1948 Winter Olympics

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The 1948 Winter Olympics were the first Winter Games held after World War II, featuring international competition in winter sports in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Winter Olympic Games
multi-sport event
alpineSkiingWomenSlalomGoldMedalist Gretchen Fraser
athletesOathBy Richard "Bibi" Torriani
awardedBy International Olympic Committee
bobsleighFourManGoldMedalistNation Switzerland
bobsleighTwoManGoldMedalistNation Switzerland
closingDate 1948-02-08
country Switzerland
crossCountry18kmGoldMedalistNation Sweden
discipline Nordic combined
bobsleigh
cross-country skiing
skeleton
ski jumping
emblemDescription five Olympic rings with Swiss cross and mountain motif
excludedCountry Germany
linked to: West Germany

Japan
figureSkatingLadiesGoldMedalist Barbara Ann Scott
figureSkatingMenGoldMedalist Dick Button
firstGoldMedalistForCountry Gretchen Fraser for the United States in alpine skiing
firstWinterGamesAfter World War II
followedBy 1952 Winter Olympics
goldMedalLeader Norway
hostCity St. Moritz
hostCityCanton Graubünden
hostCityElevation about 1,800 metres above sea level
hostCityInstanceOf ski resort
hostCityPreviouslyHosted 1928 Winter Olympics
iceHockeyGoldMedalistNation Canada
introducedEvent military patrol (demonstration sport)
winter pentathlon (demonstration sport)
iocPresidentAtTime Sigfrid Edström
iocSessionThatSelectedHost 40th IOC Session
judgesOathBy no separate judges’ oath at these Games
legacy demonstrated feasibility of hosting Games with limited new construction and modest budgets
helped revive the Olympic movement after World War II
mainStadium Olympia Ice Stadium
medalTableLeader Norway
motto None (no official motto)
notableAthlete Barbara Ann Scott
Dick Button
Gretchen Fraser
Henri Oreiller
Martin Lundström
notableFor first Winter Olympics after a 12-year hiatus due to World War II
first Winter Olympics to feature Switzerland as a two-time Winter Games host
numberOfAthletes 669
numberOfDisciplines 9
numberOfEvents 22
numberOfFemaleAthletes 77
numberOfMaleAthletes 592
numberOfParticipatingNations 28
numberOfSports 4
officialName V Olympic Winter Games
olympiadNumber 5
olympicFlameLocation Olympia Ice Stadium cauldron
linked to: Olympic cauldron
openingDate 1948-01-30
openingDeclaredBy Enrico Celio
organizingCommitteePresident Enrico Celio
participatingCountry Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Chile
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Finland
France
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Yugoslavia
precededBy 1936 Winter Olympics
primaryLanguage German
secondaryLanguage French
secondInMedalTable Sweden
selectionYear 1946
shortName St. Moritz 1948
skeletonGoldMedalistNation Italy
skiJumpingIndividualLargeHillGoldMedalistNation Norway
sport Nordic skiing
alpine skiing
figure skating
ice hockey
speed skating
televisionCoverage limited, mainly newsreels and early experimental broadcasts
tertiaryLanguage Italian
thirdInMedalTable Switzerland
torchRelay no traditional torch relay held
usedExistingFacilitiesFrom 1928 Winter Olympics
year 1948

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St. Moritz hostedEvent 1948 Winter Olympics
Kenneth Henry participantIn 1948 Winter Olympics
1936 Winter Olympics followedBy 1948 Winter Olympics
George Mara participantIn 1948 Winter Olympics
Guido Caroli participatedIn 1948 Winter Olympics
Switzerland at the Olympic Games hasHosted 1948 Winter Olympics
Dick Button OlympicGoldMedal 1948 Winter Olympics men's singles figure skating
linked to: 1948 Winter Olympics
Dick Button competedIn 1948 Winter Olympics
1948 IIHF World Championship partOf 1948 Winter Olympics