Norway at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	49 (45 men, 4 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Birger Ruud (ski jumping)
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 10
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Norway competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

As Oslo would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, a Norwegian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Petter Hugsted	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Gold	Finn Helgesen	Speed skating	Men's 500m
Gold	Sverre Farstad	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Gold	Reidar Liaklev	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Silver	Birger Ruud	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Silver	Thomas Byberg	Speed skating	Men's 500m
Silver	Odd Lundberg	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Bronze	Erling Evensen Olav Økern Reidar Nyborg Olav Hagen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Bronze	Thorleif Schjelderup	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Bronze	Odd Lundberg	Speed skating	Men's 1500m

Alpine skiing

Men

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).

Women

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).

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Men

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Erling Evensen Olav Økern Reidar Nyborg Olav Hagen	2'44:33

Figure skating

Women

Pairs

Nordic combined

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.

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Asbjørn Ruud	Normal hill	58.0	67.5	220.2	7
Thorleif Schjelderup		64.0	67.0	225.1
Birger Ruud		64.0	67.0	226.6
Petter Hugsted		65.0	70.0	228.1

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Torodd Hauer	43.6	6
	Sverre Farstad	43.6	6
	Thomas Byberg	43.2
	Finn Helgesen	43.1 OR
1500 m	Ivar Martinsen	2:22.6	16
	Gunnar Konsmo	2:21.2	10
	Odd Lundberg	2:18.9
	Sverre Farstad	2:17.6 OR
5000 m	Charles Mathiesen	DNF	–
	Henry Hebbe	9:03.0	23
	Odd Lundberg	8:32.7
	Reidar Liaklev	8:29.4
10,000 m	Henry Wahl	DNF	–
	Reidar Liaklev	DNF	–
	Hjalmar Andersen	DNF	–
	Odd Lundberg	18:05.8	7

References