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1948 Winter Olympics

Index 1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (Les Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; Olympische Winterspiele 1948; V Giochi olimpici invernali; Gieus olimpics d'enviern 1948), was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. [1]

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Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held on Piz Nair from Monday, 2 February to Thursday, 5 February 1948.

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Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's combined

The men's alpine skiing combined event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

The men's alpine skiing downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

The men's alpine skiing slalom event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Women's combined

The women's alpine skiing combined event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The women's alpine skiing downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom

The women's alpine skiing slalom event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Amateur Athletic Union

The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States.

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Amateur Hockey Association of Canada

The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) was an amateur men's ice hockey league founded on 8 December 1886, in existence until 1898.

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Argentina at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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

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Austria at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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

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Axel jump

The Axel is a figure skating jump with a forward take off.

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Åke Seyffarth

Karl Åke Seyffarth (15 January 1919 – 1 January 1998) was a Swedish speed skater who specialised in long distance events.

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Barbara Ann Scott

Barbara Ann Scott (May 9, 1928 – September 30, 2012) was a Canadian figure skater.

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Biathlon

The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.

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Bibi Torriani

Richard "Bibi" Torriani (October 1, 1911 – September 3, 1988), sometimes Riccardo "Bibi" Torriani, was a Swiss ice hockey player and luger who competed from the 1920s to the 1950s.

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Birger Ruud

Birger Ruud (23 August 1911 – 13 June 1998) was a Norwegian ski jumper.

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Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four teammates make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh.

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Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested.

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Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Three bobsleigh events were competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, at the Cesana Pariol venue.

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Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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

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Canada men's national ice hockey team

The Canadian national men's ice hockey team (popularly known as Team Canada; Équipe Canada) is the ice hockey team representing Canada internationally.

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Central European Time

Central European Time (CET), used in most parts of Europe and a few North African countries, is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Cesana Pariol

Cesana Pariol was the venue for bobsled, luge and skeleton during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

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Chile at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Chile competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo (Ladin: Anpezo, Ampëz), commonly referred to as Cortina, is a town and comune in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Veneto region of Northern Italy.

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Cresta Run

The Cresta Run is a natural ice skeleton racing toboggan track in eastern Switzerland.

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Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three cross-country skiing events were contested.

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Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 18 km

The 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 km relay

The 4x10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 km

The 50 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Czechoslovakia at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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

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Denmark at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Denmark competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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Dick Button

Richard Totten "Dick" Button (born July 18, 1929) is an American former figure skater and skating analyst.

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Enrico Celio

Enrico Celio (19 June 1889 – 23 February 1980) was a Swiss politician.

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Erika Mahringer

Erika "Riki" Mahringer (born 16 November 1924) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics.

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Estonia

Estonia (Eesti), officially the Republic of Estonia (Eesti Vabariik), is a sovereign state in Northern Europe.

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Felix Endrich

Felix Endrich (December 5, 1921 – January 31, 1953) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating.

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Finland at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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

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Finn Helgesen

Finn Helgesen (25 April 1919 – 3 September 2011) was a speed skater from Norway.

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France at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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

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Fritz Feierabend

Fritz Feierabend (29 June 1908 – 25 November 1978) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed at 1936, 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics.

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GamesBids

GamesBids.com is an Olympic bid news and information web site created in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by Robert Livingstone.

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Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Great Britain at the 1936 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

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Gretchen Fraser

Gretchen Kunigk Fraser (February 11, 1919 – February 17, 1994) was an alpine ski racer.

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Hans Gerschwiler

Hans Gerschwiler (21 June 1921 – 27 September 2017) was a Swiss figure skater.

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Heikki Hasu

Heikki Vihtori Hasu (born 21 March 1926) is a retired Finnish Nordic skier who competed in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics.

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Helsinki

Helsinki (or;; Helsingfors) is the capital city and most populous municipality of Finland.

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Henri Oreiller

Henri Oreiller (5 December 1925 – 7 October 1962) was an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from France.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points.

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Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, was the 6th Olympic Championship, also serving as the 15th World Championships and the 26th European Championships.

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Ice resurfacer

An ice resurfacer is a vehicle or hand-pushed device used to clean and smooth the surface of a sheet of ice, usually in an ice rink.

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Ice skating

Ice skating is the act of motion by wearer of the ice skates to propel the participant across a sheet of ice.

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Iceland at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Iceland competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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International Ice Hockey Federation

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.

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Invasion of Poland

The Invasion of Poland, known in Poland as the September Campaign (Kampania wrześniowa) or the 1939 Defensive War (Wojna obronna 1939 roku), and in Germany as the Poland Campaign (Polenfeldzug) or Fall Weiss ("Case White"), was a joint invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, the Free City of Danzig, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II.

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Italy at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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John Heaton (athlete)

John Rutherford "Jack" Heaton (September 9, 1908 – September 10, 1976) was an American bobsledder and skeleton racer who competed from the late 1920s to the late 1940s.

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Ken Bartholomew

Kenneth "Ken" Eldred Bartholomew (February 10, 1920 – October 9, 2012) was a speed skating champion from the United States.

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Lake Placid, New York

Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States.

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Latvia

Latvia (or; Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika), is a sovereign state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.

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Lausanne

Lausanne (Lausanne Losanna, Losanna) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and the capital and biggest city of the canton of Vaud.

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Lebanon at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Lebanon competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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List of 1948 Winter Olympics medal winners

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the V Olympic Winter Games, were a multi-sport event held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from January 30 through February 8, 1948.

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List of IOC country codes

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) uses three-letter abbreviation country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic Games.

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List of IOC meetings

This is the list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) meetings.

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List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation

Below is a list of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation (1848–present).

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of northern-eastern Europe.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The Luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana, Italy.

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Luxembourg

Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxembourg, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in western Europe.

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Martin Lundström

Martin Lundström (30 May 1918 – 30 June 2016) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Martti Huhtala

Martti Elias Huhtala (born November 12, 1918, in Rovaniemi, Finland - October 25, 2005, in Rovaniemi) was a Finnish Nordic combined athletes who competed in the late 1940s.

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Military patrol at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1948, the last military patrol competition was held as a demonstration sport.

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Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.

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Nino Bibbia

Nino Bibbia (15 March 1922 – 28 May 2013) was an Italian skeleton racer and bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s.

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Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics consisted of one event, held from 31 January to 1 February.

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Norway at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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

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Olympiad

An Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς, Olympiás) is a period of four years associated with the Olympic Games of the Ancient Greeks.

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Olympiaschanze

Olympiaschanze was a ski jumping venue in St. Moritz, Switzerland, it was built in 1926 and closed in 2006.

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Olympic Games ceremony

Olympic Games ceremonies of the Ancient Olympic Games were an integral part of these Games; the modern Olympic games have opening, closing and medal ceremonies.

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Petter Hugsted

Petter Hugsted (11 July 1921 – 19 May 2000) was a Norwegian ski jumper who won the gold medal in the individual large hill event at the 1948 Olympics.

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Piz Nair

Piz Nair is a mountain of the Albula Alps in Switzerland, overlooking St. Moritz in the canton of Graubünden.

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Reidar Liaklev

Reidar Kristofer Liaklev (15 July 1917 – 1 March 2006) was a speed skater from Norway who won the gold medal in the 5000 m event at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

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Robert Fitzgerald (speed skater)

Robert Emmett "Bobby" Fitzgerald (October 3, 1923 Minneapolis, Minnesota; April 22, 2005; Luverne, Minnesota) was an American speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics.

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Sapporo

is the fifth largest city of Japan by population, and the largest city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

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Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Medals awarded for the skeleton discipline at the 1948 Winter Olympics held in St Moritz.

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Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The skeleton competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana, Italy on February 16 (women's) and February 17 (men's).

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Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 7 February.

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Skiing

Skiing can be a means of transport, a recreational activity or a competitive winter sport in which the participant uses skis to glide on snow.

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South Korea at the 1948 Winter Olympics

South Korea, as Korea, competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested.

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Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme.

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Squaw Valley Ski Resort

Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California, is one of the largest ski areas in the United States, and was the host site of the entire 1960 Winter Olympics.

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St. Moritz

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St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink

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St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun

The Olympia Bob Run St.

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Sven Israelsson

Sven Israelsson (17 January 1920 – 9 October 1989) was a Swedish nordic combined skier who won a bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

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Sweden at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Switzerland was the host nation for the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.

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Thomas Byberg

Thomas Hedvin Byberg (18 September 1916 – 13 October 1998) was a Norwegian speed skater.

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Thorleif Schjelderup

Thorleif Schjelderup (20 January 1920 – 28 May 2006) was a Norwegian ski jumper, author and environmentalist.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Trude Beiser

Trude Beiser (after her marriage Trude Jochum-Beiser) (born 2 September 1927) is a former alpine ski racer from Austria.

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Turin

Turin (Torino; Turin) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States at the 1948 Winter Olympics

The United States competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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United States Olympic Committee

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.

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UTC+01:00

UTC+01:00, known simply as UTC+1, is a time offset that adds 1 hour to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international sporting event held once every four years for sports practised on snow and ice.

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Winter pentathlon at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, a winter pentathlon competition was held.

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Winter War

The Winter War was a military conflict between the Soviet Union (USSR) and Finland.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics (Les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; Olympische Zomerspelen van de VIIe Olympiade), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.

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1924 Winter Olympics

The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (Les Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.

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1928 Winter Olympics

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (Les IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; Olympische Winterspiele 1928; II Giochi olimpici invernali; Gieus olimpics d'enviern 1928), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 11–19, 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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1932 Winter Olympics

The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York.

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1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany.

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1936 Winter Olympics

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (French: Les IVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (German: Olympische Winterspiele 1936), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany.

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1940 Summer Olympics

The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad, were originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6, 1940, in Tokyo, Japan.

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1940 Winter Olympics

The 1940 Winter Olympics, which would have been officially known as the, were to have been celebrated from 3 to 12 February 1940 in Sapporo, Japan, but the games were eventually cancelled due to the onset of World War II.

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1944 Summer Olympics

The 1944 Summer Olympics, which were to be officially known as the Games of the XIII Olympiad, were cancelled due to World War II.

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1944 Winter Olympics

The 1944 Winter Olympics, which would have been officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (after the cancellation of 1940's V Olympic Winter Games) (Italian: V Giochi olimpici invernali), were to have been celebrated in February 1944 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

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1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in London, United Kingdom.

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1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics (Norwegian: Vinter-OL 1952), officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (French: Les VIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February.

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1960 Winter Olympics

The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held between February 18–28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States.

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2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games (Les XXes Jeux olympiques d'hiver, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Turin 2006 or italic, was a winter multi-sport event which was held in Turin, Piedmont, Italy from February 10 to 26, 2006.

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Redirects here:

1948 St. Moritz Olympics, 1948 Winter Olympic Games, 5th Winter Olympic Games, Bids for the 1948 Winter Olympics, Gieus olimpics d'enviern 1948, Les Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver, Olympische Winterspiele 1948, St. Moritz 1948, The 1948 Winter Olympics, V Giochi olimpici invernali, V Olympic Winter Games, Vth Olympic Winter Games.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Winter_Olympics

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