At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, a winter pentathlon competition was held. It was one of two demonstration sports held at these Games.
The pentathlon was composed of five segments:
Results
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Gustaf Lindh (SWE)- William Grut (SWE)
- Bertil Haase (SWE)
Somazzi Vincenzo (SUI)- Rumpf Hans (SUI)
Derek Allhusen (GBR)
Peter Griessler (AUT)- H. Schriber (SUI)
- J. A. O. Walker (GBR)
- Percy Legard (GBR)
- Willoughby Maurice (GBR)
- Claes Egnell (SWE)
Viktor Platan (FIN)- Josef Vollmeier (SUI)
Medal table
edit| Places | Team | Athlete | Cross-country Skiing | Shooting | Downhill Skiing | Fencing | Equestrianism | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | Gustaf Lindh | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | Sweden | William Grut | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Sweden | Bertil Haase | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Swiss | Somazzi Vincenzo | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Swiss | Rumpf Hans | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Great Britain | Allhusen Derek | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Austrian | Griessler | 5 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 45 |
| 8 | Swiss | Schriber | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 45 |
| 9 | Great Britain | Walker | 12 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 47 |
| 10 | Great Britain | Legard Percy Charles | 14 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 48 |
| 11 | Great Britain | Willoughby Maurice | 13 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 54 |
| 12 | Sweden | Claes Egnell | 4 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Finland | Platan Viktor | 6 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Swiss | Vollmeier | 7 | 6 | 14 |
References
edit- Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Comité Olympique Suisse. pp. 72–74. Retrieved 2006-11-21.