- Medalists
- Alpine skiing
- Cross-country skiing
- Ice hockey
- Nordic combined
- Ski jumping
- Speed skating
- References
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| NOC = SWE
| NOCname = Swedish Olympic Committee
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 1948
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| location = St. Moritz
| competitors = 43 (42 men, 1 woman)
| sports = 6
| flagbearer = Erik Lindström (ski jumping)
| rank = 1
| gold = 4
| silver = 3
| bronze = 3
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| seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games
}}Sweden competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Medalists| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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| {{gold medal}} | Martin|Lundström}} | Cross-country skiing | Men's 18 km | | {{gold medal}} | Nils|Karlsson}} | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km | | {{gold medal}} | Nils|Östensson}}
{{sortname|Nils|Täpp}}
{{sortname|Gunnar|Eriksson}}
{{sortname|Martin|Lundström}} | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 x 10 km relay | | {{gold medal}} | Åke|Seyffarth}} | Speed skating | Men's 10,000m | | {{silver medal}} | Nils|Östensson}} | Cross-country skiing | Men's 18 km | | {{silver medal}} | Harald|Eriksson}} | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km | | {{silver medal}} | Åke|Seyffarth}} | Speed skating | Men's 1500m | | {{bronze medal}} | Gunnar|Eriksson}} | Cross-country skiing | Men's 18 km | | {{bronze medal}} | Sven|Israelsson}} | Nordic combined | Men's individual | | {{bronze medal}} | Göthe|Hedlund}} | Speed skating | Men's 5000m |
Alpine skiing{{main|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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| Olle Dalman | Downhill | | 3:23.2 | 41 | | Stig Sollander | | 3:23.1 | 40 | | Åke Nilsson | | 3:22.2 | 38 | | Sixten Isberg | | 3:15.0 | 30 | | Hans Hansson | | 3:05.0 | 10 | | Åke Nilsson | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | | Hans Hansson | 1:11.1 | 11 | 1:07.2 | 16 | 2:18.3 | 11 | | Sixten Isberg | 1:10.7 | 8 | 1:06.5 | 13 | 2:17.2 | 10 | | Olle Dalman | 1:10.4 | 7 | 1:03.2 | 3 | 2:13.6 | 5 |
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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| Stig Sollander | – | – | – | DNF | – | | Olle Dalman | – | – | – | DNF | – | | Åke Nilsson | 1:15.3 | 1:09.4 | 10 | 19.43 | 19 | | Hans Hansson | 1:13.5 | 1:10.0 | 9 | 9.31 | 6 |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total |
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
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| May Nilsson | Downhill | | 2:39.1 | 18 | | May Nilsson | Slalom | 1:12.2 | 19 | 57.5 | 2 | 2:09.7 | 10 |
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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| May Nilsson | 1:05.3 | 1:05.3 | 9 | 13.03 | 15 |
Cross-country skiing{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics}}- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race |
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| Time | Rank |
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| 18 km | Clas Haraldsson | 1'24:21 | 33 | | Erik Elmsäter | 1'22:12 | 19 | | Sven Israelsson | 1'21:44 | 16 | | Nils Karlsson | 1'16:54 | 5 | | Gunnar Eriksson | 1'16:06 | {{bronze03}} | | Nils Östensson | 1'14:22 | {{silver02}} | | Martin Lundström | 1'13:50 | {{gold01}} | | 50 km | Arthur Herrdin | DNF | – | | Anders Törnqvist | 3'58:20 | 5 | | Harald Eriksson | 3'52:20 | {{silver02}} | | Nils Karlsson | 3'47:48 | {{gold01}} |
- Men's 4 x 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race |
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| Time | Rank |
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Nils Östensson
Nils Täpp
Gunnar Eriksson
Martin Lundström | 2'32:08 | {{gold01}} |
Ice hockey{{main|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}} 4th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 28 | 8 | | {{ih|Great Britain}} | 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. - Canada 3-1 Sweden
- Czechoslovakia 6-3 Sweden
- Sweden 7-1 Austria
- USA 5-2 Sweden
- Switzerland 8-2 Sweden
- Sweden 4-3 United Kingdom
- Sweden 23-0 Italy
- Sweden 13-2 Poland
Contestants
Stig Andersson
Åke Andersson
Stig Carlsson
Åke Ericson
Rolf Ericsson
Svante Granlund
Arne Johansson
Rune Johansson
Gunnar Landelius
Klas Lindström
Lars Ljungman
Holger Nurmela
Bror Pettersson
Rolf Pettersson
Kurt Svanberg
Sven Thunman |
Nordic combined {{main|Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics}}Events: - 18 km cross-country skiing
- normal hill ski jumping
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section. The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted. | Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total |
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| Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Distance 3 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
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| Clas Haraldsson | Individual | 197.35 | 15 | 63.5 | 66.0 | 66.0 | 213.4 | 4 | 410.75 | 10 | | Erik Elmsäter | 208.95 | 6 | 56.0 | 61.5 | 58.0 | 202.0 | 15 | 410.95 | 9 | | Sven Israelsson | 211.50 | 4 | 67.5 | 66.0 | 67.0 | 221.9 | 1 | 433.40 | {{bronze03}} |
Ski jumping {{main|Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics}}| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank |
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| Erik Lindström | Normal hill | DNF | – | DNF | – | | Vilhelm Hellman | 57.5 | 65.0 | 208.1 | 14 | | Nils Lundh | 61.5 (fall) | 66.0 | 152.7 | 40 | | Evert Karlsson | 65.5 | 68.0 | 212.2 | 11 |
Speed skating{{main|Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics}}- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race |
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| Time | Rank |
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| 500 m | Göthe Hedlund | 45.6 | 20 | | Åke Seyffarth | 44.0 | 11 | | Halle Janemar | 44.0 | 11 | | Mats Bolmstedt | 43.7 | 10 | | 1500 m | Mats Bolmstedt | 2:22.8 | 17 | | Göthe Hedlund | 2:20.7 | 8 | | Harry Jansson | 2:20.0 | 5 | | Åke Seyffarth | 2:18.1 | {{silver02}} | | 5000 m | Rune Hammarström | 8:53.8 | 16 | | Åke Seyffarth | 8:37.9 | 7 | | Harry Jansson | 8:34.9 | 4 | | Göthe Hedlund | 8:34.8 | {{bronze03}} | | 10,000 m | Göthe Hedlund | DNF | – | | Rune Hammarström | 18:39.6 | 9 | | Harry Jansson | 18:08.0 | 8 | | Åke Seyffarth | 17:26.3 | {{gold01}} |
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 |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://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1948/ Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com]
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