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Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the St. Moritz 1948 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
- St. Moritz 1948 Winter Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results
Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1948...
- St. Moritz 1948 Winter Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results
Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1948 winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
The IOC selected St. Moritz to host the 1948 Games by acclamation at the 40 general session in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 6 September 1946. [2] The selection process consisted of two bids, and saw St. Moritz be selected ahead of Lake Placid , New York , United States.
Winter Pentathlon. Did you know? Speed skater Guido Caroli carried the Olympic Torch on the ice during the opening ceremony of the 1956 Winter Olympics. He tripped over a microphone wire and fell, but fortunately he was not harmed and the fire did not go out.
V Zimowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie odbyły się w szwajcarskiej miejscowości Sankt Moritz od 30 stycznia do 8 lutego 1948. Miejsce igrzysk zostało wybrane ze względu na neutralność Szwajcarii w II wojnie światowej. Niemcy i Japonia nie zostały zaproszone na igrzyska.
21 cze 2024 · St Moritz 1948: A war-weary world emerges from the shadows. The Swiss resort’s second Olympic Winter Games, staged 20 years after its first, provided the perfect tonic for a world still recovering from the Second World War. Legacy overview.
At the end of the war, Siegfrid Edström, the Swede Siegfrid Edström, the fourth president of the I.O.C., convened a meeting of the Executive Board in London. St. Moritz is in charge of the Winter Games for the second time. Neither Germany nor Japan are invited.
