Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medallists MedalNameSportEvent Figure skating Women's singles Skeleton Men's individual

Alpine skiing

Men

AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPeter BoumphreyMen's downhillDNF–Ian Appleyard4:25.291Harry Taylor4:17.488Stuart Parkinson4:03.081James Palmer-Tomkinson3:54.174Donald Garrow3:41.360John BoyagisMen's slalom2:30.0651:44.1594:14.163Harry Taylor2:05.5592:04.4654:09.961Ian Appleyard1:47.0531:33.1543:20.155Donald Garrow1:37.0471:24.3483:01.349

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).

AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)Time 1Time 2RankPointsRankJames Palmer-Tomkinson–––DNF–Donald Garrow1:36.8 (+0:05)1:26.34446.9845Harry Taylor1:45.81:37.86275.9961

Women

AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankXanthe RyderWomen's downhill3:01.434Sheena Mackintosh3:00.033Rosemarie Sparrow2:52.330Isobel Roe2:47.327Bunty GreenlandWomen's slalomDNF–––DNF–Bridget Duke-Wooley1:34.7251:19.0212:53.724Isobel Roe1:24.5231:25.1242:49.623Sheena Mackintosh1:10.5181:20.4222:30.921

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).

AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)Time 1Time 2RankPointsRankIsobel Roe1:28.11:15.52534.9123Xanthe Ryder1:25.01:24.82647.1027Rosemarie Sparrow1:22.01:19.72437.1625Sheena Mackintosh1:10.91:19.02336.0024

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGBR-1William ColesRaymond CollingsTwo-man1:25.271:24.441:24.291:24.155:37.95GBR-2Anthony GaddBasil WellicomeTwo-man1:27.9151:26.814DNF–––DNF–

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGBR-1William ColesWilliam McLeanRaymond CollingsGeorge HollidayFour-man1:18.581:20.961:21.531:23.065:23.97GBR-2Richard JeffreyEdgar MeddingsGeorge Powell-SheddonJames IremongerFour-man1:20.8151:24.3141:29.8151:26.2155:41.115

Figure skating

Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank Henry Graham Sharp68167.044677

Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank Maidie Jill Linzee1918140.20014519 Marion Tiefy Davies1112144.76610410 Bridget Shirly Adams516148.644697 Jeannette Altwegg26156.16628

Pairs AthletesPointsPlacesFinal rank Jennifer NicksJohn Nicks9.700988 Winifred SilverthorneDennis Silverthorne10.572535

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating. PldWLTGFGAPts 870169515 8701801815 8620672112 844055288 5th835039476 826029974 817033772 8080241560 *8530863310 * United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.

Great Britain 5-4 Austria Canada 3-0 Great Britain Czechoslovakia 11-4 Great Britain Switzerland 12-3 Great Britain Great Britain 7-2 Poland Sweden 4-3 Great Britain USA 4-3 Great Britain Great Britain 14-7 Italy

Contestants Lennie Baker George Baillie Jimmy Chappell Gerry Davey Freddie Dunkelman Art Green Frankie Green Frank Jardine Johnny Murray Johnny Oxley Stan Simon Bert Smith Archie Stinchcombe Tom Syme

Skeleton

AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankThomas Clarke49.71249.91249.3111:03.581:03.8101:02.895:39.09James Coates48.8848.7749.091:02.371:01.771:01.465:31.97Richard Bott48.3648.9949.2101:01.561:01.441:01.465:30.76John Crammond47.4147.7347.931:00.951:00.931:00.315:25.1

Speed skating

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mHenry Howes46.935Dennis Blundell46.532Bruce Peppin46.429Johnny Cronshey46.0251500 mTommy Ross2:32.641Dennis Blundell2:29.230Bruce Peppin2:24.723Henry Howes2:23.0185000 mDennis Blundell9:22.232Tommy Ross9:18.328Henry Howes8:56.619Johnny Cronshey8:45.61110,000 mHenry HowesDNF–Johnny CronsheyDNF–

References

Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com