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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
| Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | GBR |
| NOC | British Olympic Association |
| in St. Moritz | |
| Competitors | 55 (43 men, 12 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Henry Graham Sharp |
| Medals Ranked 13th |
|
| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Jeannette Altwegg | Figure skating | Women's singles |
| Bronze | John Crammond | Skeleton | Men's individual |
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Peter Boumphrey | Men's 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 | Men's 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 combined
The 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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Xanthe Ryder | Women's downhill | 3:01.4 | 34 | ||||
| Sheena Mackintosh | 3:00.0 | 33 | |||||
| Rosemarie Sparrow | 2:52.3 | 30 | |||||
| Isobel Roe | 2:47.3 | 27 | |||||
| Bunty Greenland | Women's 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 combined
The 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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| 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 |
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| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| 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 |
- Men
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Graham Sharp | 6 | 8 | 167.044 | 67 | 7 |
- Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
- Pairs
| Athletes | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Nicks John Nicks |
9.700 | 98 | 8 |
| Winifred Silverthorne Dennis Silverthorne |
10.572 | 53 | 5 |
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The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 5 | 15 |
 Czechoslovakia |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 18 | 15 |
 Switzerland |
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 21 | 12 |
 Sweden |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 28 | 8 |
 Great Britain 5th |
8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 6 |
 Poland |
8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 97 | 4 |
 Austria |
8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 77 | 2 |
 Italy |
8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 156 | 0 |
 United States * |
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 33 | 10 |
* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.
- Great Britain 5-4 Austria
- Canada 3-0 Great Britain
- Czechoslovakia 11-4 Great Britain
- Switzerland 12-3 Great Britain
- Great Britain 7-2 Poland
- Sweden 4-3 Great Britain
- USA 4-3 Great Britain
- Great Britain 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 |
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| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 5 | Run 6 | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| 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 | |
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Henry Howes | 46.9 | 35 |
| Dennis Blundell | 46.5 | 32 | |
| Bruce Peppin | 46.4 | 29 | |
| Johnny Cronshey | 46.0 | 25 | |
| 1500 m | Tommy 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 |
| Tommy 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 | – | |
- Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com
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