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Norway at the
1948 Winter Olympics
IOC codeNOR
NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in St. Moritz
Competitors49 (45 men, 4 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Birger Ruud (ski jumping)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
10
Winter Olympics appearances ( overview)

Norway competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

As Oslo would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, a Norwegian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Petter Hugsted Ski jumping Men's normal hill
 Gold Finn Helgesen Speed skating Men's 500m
 Gold Sverre Farstad Speed skating Men's 1500m
 Gold Reidar Liaklev Speed skating Men's 5000m
 Silver Birger Ruud Ski jumping Men's normal hill
 Silver Thomas Byberg Speed skating Men's 500m
 Silver Odd Lundberg Speed skating Men's 5000m
 Bronze Erling Evensen
Olav Økern
Reidar Nyborg
Olav Hagen
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay
 Bronze Thorleif Schjelderup Ski jumping Men's normal hill
 Bronze Odd Lundberg Speed skating Men's 1500m

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Johnny Lunde Downhill DNF
Stein Eriksen 3:15.1 31
Sverre Johannessen 3:12.1 25
Marius Eriksen 3:09.4 20
Bjarne Arentz 3:09.0 16
Sverre Lassen-Urdahl 3:06.4 11
Alf Opheim Slalom 1:36.4 46 1:15.0 33 2:51.4 41
Stein Eriksen 1:24.4 33 1:08.0 20 2:32.4 29
Jack Nielsen 1:22.0 32 1:07.8 19 2:29.8 26
Bjarne Arentz 1:16.2 24 1:11.5 27 2:27.7 23

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
Stein Eriksen 1:51.8 (+0:05) 1:11.5 46 32.50 32
Sverre Johannessen 1:26.2 1:14.8 27 21.00 22
Marius Eriksen 1:21.6 1:19.4 27 19.68 20
Bjarne Arentz 1:20.8 1:15.5 21 17.17 17
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Borghild Niskin Downhill 2:44.4 23
Laila Schou Nilsen 2:32.4 7
Borghild Niskin Slalom DSQ DSQ
Laila Schou Nilsen 1:06.8 14 1:04.7 15 2:11.5 14

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
Borghild Niskin 1:12.6 1:13.5 21 24.37 19
Laila Schou Nilsen 1:11.0 1:06.0 13 12.14 13

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
NOR-1 Bjarne Schrøen
Gunnar Thoresen
Two-man 1:27.1 13 1:27.1 15 1:26.1 13 1:26.2 13 5:46.5 13
NOR-2 Arne Holst
Ivar Johansen
Two-man 1:25.6 9 1:25.0 8 1:23.7 5 1:23.9 4 5:38.2 7
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
NOR-1 Arne Holst
Ivar Johansen
Reidar Berg
Alf Large
Four-man 1:17.3 3 1:20.8 3 1:21.4 1 1:23.0 6 5:22.5 5
NOR-2 Bjarne Schrøen
Gunnar Thoresen
Arnold Dyrdahl
Benn John Valsø
Four-man 1:20.0 11 1:22.6 10 1:23.6 10 1:23.5 8 5:29.7 10

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Kaare Østerdahl 1'24:20 32
Eilert Dahl 1'22:52 27
Olaf Dufseth 1'21:50 18
Reidar Nyborg 1'21:47 17
Erling Evensen 1'21:40 15
Olav Odden 1'21:35 14
Olav Økern 1'20:37 13
Olav Hagen 1'19:05 9
50 km Leif Haugen DNF
Thorleif Vangen DNF
Martin Jære 4'17:11 10
Kristian Bjørn 4'15:21 9
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Erling Evensen
Olav Økern
Reidar Nyborg
Olav Hagen
2'44:33 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Figure skating

Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Final rank
Marit Henie 21 23 133.111 194 22
Pairs
Athletes Points Places Final rank
Margot Walle
Allan Fjeldheim
9.281 118.5 10

Nordic combined

Events:

  • 18 km cross-country skiing
  • normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines 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
Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Distance 3 Points Rank Points Rank
Kaare Østerdahl Individual 198.00 14 55.0 62.0 61.0 206.2 11 404.20 12
Eilert Dahl 205.50 10 62.0 62.5 63.0 208.8 8 414.30 6
Olaf Dufseth 211.50 5 61.0 59.0 61.0 201.1 16 412.60 8
Olav Odden 212.25 3 59.0 53.5 55.5 196.9 19 409.15 11

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank
Asbjørn Ruud Normal hill 58.0 67.5 220.2 7
Thorleif Schjelderup 64.0 67.0 225.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Birger Ruud 64.0 67.0 226.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Petter Hugsted 65.0 70.0 228.1 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Torodd Hauer 43.6 6
Sverre Farstad 43.6 6
Thomas Byberg 43.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Finn Helgesen 43.1 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m Ivar Martinsen 2:22.6 16
Gunnar Konsmo 2:21.2 10
Odd Lundberg 2:18.9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sverre Farstad 2:17.6 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
5000 m Charles Mathiesen DNF
Henry Hebbe 9:03.0 23
Odd Lundberg 8:32.7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Reidar Liaklev 8:29.4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10,000 m Henry Wahl DNF
Reidar Liaklev DNF
Hjalmar Andersen DNF
Odd Lundberg 18:05.8 7

References

  • Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com