Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics
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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]
Around the hills of St. Moritz (cross-country skiing)
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| Venue | Olympiaschanze St. Moritz (ski jumping) Around the hills of St. Moritz (cross-country skiing) | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 31 January-1 February 1948 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning Score | 448.80 | ||||||||||||
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Medal summary
Medal table
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
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual |
Heikki Hasu Finland | 448.80 | Martti Huhtala Finland | 433.65 | Sven Israelsson Sweden | 433.40 |
Individual
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 | 61.5 | 64.0 | 208.8 | 8 | 448.80 | |
 | Martti Huhtala | Finland | 1:19:28 | 224.15 | 38 | 62.0 | 61.5 | 209.5 | 6 | 433.65 | |
 | Sven Israelsson | Sweden | 1:21:44 | 211.50 | 36 | 67.5 | 67.0 | 221.9 | 1 | 433.40 | |
| 4 | Niklaus Stump |  Switzerland | 1:22:15 | 208.50 | 33 | 65.5 | 63.5 | 213.0 | 5 | 421.50 | |
| 5 | Olavi Sihvonen | Finland | 1:22:26 | 207.00 | 32 | 65.0 | 209.2 | 7 | 416.20 | ||
| 6 | Eilert Dahl |  Norway | 1:22:52 | 205.50 | 30 | 62.5 | 63.0 | 208.8 | 8 | 414.30 | |
| 7 | Pauli Salonen | Finland | 1:22:28 | 207.00 | 31 | 63.0 | 62.0 | 206.3 | 10 | 413.30 | |
| 8 | Olaf Dufseth | Norway | 1:21:50 | 211.50 | 35 | 61.0 | 61.0 | 201.1 | 16 | 412.60 | |
| 9 | Erik Elmsäter | Sweden | 1:22:12 | 208.95 | 34 | 61.5 | 58.0 | 202.0 | 15 | 410.95 | |
| 10 | Clas Haraldsson | Sweden | 1:24:21 | 197.35 | 25 | 66.0 | 66.0 | 213.4 | 4 | 410.75 | |
| 11 | Olav Odden | Norway | 1:21:35 | 212.25 | 37 | 59.0 | 55.5 | 196.9 | 19 | 409.15 | |
| 12 | Kåre Østerdal | Norway | 1:24:20 | 198.00 | 26 | 62.0 | 61.0 | 206.2 | 11 | 404.20 | |
| 13 | Alfons Supersaxo | Switzerland | 1:24:29 | 196.50 | 24 | 63.0 | 61.5 | 203.9 | 13 | 400.40 | |
| 14 | Alfredo Prucker |  Italy | 1:23:26 | 202.50 | 29 | 59.5 | 56.0 | 191.5 | 22 | 394.00 | |
| 15 | Rizzieri Rodeghiero | Italy | 1:24:12 | 198.00 | 27 | 57.0 | 58.0 | 190.8 | 23 | 388.80 | |
| 16 | Josl Gstrein |  Austria | 1:25:04 | 193.50 | 23 | 63.5 | 61.0 | 188.2 | 25 | 381.70 | |
| 17 | Theo Allenbach | Switzerland | 1:23:54 | 199.50 | 28 | 52.5 | 52.0 | 176.6 | 32 | 376.10 | |
| 18 | Gottlieb Perren | Switzerland | 1:26:27 | 186.00 | 20 | 57.5 | 56.5 | 187.8 | 26 | 373.80 | |
| 19 | René Jeandel |  France | 1:25:57 | 189.00 | 21 | 54.0 | 56.5 | 182.1 | 28 | 371.10 | |
| 20 | Stefan Dziedzic |  Poland | 1:25:33 | 190.50 | 22 | 54.5 | 177.1 | 31 | 367.60 | ||
| 21 | Karl Martitsch | Austria | 1:31:19 | 162.00 | 13 | 60.0 | 61.0 | 198.2 | 17 | 360.20 | |
| 22 | Józef Daniel Krzeptowski | Poland | 1:31:05 | 162.00 | 14 | 58.0 | 60.5 | 197.8 | 18 | 359.80 | |
| 23 | Hubert Hammerschmied | Austria | 1:32:47 | 154.50 | 10 | 62.0 | 62.5 | 202.4 | 14 | 356.90 | |
| 24 | Tone Razinger |  Yugoslavia | 1:28:24 | 176.25 | 17 | 53.5 | 55.5 | 176.2 | 33 | 352.45 | |
| 25 | Tadeusz Kwapień | Poland | 1:27:55 | 178.50 | 19 | 52.5 | 51.0 | 173.7 | 34 | 352.20 | |
| 26 | Corey Engen |  United States | 1:37:24 | 132.00 | 6 | 65.5 | 64.0 | 214.8 | 3 | 346.80 | |
| 27 | Don Johnson | United States | 1:32:03 | 157.50 | 12 | 57.0 | 59.0 | 187.6 | 27 | 345.10 | |
| 28 | Alberto Tassotti | Italy | 1:28:16 | 177.00 | 18 | 46.5 | 52.0 | 165.1 | 36 | 342.10 | |
| 29 | Gordy Wren | United States | 1:40:12 | 120.00 | 4 | 66.5 | 68.5 | 220.2 | 2 | 340.20 | |
| 30 | Walter Jeandel | France | 1:34:19 | 147.00 | 9 | 60.5 | 59.5 | 192.6 | 21 | 339.60 | |
| 31 | Jaroslav Kadavý |  Czechoslovakia | 1:32:17 | 157.50 | 11 | 55.0 | 55.5 | 181.1 | 29 | 338.60 | |
| 32 | Bohumil Kosour | Czechoslovakia | 1:29:37 | 169.50 | 16 | 47.5 | 48.5 | 159.0 | 37 | 328.50 | |
| 33 | Ralph Townsend, Jr. | United States | 1:37:12 | 138.00 | 7 | 61.0 | 58.0 | 188.7 | 24 | 326.70 | |
| 34 | Leopold Tajner | Poland | 1:38:45 | 126.00 | 5 | 61.5 | 58.0 | 195.5 | 20 | 321.50 | |
| 35 | Jaroslav Lukeš | Czechoslovakia | 1:41:00 | 115.50 | 3 | 63.5 | 65.0 | 205.4 | 12 | 320.90 | |
| 36 | František Šimůnek | Czechoslovakia | 1:35:21 | 142.50 | 8 | 51.0 | 52.0 | 169.8 | 35 | 312.30 | |
| 37 | Bill Irwin |  Canada | 1:44:43 | 99.00 | 1 | 51.5 | 181.0 | 30 | 280.00 | ||
| 38 | Nikola Delev |  Bulgaria | 1:43:29 | 105.00 | 2 | 45.0 | 48.0 | 157.1 | 38 | 262.10 | |
| - | Paul Haslwanter | Austria | 1:31:00 | 163.50 | 15 | - | - | - | DNS | - | - |
Participating NOCs
Thirteen nations participated in nordic combined at the St. Moritz Games. Bulgaria and France made their Olympic nordic combined debuts.[1]
Austria (4)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (1)
Finland (4)
France (2)
Italy (3)
Norway (4)
Poland (4)
Switzerland (4)
Sweden (3)
Czechoslovakia (4)
United States (4)
Yugoslavia (1)