At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, a winter pentathlon competition was held. It was one of two demonstration sports held at these Games.
The pentathlon was composed of five segments:
Gustaf Lindh (SWE) William Grut (SWE) Bertil Haase (SWE)
Somazzi Vincenzo (SUI) Rumpf Hans (SUI)
Derek Allhusen (GBR)
Peter Griessler (AUT) H. Schriber (SUI) J. A. O. Walker (GBR) Percy Legard (GBR) Willoughby Maurice (GBR) Claes Egnell (SWE)
Viktor Platan (FIN) Josef Vollmeier (SUI)| Places | Team | Athlete | Cross-country Skiing | Shooting | Downhill Skiing | Fencing | Equestrianism | Total |
| 1 | Sweden | Gustaf Lindh | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | Sweden | William Grut | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Sweden | Bertil Haase | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Swiss | Somazzi Vincenzo | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Swiss | Rumpf Hans | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Great Britain | Allhusen Derek | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Austrian | Griessler | 5 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 45 |
| 8 | Swiss | Schriber | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 45 |
| 9 | Great Britain | Walker | 12 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 47 |
| 10 | Great Britain | Legard Percy Charles | 14 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 48 |
| 11 | Great Britain | Willoughby Maurice | 13 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 54 |
| 12 | Sweden | Claes Egnell | 4 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Finland | Platan Viktor | 6 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Swiss | Vollmeier | 7 | 6 | 14 |
