Venues of the 1948 Winter Olympics
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For the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, a total of eight sports venues were used. The five venues used for the 1928 Winter Olympics were reused for these games. Three new venues were added for alpine skiing which had been added to the Winter Olympics program twelve years earlier in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Allied-occupied Germany during the 1948 Games). As of 2015, the bob run continues to be used for bobsleigh and the Cresta Run for skeleton while alpine skiing remains popular in St. Moritz.
| Venue | Sports | Capacity | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Around the hills of St. Moritz | Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing) | Not listed. | [1] |
| Cresta Run | Skeleton | Not listed. | [2] |
| Kulm | Ice hockey | Not listed. | [3] |
| Olympiaschanze St. Moritz | Ski jumping, Nordic combined (ski jumping) | Not listed. | [1] |
| Olympic Stadium | Opening / closing ceremonies, Figure skating, Ice hockey (final), Speed skating | Not listed. | [2] |
| Piz Nair | Alpine skiing | Not listed. | [1] |
| St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun | Bobsleigh | Not listed. | [2] |
| Suvretta | Ice hockey | Not listed. | [3] |
Before the Olympics
St. Moritz hosted the Winter Olympics previously in 1928.[4] All five venues from those games were reused for the 1948 Winter Olympics.[5][6] St. Moritz hosted the FIBT World Championships in 1931 (four-man), 1937 (four-man), 1938 (two-man), 1939 (two-man), and 1947.[7][8] Switzerland itself hosted the Ice Hockey World Championships twice in between the 1928 and 1948 Games, doing so in 1935 and 1939 though neither took place in St. Moritz.[9] As an alpine skiing venue, St. Moritz hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 1934.[10]
