Sweden at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sweden at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	43 (42 men, 1 woman) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Erik Lindström (ski jumping)
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 10
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Sweden competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Martin Lundström	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Gold	Nils Karlsson	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Gold	Nils Östensson Nils Täpp Gunnar Eriksson Martin Lundström	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Gold	Åke Seyffarth	Speed skating	Men's 10 000 m
Silver	Nils Östensson	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Silver	Harald Eriksson	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Silver	Åke Seyffarth	Speed skating	Men's 1500 m
Bronze	Gunnar Eriksson	Cross-country skiing	Men's 18 km
Bronze	Sven Israelsson	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Bronze	Göthe Hedlund	Speed skating	Men's 5000 m

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
Olle Dalman	Downhill					3:23.2	41
Stig Sollander						3:23.1	40
Åke Nilsson						3:22.2	38
Sixten Isberg						3:15.0	30
Hans Hansson						3:05.0	10
Åke Nilsson	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Hans Hansson		1:11.1	11	1:07.2	16	2:18.3	11
Sixten Isberg		1:10.7	8	1:06.5	13	2:17.2	10
Olle Dalman		1:10.4	7	1:03.2	3	2:13.6	5

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
Stig Sollander	–	–	–	DNF	–
Olle Dalman	–	–	–	DNF	–
Åke Nilsson	1:15.3	1:09.4	10	19.43	19
Hans Hansson	1:13.5	1:10.0	9	9.31	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
May Nilsson	Downhill					2:39.1	18
May Nilsson	Slalom	1:12.2	19	57.5	2	2:09.7	10

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
May Nilsson	1:05.3	1:05.3	9	13.03	15

Cross-country skiing

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Clas Haraldsson	1'24:21	33
	Erik Elmsäter	1'22:12	19
	Sven Israelsson	1'21:44	16
	Nils Karlsson	1'16:54	5
	Gunnar Eriksson	1'16:06
	Nils Östensson	1'14:22
	Martin Lundström	1'13:50
50 km	Arthur Herrdin	DNF	–
	Anders Törnqvist	3'58:20	5
	Harald Eriksson	3'52:20
	Nils Karlsson	3'47:48

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Nils Östensson Nils Täpp Gunnar Eriksson Martin Lundström	2'32:08

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Round robin
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	Canada L 1–3	Czechoslovakia L 3–6	Austria W 7–1	United States L 2–5	Switzerland L 2–8	Great Britain W 4–3	Italy W 23–0	Poland W 13–2	4

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 4th	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
• Czechoslovakia 6-3 Sweden
• Sweden 7-1 Austria
• USA 5-2 Sweden
• Switzerland 8-2 Sweden
• Sweden 4-3 United Kingdom
• Sweden 23-0 Italy
• Sweden 13-2 Poland

Contestants Stig Andersson Åke Andersson Stig Carlsson Åke Ericson Rolf Ericsson Svante Granlund Arne Johansson Rune Johansson Gunnar Landelius Klas Lindström Lars Ljungman Holger Nurmela Bror Pettersson Rolf Pettersson Kurt Svanberg Sven Thunman

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
Clas Haraldsson	Individual	197.35	15	63.5	66.0	66.0	213.4	4	410.75	10
Erik Elmsäter		208.95	6	56.0	61.5	58.0	202.0	15	410.95	9
Sven Israelsson		211.50	4	67.5	66.0	67.0	221.9	1	433.40

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Erik Lindström	Normal hill	DNF	–	DNF	–
Vilhelm Hellman		57.5	65.0	208.1	14
Nils Lundh		61.5 (fall)	66.0	152.7	40
Evert Karlsson		65.5	68.0	212.2	11

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Göthe Hedlund	45.6	20
	Åke Seyffarth	44.0	11
	Halle Janemar	44.0	11
	Mats Bolmstedt	43.7	10
1500 m	Mats Bolmstedt	2:22.8	17
	Göthe Hedlund	2:20.7	8
	Harry Jansson	2:20.0	5
	Åke Seyffarth	2:18.1
5000 m	Rune Hammarström	8:53.8	16
	Åke Seyffarth	8:37.9	7
	Harry Jansson	8:34.9	4
	Göthe Hedlund	8:34.8
10,000 m	Göthe Hedlund	DNF	–
	Rune Hammarström	18:39.6	9
	Harry Jansson	18:08.0	8
	Åke Seyffarth	17:26.3

References

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