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 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances ( overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992
Other related appearances
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	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	Ice hockey	Men's competition

Alpine skiing

Men

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

Women'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)
	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

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			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
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
TCH-1	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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		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 Sr.	1'29:37	58
	Jaroslav Cardal	1'25:44	40
50 km	Vít Fousek Sr.	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
	Time	Rank
Štefan Kovalčík František Balvín Jaroslav Zajíček Jaroslav Cardal	2'54:56	8

Figure skating

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

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	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:

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

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
		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

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		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