United States at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Table:
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

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Gretchen Kunigk Fraser ( February 11 , 1919 - February 17 , 1994 ) was an alpine ski racer . She was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in skiing . She was also the skiing stand-in for ice skater Sonja Henie in the movies Thin Ice ( 1937 ) and Sun Valley Serenade ( 1941 ) .
At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz , Switzerland , the six alpine skiing events were held on Piz Nair from Monday , 2 February to Thursday , 5 February 1948 . After these games , the giant slalom was added and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades , until 1988 . From 1956 through 1980 , the combined continued as an FIS medal event for the concurrent World Championships , using the results from three events , conducted as a paper race . Henri Oreiller of France earned a medal in all three events , with two golds and a bronze . Trude Beiser of Austria and Gretchen Fraser of the United States both won two medals , a gold and a silver each . The first Olympics after World War II did not invite Germany or Japan .
The women 's alpine skiing slalom event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme . It was the first appearance of the event . The competition was held on Thursday , February 5 , 1948 . Twenty-eight alpine skiers from ten nations competed .
Richard Totten Dick Button ( born July 18 , 1929 ) is an American former figure skater and skating analyst . He is a two-time Olympic champion ( 1948 , 1952 ) and five-time World champion ( 1948-1952 ) . He is also the only non-European man to have become European champion . Button is credited as having been the first skater to successfully land the double axel jump in competition in 1948 , as well as the first triple jump of any kind - a triple loop - in 1952 . He also invented the flying camel spin , which was originally known as the Button camel .
Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Ice Rink in St. Moritz , Switzerland . Three figure skating events were contested : men 's singles , ladies ' singles , and pair skating .
William John Bill D'Amico ( October 3 , 1910 - October 30 , 1984 ) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s . He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . D'Amico also won three medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds ( Four-man : 1949 , 1950 ) and one bronze ( Two-man : 1950 ) .
Patrick Henry Pat Martin ( August 19 , 1923 - April 21 , 1987 ) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s . He was born and lived in Massena , NY 80 miles north of Lake Placid . Competing in two Winter Olympics , he won three medals with a gold ( Four-man : 1948 ) and two silvers ( Two-man and four-man : both 1952 ) . Martin also won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds ( Four-man : 1949 , 1950 ) and three silvers ( Two-man : 1950 , 1951 ; Four-man : 1951 ) .
Edward William Rimkus ( August 10 , 1913 in Schenectady , New York - May 17 , 1999 in Long Beach , California ) was an American of Lithuanian descent bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s . He won a gold medal in the four-men event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . He died in Long Beach , California .
Francis William Tyler ( December 11 , 1904 - April 11 , 1956 ) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s . Competing in two Winter Olympics , he won the gold medal in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 1948 . After the end of each bobsleigh run , Tyler was known for lighting up a cigarette to smoke , even being in an advertisement for Camel cigarettes in 1949 . He died of a heart attack in 1956 .
At the 1948 Winter Olympics , two bobsleigh events were contested . The two-man competition was held on Friday , January 30 , 1948 and on Saturday , January 31 , 1948 while the four-man competition was held on Friday , February 6 , 1948 and on Saturday , February 7 , 1948 .
The four-man bobsleigh results at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz , Switzerland . The competition was held on Friday and Saturday , 6 and 7 February 1948 .
Kenneth Ken Eldred Bartholomew ( February 10 , 1920 - October 9 , 2012 ) was a speed skating champion from the United States . Bartholomew was born in Leonard , North Dakota . His parents were William Bill N. Bartholomew and Clara U. Bartholomew . Bill and Clara had five children : Earl , Vern , Ken , Ardys , and Carl . Bill was the head timer at local , state , and national speed skating events for about 35 years and a member of the timing committees at the US Olympic speed skating trials in the 1950s . Living in Minnesota , Bartholomew skated mostly at local , statewide , and national events , winning more than 1,000 medals and trophies . Among these were fourteen National Championships titles between 1945 and 1960 , three North American outdoor titles , and one North American indoor title . In 1948 , Bartholomew competed in the 500 m at the Winter Olympics of St. Moritz and finished second behind Finn Helgesen . He shared his second place with fellow United States team member Bob Fitzgerald and Norwegian skater Thomas Byberg . Bartholomew worked for Northwestern Bell , laying and repairing telephone lines . He also owned a tree service . In his later years , he competed in ski jumping and golf .
At the 1948 Winter Olympics , four speed skating events were contested .
The 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme . The competition was held on Saturday , 31 January 1948 . Forty-two speed skaters from 15 nations competed .
Robert Emmett Bobby Fitzgerald ( October 3 , 1923 in Minneapolis , Minnesota - April 22 , 2005 in Luverne , Minnesota ) was an American speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics . He was a member of the US Army Air Corps in World War II , and was discharged due to injuries sustained in a plane crash . He was a Feb. , 1947 graduate of St. Thomas College , when he won the national and North American Speed Skating crowns . Later that year , he skated in the Winter Carnival held at Como Park , in St. Paul , which was the US Olympic trials for speed skating . His 1st place there was enough to qualify him for the seven man team . In 1948 he won a silver medal in the 500 metres event . He also finished 28th in the 1500 metres competition . In 2005 , he was inducted to the Minneapolis South High School 's ( 1941 Graduate ) Wall of Honor . Fitzgerald was also a chiropractor , a 1956 graduate of Northwestern College of Chiropractic , he was also a supporter of the International Chiropractor 's Association .
The women 's alpine skiing combined event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme . It was the second appearance of the event . The competition consisted of a downhill race held on Monday , February 2 , 1948 , and two slalom heats held on Wednesday , February 4 , 1948 . Twenty-eight alpine skiers from ten nations competed .
John Rutherford Jack Heaton ( September 9 , 1908 - September 10 , 1976 ) was an American bobsledder and skeleton racer who competed from the late 1920s to the late 1940s . Heaton was the youngest son of John Edward Heaton and Florence Caroline Trowbridge of New Haven , Connecticut . He had two brothers , Jennison ( also an Olympic bobsledder and skeleton racer ) and Trowbridge . Heaton married four times , first to Gwendolyn Robinson de Alzaga Unzue in 1937 . He married Denise Paule Genest in 1950 and had a son , John Edward Heaton , born in 1951 . He then married Heidi Von Lauer Mundchofen in 1959 and Beatrix Bayer in 1965 . Heaton competed in three Winter Olympics in 1928 , 1932 , and 1948 . He won two silver medals in the skeleton in 1928 and 1948 , and one bronze in the bobsled in 1932 . At the 1948 games in St. Moritz , Switzerland , he was the American team 's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies . In the late 1920s , Heaton toured the world with friends Billy Fiske ( fellow Olympic medalist and World War II hero ) and Francis Frankie Rhodes ( nephew of Cecil Rhodes ) . They traveled to Tahiti , Bali , India and South Africa . The Heaton Gold Cup was presented in 1933 by the three Heaton brothers and their mother .
Medals awarded for the skeleton discipline at the 1948 Winter Olympics held in St Moritz . At that time the sport was called cresta , and St. Moritz had the most famous Cresta Run , dating to 1884 . In many locations the sport was referred to as tobogganing during these and the 1928 Games . The contest was run over a total of six runs .
Schuyler Antony Carron ( August 24 , 1921 - June 15 , 1964 ) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s . He won the bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz .
Frederick Joseph Fred Fortune , Jr. ( April 1 , 1921 - April 20 , 1994 ) is an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s . Competing in two Winter Olympics , he won the bronze medal in the two-man event at St. Moritz in 1948 . Four years later he finished seventh in the two-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics . Fortune also won three bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships with two medals in two-man ( 1949 , 1950 ) and one medal in four-man ( 1965 ) . In addition to bobsledding , Fred Fortune was a fine skier and he served during World War II in the 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops , during which time he earned a Bronze Star After the war , he returned to Lake Placid where he won the 1947 North American 2-man title with his Olympic partner , Sky Carron . Fortunes occupation was as a contractor . He founded and built two towns - North Pole , New York and North Pole , Colorado ( on Pikes Peak ) - both Santa Claus Children 's Villages .
The two-man bobsleigh results at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . The competition was held on Friday , January 30 , 1948 and on Saturday , January 31 , 1948 .
James John Bickford ( November 2 , 1912 - October 3 , 1989 ) was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s . Competing in four Winter Olympics , he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 1948 . Bickford also carried the United States flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics . At the FIBT World Championships , he won three medals with one silver ( Four-man : 1949 ) and two bronzes ( Two-man : 1954 , Four-man : 1937 ) .
Donald Victor Dupree , Sr. ( February 10 , 1919 - May 1 , 1993 ) , from Saranac Lake , New York , was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s . He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . Dupree also won a silver medal in the four-man at the 1949 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid , New York .
William Francis Dupree ( June 7 , 1909 - February 25 , 1955 ) , from Saranac Lake , New York , was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s . He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . Dupree also won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1937 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz .
Thomas A. Hicks ( June 1 , 1918 - July 14 , 1992 ) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s . He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz .