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Ski jumping
at the V Olympic Winter Games
Venue Olympiaschanze
Dates7 February
Competitors49 from 14 nations
Winning Score227.0
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Petter Hugsted   Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Birger Ruud   Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thorleif Schjelderup   Norway
←  1936
1952 →

Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 7 February. [1] The competition took place at Olympiaschanze with a K-Point of 68m. [2] [3]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Norway (NOR)1113
Totals (1 entries)1113

Norway swept all three medals for the second time, having previously done so in 1932.

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Normal hill
details
Petter Hugsted
  Norway
228.1 Birger Ruud
  Norway
226.6 Thorleif Schjelderup
  Norway
225.1

Results

Each athlete took two jumps, and were ranked on the total points scored. [1]

Rank Athlete Country Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Petter Hugsted   Norway 228.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Birger Ruud   Norway 226.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thorleif Schjelderup   Norway 225.1
4 Matti Pietikäinen   Finland 224.6
5 Gordy Wren   United States 222.8
6 Leo Laakso   Finland 221.7
7 Asbjørn Ruud   Norway 220.2
8 Aatto Pietikäinen   Finland 216.4
9 Fritz Tschannen   Switzerland 214.8
10 Hans Zurbriggen   Switzerland 214.0
11 Evert Karlsson   Sweden 212.2
12 Sverre Fredheim   United States 210.0
13 Willy Klopfenstein   Switzerland 209.3
14 Vilhelm Hellman   Sweden 208.1
15 Joe Perrault   United States 207.0
16 Miloslav Bělonožník   Czechoslovakia 203.9
17 Andreas Däscher   Switzerland 203.8
18 Bruno Da Col   Italy 201.2
19 Hubert Hammerschmied   Austria 199.8
20 Zdeněk Remsa   Czechoslovakia 198.6
21 Jaroslav Lukeš   Czechoslovakia 198.5
22 Arsène Lucchini   France 198.0
23 Karel Klančnik   Yugoslavia 197.2
24 Gregor Höll   Austria 195.8
25 James Couttet   France 194.3
26 Régis Charlet   France 193.7
27 Stanisław Marusarz   Poland 192.8
28 Toni Wieser   Austria 192.1
29 Josef Císař   Czechoslovakia 189.4
30 Józef Daniel Krzeptowski   Poland 188.9
31 Jean Monnier   France 188.5
32 Franc Pribošek   Yugoslavia 187.4
33 Jan Kula   Poland 184.5
34 Ferenc Hemrik   Hungary 183.3
35 Helmut Hadwiger   Austria 181.4
36 Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak   Poland 180.8
37 Jónas Ásgeirsson   Iceland 179.8
38 Aldo Trivella   Italy 176.6
39 Bill Irwin   Canada 175.1
40 Nils Lundh   Sweden 152.7
41 Janez Polda   Yugoslavia 145.2
42 Walter Bietila   United States 142.9
43 Janko Mežik   Yugoslavia 136.9
44 Tom Mobraaten   Canada 135.9
45 Igino Rizzi   Italy 131.7
46 Laurent Bernier   Canada 129.3
- Erkki Rajala   Finland DNF
- Erik Lindström   Sweden DNF
- Pál Ványa   Hungary DNF

Participating NOCs

Fourteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. France and Iceland made the Olympic ski jumping debuts. [1]

References

  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 28 January 2014.
  2. ^ Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski jumping). "hill lengths." E-Mail to Chris Miller. 5 June 2006.
  3. ^ "Ski Jumping at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2019.