Ski jumping at the V Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympiaschanze | ||||||||||||
Dates | 7 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 49 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning Score | 227.0 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 7 February. [1] The competition took place at Olympiaschanze with a K-Point of 68m. [2] [3]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Totals (1 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Norway swept all three medals for the second time, having previously done so in 1932.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Normal hill | Petter Hugsted Norway | 228.1 | Birger Ruud Norway | 226.6 | Thorleif Schjelderup Norway | 225.1 |
Each athlete took two jumps, and were ranked on the total points scored. [1]
Fourteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. France and Iceland made the Olympic ski jumping debuts. [1]
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