# United States at the 1948 Winter Olympics

The United States competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

## Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Gretchen Fraser | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | February 5 |
| Gold | Dick Button | Figure skating | Men's singles | February 5 |
| Gold | William D'Amico Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus Francis Tyler | Bobsleigh | Four-man | February 7 |
| Silver | Ken Bartholomew | Speed skating | 500 meters | January 31 |
| Silver | Robert Fitzgerald | Speed skating | 500 meters | January 31 |
| Silver | Gretchen Fraser | Alpine skiing | Women's combined | February 4 |
| Silver | John Heaton | Skeleton | Men's competition | February 4 |
| Bronze | Schuyler Carron Frederick Fortune | Bobsleigh | Two-man | January 31 |
| Bronze | James Bickford Donald Dupree William Dupree Thomas Hicks | Bobsleigh | Four-man | February 7 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobsleigh | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Figure skating | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Speed skating | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Skeleton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total | Percentage |
| Male | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 77.8% |
| Female | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22.2% |
| Total | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 100% |
Multiple medalists :
| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| Gretchen Fraser | Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |

## Alpine skiing

Timed events Men
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Bob Blatt | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 3:27.4 | 44 |
| Dev Jennings | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 3:28.2 | 45 |
| Steve Knowlton | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 3:26.2 | 43 |
| Barney McLean | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 3:30.1 | 47 |
| Dick Movitz | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 3:25.2 | 42 |
| Jack Reddish | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 3:12.3 | 26 |
| Steve Knowlton | Slalom | 1:12.9 | 16 | 1:07.6 | 17 | 2:20.5 | 16 |
| Barney McLean | Slalom | 1:20.5 | 30 | 1:07.6 | 17 | 2:28.1 | 24 |
| Colin Stewart | Slalom | 1:15.3 | 23 | 1:08.8 | 21 | 2:24.1 | 20 |
| Jack Reddish | Slalom | 1:11.0 | 10 | 1:04.5 | 5 | 2:15.5 | 7 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Becky Cremer | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:44.2 | 22 |
| Gretchen Fraser | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:37.1 | 13 |
| Brynhild Grasmoen | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:36.0 | 12 |
| Paula Kann | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:49.0 | 28 |
| Andrea Mead | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 3:03.1 | 35 |
| Ruth-Marie Stewart | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:42.0 | 20 |
| Gretchen Fraser | Slalom | 59.7 | 1 | 57.5 | 2 | 1:57.2 | |
| Brynhild Grasmoen | Slalom | 1:05.6 | 12 | 1:04.0 | 12 | 2:09.6 | 9 |
| Paula Kann | Slalom | 1:07.8 | 16 | 1:02.0 | 9 | 2:09.8 | 11 |
| Andrea Mead | Slalom | 1:05.1 | 11 | 1:03.7 | 11 | 2:08.8 | 8 |
Combined The downhill part of the combined events were held concurrently with the individual downhill skiing events. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the events were held separate from the individual slalom competitions.
Men
| Athlete | Event | Downhill | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total | Points | Points | Rank |
| Bob Blatt | Combined | 3:27.4 | 18.09 | 1:15.6 | 1:21.4 | 2:37.0 | 9.74 | 27.83 | 29 |
| Steve Knowlton | Combined | 3:26.2 | 17.32 | 1:15.5 | 1:14.0 | 2:29.5 | 6.42 | 23.75 | 25 |
| Barney McLean | Combined | 3:30.1 | 19.42 | 1:16.4 | 1:11.5 | 2:27.9 | 5.73 | 25.15 | 26 |
| Jack Reddish | Combined | 3:12.3 | 9.71 | 1:14.1 | 1:08.8 | 2:22.9 | 3.53 | 13.24 | 12 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Downhill | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total | Points | Points | Rank |
| Becky Cremer | Combined | 2:44.2 | 10.11 | 1:09.4 | 1:12.5 | 2:21.9 | 11.90 | 22.01 | 17 |
| Gretchen Fraser | Combined | 2:37.1 | 5.50 | 1:01.8 | 59.2 | 2:01.0 | 1.45 | 6.95 | |
| Andrea Mead | Combined | 3:03.1 | 22.14 | 1:03.8 | 1:11.7 | 2:15.5 | 8.70 | 30.84 | 21 |
| Ruth-Marie Stewart | Combined | 2:42.0 | 8.58 | 1:09.8 | 1:06.6 | 2:16.4 | 9.15 | 17.73 | 16 |

## Bobsleigh

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Frederick Fortune Schuyler Carron | Two-man | 1:25.5 | 8 | 1:24.1 | 3 | 1:22.5 | 3 | 1:23.2 | 3 | 5:35.3 | |
| Tuffield A. Latour Leo J. Martin | Two-man | 1:24.9 | 4 | 1:24.8 | 6 | 1:24.1 | 8 | 1:25.4 | 12 | 5:39.2 | 9 |
| James Bickford Thomas Hicks Donald Dupree William Dupree | Four-man | 1:17.4 | 5 | 1:20.7 | 2 | 1:21.8 | 4 | 1:21.6 | 2 | 5:21.5 | |
| Francis Tyler Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus William D'Amico | Four-man | 1:17.1 | 2 | 1:19.6 | 1 | 1:21.4 | 1 | 1:22.0 | 5 | 5:20.1 | |

## Cross-country skiing

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Wendell Broomhall | 18 km | 1:31:40 | 65 |
| Corey Engen | 18 km | 1:37:24 | 75 |
| Don Johnson | 18 km | 1:32:03 | 66 |
| Ralph Townsend | 18 km | 1:37:12 | 74 |
| Gordy Wren | 18 km | 1:40:12 | 77 |

## Figure skating

Individual
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank |
| Dick Button | Men's singles | 1 | 1 | 191.177 | 10 | |
| James Grogan | Men's singles | 9 | 6 | 168.711 | 62 | 6 |
| John Lettengarver | Men's singles | 4 | 2 | 176.400 | 36 | 4 |
| Gretchen Merrill | Ladies singles | 6 | 11 | 148.466 | 73 | 8 |
| Eileen Seigh | Ladies singles | 10 | 10 | 144.111 | 110 | 11 |
| Yvonne Sherman | Ladies singles | 8 | 5 | 149.833 | 62 | 6 |
Mixed
| Athletes | Event | Points | Score | Rank |
| Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy | Pairs | 10.536 | 59.5 | 6 |
| Yvonne Sherman Robert Swenning | Pairs | 10.581 | 53 | 4 |

## Ice hockey

The tournament was almost cancelled when rival teams representing the United States arrived. An Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team was supported by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), and an Amateur Hockey Association (AHA) team was supported by the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG). At the center of the issue was amateurism. The International Olympic Committee ruled that neither team could compete, but the Swiss organizing committee allowed the AAU team to march in the opening ceremony, and the AHA team to play unofficially, without being eligible for medals.
Summary
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| United States men | Men's tournament | Switzerland L 4–5 | Poland W 23–4 | Italy W 31–1 | Sweden W 5–2 | Canada L 3–12 | Austria W 13–2 | Great Britain W 4–3 | Czechoslovakia L 3–4 | DSQ (4) |
Roster
* Al Opsahl
* Bruce Mather
* Bruce Cunliffe
* Donald Geary
* Fred Pearson
* Goodwin Harding
* Herb Vaningen
* Jack Kirrane
* Jack Riley
* Jack Garrity
* Ralph Warburton
* Robert Baker
* Bob Boeser
* Stan Priddy
Tournament
| | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 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 DSQ | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 33 | (10) |
* Switzerland 5-4 USA
* USA 23-4 Poland
* USA 31-1 Italy
* USA 5-2 Sweden
* Canada 12-3 USA
* USA 13-2 Austria
* USA 4-3 United Kingdom
* Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA

## Nordic combined

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 | Cross-country | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Corey Engen | Individual | 1:34:24 | 132.00 | 34 | 65.5 | 64.0 | 214.8 | 3 | 346.80 | 26 |
| Don Johnson | Individual | 1:32:03 | 157.50 | 28 | 57.0 | 59.0 | 187.6 | 27 | 345.10 | 27 |
| Ralph Townsend | Individual | 1:37:12 | 138.00 | 33 | 61.0 | 58.0 | 188.7 | 24 | 326.70 | 33 |
| Gordy Wren | Individual | 1:40:12 | 120.00 | 36 | 66.5 | 68.5 | 220.2 | 2 | 340.20 | 29 |

## Skeleton

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Run 5 | Run 5 | Run 6 | Run 6 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jack Heaton | Men's | 48.1 | 5 | 47.4 | 1 | 47.7 | 2 | 1:00.0 | 2 | 1:00.2 | 1 | 1:01.2 | 5 | 5:24.6 | |
| William Johnson | Men's | 47.7 | 2 | 48.4 | 5 | 48.0 | 4 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Mac MacCarthy | Men's | 48.8 | 8 | 48.3 | 4 | 49.4 | 12 | 1:03.6 | 9 | 1:02.7 | 9 | 1:02.7 | 8 | 5:35.5 | 8 |
| Wilbur Martin | Men's | 47.8 | 3 | 49.2 | 11 | 48.2 | 5 | 1:00.7 | 3 | 1:01.6 | 5 | 1:00.5 | 3 | 5:28.0 | 4 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Distance | Points | Rank |
| Walter Bietila | Normal hill | 61.0 | 64.0 (fall) | 142.9 | 42 |
| Sverre Fredheim | Normal hill | 66.0 | 65.0 | 210.1 | 12 |
| Joe Perrault | Normal hill | 61.0 | 67.0 | 207.0 | 15 |
| Gordy Wren | Normal hill | 68.0 | 68.5 | 222.8 | 5 |

## Speed skating

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ken Bartholomew | 500 m | 43.2 | |
| Bobby Fitzgerald | 500 m | 43.2 | |
| Ken Henry | 500 m | 43.3 | 5 |
| Del Lamb | 500 m | 43.6 | 6 |
| Ray Blum | 1500 m | 2:23.4 | 20 |
| Bobby Fitzgerald | 1500 m | 2:27.0 | 28 |
| Ken Henry | 1500 m | 2:24.6 | 22 |
| Johnny Werket | 1500 m | 2:20.2 | 6 |
| Ray Blum | 5000 m | 8:54.4 | 17 |
| Ken Henry | 5000 m | 8:56.0 | 18 |
| Sonny Rupprecht | 5000 m | 8:58.4 | 21 |
| Buddy Solem | 5000 m | 9:10.4 | 27 |
| Sonny Rupprecht | 10,000 m | 21:20.3 | 17 |
| Art Seaman | 10,000 m | 21:34.8 | 18 |
| Buddy Solem | 10,000 m | 26:22.4 | 19 |
| Johnny Werket | 10,000 m | 19:44.0 | 11 |