Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies singles, and pair skating.

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[edit] Event summary

Barbara Ann Scott became the first Canadian to win the figure skating gold medal while Dick Button became the first American to win a figure skating title for the United States. Button also became the first figure skater to perform a double axel in competition.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Medalists

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles United States Dick Button
United States (USA)		 Switzerland Hans Gerschwiler
Switzerland (SUI)		 Austria Edi Rada
Austria (AUT)
Ladies' singles Canada Barbara Ann Scott
Canada (CAN)		 Austria Eva Pawlik
Austria (AUT)		 Great Britain Jeannette Altwegg
Great Britain (GBR)
Pair skating Belgium Micheline Lannoy
and Pierre Baugniet
Belgium (BEL)		 Hungary Andrea Kékesy
and Ede Király
Hungary (HUN)		 Canada Suzanne Morrow
and Wallace Diestelmeyer
Canada (CAN)


[edit] Results

[edit] Men

Rank Name Nation CF CF Points FS Total Points Places
1 Richard Button United States United States 1 994.7 1 191.177 10
2 Hans Gerschwiler Switzerland Switzerland 2 965.1 3 181.122 23
3 Edi Rada Austria Austria 3 941.0 4 178.133 33
4 John Lettengarver United States United States 4 916.3 2 176.400 36
5 Ede Király Hungary Hungary 5 922.1 5 174.400 42
6 James Grogan United States United States 9 867.4 6 168.711 62
7 Henry Graham Sharp Great Britain Great Britain 6 909.8 8 167.044 67
8 Hellmut May Austria Austria 7 893.2 7 165.666 68
9 Helmut Seibt Austria Austria 8 882.9 12 162.655 79
10 Ladislav Cáp Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 10 859.0 11 160.233 96
11 Fernand Leemans Belgium Belgium 11 838.0 14 157.822 104
12 Wallace Diestelmeyer Canada Canada 13 809.1 9 156.322 110
13 Zdenek Fikar Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 12 819.0 13 154.155 114
14 Karl Enderlin Switzerland Switzerland 14 796.7 10 154.244 110
15 Carlo Fassi Italy Italy 16 764.9 15 145.966 135
16 Per Cock-Clausen Denmark Denmark 15 785.5 16 145.533 135

[edit] Ladies

Rank Name Nation CF CF Points FS Total Points Places
1 Barbara Ann Scott Canada Canada 1 858.1 1 163.077 11
2 Eva Pawlik Austria Austria 3 832.1 2 157.588 24
3 Jeannette Altwegg Great Britain Great Britain 2 842.1 6 156.166 28
4 Jirína Nekolová Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4 807.2 4 154.088 34
5 Alena Vrzáňová Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7 797.2 3 153.044 44
6 Yvonne Sherman United States United States 8 783.9 5 149.833 62
7 Bridget Shirly Adams Great Britain Great Britain 5 806.8 16 148.644 69
8 Gretchen Merrill United States United States 6 798.0 11 148.466 73
9 Martha Musilek Bachem Austria Austria 14 744.5 7 144.456 103
10 Marion Tiefy Davies Great Britain Great Britain 11 763.5 12 144.766 104
11 Eileen Seigh United States United States 10 755.8 10 144.111 110
12 Marilyn Ruth Take Canada Canada 12 754.1 13 143.722 110.5
13 Dagmar Lerchová Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 15 745.5 8 144.433 112
14 Suzanne Morrow Canada Canada 9 761.9 15 143.655 117
15 Maja Hug Switzerland Switzerland 13 755.9 19 141.522 137
16 Jacqueline du Bief France France 16 746.0 21 139.022 147.5
17 Marika Saáry Hungary Hungary 17 739.3 14 140.944 142
18 Hildegard Appeltauer Austria Austria 18 743.7 20 139.300 155
19 Maidie Jill Linzee Great Britain Great Britain 19 742.8 18 140.200 145
20 Ingeborg Solar Austria Austria 23 677.8 9 135.444 186
21 Éva Lindner Hungary Hungary 22 679.7 17 134.188 192
22 Marit Henie Norway Norway 21 699.4 23 133.111 194
23 Lotti Höner Switzerland Switzerland 20 699.1 22 134.211 186
24 Grazie Barcellona Italy Italy 25 607.9 24 122.211 218
25 Doris Blanc Switzerland Switzerland 24 635.6 25 122.622 221

[edit] Pairs

Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet Belgium Belgium 11.227 17.5
2 Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király Hungary Hungary 11.109 26
3 Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer Canada Canada 11.000 31
4 Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning United States United States 10.581 53
5 Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne Great Britain Great Britain 10.572 53
6 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy United States United States 10.536 59.5
7 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy Hungary Hungary 9.909 89
8 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks Great Britain Great Britain 9.700 98
9 Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer Austria Austria 9.436 111.5
10 Margot Walle / Allan Fjeldheim Norway Norway 9.281 118.5
11 Susanne Giebisch / Helmut Seibt Austria Austria 9.290 117.5
12 Luny Unold / Hans Kuster Switzerland Switzerland 9.281 120
13 Grazia Barcellona / Carlo Fassi Italy Italy 9.263 121.5
14 Denise Favart / Jacques Favart France France 8.700 139
WD Blazena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

[edit] References


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