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Watch video footage of medal-winning performances from St. Moritz 1948. See the world's greatest athletes make Olympic history.
- St. Moritz 1948 Olympic Results - Gold, Silver, Bronze Medallists
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the...
- St. Moritz 1948 Winter Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results
Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1948...
- St. Moritz 1948 Olympic Results - Gold, Silver, Bronze Medallists
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.
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.
Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1948 winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
A few events had been held at the 1936 Games, but the St. Moritz Games featured a full slate of three men's and three women's alpine events. [11] Frenchman Henri Oreiller won a medal in all three Alpine events: gold in the downhill and combined, and bronze in the slalom. [ 21 ]
The US ice hockey team caused a huge upset by defeating the favored Soviet Union at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics. The team was coached by Herb Brooks, who was the last player to be cut from the 1960 team (which also won gold).
St. Moritz (Switzerland) was proposed as the host for the 1948 Olympic Winter Games in the postal vote which was mailed for selection of the 1948 Olympic Games host city. St. Moritz was confirmed by acclamation at the 40th IOC Session in Lausanne on 6 September 1946.
