Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in St. Moritz
Competitors	55 (43 men, 12 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Henry Graham Sharp
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Jeannette Altwegg	Figure skating	Women's singles
Bronze	John Crammond	Skeleton	Men's individual

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Boumphrey	Men's downhill					DNF	–
Ian Appleyard						4:25.2	91
Harry Taylor						4:17.4	88
Stuart Parkinson						4:03.0	81
James Palmer-Tomkinson						3:54.1	74
Donald Garrow						3:41.3	60
John Boyagis	Men's slalom	2:30.0	65	1:44.1	59	4:14.1	63
Harry Taylor		2:05.5	59	2:04.4	65	4:09.9	61
Ian Appleyard		1:47.0	53	1:33.1	54	3:20.1	55
Donald Garrow		1:37.0	47	1:24.3	48	3:01.3	49

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
James Palmer-Tomkinson	–	–	–	DNF	–
Donald Garrow	1:36.8 (+0:05)	1:26.3	44	46.98	45
Harry Taylor	1:45.8	1:37.8	62	75.99	61

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Xanthe Ryder	Women's downhill					3:01.4	34
Sheena Mackintosh						3:00.0	33
Rosemarie Sparrow						2:52.3	30
Isobel Roe						2:47.3	27
Bunty Greenland	Women's slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Bridget Duke-Wooley		1:34.7	25	1:19.0	21	2:53.7	24
Isobel Roe		1:24.5	23	1:25.1	24	2:49.6	23
Sheena Mackintosh		1:10.5	18	1:20.4	22	2:30.9	21

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
Isobel Roe	1:28.1	1:15.5	25	34.91	23
Xanthe Ryder	1:25.0	1:24.8	26	47.10	27
Rosemarie Sparrow	1:22.0	1:19.7	24	37.16	25
Sheena Mackintosh	1:10.9	1:19.0	23	36.00	24

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	William Coles Raymond Collings	Two-man	1:25.2	7	1:24.4	4	1:24.2	9	1:24.1	5	5:37.9	5
GBR-2	Anthony Gadd Basil Wellicome	Two-man	1:27.9	15	1:26.8	14	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	William Coles William McLean Raymond Collings George Holliday	Four-man	1:18.5	8	1:20.9	6	1:21.5	3	1:23.0	6	5:23.9	7
GBR-2	Richard Jeffrey Edgar Meddings George Powell-Sheddon James Iremonger	Four-man	1:20.8	15	1:24.3	14	1:29.8	15	1:26.2	15	5:41.1	15

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Henry Graham Sharp	6	8	167.044	67	7

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Maidie Jill Linzee	19	18	140.200	145	19
Marion Tiefy Davies	11	12	144.766	104	10
Bridget Shirly Adams	5	16	148.644	69	7
Jeannette Altwegg	2	6	156.166	28

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Final rank
Jennifer Nicks John Nicks	9.700	98	8
Winifred Silverthorne Dennis Silverthorne	10.572	53	5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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 5th	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.

• Great Britain 5-4 Austria
• Canada 3-0 Great Britain
• Czechoslovakia 11-4 Great Britain
• Switzerland 12-3 Great Britain
• Great Britain 7-2 Poland
• Sweden 4-3 Great Britain
• USA 4-3 Great Britain
• Great Britain 14-7 Italy

Contestants Lennie Baker George Baillie Jimmy Chappell Gerry Davey Freddie Dunkelman Art Green Frankie Green Frank Jardine Johnny Murray Johnny Oxley Stan Simon Bert Smith Archie Stinchcombe Tom Syme

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Run 5		Run 6		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thomas Clarke	49.7	12	49.9	12	49.3	11	1:03.5	8	1:03.8	10	1:02.8	9	5:39.0	9
James Coates	48.8	8	48.7	7	49.0	9	1:02.3	7	1:01.7	7	1:01.4	6	5:31.9	7
Richard Bott	48.3	6	48.9	9	49.2	10	1:01.5	6	1:01.4	4	1:01.4	6	5:30.7	6
John Crammond	47.4	1	47.7	3	47.9	3	1:00.9	5	1:00.9	3	1:00.3	1	5:25.1

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Henry Howes	46.9	35
	Dennis Blundell	46.5	32
	Bruce Peppin	46.4	29
	Johnny Cronshey	46.0	25
1500 m	Tommy Ross	2:32.6	41
	Dennis Blundell	2:29.2	30
	Bruce Peppin	2:24.7	23
	Henry Howes	2:23.0	18
5000 m	Dennis Blundell	9:22.2	32
	Tommy Ross	9:18.3	28
	Henry Howes	8:56.6	19
	Johnny Cronshey	8:45.6	11
10,000 m	Henry Howes	DNF	–
	Johnny Cronshey	DNF	–

References

• Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 10 June 2008.
• Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com