Czechoslovakia at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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Czechoslovakia at the
1948 Winter Olympics
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg
IOC code TCH
NOC Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
in St. Moritz
Competitors47 (41 men, 6 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Vladimír Zábrodský (ice hockey)
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (1994–)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The country's only medal was a silver in ice hockey.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team
Ice hockey Men's competition

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Daniel Šlachta Downhill3:29.446
Luboš Brchel 3:12.427
Antonín Šponar 3:09.117
Zdeněk Parma SlalomDNFDNF
Daniel Šlachta 1:21.0311:17.7362:38.733
Antonín Šponar 1:20.2 (+0:05)291:06.5132:26.722
Luboš Brchel 1:10.891:05.892:16.69

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).

AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)
Time 1Time 2RankPointsRank
Daniel Šlachta 1:37.4 (+0:05)1:12.03634.4133
Luboš Brchel 1:19.11:07.21314.8514
Antonín Šponar 1:13.11:09.4611.199
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Božena Moserová Downhill2:46.125
Alexandra Nekvapilová 2:37.214
Božena Moserová Slalom1:12.5201:07.6172:20.119
Alexandra Nekvapilová 1:03.271:08.8182:12.016

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).

AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)
Time 1Time 2RankPointsRank
Božena Moserová 1:14.61:07.01923.0118
Alexandra Nekvapilová 1:05.91:02.9410.989

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
TCH-1 Max Ippen
Eduard Novotný
Two-man1:27.2141:26.4131:26.3141:26.7145:46.614
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
TCH-1 Max Ippen
František Zajíšek
Ivan Šipajlo
Eduard Novotný
Four-man1:20.6131:24.1131:25.4141:25.4145:35.514

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 km Jaroslav Lukeš 1'41:0078
František Šimůnek 1'35:2172
Jaroslav Kadavý 1'32:1767
Štefan Kovalčík 1'31:0663
Jaroslav Zajíček 1'29:4460
Bohumil Kosour 1'29:3758
Vít Fousek Sr. 1'29:3758
Jaroslav Cardal 1'25:4440
50 km Vít Fousek Sr. DNF
Jaroslav Zajíček 4'44:3520
František Balvín 4'17:5111
Jaroslav Cardal 4'14:348
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Štefan Kovalčík
František Balvín
Jaroslav Zajíček
Jaroslav Cardal
2'54:568

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank
Zdenek Fikar 1213154.15511413
Ladislav Cáp 1011160.2339610
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank
Dagmar Lerchová 158144.43311213
Alena Vrzáňová 73153.044445
Jirína Nekolová 44154.088344
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesFinal rank
Blazena Knittlová
Karel Vosátka
DNS

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

PldWLTGFGAPts
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 870169515
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Silver medal icon.svg8701801815
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 8620672112
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 844055288
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 835039476
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 826029974
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 817033772
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8080241560
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States *8530863310

* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.

Silver:
Bohumil Modrý
Zdeněk Jarkovský
Miroslav Sláma
Josef Trousílek
Přemysl Hainý
Vilibald Šťovík
Oldřich Zábrodský
Miloslav Pokorný
Ladislav Troják
Vladimír Zábrodský
Stanislav Konopásek
Václav Roziňák
Jaroslav Drobný
Karel Stibor
Vladimír Kobranov
Gustav Bubník
Vladimír Bouzek

Nordic combined

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.

AthleteEventCross-countrySki jumpingTotal
PointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Distance 3PointsRankPointsRank
Jaroslav Lukeš Individual115.503763.562.065.0205.412320.9035
František Šimůnek 142.503251.050.052.0169.835312.3036
Jaroslav Kadavý 157.502951.555.055.5181.129338.6031
Bohumil Kosour 169.502444.547.548.5 (fall)159.037328.5032

Ski jumping

AthleteEventDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRank
Jaroslav Lukeš Normal hill58.060.5198.521
Josef Císař 59.062.0189.429
Zdeněk Remsa 59.061.5198.620
Miloslav Bělonožník 61.060.0203.916

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Vladimír Kolář 46.126
1500 m Vladimír Kolář 2:25.626
5000 m Vladimír Kolář 8:58.922
10,000 m Vladimír Kolář DSQ

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