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The United States competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
United States at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | USA |
NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
in St. Moritz | |
Competitors | 69 (59 men, 10 women) in 9 sports |
Flag bearer | John Heaton (skeleton) |
Medals Ranked 4th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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Timed events
Men
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Bob Blatt | Downhill | — | 3:27.4 | 44 | |||
Dev Jennings | 3:28.2 | 45 | |||||
Steve Knowlton | 3:26.2 | 43 | |||||
Barney McLean | 3:30.1 | 47 | |||||
Dick Movitz | 3:25.2 | 42 | |||||
Jack Reddish | 3:12.3 | 26 | |||||
Steve Knowlton | Slalom | 1:12.9 | 16 | 1:07.6 | 17 | 2:20.5 | 16 |
Barney McLean | 1:20.5 | 30 | 1:07.6 | 17 | 2:28.1 | 24 | |
Colin Stewart | 1:15.3 | 23 | 1:08.8 | 21 | 2:24.1 | 20 | |
Jack Reddish | 1:11.0 | 10 | 1:04.5 | 5 | 2:15.5 | 7 |
Women
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Becky Cremer | Downhill | — | 2:44.2 | 22 | |||
Gretchen Fraser | 2:37.1 | 13 | |||||
Brynhild Grasmoen | 2:36.0 | 12 | |||||
Paula Kann | 2:49.0 | 28 | |||||
Andrea Mead | 3:03.1 | 35 | |||||
Ruth-Marie Stewart | 2:42.0 | 20 | |||||
Gretchen Fraser | Slalom | 59.7 | 1 | 57.5 | 2 | 1:57.2 | ![]() |
Brynhild Grasmoen | 1:05.6 | 12 | 1:04.0 | 12 | 2:09.6 | 9 | |
Paula Kann | 1:07.8 | 16 | 1:02.0 | 9 | 2:09.8 | 11 | |
Andrea Mead | 1:05.1 | 11 | 1:03.7 | 11 | 2:08.8 | 8 |
Combined
The downhill part of the combined events were held concurrently with the individual downhill skiing events. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the events were held separate from the individual slalom competitions.
Men
Athlete | Event | Downhill | Slalom | Total | |||||
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Time | Points | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Bob Blatt | Combined | 3:27.4 | 18.09 | 1:15.6 | 1:21.4 | 2:37.0 | 9.74 | 27.83 | 29 |
Steve Knowlton | 3:26.2 | 17.32 | 1:15.5 | 1:14.0 | 2:29.5 | 6.42 | 23.75 | 25 | |
Barney McLean | 3:30.1 | 19.42 | 1:16.4 | 1:11.5 | 2:27.9 | 5.73 | 25.15 | 26 | |
Jack Reddish | 3:12.3 | 9.71 | 1:14.1 | 1:08.8 | 2:22.9 | 3.53 | 13.24 | 12 |
Women
Athlete | Event | Downhill | Slalom | Total | |||||
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Time | Points | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Becky Cremer | Combined | 2:44.2 | 10.11 | 1:09.4 | 1:12.5 | 2:21.9 | 11.90 | 22.01 | 17 |
Gretchen Fraser | 2:37.1 | 5.50 | 1:01.8 | 59.2 | 2:01.0 | 1.45 | 6.95 | ![]() | |
Andrea Mead | 3:03.1 | 22.14 | 1:03.8 | 1:11.7 | 2:15.5 | 8.70 | 30.84 | 21 | |
Ruth-Marie Stewart | 2:42.0 | 8.58 | 1:09.8 | 1:06.6 | 2:16.4 | 9.15 | 17.73 | 16 |
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Frederick Fortune Schuyler Carron |
Two-man | 1:25.5 | 8 | 1:24.1 | 3 | 1:22.5 | 3 | 1:23.2 | 3 | 5:35.3 | ![]() |
Tuffield A. Latour Leo J. Martin |
1:24.9 | 4 | 1:24.8 | 6 | 1:24.1 | 8 | 1:25.4 | 12 | 5:39.2 | 9 | |
James Bickford Thomas Hicks Donald Dupree William Dupree |
Four-man | 1:17.4 | 5 | 1:20.7 | 2 | 1:21.8 | 4 | 1:21.6 | 2 | 5:21.5 | ![]() |
Francis Tyler Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus William D'Amico |
1:17.1 | 2 | 1:19.6 | 1 | 1:21.4 | 1 | 1:22.0 | 5 | 5:20.1 | ![]() |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Wendell Broomhall | 18 km | 1:31:40 | 65 |
Corey Engen | 1:37:24 | 75 | |
Don Johnson | 1:32:03 | 66 | |
Ralph Townsend | 1:37:12 | 74 | |
Gordy Wren | 1:40:12 | 77 |
Individual
Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | ||
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Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank | ||
Dick Button | Men's singles | 1 | 1 | 191.177 | 10 | ![]() |
James Grogan | 9 | 6 | 168.711 | 62 | 6 | |
John Lettengarver | 4 | 2 | 176.400 | 36 | 4 | |
Gretchen Merrill | Ladies singles | 6 | 11 | 148.466 | 73 | 8 |
Eileen Seigh | 10 | 10 | 144.111 | 110 | 11 | |
Yvonne Sherman | 8 | 5 | 149.833 | 62 | 6 |
Mixed
Athletes | Event | Points | Score | Rank |
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Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy |
Pairs | 10.536 | 59.5 | 6 |
Yvonne Sherman Robert Swenning |
10.581 | 53 | 4 |
The tournament was almost cancelled when rival teams representing the United States arrived. An Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team was supported by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), and an Amateur Hockey Association (AHA) team was supported by the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG).[1][2] At the center of the issue was amateurism.[3][4][5] The International Olympic Committee ruled that neither team could compete, but the Swiss organizing committee allowed the AAU team to march in the opening ceremony, and the AHA team to play unofficially, without being eligible for medals.[6][3]
Summary
Team | Event | Opposition Score |
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Rank |
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United States men | Men's tournament | ![]() L 4–5 |
![]() W 23–4 |
![]() W 31–1 |
![]() W 5–2 |
![]() L 3–12 |
![]() W 13–2 |
![]() W 4–3 |
![]() L 3–4 |
DSQ (4) |
Roster
Al Opsahl |
Bruce Mather |
Bruce Cunliffe |
Donald Geary |
Fred Pearson |
Goodwin Harding |
Herb Vaningen |
Jack Kirrane |
Jack Riley |
Jack Garrity |
Ralph Warburton |
Robert Baker |
Bob Boeser |
Stan Priddy |
Tournament
Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 5 | 15 |
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8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 18 | 15 |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 21 | 12 |
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8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 28 | 8 |
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8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 6 |
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8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 97 | 4 |
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8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 77 | 2 |
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8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 156 | 0 |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 33 | (10) |
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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Time | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Corey Engen | Individual | 1:34:24 | 132.00 | 34 | 65.5 | 64.0 | 214.8 | 3 | 346.80 | 26 |
Don Johnson | 1:32:03 | 157.50 | 28 | 57.0 | 59.0 | 187.6 | 27 | 345.10 | 27 | |
Ralph Townsend | 1:37:12 | 138.00 | 33 | 61.0 | 58.0 | 188.7 | 24 | 326.70 | 33 | |
Gordy Wren | 1:40:12 | 120.00 | 36 | 66.5 | 68.5 | 220.2 | 2 | 340.20 | 29 |
Athlete | Event | 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 | ||
Jack Heaton | Men's | 48.1 | 5 | 47.4 | 1 | 47.7 | 2 | 1:00.0 | 2 | 1:00.2 | 1 | 1:01.2 | 5 | 5:24.6 | ![]() |
William Johnson | 47.7 | 2 | 48.4 | 5 | 48.0 | 4 | DNF | ||||||||
Mac MacCarthy | 48.8 | 8 | 48.3 | 4 | 49.4 | 12 | 1:03.6 | 9 | 1:02.7 | 9 | 1:02.7 | 8 | 5:35.5 | 8 | |
Wilbur Martin | 47.8 | 3 | 49.2 | 11 | 48.2 | 5 | 1:00.7 | 3 | 1:01.6 | 5 | 1:00.5 | 3 | 5:28.0 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |
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Distance | Distance | Points | Rank | ||
Walter Bietila | Normal hill | 61.0 | 64.0 (fall) | 142.9 | 42 |
Sverre Fredheim | 66.0 | 65.0 | 210.1 | 12 | |
Joe Perrault | 61.0 | 67.0 | 207.0 | 15 | |
Gordy Wren | 68.0 | 68.5 | 222.8 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Ken Bartholomew | 500 m | 43.2 | ![]() |
Bobby Fitzgerald | 43.2 | ![]() | |
Ken Henry | 43.3 | 5 | |
Del Lamb | 43.6 | 6 | |
Ray Blum | 1500 m | 2:23.4 | 20 |
Bobby Fitzgerald | 2:27.0 | 28 | |
Ken Henry | 2:24.6 | 22 | |
Johnny Werket | 2:20.2 | 6 | |
Ray Blum | 5000 m | 8:54.4 | 17 |
Ken Henry | 8:56.0 | 18 | |
Sonny Rupprecht | 8:58.4 | 21 | |
Buddy Solem | 9:10.4 | 27 | |
Sonny Rupprecht | 10,000 m | 21:20.3 | 17 |
Art Seaman | 21:34.8 | 18 | |
Buddy Solem | 26:22.4 | 19 | |
Johnny Werket | 19:44.0 | 11 |
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