For 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....

, a total of eight sports venues were used. The five venues used for the 1928 Winter Olympics were reused for these games. Three new venues were added for alpine skiing

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

 which had been added to the Winter Olympics program twelve years earlier

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...

 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 (Allied-occupied Germany during the 1948 Games). As of 2010, the bob run continues to be used for bobsleigh and skeleton while alpine skiing is popular in St. Moritz.

Venues

Venue	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Around the hills of 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...	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 18 km competition was held on Saturday, January 31, 1948, the relay event was held on Tuesday, February 3, 1948, and the 50 km event was held on Friday, February 6, 1948.... , Nordic combined Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics At the 1948 Winter Olympics, the Individual Nordic combined event was contested.-Individual:February 1, 1948-References:*...  (cross-country skiing)	Not listed.
Cresta Run Cresta Run The Cresta Run is a natural ice 1,212.5 m long skeleton racing toboggan track in the Swiss winter sports town of St. Moritz, and one of the few runs dedicated primarily to skeleton. It was built in 1884 near the hamlet of Cresta in the municipality of Celerina/Schlarigna by Major Bulpett, eventual...	Skeleton Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics Medals awarded for the skeleton discipline at the 1948 Winter Olympics held in St Moritz. In many locations the sport was referred to as tobogganing during these and the 1928 Games...	Not listed.
Kulm 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...	Ice hockey Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics In Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics, Team Canada returned to its dominance, winning their fourth Gold Medal out of the first five Olympic Games.-Rival United States teams:...	Not listed.
Olympiaschanze St. Moritz Olympiaschanze St. Moritz Olympiaschanze St. Moritz was a ski jumping venue in St. Moritz, Switzerland, it was built in 1926 and closed in 2006. The ski jumping and the ski jumping part of the nordic combined event for the 1928 Winter Olympics.Its K-point was 66 mm.-References:...	Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics -K90 individual ski jumping :February 7, 1948The competition took place at "Olympiaschanze" with a K-Point of 68m .-External references:*...	Not listed.
Olympic Stadium St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink is an outdoor stadium in St. Moritz, Switzerland. It was the venue for the ice hockey, speedskating and figure skating events, as well as the location of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 1928 Winter Olympics and 1948 Winter Olympics.-References:...	Figure skating Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies singles, and pair skating.-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... , Ice hockey (final), Speed skating Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics -Medal summary:-Participating nations:Twelve speed skaters competed in all four events.A total of 68 speed skaters from 15 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:-Medal table:-References:*...	Not listed.
Piz Nair Piz Nair Piz Nair is a mountain above St. Moritz in the Albula Range in Switzerland. The summit is easily accessible from the village with a funicular and an aerial tramway. The mountain hosted the alpine skiing events for the 1948 Winter Olympics in neighboring St. Moritz.-External links:*...	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held from Monday, February 2 to Thursday February 5, 1948.After these games, the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...	Not listed.
St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun The St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun is a bobsleigh piste located in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Constructed in 1903, it officially opened on New Year's Day 1904 and is the oldest bobsleigh track in the world and the only one that is naturally refrigerated...	Bobsleigh Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics At the 1948 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The two-man competition was held on Friday, January 30, 1948 and on Saturdayday, January 31, 1948 while the four-man competition was held on Friday, February 6, 1948 and on Saturday, February 7, 1948.-Medal summary:-Participating...	Not listed.
Suvretta 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...	Ice hockey	Not listed.

Before the Olympics

St. Moritz hosted the Winter Olympics previously in 1928

1928 Winter Olympics

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 11–19, 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics held on its own as they were not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics...

. All five venues

Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics

For the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, a total of five sports venues were used. The main stadium hosted the figure skating, ice hockey, and speed skating events. Skeleton was first held at the Cresta Run. Bobsleigh was held at the bob run. St. Moritz itself served as cross-country...

 from those games were reused for the 1948 Winter Olympics. St. Moritz hosted the FIBT World Championships

FIBT World Championships

The FIBT World Championships, part of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing , have taken place on an annual basis in non-Winter Olympic years since 1930. A two-man event was included in 1931 with a combined championship occurring in 1947...

 in 1931

FIBT World Championships 1931

The FIBT World Championships 1931 took place in Oberhof, Germany and in St. Moritz, Switzerland . Two-man bobsleigh made its debut.-Two man bobsleigh:-Four man bobsleigh:-Medal table:-References:**...

 (four-man), 1937

FIBT World Championships 1937

The FIBT World Championships 1937 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy and in St. Moritz, Switzerland . St. Moritz hosted the four-man event previously in 1931 and 1935.-Two man bobsleigh:-Four man bobsleigh:...

 (four-man), 1938

FIBT World Championships 1938

The FIBT World Championships 1938 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany . St. Moritz hosted the two-man event for the first time after hosting the four-man event previously in 1931, 1935, and 1937 while Garmisch-Partenkirchen hosted the four-man event previously...

 (two-man), 1939

FIBT World Championships 1939

The FIBT World Championships 1939 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy . St. Moritz hosted the two-man event for the second time after hosting it previously in 1938, along with hosting the four-man event in 1931, 1935, and 1937. Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted the two-man...

 (two-man), and 1947

FIBT World Championships 1947

The FIBT World Championships 1947 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record sixth time after hosting the event previously in 1931 , 1935 , 1937 , 1938 , and 1939...

. Switzerland itself hosted the Ice Hockey World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships

The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...

 twice in between the 1928 and 1948 Games, doing so in 1935

1935 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1935 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between January 19 and January 27, 1935 in Davos, Switzerland with 15 countries taking part, a record. The 15 teams first played in four preliminary round groups . Unlike the previous year, Canada participated in the preliminary round...

 and 1939

1939 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1939 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 3 and February 12, 1939 in Zürich and Basel, Switzerland. The fourteen teams participating in the 1939 World Championship were initially divided into four preliminary groups: two groups of four and two groups of three. The top two...

 though neither took place in St. Moritz. As an alpine skiing venue, St. Moritz hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 1934.

During the Olympics

Midway through the second run of the bobsleigh four-man event, a water pipe burst which halted competition. They still completed all four runs of the event.

After the Olympics

The ski jump was renovated in 1963 to get it to a K-point of 90 m (295.3 ft). It closed in 2006. The bob run has hosted the FIBT World Championships sixteen more times since the 1948 Games, most recently in 2007

FIBT World Championships 2007

The FIBT World Championships 2007 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record twenty-first time, doing so previously in 1931 , 1935 , 1937 , 1938 , 1939 , 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 , 1990 , 1997 , 1998 , and 2001...

. St. Moritz hosted its first recorded alpine skiing World Cup event in 1971. The city hosted the Alpine skiing World Championships in 1974

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974 were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from February 3-10, 1974.St. Moritz would host the event again in 2003, and hosted the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1928 Winter Olympics .-External links:...

 and 2003

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from February 2-16, 2003.St. Moritz previously hosted the world championships in 1974, as well as the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1928 Winter Olympics ....

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