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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Skeleton
|games = 1948 Winter
|image = Skeleton pictogram.svg
|image_size = 100px
|caption =
|venue = Cresta Run
|dates =
|competitors = 15
|nations = 6
|gold = Nino Bibbia
|goldNOC = ITA
|silver = John Heaton
|silverNOC = USA
|bronze = John Crammond
|bronzeNOC = GBR
|prev = 1928
|next = 2002
}}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. Medalists| Nino Bibbia|ITA|1948 Winter}} | | John Heaton|USA|1948 Winter}} | | John Crammond|GBR|1948 Winter}} |
Turn 10 at Cesana Pariol, where the bobsled, luge, and skeleton competitions took place for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, is named for Bibbia. John Heaton also won the silver medal in skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics. Results| Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 5 | Run 6 | Total | Diff. |
|---|
| Nino Bibbia | {{flagIOC|ITA|1948 Winter}} | 0:48.8 | 0:47.6 | 0:47.6 | 0:59.5 | 1:00.2 | 1:00.3 | 5:23.2 | — | | John Heaton | {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Winter}} | 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 | {{flagIOC|GBR|1948 Winter}} | 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 | {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Winter}} | 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 | {{flagIOC|SUI|1948 Winter}} | 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 | {{flagIOC|GBR|1948 Winter}} | 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 | {{flagIOC|GBR|1948 Winter}} | 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 | {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Winter}} | 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 | {{flagIOC|GBR|1948 Winter}} | 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 | {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Winter}} | 0:47.7 | 0:48.4 | 0:48.0 | did not start | — | — | | 11 | Milo Bigler | {{flagIOC|SUI|1948 Winter}} | 0:48.4 | 0:48.4 | 0:48.7 | did not start | — | — | | 12 | Dialma Balsegia | {{flagIOC|SUI|1948 Winter}} | 0:49.2 | 0:49.0 | 0:48.6 | did not start | — | — | | 13 | William Hirigoyen | {{flagIOC|FRA|1948 Winter}} | 0:52.7 | 0:49.9 | 0:51.0 | did not start | — | — | | Christian Fischbacher | {{flagIOC|SUI|1948 Winter}} | unknown | did not start | — | — | | Hugo Kuranda | {{flagIOC|AUT|1948 Winter}} | unknown | did not start | — | — |
Medal table{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOCteam
| event = 1948 Winter
| team =
| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0
| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0
| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1
}}References- 1948 skeleton results
- Austrian Olympic Committee results on 1948 skeleton {{de icon}}
- {{cite book |title=Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d’hiver St-Moritz 1948 |publisher=Comité Olympique Suisse |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/ORW1948.pdf|format=PDF |language=French |accessdate=2007-03-30 |page=67}}
- [https://archive.is/20121210041035/http://www.skeletonsport.com/results/?EventID=71 Skeletonsport.com results]
{{EventsAt1948WinterOlympics}}{{Olympic Games Skeleton}} 4 : Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948 Winter Olympics events|Skeleton at the Winter Olympics|1948 in skeleton |