Argentina at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Argentina at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	9 (men) in 2 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1928 1932–1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Argentina competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. It was only the second time that Argentinian athletes had competed at the Winter Games, after missing the 1932 Winter Olympics and the 1936 Winter Olympics.

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
Julio Cernuda	Downhill					4:46.4	95
Pablo Rosenkjer						4:36.2	93
Gino de Pellegrín						4:25.2	91
Otto Jung						4:09.3	85
Luis de Ridder						3:50.2	68
Justo del Carril						3:46.2	63
Otto Jung	Slalom	1:54.1	56	1:21.6	46	3:15.7	53
Pablo Rosenkjer		1:53.7 (+0:05)	55	1:34.2	55	3:27.9	56
Luis de Ridder		1:32.2	44	1:20.2	41	2:52.4	42
Gino de Pellegrín		1:29.8	40	1:23.5	47	2:53.3	43

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
Luis de Ridder	2:46.3	1:20.9	67	80.11	63
Pablo Rosenkjer	1:45.3	1:34.6	59	84.62	64
Otto Jung	1:45.2	1:26.1	55	66.05	56
Gino de Pellegrín	1:40.8	1:27.2	50	73.29	60

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
ARG-1	Marcello de Ridder Héctor Tomasi	Two-man	1:29.2	16	1:28.5	16	1:27.8	15	1:27.3	15	5:52.8	15

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ARG-1	Justo del Carril Salvador Correa Marcello de Ridder Héctor Tomasi	Four-man	1:20.5	12	1:23.4	12	1:24.5	12	1:24.5	10	5:32.9	12

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 Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com