Poland at the 1948 Winter Olympics
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| Poland at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | POL |
| NOC | Polish Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in St. Moritz | |
| Competitors | 29 (men) in 5 sports |
| Flag bearer | Stanisław Marusarz |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Poland competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jan Pawlica | Downhill | DNF | – | ||||
| Jerzy Schindler | 3:49.4 | 67 | |||||
| Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak | 3:21.3 | 37 | |||||
| Józef Marusarz | 3:20.2 | 35 | |||||
| Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Jan Lipowski | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Józef Marusarz | 1:19.2 | 27 | 1:14.0 | 31 | 2:33.2 | 31 | |
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 | |
| Jerzy Schindler | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak | 1:25.0 | 1:27.2 (+0:05) | 38 | 31.12 | 31 |
| Józef Marusarz | 1:23.2 | 1:18.8 | 29 | 25.96 | 27 |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Leopold Tajner | 1'38:45 | 76 |
| Stanisław Bukowski | 1'34:17 | 70 | |
| Józef Daniel Krzeptowski | 1'31:05 | 62 | |
| Tadeusz Kwapień | 1'27:55 | 47 | |
| Stefan Dziedzic | 1'25:33 | 38 | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Józef Daniel Krzeptowski Stanisław Bukowski Tadeusz Kwapień Stefan Dziedzic |
2'59:19 | 10 |
Ice hockey
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 5 | 15 |
 Czechoslovakia |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 18 | 15 |
 Switzerland |
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 21 | 12 |
 Sweden |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 28 | 8 |
 Great Britain |
8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 6 |
 Poland 6th |
8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 97 | 4 |
 Austria |
8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 77 | 2 |
 Italy |
8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 156 | 0 |
 United States * |
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 33 | 10 |
* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.
- Poland 7-5 Austria
- USA 23-4 Poland
- Czechoslovakia 13-2 Poland
- Canada 15-0 Poland
- Poland 13-7 Italy
- United Kingdom 7-2 Poland
- Switzerland 14-0 Poland
- Sweden 13-2 Poland
