Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics

1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936...

in St. Moritz

St. Moritz

St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. It was only the second time that Argentinian athletes had competed at the Winter Games, after missing the 1932 Winter Olympics

1932 Winter Olympics

The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1932 in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February 4 and closed on February 15. It would be the first winter olympics held in the United...

 and the 1936 Winter Olympics

1936 Winter Olympics

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin...

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Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julio Cernuda	Downhill					4:46.4	95
Pablo Rosenkjer						4:36.2	93
Gino de Pellegrín						4:25.2	91
Otto Jung						4:09.3	85
Luis de Ridder						3:50.2	68
Justo del Carril Justo del Carril Justo F. del Carril Aldao was an Argentinian alpine skier and bobsledder who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics.As bobsledders he finished twelfth in the 1948 four man competition. As alpine skier he finished 63rd in the 1948 downhill event.-References:**Wallechinsky, Daivd . "Bobsled". In The...						3:46.2	63
Otto Jung	Slalom	1:54.1	56	1:21.6	46	3:15.7	53
Pablo Rosenkjer		1:53.7 (+0:05)	55	1:34.2	55	3:27.9	56
Luis de Ridder		1:32.2	44	1:20.2	41	2:52.4	42
Gino de Pellegrín		1:29.8	40	1:23.5	47	2:53.3	43

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For atlethes 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).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Luis de Ridder	2:46.3	1:20.9	67	80.11	63
Pablo Rosenkjer	1:45.3	1:34.6	59	84.62	64
Otto Jung	1:45.2	1:26.1	55	66.05	56
Gino de Pellegrín	1:40.8	1:27.2	50	73.29	60

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ARG-1	Marcello de Ridder Marcello de Ridder Marcello de Ridder was an Argentinian bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, he finished 12th in the four-man and 15th in the two-man events.-References:***... Héctor Tomasi Héctor Tomasi Héctor Julio Tomasi was an Argentine bobsledder who competed from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth in the four-man event at Oslo in 1952....	Two-man	1:29.2	16	1:28.5	16	1:27.8	15	1:27.3	15	5:52.8	15

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ARG-1	Justo del Carril Justo del Carril Justo F. del Carril Aldao was an Argentinian alpine skier and bobsledder who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics.As bobsledders he finished twelfth in the 1948 four man competition. As alpine skier he finished 63rd in the 1948 downhill event.-References:**Wallechinsky, Daivd . "Bobsled". In The... Salvador Correa Salvador Correa Salvador Correa was an Argentinian bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, he finished 12th in the four-man event.-References:**... Marcello de Ridder Marcello de Ridder Marcello de Ridder was an Argentinian bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, he finished 12th in the four-man and 15th in the two-man events.-References:***... Héctor Tomasi Héctor Tomasi Héctor Julio Tomasi was an Argentine bobsledder who competed from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth in the four-man event at Oslo in 1952....	Four-man	1:20.5	12	1:23.4	12	1:24.5	12	1:24.5	10	5:32.9	12