title: Norway at the 1948 Winter Olympics
text: # Norway at the 1948 Winter Olympics
  
  Norway competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
  
  As Oslo would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, a Norwegian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Petter Hugsted | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill |
  | Gold | Finn Helgesen | Speed skating | Men's 500m |
  | Gold | Sverre Farstad | Speed skating | Men's 1500m |
  | Gold | Reidar Liaklev | Speed skating | Men's 5000m |
  | Silver | Birger Ruud | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill |
  | Silver | Thomas Byberg | Speed skating | Men's 500m |
  | Silver | Odd Lundberg | Speed skating | Men's 5000m |
  | Bronze | Erling Evensen Olav Økern Reidar Nyborg Olav Hagen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 x 10 km relay |
  | Bronze | Thorleif Schjelderup | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill |
  | Bronze | Odd Lundberg | Speed skating | Men's 1500m |
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Johnny Lunde | Downhill | | | | | DNF | – |
  | Stein Eriksen | Downhill | | | | | 3:15.1 | 31 |
  | Sverre Johannessen | Downhill | | | | | 3:12.1 | 25 |
  | Marius Eriksen | Downhill | | | | | 3:09.4 | 20 |
  | Bjarne Arentz | Downhill | | | | | 3:09.0 | 16 |
  | Sverre Lassen-Urdahl | Downhill | | | | | 3:06.4 | 11 |
  | Alf Opheim | Slalom | 1:36.4 | 46 | 1:15.0 | 33 | 2:51.4 | 41 |
  | Stein Eriksen | Slalom | 1:24.4 | 33 | 1:08.0 | 20 | 2:32.4 | 29 |
  | Jack Nielsen | Slalom | 1:22.0 | 32 | 1:07.8 | 19 | 2:29.8 | 26 |
  | Bjarne Arentz | Slalom | 1:16.2 | 24 | 1:11.5 | 27 | 2:27.7 | 23 |
  
  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 | Slalom | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | Total (downhill + slalom) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Stein Eriksen | 1:51.8 (+0:05) | 1:11.5 | 46 | 32.50 | 32 |
  | Sverre Johannessen | 1:26.2 | 1:14.8 | 27 | 21.00 | 22 |
  | Marius Eriksen | 1:21.6 | 1:19.4 | 27 | 19.68 | 20 |
  | Bjarne Arentz | 1:20.8 | 1:15.5 | 21 | 17.17 | 17 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Borghild Niskin | Downhill | | | | | 2:44.4 | 23 |
  | Laila Schou Nilsen | Downhill | | | | | 2:32.4 | 7 |
  | Borghild Niskin | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
  | Laila Schou Nilsen | Slalom | 1:06.8 | 14 | 1:04.7 | 15 | 2:11.5 | 14 |
  
  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 | Slalom | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | Total (downhill + slalom) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Borghild Niskin | 1:12.6 | 1:13.5 | 21 | 24.37 | 19 |
  | Laila Schou Nilsen | 1:11.0 | 1:06.0 | 13 | 12.14 | 13 |
  
  ## Bobsleigh
  
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | NOR-1 | Bjarne Schrøen Gunnar Thoresen | Two-man | 1:27.1 | 13 | 1:27.1 | 15 | 1:26.1 | 13 | 1:26.2 | 13 | 5:46.5 | 13 |
  | NOR-2 | Arne Holst Ivar Johansen | Two-man | 1:25.6 | 9 | 1:25.0 | 8 | 1:23.7 | 5 | 1:23.9 | 4 | 5:38.2 | 7 |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | NOR-1 | Arne Holst Ivar Johansen Reidar Berg Alf Large | Four-man | 1:17.3 | 3 | 1:20.8 | 3 | 1:21.4 | 1 | 1:23.0 | 6 | 5:22.5 | 5 |
  | NOR-2 | Bjarne Schrøen Gunnar Thoresen Arnold Dyrdahl Benn John Valsø | Four-man | 1:20.0 | 11 | 1:22.6 | 10 | 1:23.6 | 10 | 1:23.5 | 8 | 5:29.7 | 10 |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 18 km | Kaare Østerdahl | 1'24:20 | 32 |
  | 18 km | Eilert Dahl | 1'22:52 | 27 |
  | 18 km | Olaf Dufseth | 1'21:50 | 18 |
  | 18 km | Reidar Nyborg | 1'21:47 | 17 |
  | 18 km | Erling Evensen | 1'21:40 | 15 |
  | 18 km | Olav Odden | 1'21:35 | 14 |
  | 18 km | Olav Økern | 1'20:37 | 13 |
  | 18 km | Olav Hagen | 1'19:05 | 9 |
  | 50 km | Leif Haugen | DNF | – |
  | 50 km | Thorleif Vangen | DNF | – |
  | 50 km | Martin Jære | 4'17:11 | 10 |
  | 50 km | Kristian Bjørn | 4'15:21 | 9 |
  
  ### Men's 4 x 10 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Erling Evensen Olav Økern Reidar Nyborg Olav Hagen | 2'44:33 | |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Marit Henie | 21 | 23 | 133.111 | 194 | 22 |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Athletes | Points | Places | Final rank |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Margot Walle Allan Fjeldheim | 9.281 | 118.5 | 10 |
  
  ## 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 | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Distance 3 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Kaare Østerdahl | Individual | 198.00 | 14 | 55.0 | 62.0 | 61.0 | 206.2 | 11 | 404.20 | 12 |
  | Eilert Dahl | Individual | 205.50 | 10 | 62.0 | 62.5 | 63.0 | 208.8 | 8 | 414.30 | 6 |
  | Olaf Dufseth | Individual | 211.50 | 5 | 61.0 | 59.0 | 61.0 | 201.1 | 16 | 412.60 | 8 |
  | Olav Odden | Individual | 212.25 | 3 | 59.0 | 53.5 | 55.5 | 196.9 | 19 | 409.15 | 11 |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asbjørn Ruud | Normal hill | 58.0 | 67.5 | 220.2 | 7 |
  | Thorleif Schjelderup | Normal hill | 64.0 | 67.0 | 225.1 | |
  | Birger Ruud | Normal hill | 64.0 | 67.0 | 226.6 | |
  | Petter Hugsted | Normal hill | 65.0 | 70.0 | 228.1 | |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Torodd Hauer | 43.6 | 6 |
  | 500 m | Sverre Farstad | 43.6 | 6 |
  | 500 m | Thomas Byberg | 43.2 | |
  | 500 m | Finn Helgesen | 43.1 OR | |
  | 1500 m | Ivar Martinsen | 2:22.6 | 16 |
  | 1500 m | Gunnar Konsmo | 2:21.2 | 10 |
  | 1500 m | Odd Lundberg | 2:18.9 | |
  | 1500 m | Sverre Farstad | 2:17.6 OR | |
  | 5000 m | Charles Mathiesen | DNF | – |
  | 5000 m | Henry Hebbe | 9:03.0 | 23 |
  | 5000 m | Odd Lundberg | 8:32.7 | |
  | 5000 m | Reidar Liaklev | 8:29.4 | |
  | 10,000 m | Henry Wahl | DNF | – |
  | 10,000 m | Reidar Liaklev | DNF | – |
  | 10,000 m | Hjalmar Andersen | DNF | – |
  | 10,000 m | Odd Lundberg | 18:05.8 | 7 |
  