| Poland at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | POL |
| NOC | Polish Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in St. Moritz | |
| Competitors | 29 (men) in 5 sports |
| Flag bearer | Stanisław Marusarz |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Poland competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jan Pawlica | Downhill | DNF | – | ||||
| Jerzy Schindler | 3:49.4 | 67 | |||||
| Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak | 3:21.3 | 37 | |||||
| Józef Marusarz | 3:20.2 | 35 | |||||
| Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Jan Lipowski | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Józef Marusarz | 1:19.2 | 27 | 1:14.0 | 31 | 2:33.2 | 31 | |
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) | |||
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| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| Jerzy Schindler | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak | 1:25.0 | 1:27.2 (+0:05) | 38 | 31.12 | 31 |
| Józef Marusarz | 1:23.2 | 1:18.8 | 29 | 25.96 | 27 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
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| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Leopold Tajner | 1'38:45 | 76 |
| Stanisław Bukowski | 1'34:17 | 70 | |
| Józef Daniel Krzeptowski | 1'31:05 | 62 | |
| Tadeusz Kwapień | 1'27:55 | 47 | |
| Stefan Dziedzic | 1'25:33 | 38 | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Józef Daniel Krzeptowski Stanisław Bukowski Tadeusz Kwapień Stefan Dziedzic | 2'59:19 | 10 |
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 6th | 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 disciplines two 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 | ||||||
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| Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Distance 3 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Leopold Tajner | Individual | 126.00 | 35 | 61.5 | 58.0 | 55.0 | 195.5 | 20 | 321.50 | 34 |
| Józef Daniel Krzeptowski | 162.00 | 26 | 58.0 | 57.0 | 60.5 | 197.8 | 18 | 359.80 | 22 | |
| Tadeusz Kwapień | 178.50 | 21 | 47.0 | 52.5 | 51.0 | 173.7 | 34 | 352.20 | 25 | |
| Stefan Dziedzic | 190.50 | 18 | 52.0 | 54.5 | 52.0 | 177.1 | 31 | 367.20 | 20 | |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Kula | Normal hill | 49.0 | 59.0 | 184.5 | 33 |
| Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak | 53.0 | 61.0 | 180.8 | 36 | |
| Jozef Daniel Krzeptowski | 54.5 | 55.0 | 188.9 | 30 | |
| Stanisław Marusarz | 59.0 | 59.0 | 192.8 | 27 |
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.
Belgium competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Greece competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Romania 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.
Turkey competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
| Africa | No representation |  |
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| America | ||
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| Europe | ||
| Oceania | No representation | |
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