Sweden at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sweden at the
1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code SWE
NOC Swedish Olympic Committee
Website www.sok.se (Swedish) (English)
in St. Moritz
Competitors 43 (42 men, 1 woman) in 6 sports
Flag bearer Erik Lindström (ski jumping)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold Silver Bronze Total
4 3 3 10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Lundström, MartinMartin Lundström Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
 Gold Karlsson, NilsNils Karlsson Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
 Gold Östensson, NilsNils Östensson
Täpp, NilsNils Täpp
Eriksson, GunnarGunnar Eriksson
Lundström, MartinMartin Lundström 		Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay
 Gold Seyffarth, ÅkeÅke Seyffarth Speed skating Men's 10,000m
 Silver Östensson, NilsNils Östensson Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
 Silver Eriksson, HaraldHarald Eriksson Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
 Silver Seyffarth, ÅkeÅke Seyffarth Speed skating Men's 1500m
 Bronze Eriksson, GunnarGunnar Eriksson Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
 Bronze Israelsson, SvenSven Israelsson Nordic combined Men's individual
 Bronze Hedlund, GötheGöthe Hedlund Speed skating Men's 5000m

Alpine skiing

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

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 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Nils Östensson 1'14:22 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Martin Lundström 1'13:50 1st, gold medalist(s)
50 km Arthur Herrdin DNF –
Anders Törnqvist 3'58:20 5
Harald Eriksson 3'52:20 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Nils Karlsson 3'47:48 1st, gold medalist(s)
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Nils Östensson
Nils Täpp
Gunnar Eriksson
Martin Lundström		 2'32:08 1st, gold medalist(s)

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 870169515
 Czechoslovakia 8701801815
  Switzerland 8620672112
 Sweden 4th 844055288
 Great Britain 835039476
 Poland 826029974
 Austria 817033772
 Italy 8080241560
 United States * 8530863310

* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.

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

Events:

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 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Ski jumping

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

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 2nd, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
10,000 m Göthe Hedlund DNF –
Rune Hammarström 18:39.6 9
Harry Jansson 18:08.0 8
Åke Seyffarth 17:26.3 1st, gold medalist(s)

References

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