| Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Jeannette Altwegg | Figure skating | Women's singles |
| Bronze | John Crammond | Skeleton | Men's individual |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Graham Sharp | 6 | 8 | 167.044 | 67 | 7 |
| 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 | |
| Athletes | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Nicks John Nicks | 9.700 | 98 | 8 |
| Winifred Silverthorne Dennis Silverthorne | 10.572 | 53 | 5 |
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.
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Thomas 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 |
| Thomas 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 | – | |
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.
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.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The country's only medal was a silver in ice hockey.
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.
Spain competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Bulgaria competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Liechtenstein competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Iceland competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
| Africa | No representation |  |
|---|---|---|
| America | ||
| Asia | ||
| Europe | ||
| Oceania | No representation | |
