Yugoslavia at the 1948 Winter Olympics
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Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

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....

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Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Saša Molnar Downhill DNF
Jože Bertoncelj 4:00.2 80
Ciril Praček
Ciril Pracek
Ciril Praček was a Slovenian alpine skier who competed for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the 1936 Winter Olympics and for the SFR of Yugoslavia in the 1948 Winter Olympics.He was born in Jesenice....

3:52.3 71
Matevž Lukanc 3:50.3 69
Slavko Lukanc 3:37.1 54
Tine Mulej 3:21.1 36
Franci Čop Slalom 1:24.8 34 1:18.9 39 2:43.7 36
Matevž Lukanc 1:17.2 25 1:13.7 30 2:30.9 27
Tine Mulej 1:15.0 21 1:36.0 56 2:51.0 40
Saša Molnar 1:11.4 13 1:12.0 28 2:23.4 18


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
Jože Bertoncelj 1:38.5 1:19.6 43 55.14 51
Matevž Lukanc 1:29.3 1:13.1 31 42.81 37
Slavko Lukanc 1:27.1 1:15.4 32 35.45 34

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Alojz Klančnik 1'33:02 69
Anton Pogačnik 1'29:08 56
Jože Knific 1'29:01 55
Matevž Kordež 1'28:37 53
Tone Razinger 1'28:24 51
50 km Matevž Kordež 4'27:25 16
Franc Smolej
Franc Smolej
Franc Smolej is a retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player.-Career:Smolej played for HK Acroni Jesenice in the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League, and played for the Yugoslavia national ice hockey team at the Winter Olympics in 1964 and 1968.-References:...

4'26:12 15
Jože Knific 4'26:00 14


Men's 4 x 10km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Tone Razinger
Tone Pogačnik
Tone Pogačnik
Anton "Tone" Pogačnik is a Slovenian cross-country skier who participated in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He was born in Jesenice. In the Men's 18 km competition, he placed 56th with a time of 1'29:08...


Matevž Kordež
Jože Knific
2'55:55 9

Nordic combined

Events:
  • 18 km cross-country skiing
  • normal hill ski jumping


The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event
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....

, 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 Ski Jumping Total
Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Distance 3 Points Rank Points Rank
Tone Razinger Individual 176.25 23 53.5 51.5 55.5 176.2 33 352.45 24

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank
Franc Pribošek Normal hill 54.5 57.0 187.4 32
Karel Klančnik
Karel Klancnik
Karel Klančnik was a Yugoslavian ski jumper who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He finished 23rd in the individual large hill at the 1948 Winter Olympics and tied for 29th in the same event at the 1952 Winter Olympics.Klančnik's best career finish was 13th in an individual normal hill...

58.0 65.5 197.2 23
Janko Mežik 61.0 (fall) 62.0 136.9 43
Janez Polda
Janez Polda
Janez Polda was a Slovenian ski jumper who competed for Yugoslavia between 1948 to 1956. He finished 41st in the individual large hill at the 1948 Winter Olympics in Sankt Moritz, tied for 16th at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo and was 24th at the 1956 Games.Polda's best career finish was fifth...

63.5 71.0 (fall) 145.2 41
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