Czechoslovakia at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Czechoslovakia at the
1948 Winter Olympics

IOC code| TCH
NOC| Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
in St. Moritz
Competitors| 47 (41 men, 6 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer| Vladimír Zábrodský (ice hockey)
Medals
Ranked 11th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992

Other related appearances
Czech Republic (1994–)
Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The country's only medal was a silver in ice hockey.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Silver | Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team

* Bohumil Modrý
* Zdeněk Jarkovský
* Miroslav Sláma
* Josef Trousílek
* Přemysl Hainý
* Vilibald Šťovík
* Oldřich Zábrodský
* Miloslav Pokorný
* Ladislav Troják
* Vladimír Zábrodský
* Stanislav Konopásek
* Václav Roziňák
* Jaroslav Drobný
* Karel Stibor
* Vladimír Kobranov
* Gustav Bubník
* Vladimír Bouzek

| Ice hockey | Men's competition

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Daniel Šlachta | Downhill  |  | 3:29.4  | 46
Luboš Brchel |  | 3:12.4  | 27
Antonín Šponar |  | 3:09.1  | 17
Zdeněk Parma | Slalom  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Daniel Šlachta | 1:21.0  | 31  | 1:17.7  | 36  | 2:38.7  | 33
Antonín Šponar | 1:20.2 (+0:05)  | 29  | 1:06.5  | 13  | 2:26.7  | 22
Luboš Brchel | 1:10.8  | 9  | 1:05.8  | 9  | 2:16.6  | 9

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)

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Time 1  | Time 2  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Daniel Šlachta | 1:37.4 (+0:05)  | 1:12.0  | 36  | 34.41  | 33
Luboš Brchel | 1:19.1  | 1:07.2  | 13  | 14.85  | 14
Antonín Šponar | 1:13.1  | 1:09.4  | 6  | 11.19  | 9

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Božena Moserová | Downhill  |  | 2:46.1  | 25
Alexandra Nekvapilová |  | 2:37.2  | 14
Božena Moserová | Slalom  | 1:12.5  | 20  | 1:07.6  | 17  | 2:20.1  | 19
Alexandra Nekvapilová | 1:03.2  | 7  | 1:08.8  | 18  | 2:12.0  | 16

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)

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Time 1  | Time 2  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Božena Moserová | 1:14.6  | 1:07.0  | 19  | 23.01  | 18
Alexandra Nekvapilová | 1:05.9  | 1:02.9  | 4  | 10.98  | 9

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
TCH-1  | Max Ippen
Eduard Novotný | Two-man  | 1:27.2  | 14  | 1:26.4  | 13  | 1:26.3  | 14  | 1:26.7  | 14  | 5:46.6  | 14
Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
TCH-1  | Max Ippen
František Zajíšek
Ivan Šipajlo
Eduard Novotný | Four-man  | 1:20.6  | 13  | 1:24.1  | 13  | 1:25.4  | 14  | 1:25.4  | 14  | 5:35.5  | 14

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
18 km  | Jaroslav Lukeš | 1'41:00  | 78
František Šimůnek | 1'35:21  | 72
Jaroslav Kadavý | 1'32:17  | 67
Štefan Kovalčík | 1'31:06  | 63
Jaroslav Zajíček | 1'29:44  | 60
Bohumil Kosour | 1'29:37  | 58
Vít Fousek Sr. | 1'29:37  | 58
Jaroslav Cardal | 1'25:44  | 40
50 km  | Vít Fousek Sr. | DNF  | -
Jaroslav Zajíček | 4'44:35  | 20
František Balvín | 4'17:51  | 11
Jaroslav Cardal | 4'14:34  | 8

Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Štefan Kovalčík
František Balvín
Jaroslav Zajíček
Jaroslav Cardal | 2'54:56  | 8

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | CF  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Final rank

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Zdenek Fikar | 12  | 13  | 154.155  | 114  | 13
Ladislav Cáp | 10  | 11  | 160.233  | 96  | 10

Women
Athlete  | CF  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Final rank

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Dagmar Lerchová | 15  | 8  | 144.433  | 112  | 13
Alena Vrzáňová | 7  | 3  | 153.044  | 44  | 5
Jirína Nekolová | 4  | 4  | 154.088  | 34  | 4

Pairs
Athletes  | Points  | Places  | Final rank

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Blazena Knittlová
Karel Vosátka | DNS  | - | -

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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

| Pld  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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Canada | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 5 | 15
Czechoslovakia | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 18 | 15
Switzerland | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 21 | 12
Sweden | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 28 | 8
Great Britain | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 6
Poland | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 97 | 4
Austria | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 77 | 2
Italy | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 156 | 0
United States *  | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 33 | 10

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

* Czechoslovakia 22-3 Italy
* Czechoslovakia 6-3 Sweden
* Czechoslovakia 13-2 Poland
* Czechoslovakia 11-4 United Kingdom
* Czechoslovakia 17-3 Austria
* Canada 0-0 Czechoslovakia
* Czechoslovakia 7-1 Switzerland
* Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA

Silver:

Bohumil Modrý
Zdeněk Jarkovský
Miroslav Sláma
Josef Trousílek
Přemysl Hainý
Vilibald Šťovík
Oldřich Zábrodský
Miloslav Pokorný
Ladislav Troják
Vladimír Zábrodský
Stanislav Konopásek
Václav Roziňák
Jaroslav Drobný
Karel Stibor
Vladimír Kobranov
Gustav Bubník
Vladimír Bouzek

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Events:

* 18 km cross-country skiing
* normal hill ski jumping

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

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Points  | Rank  | Distance 1  | Distance 2  | Distance 3  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Jaroslav Lukeš | Individual  | 115.50  | 37  | 63.5  | 62.0  | 65.0  | 205.4  | 12  | 320.90  | 35
František Šimůnek | 142.50  | 32  | 51.0  | 50.0  | 52.0  | 169.8  | 35  | 312.30  | 36
Jaroslav Kadavý | 157.50  | 29  | 51.5  | 55.0  | 55.5  | 181.1  | 29  | 338.60  | 31
Bohumil Kosour | 169.50  | 24  | 44.5  | 47.5  | 48.5 (fall) | 159.0  | 37  | 328.50  | 32

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Distance 1  | Distance 2  | Total points  | Rank

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Jaroslav Lukeš | Normal hill  | 58.0  | 60.5  | 198.5  | 21
Josef Císař | 59.0  | 62.0  | 189.4  | 29
Zdeněk Remsa | 59.0  | 61.5  | 198.6  | 20
Miloslav Bělonožník | 61.0  | 60.0  | 203.9  | 16

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Vladimír Kolář | 46.1  | 26
1500 m  | Vladimír Kolář | 2:25.6  | 26
5000 m  | Vladimír Kolář | 8:58.9  | 22
10,000 m  | Vladimír Kolář | DSQ  | -

## References

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* Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
* Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com

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Africa|

No representation

America|

* Argentina
* Canada
* Chile
* United States

Asia|

* South Korea
* Lebanon

Europe|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Romania
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

No representation

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Winter Olympic Games|

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Czechoslovakia did not participate in 1984 due to a boycott.
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