Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics consisted of one event, held from 31 January to 1 February. The ski jumping portion took place at Olympiaschanze St. Moritz, while the cross-country portion took place around the hills of St. Moritz.[1][2]

Nordic Combined
at the V Olympic Winter Games
VenueOlympiaschanze St. Moritz (ski jumping)
Around the hills of St. Moritz (cross-country skiing)
Dates31 January-1 February 1948
Competitors39 from 13 nations
Winning Score448.80
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Heikki Hasu  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martti Huhtala  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sven Israelsson  Sweden
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1952 →

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Finland1102
2  Sweden0011
Totals (2 entries)1113

Norway, which had won every previous Olympic medal in Nordic combined, were stunned to see Finland and Sweden split the three medals in St. Moritz.

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
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Heikki Hasu
  Finland
448.80 Martti Huhtala
  Finland
433.65 Sven Israelsson
  Sweden
433.40

Individual

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The 18 kilometre cross-country race was used to determine the cross-country scores for the nordic combined, which did not have a separate ski race. 39 competitors in that race went on to compete in the ski jumping, with each jumper taking three attempts, and the top two counting for points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal.[1]

Rank Name Country Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3 Total Rank
  Heikki Hasu   Finland 1:16:43 240.00 39 57.0 61.5 64.0 208.8 8 448.80
  Martti Huhtala   Finland 1:19:28 224.15 38 62.0 61.0 61.5 209.5 6 433.65
  Sven Israelsson   Sweden 1:21:44 211.50 36 67.5 66.0 67.0 221.9 1 433.40
4 Niklaus Stump   Switzerland 1:22:15 208.50 33 65.5 63.5 60.0 213.0 5 421.50
5 Olavi Sihvonen   Finland 1:22:26 207.00 32 60.0 65.0 60.0 209.2 7 416.20
6 Eilert Dahl   Norway 1:22:52 205.50 30 62.0 62.5 63.0 208.8 8 414.30
7 Pauli Salonen   Finland 1:22:28 207.00 31 63.0 62.0 60.5 206.3 10 413.30
8 Olaf Dufseth   Norway 1:21:50 211.50 35 61.0 59.0 61.0 201.1 16 412.60
9 Erik Elmsäter   Sweden 1:22:12 208.95 34 56.0 61.5 58.0 202.0 15 410.95
10 Clas Haraldsson   Sweden 1:24:21 197.35 25 63.5 66.0 66.0 213.4 4 410.75
11 Olav Odden   Norway 1:21:35 212.25 37 59.0 53.5 55.5 196.9 19 409.15
12 Kåre Østerdal   Norway 1:24:20 198.00 26 55.0 62.0 61.0 206.2 11 404.20
13 Alfons Supersaxo   Switzerland 1:24:29 196.50 24 63.0 57.0 61.5 203.9 13 400.40
14 Alfredo Prucker   Italy 1:23:26 202.50 29 51.0 59.5 56.0 191.5 22 394.00
15 Rizzieri Rodeghiero   Italy 1:24:12 198.00 27 57.0 58.0 56.0 190.8 23 388.80
16 Josl Gstrein   Austria 1:25:04 193.50 23 63.5 61.0 59.5 188.2 25 381.70
17 Theo Allenbach   Switzerland 1:23:54 199.50 28 52.5 52.0 50.0 176.6 32 376.10
18 Gottlieb Perren   Switzerland 1:26:27 186.00 20 56.0 57.5 56.5 187.8 26 373.80
19 René Jeandel   France 1:25:57 189.00 21 52.0 54.0 56.5 182.1 28 371.10
20 Stefan Dziedzic   Poland 1:25:33 190.50 22 52.0 54.5 52.0 177.1 31 367.60
21 Karl Martitsch   Austria 1:31:19 162.00 13 59.0 60.0 61.0 198.2 17 360.20
22 Józef Daniel Krzeptowski   Poland 1:31:05 162.00 14 58.0 57.0 60.5 197.8 18 359.80
23 Hubert Hammerschmied   Austria 1:32:47 154.50 10 58.5 62.0 62.5 202.4 14 356.90
24 Tone Razinger   Yugoslavia 1:28:24 176.25 17 53.5 51.5 55.5 176.2 33 352.45
25 Tadeusz Kwapień   Poland 1:27:55 178.50 19 47.0 52.5 51.0 173.7 34 352.20
26 Corey Engen   United States 1:37:24 132.00 6 65.5 59.0 64.0 214.8 3 346.80
27 Don Johnson   United States 1:32:03 157.50 12 57.0 56.5 59.0 187.6 27 345.10
28 Alberto Tassotti   Italy 1:28:16 177.00 18 46.5 52.0 42.0 165.1 36 342.10
29 Gordy Wren   United States 1:40:12 120.00 4 66.5 68.5 66.0 220.2 2 340.20
30 Walter Jeandel   France 1:34:19 147.00 9 60.5 59.0 59.5 192.6 21 339.60
31 Jaroslav Kadavý   Czechoslovakia 1:32:17 157.50 11 51.5 55.0 55.5 181.1 29 338.60
32 Bohumil Kosour   Czechoslovakia 1:29:37 169.50 16 44.5 47.5 48.5 159.0 37 328.50
33 Ralph Townsend, Jr.   United States 1:37:12 138.00 7 54.5 61.0 58.0 188.7 24 326.70
34 Leopold Tajner   Poland 1:38:45 126.00 5 61.5 58.0 55.0 195.5 20 321.50
35 Jaroslav Lukeš   Czechoslovakia 1:41:00 115.50 3 63.5 62.0 65.0 205.4 12 320.90
36 František Šimůnek   Czechoslovakia 1:35:21 142.50 8 51.0 50.0 52.0 169.8 35 312.30
37 Bill Irwin   Canada 1:44:43 99.00 1 51.0 51.0 51.5 181.0 30 280.00
38 Nikola Delev   Bulgaria 1:43:29 105.00 2 42.0 45.0 48.0 157.1 38 262.10
- Paul Haslwanter   Austria 1:31:00 163.50 15 - - - DNS - -

Participating NOCs

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Thirteen nations participated in nordic combined at the St. Moritz Games. Bulgaria and France made their Olympic nordic combined debuts.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d'Hiver St-Moritz 1948" (PDF). Comité Olympique Suisse. LA84 Foundation. 1948. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "Nordic Combined at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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