1948 Winter Olympics medal table

none February 2025 1948 Winter Olympics medals Henri Oreiller 1948.jpg Henri Oreiller was the most successful athlete at the 1948 Winter Olympics, winning two gold medals and one bronze medal in men's alpine skiing. An illustration of Henri Oreiller skiing on snow St. Moritz, SUI 1948 Winter Most total medals NOR 1948 Winter 10,SWE 1948 Winter 10, and SUI 1948 Winter 10 Most gold medals NOR 1948 Winter 4 and SWE 1948 Winter 4 Medalling NOCs 13 1936 Olympics medal tables 1952 thumb|right|380px|1948 Winter Olympic Games Medals map Legend: #ffc500Gold represents countries that won at least one gold medal silverSilver represents countries that won at least one silver medal #cc9966Bronze represents countries that won at least one bronze medal #d40000Red represents countries that did not win any medals #ecececGrey represents countries that did not participate The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from 30 January to 8 February 1948. A total of 669 athletes representing 28 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated. NOCs as first-time entrants at the Winter Games included Chile, Denmark, Iceland, Lebanon, and South Korea.https://www.olympics.com/en/news/relive-the-glories-of-past-olympic-winter-games-st-moritz-1948 https://web.archive.org/web/20240816052459/https://www.olympics.com/en/news/relive-the-glories-of-past-olympic-winter-games-st-moritz-1948 16 August 2024 International Olympic Committee Relive the Glories of past Olympic Winter Games: St.Moritz 1948 1 February 2010 live 26 February 2025 The games featured 22 events in 4 sports across 9 disciplines. The games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from 6 to 16 February 1936. The games were the second Winter Games held in St. Moritz.https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Olympic-Winter-Games.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20221130171949/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Olympic-Winter-Games.pdf 30 November 2022 October 14, 2021 1 Factsheet: The Winter Olympic Games International Olympic Committee July 22, 2024 liveSwiss Olympic Committee 1948 13 Overall, athletes representing 13 NOCs won at least one medal, and 10 NOCs won at least one gold medal. Norway and Sweden won the most gold medals with 4 and also won the most overall medals with 10, tied with host nation Switzerland. Norway and Sweden also had the same silver and bronze medal totals, meaning that they tied for first place in the medal table.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1948/ 1948 St. Moritz Winter Games 6 February 2025 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100402092655/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1948/ 2 April 2010 Italy's team won their first Winter Olympic gold medal after Nino Bibbia won the men's skeleton event;https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/jun/14/cresta-run-nino-bibbia-david-gower https://web.archive.org/web/20220820031430/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/jun/14/cresta-run-nino-bibbia-david-gower 20 August 2022 The Guardian How David Gower got it in the neck on a daredevil descent of Cresta Run 14 June 2013 6 February 2025 Williams Richard Richard Williams (journalist) live the medal was also their first Winter Olympic medal of any color.https://www.olympedia.org/countries/ITA https://web.archive.org/web/20250120032044/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/ITA 20 January 2025 6 February 2025 Olympedia Italy Overview live Additionally, Belgium's team won their first Olympic gold medal, with Micheline Lannoy and Pierre Baugniet winning the pair skating event.https://www.espn.ph/olympics/story/_/id/33326106/belgian-skater-bart-swings-wins-gold-medal-mass-start-beijing-olympics https://web.archive.org/web/20240611005155/https://www.espn.ph/olympics/story/_/id/33326106/belgian-skater-bart-swings-wins-gold-medal-mass-start-beijing-olympics 11 June 2024 19 February 2022 ESPN Associated Press Irene Schouten wins speedskating mass start for 3rd gold of Beijing Olympics live Alpine skiers Henri Oreiller of France and Martin Lundström of Sweden tied for the most gold medals won by an individual at the games, with two each. Oreiller also won the most overall medals, winning an additional bronze medal for a total of three medals. Norway and Sweden both achieved podium sweeps at the games, with the former in the individual ski jumping event with Petter Hugsted winning the gold, Birger Ruud winning the silver, and Thorleif Schjelderup winning the bronze, and the latter in the men's 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event with Lundström winning the gold, Nils Östensson winning the silver, and Gunnar Eriksson winning the bronze.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune-summary-for-saturd/164819387/ 8 February 1948 6 February 2025 41 The Salt Lake Tribune Associated Press Summary for Saturday's Olympic Competition Newspapers.com https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1948/results/cross-country-skiing/18km-men https://web.archive.org/web/20241204091233/https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1948/results/cross-country-skiing/18km-men 4 December 2024 St. Moritz 1948 Cross Country Skiing 18km Men Results International Olympic Committee 6 February 2025 live Medal table thumb|Martin Lundström tied with Oreiller for the most gold medals won at the games, with two.|alt=Martin Lundström skiing with an audience at the right side. thumb|Nino Bibbia, the first Winter Olympic medalist for Italy|alt=A headshot of Nino Bibbia. The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html The Independent 11 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 live Ostlere Lawrence 12 August 2024 enA Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html The New York Times 18 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 live Araton Harvey subscription 25 July 2024 If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ Diario AS 10 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ 11 August 2024 live Cons Roddy 11 August 2024 en-us In alpine skiing, two bronze medals were awarded in the men's downhill event after a third-place tie.https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-winter-olympic-games-su/164819728/ 3 February 1948 11 Winter Olympic Games Summary Hartford Courant United Press Newspapers.com 6 February 2025 In speed skating, a three-way tie for second place resulted in three silver medals and no bronze medal being awarded in the men's 500 metres event.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun-winter-oly/164819837/ The San Bernardino Sun United Press Winter Olympics Settle Down as Strife Subsides; U.S. in Running Pinkley Virgil 1 February 1948 23 Newspapers.com 1948 Winter Olympics medal tablehttps://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1948/medals https://web.archive.org/web/20240911071951/https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1948/medals 11 September 2024 6 February 2025 St. Moritz Olympic Medal Table - Gold, Silver & Bronze International Olympic Committee live SUI flagIOC 1948 Winter 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 yes 3 4 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 See also List of 1948 Winter Olympics medal winners 1948 Summer Olympics medal table References Citations Bibliography http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/ORW1948.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085049/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/ORW1948.pdf 10 April 2008 Swiss Olympic Committee LA84 Foundation Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 General Report of the Swiss Olympic Committee General Secretariat, Lausanne, on the V Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz 1948 fr Swiss Olympic Committee 1948 dead External links 1948 Winter Olympics 1948 Winter Olympics Olympedia.com http://www.olympedia.org/editions/33 24 February 2021 Medal table 1948