Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Pairs

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Pair skating
at the V Olympic Winter Games
Venue Olympia Eisstadion Badrutts Park
DateFebruary 7
Competitors30 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Silver medal icon.svg Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király
Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada
  1936
1952  

The pair skating event was held as part of the figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics. It was the seventh appearance of the event, which had previously been held twice at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920 and at all four Winter Games from 1924 onward. The competition was held on 7 February 1948. Thirty figure skaters from eleven nations competed. [1]

Results

RankNameNationPointsPlaces
1 Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 11.22717.5
2 Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 11.10926
3 Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 11.00031
4 Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 10.58153
5 Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 10.57253
6 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 10.53659.5
7 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 9.90989
8 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.70098
9 Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 9.436111.5
10 Margot Walle / Allan Fjeldheim Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 9.281118.5
11 Susanne Giebisch / Hellmut Seibt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 9.290117.5
12 Luny Unold / Hans Kuster Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.281120
13 Grazia Barcellona / Carlo Fassi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.263121.5
14 Denise Favart / Jacques Favart Flag of France.svg  France 8.700139
WD Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia

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References

  1. "Figure Skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics: Pairs, Mixed". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 July 2020.