1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948, were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 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.

Events
Medals were awarded in 22 events contested in 4 sports (9 disciplines).


 * Bobsleigh
 * Skating
 * Skiing
 * Skating
 * Skiing
 * Skiing
 * Skiing
 * Skiing

There were also two demonstration sports, military patrol and the winter pentathlon.

Participating nations
28 nations competed in St. Moritz, the same number as the previous Winter Games in 1936. Comité Olympique Suisse (1948) Chile, Denmark, Iceland, Korea, and Lebanon all made their Winter Olympic debut at these Games.Germany and Japan were not invited because of their involvement in World War II. Italy, despite being an Axis power originally, was allowed to send athletes after their defection to the Allies in 1943. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania had been annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, and would not compete again as independent nations until 1992. Argentina returned to the Winter Games after missing the 1932 and 1936 Games, and Australia and Luxembourg did not compete in 1948, even though they had participated in 1936.