The United States competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Medalists
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | MedalNameSportEventDateAlpine skiingWomen's slalomFigure skatingMen's singlesPatrick MartinEdward RimkusFrancis TylerBobsleighFour-manSpeed skating500 metersSpeed skating500 metersAlpine skiingWomen's combinedSkeletonMen's competitionFrederick FortuneBobsleighTwo-manDonald DupreeWilliam DupreeThomas HicksBobsleighFour-man
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+Medals by sportSportTotalAlpine skiing1102Bobsleigh1023Figure skating1001Speed skating0202Skeleton0101Total3429
+Medals by genderGenderTotalPercentageMale232777.8%Female110222.2%Total3429100%
+Multiple medalistsNameSportTotalGretchen FraserAlpine skiing1102
Alpine skiing
Timed events Men AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBob BlattDownhillcolspan=4 rowspan=6 3:27.444Dev Jennings3:28.245Steve Knowlton3:26.243Barney McLean3:30.147Dick Movitz3:25.242Jack Reddish3:12.326Steve KnowltonSlalom1:12.9161:07.6172:20.516Barney McLean1:20.5301:07.6172:28.124Colin Stewart1:15.3231:08.8212:24.120Jack Reddish1:11.0101:04.552:15.57
Women AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBecky CremerDownhillcolspan=4 rowspan=6 2:44.222Gretchen Fraser2:37.113Brynhild Grasmoen2:36.012Paula Kann2:49.028Andrea Mead3:03.135Ruth-Marie Stewart2:42.020Gretchen FraserSlalom59.7157.521:57.2Brynhild Grasmoen1:05.6121:04.0122:09.69Paula Kann1:07.8161:02.092:09.811Andrea Mead1:05.1111:03.7112:08.88
Combined The downhill part of the combined events were held concurrently with the individual downhill skiing events. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the events were held separate from the individual slalom competitions.
Men AthleteEventDownhillSlalomTotalTimePointsTime 1Time 2TotalPointsPointsRankBob BlattCombined3:27.418.091:15.61:21.42:37.09.7427.8329Steve Knowlton3:26.217.321:15.51:14.02:29.56.4223.7525Barney McLean3:30.119.421:16.41:11.52:27.95.7325.1526Jack Reddish3:12.39.711:14.11:08.82:22.93.5313.2412
Women AthleteEventDownhillSlalomTotalTimePointsTime 1Time 2TotalPointsPointsRankBecky CremerCombined2:44.210.111:09.41:12.52:21.911.9022.0117Gretchen Fraser2:37.15.501:01.859.22:01.01.456.95Andrea Mead3:03.122.141:03.81:11.72:15.58.7030.8421Ruth-Marie Stewart2:42.08.581:09.81:06.62:16.49.1517.7316
Bobsleigh
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFrederick FortuneSchuyler CarronTwo-man1:25.581:24.131:22.531:23.235:35.3Tuffield A. LatourLeo J. Martin1:24.941:24.861:24.181:25.4125:39.29James BickfordThomas HicksDonald DupreeWilliam DupreeFour-man1:17.451:20.721:21.841:21.625:21.5Francis TylerPatrick MartinEdward RimkusWilliam D'Amico1:17.121:19.611:21.411:22.055:20.1
Cross-country skiing
AthleteEventTimeRankWendell Broomhall18 km1:31:4065Corey Engen1:37:2475Don Johnson1:32:0366Ralph Townsend1:37:1274Gordy Wren1:40:1277
Figure skating
Individual AthleteEventTotalRankRankPointsPlacesRankDick ButtonMen's singles11191.17710James Grogan96168.711626John Lettengarver42176.400364Gretchen MerrillLadies singles611148.466738Eileen Seigh1010144.11111011Yvonne Sherman85149.833626
Mixed AthletesEventPointsScoreRankKarol KennedyPeter KennedyPairs10.53659.56Yvonne ShermanRobert Swenning10.581534
Ice hockey
The tournament was almost cancelled when rival teams representing the United States arrived. An Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team was supported by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), and an Amateur Hockey Association (AHA) team was supported by the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG). At the center of the issue was amateurism.Findling & Pelle (2004), p. 316Results and commentary in french The International Olympic Committee ruled that neither team could compete, but the Swiss organizing committee allowed the AAU team to march in the opening ceremony, and the AHA team to play unofficially, without being eligible for medals.Findling & Pelle (2004), p. 317
Summary TeamEventOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankUnited States menMen's tournamentL 4–5W 23–4W 31–1W 5–2L 3–12W 13–2W 4–3L 3–4 (4)
Roster Al OpsahlBruce MatherBruce CunliffeDonald GearyFred PearsonGoodwin HardingHerb VaningenJack KirraneJack RileyJack GarrityRalph WarburtonRobert BakerBob BoeserStan Priddy
Tournament PldWLTGFGAPts 870169515 8701801815 8620672112 844055288 835039476 826029974 817033772 8080241560 DSQ85308633(10)
Switzerland 5-4 USA USA 23-4 Poland USA 31-1 Italy USA 5-2 Sweden Canada 12-3 USA USA 13-2 Austria USA 4-3 United Kingdom Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA
Nordic combined
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.
AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotalTimePointsRankDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankPointsRankCorey EngenIndividual1:34:24132.003465.564.0214.83346.8026Don Johnson1:32:03157.502857.059.0187.627345.1027Ralph Townsend1:37:12138.003361.058.0188.724326.7033Gordy Wren1:40:12120.003666.568.5220.22340.2029
Skeleton
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJack HeatonMen's48.1547.4147.721:00.021:00.211:01.255:24.6William Johnson47.7248.4548.04Mac MacCarthy48.8848.3449.4121:03.691:02.791:02.785:35.58Wilbur Martin47.8349.21148.251:00.731:01.651:00.535:28.04
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistanceDistancePointsRankWalter BietilaNormal hill61.064.0 (fall)142.942Sverre Fredheim66.065.0210.112Joe Perrault61.067.0207.015Gordy Wren68.068.5222.85
Speed skating
AthleteEventTimeRankKen Bartholomew500 m43.2Bobby Fitzgerald43.2Ken Henry43.35Del Lamb43.66Ray Blum1500 m2:23.420Bobby Fitzgerald2:27.028Ken Henry2:24.622Johnny Werket2:20.26Ray Blum5000 m8:54.417Ken Henry8:56.018Sonny Rupprecht8:58.421Buddy Solem9:10.427Sonny Rupprecht10,000 m21:20.317Art Seaman21:34.818Buddy Solem26:22.419Johnny Werket19:44.011
References
Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com