Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics
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Medals awarded for the '''[[skeleton (sport)|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 Winter Olympics|1928 Games]]. The contest was run over a total of six runs.
==Medalists==
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| {{OlympicGoldMedalist|[[Nino Bibbia]]|ITA|1948 Winter}}
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| {{OlympicSilverMedalist|[[John Heaton (skeleton racer)|John Heaton]]|USA|1948 Winter}}
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| {{OlympicBronzeMedalist|[[John Crammond]]|GBR|1948 Winter}}
|}
Turn 10 at [[Cesana Pariol]], where the [[bobsled]], [[luge]], and [[Skeleton (sport)|skeleton]] competitions took place for the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin, Italy]], is named for Bibbia.
Jack Heaton also won the silver medal in [[skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics]].
==Results==
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!Rank !!style="width:16em"|Name !!style="width:5em"|Run 1 !!style="width:5em"|Run 2 !!style="width:5em"|Run 3 !!style="width:5em"|Run 4 !!style="width:5em"|Run 5 !!style="width:5em"|Run 6 !!style="width:5em"|Total !!style="width:5em"|Diff.
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| [[Image:gold medal icon.svg|1]] ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Nino Bibbia]]|ITA|1948 Winter}} || 0:48.8 || 0:47.6 || 0:47.6 || 0:59.5 || 1:00.2 || 1:00.3 || 5:23.2 || —
|-
| [[Image:silver medal icon.svg|2]] ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[John Heaton (skeleton racer)|John Heaton]]|USA|1948 Winter}} || 0:48.1 || 0:47.4 || 0:47.7 || 1:00.0 || 1:00.2 || 1:01.2 || 5:24.6 || +1.4
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| [[Image:bronze medal icon.svg|3]] ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[John Crammond]]|GBR|1948 Winter}} || 0:47.4 || 0:47.7 || 0:47.9 || 1:00.9 || 1:00.9 || 1:00.3 || 5:25.1 || +1.9
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| 4 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[William Martin (skeleton racer)|William Martin]]|USA|1948 Winter}} || 0:47.8 || 0:49.2 || 0:48.2 || 1:00.7 || 1:01.6 || 1:00.5 || 5:28.0 || +4.8
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| 5 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Gottfried Kägi]]|SUI|1948 Winter}} || 0:48.9 || 0:48.8 || 0:48.7 || 1:00.8 || 1:01.6 || 1:01.1 || 5:29.9 || +6.7
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| 6 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Richard Bott]]|GBR|1948 Winter}} || 0:48.3 || 0:48.9 || 0:49.2 || 1:01.5 || 1:01.4 || 1:01.4 || 5:30.7 || +7.5
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| 7 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[James Coats]]|GBR|1948 Winter}} || 0:48.8 || 0:48.7 || 0:49.0 || 1:02.3 || 1:01.7 || 1:01.4 || 5:31.9 || +8.7
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| 8 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Fairchilds Maccarthy]]|USA|1948 Winter}} || 0:48.8 || 0:48.3 || 0:49.4 || 1:03.6 || 1:02.7 || 1:02.7 || 5:35.5 || +12.3
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| 9 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Thomas Clarke (skeleton racer)|Thomas Clarke]]|GBR|1948 Winter}} || 0:49.7 || 0:49.9 || 0:49.3 || 1:03.5 || 1:03.8 || 1:02.8 || 5:39.0 || +15.8
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| 10 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[C. William Johnson]]|USA|1948 Winter}} || 0:47.7 || 0:48.4 || 0:48.0 ||colspan=3| did not start|| — || —
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| 11 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Milo Bigler]]|SUI|1948 Winter}} || 0:48.4 || 0:48.4 || 0:48.7 ||colspan=3| did not start|| — || —
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| 12 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Dialma Balsegia]]|SUI|1948 Winter}} || 0:49.2 || 0:49.0 || 0:48.6 ||colspan=3| did not start|| — || —
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| 13 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[William Hirigoyen]]|FRA|1948 Winter}} || 0:52.7 || 0:49.9 || 0:51.0 ||colspan=3| did not start|| — || —
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| ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Christian Fischbacher]]|SUI|1948 Winter}} ||colspan=3| unknown ||colspan=3| did not start|| — || —
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| ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Hugo Kuranda]]|AUT|1948 Winter}} ||colspan=3| unknown ||colspan=3| did not start|| — || —
|}
==Medal table==
{| {{RankedMedalTable}}
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| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ITA|1948 Winter}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
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| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1948 Winter}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
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| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1948 Winter}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|}
==References==
*[http://www.todor66.com/olim/1948w/Skeleton.html 1948 skeleton results]
*[http://isiah.w.interia.pl/1948STM.pdf 1948 Winter Olympics results, including skeleton] {{pl icon}}
*[http://www.oeoc.at/museum/main.asp?kat1=13&kat2=282&kat3=&vid=1 Austrian Olympic Committee results on 1948 skeleton] {{de icon}}
*{{cite book |title=Rapport Général sur les V<sup>es</sup> Jeux Olympiques d’hiver St-Moritz 1948 |publisher=Comité Olympique Suisse |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/ORW1948.pdf|format=PDF |language=French |pages=p. 67 |accessdate=2007-03-30}}
*[http://www.skeletonsport.com/results/?EventID=71 Skeletonsport.com results]
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