Winter pentathlon at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, a winter pentathlon competition was held. It was one of two demonstration sports held at these Games.

The pentathlon was composed of five segments:

• cross-country skiing
• shooting
• downhill skiing
• fencing
• horse riding

[edit] Results

1.  Lindh (SWE)
2.  Grut (SWE)
3.  Haase (SWE)
4.  Somazzi (SUI)
5.  Rumpf (SUI)
6.  Allhusen (GBR)
7.  Griessler (AUT)
8.  Schriber (SUI)
9.  Walker (GBR)
10.  Legard (GBR)
11.  Willoughby (GBR)
12.  Egnell (SWE)
13.  Platan (FIN)
14.  Vollmeier (SUI)

[edit] References

• Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d’hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French), Comité Olympique Suisse, pp. 72-74. Retrieved on 2006-11-21. 

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