Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Skeleton
at the V Olympic Winter Games
VenueCresta Run
Competitors15 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nino Bibbia  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Heaton  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Crammond  Great Britain

Medals awarded for the skeleton discipline at the 1948 Winter Olympics held in St Moritz. At that time the sport was called cresta, and St. Moritz had the most famous Cresta Run, dating to 1884. In many locations the sport was referred to as tobogganing during these and the 1928 Games. The contest was run over a total of six runs.

Medalists

GoldNino Bibbia
 Italy
SilverJohn Heaton
 United States
BronzeJohn Crammond
 Great Britain

Turn 10 at Cesana Pariol, where the bobsled, luge, and skeleton competitions took place for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, is named for Bibbia.

John Heaton also won the silver medal in skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics.

Results

RankNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6TotalDiff.
1Nino Bibbia Italy0:48.80:47.60:47.60:59.51:00.21:00.35:23.2
2John Heaton United States0:48.10:47.40:47.71:00.01:00.21:01.25:24.6+1.4
3John Crammond Great Britain0:47.40:47.70:47.91:00.91:00.91:00.35:25.1+1.9
4Wilbur Lee Martin United States0:47.80:49.20:48.21:00.71:01.61:00.55:28.0+4.8
5Gottfried Kägi Switzerland0:48.90:48.80:48.71:00.81:01.61:01.15:29.9+6.7
6Richard Bott Great Britain0:48.30:48.90:49.21:01.51:01.41:01.45:30.7+7.5
7James Coats Great Britain0:48.80:48.70:49.01:02.31:01.71:01.45:31.9+8.7
8Fairchilds Maccarthy United States0:48.80:48.30:49.41:03.61:02.71:02.75:35.5+12.3
9Thomas Clarke Great Britain0:49.70:49.90:49.31:03.51:03.81:02.85:39.0+15.8
10C. William Johnson United States0:47.70:48.40:48.0did not start
11Milo Bigler Switzerland0:48.40:48.40:48.7did not start
12Dialma Balsegia Switzerland0:49.20:49.00:48.6did not start
13William Hirigoyen France0:52.70:49.90:51.0did not start
Christian Fischbacher Switzerlandunknowndid not start
Hugo Kuranda Austriaunknowndid not start

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)1001
2 United States (USA)0101
3 Great Britain (GBR)0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

References

  • 1948 skeleton results
  • Austrian Olympic Committee results on 1948 skeleton (in German)
  • Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d’hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Comité Olympique Suisse. p. 67. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
  • Skeletonsport.com results
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