- Medalists
- Alpine skiing
- Bobsleigh
- Figure skating
- Ice hockey
- Skeleton
- Speed skating
- References
{{infobox country at games | NOC = GBR | NOCname = British Olympic Association | games = Winter Olympics | year = 1948 | flagcaption = Flag of the United Kingdom | oldcode = | website = | location = St. Moritz | competitors = 55 (43 men, 12 women) | sports = 6 | flagbearer = Henry Graham Sharp | rank = 13 | gold = 0 | silver = 0 | bronze = 2 | officials = | appearances = auto | app_begin_year = | app_end_year = | summerappearances = | winterappearances = | seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games }}The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. MedalistsMedal | Name | Sport | Event |
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{{bronze medal}} | Jeannette|Altwegg}} | Figure skating | Women's singles | {{bronze medal}} | John|Crammond}} | Skeleton | Men's individual |
Alpine skiing{{main article|Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics}}- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total |
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
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Peter Boumphrey | 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 | 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 | Men's combinedThe 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). Athlete | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) |
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Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank |
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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 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total |
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
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Xanthe Ryder | Downhill | | 3:01.4 | 34 | Sheena Mackintosh | | 3:00.0 | 33 | Rosemarie Sparrow | | 2:52.3 | 30 | Isobel Roe | | 2:47.3 | 27 | Barbara Greenland | 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 | Women's combinedThe 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). Athlete | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) |
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Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank |
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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 |
Bobsleigh{{main article|Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics}}Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
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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 | – |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
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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 |
Figure skating{{main article|Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics}}- Men
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
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Henry Graham Sharp | 6 | 8 | 167.044 | 67 | 7 |
- Women
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
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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 | {{bronze03}} |
- Pairs
Athletes | Points | Places | Final rank |
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Jennifer Nicks John Nicks | 9.700 | 98 | 8 | Winifred Silverthorne Dennis Silverthorne | 10.572 | 53 | 5 |
Ice hockey{{main article|Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics}}The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating. | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | {{ih|CAN|1921}} | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 5 | 15 | {{ih|TCH}} | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 18 | 15 | {{ih|SUI}} | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 21 | 12 | {{ih|SWE}} | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 28 | 8 | {{ih|Great Britain}} 5th | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 6 | {{ih|POL}} | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 97 | 4 | {{ih|AUT}} | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 77 | 2 | {{ih|ITA}} | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 156 | 0 | {{ih|USA|1912}} * | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 33 | 10 |
* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked. - United Kingdom 5-4 Austria
- Canada 3-0 United Kingdom
- Czechoslovakia 11-4 United Kingdom
- Switzerland 12-3 United Kingdom
- United Kingdom 7-2 Poland
- Sweden 4-3 United Kingdom
- USA 4-3 United Kingdom
- United Kingdom 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 |
Skeleton{{main article|Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics}}Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 5 | Run 6 | Total |
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
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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 | {{bronze03}} |
Speed skating{{main article|Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics}}- Men
Event | Athlete | Race |
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Time | Rank |
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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 | – |
References{{refbegin}}- {{cite book|title=Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 |author=Comité Olympique Suisse |publisher=H. Jaunin |location=Lausanne |date=January 1951 |language=French |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/ORW1948.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085049/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/ORW1948.pdf |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2008-04-10 |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-06-10 }}
- {{cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |accessdate=2008-06-10}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110128202430/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1948/ Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com]
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