Czechoslovakia at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the
1948 Winter Olympics

IOC code

TCH

NOC

Czechoslovak Olympic Committee

in St. Moritz

Competitors

47 (41 men, 6 women) in 8 sports

Flag bearer

Vladimír Zábrodský (ice hockey)

Medals
Ranked 11th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	1	0	1

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Other related appearances

Bohemia (1900–1912)

Czech Republic (1994–)

Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The country's only medal was a silver in ice hockey.

Medalists

Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Silver

Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team

Bohumil Modrý	Oldřich Zábrodský	Jaroslav Drobný
Zdeněk Jarkovský	Miloslav Pokorný	Karel Stibor
Miroslav Sláma	Ladislav Troják	Vladimír Kobranov
Josef Trousílek	Vladimír Zábrodský	Gustav Bubník
Přemysl Hainý	Stanislav Konopásek	Vladimír Bouzek
Vilibald Šťovík	Václav Roziňák

Ice hockey

Men's competition

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniel Šlachta	Downhill					3:29.4	46
Luboš Brchel						3:12.4	27
Antonín Šponar						3:09.1	17
Zdeněk Parma	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Daniel Šlachta		1:21.0	31	1:17.7	36	2:38.7	33
Antonín Šponar		1:20.2 (+0:05)	29	1:06.5	13	2:26.7	22
Luboš Brchel		1:10.8	9	1:05.8	9	2:16.6	9

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes 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)
Athlete	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Daniel Šlachta	1:37.4 (+0:05)	1:12.0	36	34.41	33
Luboš Brchel	1:19.1	1:07.2	13	14.85	14
Antonín Šponar	1:13.1	1:09.4	6	11.19	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Božena Moserová	Downhill					2:46.1	25
Alexandra Nekvapilová	Downhill					2:37.2	14
Božena Moserová	Slalom	1:12.5	20	1:07.6	17	2:20.1	19
Alexandra Nekvapilová	Slalom	1:03.2	7	1:08.8	18	2:12.0	16

Women's combined

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
Athlete	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Božena Moserová	1:14.6	1:07.0	19	23.01	18
Alexandra Nekvapilová	1:05.9	1:02.9	4	10.98	9

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
TCH-1	Max Ippen Eduard Novotný	Two-man	1:27.2	14	1:26.4	13	1:26.3	14	1:26.7	14	5:46.6	14

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
TCH-1	Max Ippen František Zajíšek Ivan Šipajlo Eduard Novotný	Four-man	1:20.6	13	1:24.1	13	1:25.4	14	1:25.4	14	5:35.5	14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
18 km	Jaroslav Lukeš	1'41:00	78
	František Šimůnek	1'35:21	72
	Jaroslav Kadavý	1'32:17	67
	Štefan Kovalčík	1'31:06	63
	Jaroslav Zajíček	1'29:44	60
	Bohumil Kosour	1'29:37	58
	Vít Fousek	1'29:37	58
	Jaroslav Cardal	1'25:44	40
50 km	Vit Fousek	DNF	–
	Jaroslav Zajíček	4'44:35	20
	František Balvín	4'17:51	11
	Jaroslav Cardal	4'14:34	8

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Štefan Kovalčík František Balvín Jaroslav Zajíček Jaroslav Cardal	2'54:56	8

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Zdenek Fikar	12	13	154.155	114	13
Ladislav Cáp	10	11	160.233	96	10

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Dagmar Lerchová	15	8	144.433	112	13
Alena Vrzáňová	7	3	153.044	44	5
Jirína Nekolová	4	4	154.088	34	4

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Final rank
Blazena Knittlová Karel Vosátka	DNS	–	–

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
Czechoslovakia 02 !	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 *	8	5	3	0	86	33	10

* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.

Czechoslovakia 22-3 Italy
Czechoslovakia 6-3 Sweden
Czechoslovakia 13-2 Poland
Czechoslovakia 11-4 United Kingdom
Czechoslovakia 17-3 Austria
Canada 0-0 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia 7-1 Switzerland
Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA

Silver:

Bohumil Modrý
Zdeněk Jarkovský
Miroslav Sláma
Josef Trousílek
Přemysl Hainý
Vilibald Šťovík
Oldřich Zábrodský
Miloslav Pokorný
Ladislav Troják
Vladimír Zábrodský
Stanislav Konopásek
Václav Roziňák
Jaroslav Drobný
Karel Stibor
Vladimír Kobranov
Gustav Bubník
Vladimír Bouzek

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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, 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
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Distance 3	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jaroslav Lukeš	Individual	115.50	37	63.5	62.0	65.0	205.4	12	320.90	35
František Šimůnek		142.50	32	51.0	50.0	52.0	169.8	35	312.30	36
Jaroslav Kadavý		157.50	29	51.5	55.0	55.5	181.1	29	338.60	31
Bohumil Kosour		169.50	24	44.5	47.5	48.5 (fall)	159.0	37	328.50	32

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Jaroslav Lukeš	Normal hill	58.0	60.5	198.5	21
Josef Císař		59.0	62.0	189.4	29
Zdeněk Remsa		59.0	61.5	198.6	20
Miloslav Bělonožník		61.0	60.0	203.9	16

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Vladimír Kolář	46.1	26
1500 m	Vladimír Kolář	2:25.6	26
5000 m	Vladimír Kolář	8:58.9	22
10,000 m	Vladimír Kolář	DSQ	–

References

Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com

Nations at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland

Africa	none

America	Argentina Canada Chile United States

Asia	South Korea Lebanon

Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Oceania	none

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