Norway at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Norway at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	49 (45 men, 4 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Birger Ruud (ski jumping)
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 10
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Norway competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

As Oslo would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, a Norwegian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Petter Hugsted	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Gold	Finn Helgesen	Speed skating	Men's 500m
Gold	Sverre Farstad	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Gold	Reidar Liaklev	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Silver	Birger Ruud	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Silver	Thomas Byberg	Speed skating	Men's 500m
Silver	Odd Lundberg	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Bronze	Erling Evensen Olav Økern Reidar Nyborg Olav Hagen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Bronze	Thorleif Schjelderup	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Bronze	Odd Lundberg	Speed skating	Men's 1500m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Johnny Lunde	Downhill					DNF	–
Stein Eriksen						3:15.1	31
Sverre Johannessen						3:12.1	25
Marius Eriksen						3:09.4	20
Bjarne Arentz						3:09.0	16
Sverre Lassen-Urdahl						3:06.4	11
Alf Opheim	Slalom	1:36.4	46	1:15.0	33	2:51.4	41
Stein Eriksen		1:24.4	33	1:08.0	20	2:32.4	29
Jack Nielsen		1:22.0	32	1:07.8	19	2:29.8	26
Bjarne Arentz		1:16.2	24	1:11.5	27	2:27.7	23

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
Stein Eriksen	1:51.8 (+0:05)	1:11.5	46	32.50	32
Sverre Johannessen	1:26.2	1:14.8	27	21.00	22
Marius Eriksen	1:21.6	1:19.4	27	19.68	20
Bjarne Arentz	1:20.8	1:15.5	21	17.17	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Borghild Niskin	Downhill					2:44.4	23
Laila Schou Nilsen						2:32.4	7
Borghild Niskin	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Laila Schou Nilsen		1:06.8	14	1:04.7	15	2:11.5	14

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
Borghild Niskin	1:12.6	1:13.5	21	24.37	19
Laila Schou Nilsen	1:11.0	1:06.0	13	12.14	13

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Bjarne Schrøen Gunnar Thoresen	Two-man	1:27.1	13	1:27.1	15	1:26.1	13	1:26.2	13	5:46.5	13
NOR-2	Arne Holst Ivar Johansen	Two-man	1:25.6	9	1:25.0	8	1:23.7	5	1:23.9	4	5:38.2	7

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Arne Holst Ivar Johansen Reidar Berg Alf Large	Four-man	1:17.3	3	1:20.8	3	1:21.4	1	1:23.0	6	5:22.5	5
NOR-2	Bjarne Schrøen Gunnar Thoresen Arnold Dyrdahl Benn John Valsø	Four-man	1:20.0	11	1:22.6	10	1:23.6	10	1:23.5	8	5:29.7	10

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Kaare Østerdahl	1'24:20	32
	Eilert Dahl	1'22:52	27
	Olaf Dufseth	1'21:50	18
	Reidar Nyborg	1'21:47	17
	Erling Evensen	1'21:40	15
	Olav Odden	1'21:35	14
	Olav Økern	1'20:37	13
	Olav Hagen	1'19:05	9
50 km	Leif Haugen	DNF	–
	Thorleif Vangen	DNF	–
	Martin Jære	4'17:11	10
	Kristian Bjørn	4'15:21	9

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Erling Evensen Olav Økern Reidar Nyborg Olav Hagen	2'44:33

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Marit Henie	21	23	133.111	194	22

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Final rank
Margot Walle Allan Fjeldheim	9.281	118.5	10

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping					Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Distance 3	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kaare Østerdahl	Individual	198.00	14	55.0	62.0	61.0	206.2	11	404.20	12
Eilert Dahl		205.50	10	62.0	62.5	63.0	208.8	8	414.30	6
Olaf Dufseth		211.50	5	61.0	59.0	61.0	201.1	16	412.60	8
Olav Odden		212.25	3	59.0	53.5	55.5	196.9	19	409.15	11

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Asbjørn Ruud	Normal hill	58.0	67.5	220.2	7
Thorleif Schjelderup		64.0	67.0	225.1
Birger Ruud		64.0	67.0	226.6
Petter Hugsted		65.0	70.0	228.1

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Torodd Hauer	43.6	6
	Sverre Farstad	43.6	6
	Thomas Byberg	43.2
	Finn Helgesen	43.1 OR
1500 m	Ivar Martinsen	2:22.6	16
	Gunnar Konsmo	2:21.2	10
	Odd Lundberg	2:18.9
	Sverre Farstad	2:17.6 OR
5000 m	Charles Mathiesen	DNF	–
	Henry Hebbe	9:03.0	23
	Odd Lundberg	8:32.7
	Reidar Liaklev	8:29.4
10,000 m	Henry Wahl	DNF	–
	Reidar Liaklev	DNF	–
	Hjalmar Andersen	DNF	–
	Odd Lundberg	18:05.8	7

References

• Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com