Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in St. Moritz, Switzerland January 30–February 8, 1948
Competitors	28 (24 men, 4 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Hubert Brooks (ice hockey)
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Kneeling from left: Fert Irwin, Hector Sutherland, Noel Paul, Laurent Bernier, Harvey Clifford. Standing up from left: Torney Pickering, Louis Cochand, Bill Irwin, Pierre Jalbert, Iohn Clifford, Tom Mobraaten, Lue Laferte, Rhona Wurtele, Rhoda Wurtele e Emile Allais.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Barbara Ann Scott	Figure skating	Women's singles
Gold	Canada men's national ice hockey team (RCAF Flyers) Hubert Brooks Murray Dowey Bernard Dunster R.A. Forbes A. Gilpin Jean Gravelle Patrick Guzzo Walter Halder Thomas Hibberd Ross King Henri-André Laperriere John Lecompte J. Leichnitz George Mara Albert Renaud Reginald Schroeter Irving Taylor	Ice hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	Suzanne Morrow Wallace Diestelmeyer	Figure skating	Pairs

Of the 28 athletes participating only 8 did not receive any medals. While the men's hockey medal is counted as one, each of the 17 players received individual medals. The pairs figure skating counted as a single medal.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bill Irwin	Downhill					3:41.3	60
Bert Irwin						3:39.1	56
Hector Sutherland						3:14.1	28
Harvey Clifford						3:14.1	28
Bill Irwin	Slalom	1:40.4	51	1:21.2	45	3:01.6	50
Bert Irwin		1:29.4	39	1:16.6	35	2:46.0	37
Hector Sutherland		1:19.2	27	1:12.0	28	2:31.2	28
Harvey Clifford		1:13.5	19	1:10.2	24	2:23.7	19

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
Bert Irwin	2:02.5 (+0:05)	1:18.9	61	53.51	49
Bill Irwin	1:32.9	1:12.7	33	39.25	36
Harvey Clifford	1:26.8	1:10.2	23	20.34	21
Hector Sutherland	1:22.8	1:17.3	25	21.72	23

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rhona Wurtele	Downhill					3:26.1	37

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Bill Irwin	1'44:43	81
	Tom Dennie	1'35:41	73
50 km	Tom Dennie	DNF	–

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Wallace Diestelmeyer	13	9	156.322	110	12

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Suzanne Morrow	9	15	143.655	117	14
Marilyn Ruth Take	12	13	143.722	110.5	12
Barbara Ann Scott	1	1	163.077	11

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Final rank
Suzanne Morrow Wallace Diestelmeyer	11.000	31

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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	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.

• Canada 3-1 Sweden
• Canada 3-0 United Kingdom
• Canada 15-0 Poland
• Canada 21-1 Italy
• Canada 12-3 USA
• Canada 0-0 Czechoslovakia
• Canada 12-0 Austria
• Canada 3-0 Switzerland

Top scorer

Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Walter Halder	8	21	8	29

Gold:

Canada (CAN) Hubert Brooks Murray Dowey Bernard Dunster R.A. Forbes A. Gilpin Jean Gravelle Patrick Guzzo Walter Halder Thomas Hibberd Ross King Henri-André Laperriere John Lecompte J. Leichnitz George Mara Albert Renaud Reginald Schroeter Irving Taylor

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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
Bill Irwin	Individual	99.00	39	51.0	51.0	51.5	181.0	30	280.00	37

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Bill Irwin	Normal hill	56.0	54.0	175.1	39
Laurent Bernier		58.0	54.5 (fall)	129.3	46
Tom Mobraaten		59.0 (fall)	58.0	135.9	44

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Craig Mackay	DNF	–
	Abe Hardy	45.5	19
	Gordon Audley	45.3	17
	Frank Stack	43.6	6
1500 m	Gordon Audley	2:30.0	32
	Abe Hardy	2:28.5	29
	Frank Stack	2:25.7	27
5000 m	Craig Mackay	8:47.2	14
10,000 m	Craig Mackay	20:15.5	13

References

• Sports portal
• Canada portal

• Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les V^es 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