Hugsted  Norway 228.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Birger Ruud  Norway 226.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thorleif Schjelderup  Norway 225.1
4 Matti Pietikäinen  Finland 224.6
5 Gordy Wren  United States 222.8
6 Leo Laakso  Finland 221.7
7 Asbjørn Ruud  Norway 220.2
8 Aatto Pietikäinen  Finland 216.4
9 Fritz Tschannen  Switzerland 214.8
10 Hans Zurbriggen  Switzerland 214.0
11 Evert Karlsson  Sweden 212.2
12 Sverre Fredheim  United States 210.0
13 Willy Klopfenstein  Switzerland 209.3
14 Vilhelm Hellman  Sweden 208.1
15 Joe Perrault  United States 207.0
16 Miloslav Bělonožník  Czechoslovakia 203.9
17 Andreas Däscher  Switzerland 203.8
18 Bruno Da Col  Italy 201.2
19 Hubert Hammerschmied  Austria 199.8
20 Zdeněk Remsa  Czechoslovakia 198.6
21 Jaroslav Lukeš  Czechoslovakia 198.5
22 Arsène Lucchini  France 198.0
23 Karel Klančnik  Yugoslavia 197.2
24 Gregor Höll  Austria 195.8
25 James Couttet  France 194.3
26 Régis Charlet  France 193.7
27 Stanisław Marusarz  Poland 192.8
28 Toni Wieser  Austria 192.1
29 Josef Císař  Czechoslovakia 189.4
30 Józef Daniel Krzeptowski  Poland 188.9
31 Jean Monnier  France 188.5
32 Franc Pribošek  Yugoslavia 187.4
33 Jan Kula  Poland 184.5
34 Ferenc Hemrik  Hungary 183.3
35 Helmut Hadwiger  Austria 181.4
36 Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak  Poland 180.8
37 Jónas Ásgeirsson  Iceland 179.8
38 Aldo Trivella  Italy 176.6
39 Bill Irwin  Canada 175.1
40 Nils Lundh  Sweden 152.7
41 Janez Polda  Yugoslavia 145.2
42 Walter Bietila  United States 142.9
43 Janko Mežik  Yugoslavia 136.9
44 Tom Mobraaten  Canada 135.9
45 Igino Rizzi  Italy 131.7
46 Laurent Bernier  Canada 129.3
- Erkki Rajala  Finland DNF
- Erik Lindström  Sweden DNF
- Pál Ványa  Hungary DNF

Participating NOCs

Fourteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. France and Iceland made the Olympic ski jumping debuts.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski jumping). "hill lengths." E-Mail to Chris Miller. 5 June 2006.
  3. ^ "Ski Jumping at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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