| Czechoslovakia at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | TCH |
| NOC | Czechoslovak Olympic Committee |
| in St. Moritz | |
| Competitors | 47 (41 men, 6 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Vladimír Zábrodský (ice hockey) |
| Medals Ranked 11th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Bohemia (1900–1912) Czech Republic (1994–) Slovakia (1994–) | |
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The country's only medal was a silver in ice hockey.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team | Ice hockey | Men's competition |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Daniel Šlachta | Downhill | 3:29.4 | 46 | ||||
| Luboš Brchel | 3:12.4 | 27 | |||||
| Antonín Šponar | 3:09.1 | 17 | |||||
| Zdeněk Parma | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Daniel Šlachta | 1:21.0 | 31 | 1:17.7 | 36 | 2:38.7 | 33 | |
| Antonín Šponar | 1:20.2 (+0:05) | 29 | 1:06.5 | 13 | 2:26.7 | 22 | |
| Luboš Brchel | 1:10.8 | 9 | 1:05.8 | 9 | 2:16.6 | 9 | |
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 | |
| Daniel Šlachta | 1:37.4 (+0:05) | 1:12.0 | 36 | 34.41 | 33 |
| Luboš Brchel | 1:19.1 | 1:07.2 | 13 | 14.85 | 14 |
| Antonín Šponar | 1:13.1 | 1:09.4 | 6 | 11.19 | 9 |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Božena Moserová | Downhill | 2:46.1 | 25 | ||||
| Alexandra Nekvapilová | 2:37.2 | 14 | |||||
| Božena Moserová | Slalom | 1:12.5 | 20 | 1:07.6 | 17 | 2:20.1 | 19 |
| Alexandra Nekvapilová | 1:03.2 | 7 | 1:08.8 | 18 | 2:12.0 | 16 | |
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 | |
| Božena Moserová | 1:14.6 | 1:07.0 | 19 | 23.01 | 18 |
| Alexandra Nekvapilová | 1:05.9 | 1:02.9 | 4 | 10.98 | 9 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| TCH-1 | Max Ippen Eduard Novotný | Two-man | 1:27.2 | 14 | 1:26.4 | 13 | 1:26.3 | 14 | 1:26.7 | 14 | 5:46.6 | 14 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| TCH-1 | Max Ippen František Zajíšek Ivan Šipajlo Eduard Novotný | Four-man | 1:20.6 | 13 | 1:24.1 | 13 | 1:25.4 | 14 | 1:25.4 | 14 | 5:35.5 | 14 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Jaroslav Lukeš | 1'41:00 | 78 |
| František Šimůnek | 1'35:21 | 72 | |
| Jaroslav Kadavý | 1'32:17 | 67 | |
| Štefan Kovalčík | 1'31:06 | 63 | |
| Jaroslav Zajíček | 1'29:44 | 60 | |
| Bohumil Kosour | 1'29:37 | 58 | |
| Vít Fousek Sr. | 1'29:37 | 58 | |
| Jaroslav Cardal | 1'25:44 | 40 | |
| 50 km | Vít Fousek Sr. | DNF | – |
| Jaroslav Zajíček | 4'44:35 | 20 | |
| František Balvín | 4'17:51 | 11 | |
| Jaroslav Cardal | 4'14:34 | 8 | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Štefan Kovalčík František Balvín Jaroslav Zajíček Jaroslav Cardal | 2'54:56 | 8 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zdenek Fikar | 12 | 13 | 154.155 | 114 | 13 |
| Ladislav Cáp | 10 | 11 | 160.233 | 96 | 10 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dagmar Lerchová | 15 | 8 | 144.433 | 112 | 13 |
| Alena Vrzáňová | 7 | 3 | 153.044 | 44 | 5 |
| Jirína Nekolová | 4 | 4 | 154.088 | 34 | 4 |
| Athletes | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blazena Knittlová Karel Vosátka | DNS | – | – |
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 | 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.
Events:
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 | ||
| Jaroslav Lukeš | Individual | 115.50 | 37 | 63.5 | 62.0 | 65.0 | 205.4 | 12 | 320.90 | 35 |
| František Šimůnek | 142.50 | 32 | 51.0 | 50.0 | 52.0 | 169.8 | 35 | 312.30 | 36 | |
| Jaroslav Kadavý | 157.50 | 29 | 51.5 | 55.0 | 55.5 | 181.1 | 29 | 338.60 | 31 | |
| Bohumil Kosour | 169.50 | 24 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 48.5 (fall) | 159.0 | 37 | 328.50 | 32 | |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaroslav Lukeš | Normal hill | 58.0 | 60.5 | 198.5 | 21 |
| Josef Císař | 59.0 | 62.0 | 189.4 | 29 | |
| Zdeněk Remsa | 59.0 | 61.5 | 198.6 | 20 | |
| Miloslav Bělonožník | 61.0 | 60.0 | 203.9 | 16 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Vladimír Kolář | 46.1 | 26 |
| 1500 m | Vladimír Kolář | 2:25.6 | 26 |
| 5000 m | Vladimír Kolář | 8:58.9 | 22 |
| 10,000 m | Vladimír Kolář | DSQ | – |
Canada competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Sweden competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The United States competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
France competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Norway competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Austria competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Italy competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Nino Bibbia won the nation's first medal at the Winter Games.
Switzerland was the host nation for the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. It was the second time that Switzerland had hosted the Winter Games, after the 1928 Winter Olympics, also in St. Moritz.
Hungary competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Finland competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Poland competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Belgium competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Greece competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
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.
Bulgaria competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Chile competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Liechtenstein competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Turkey competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.