Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics


Switzerland was the host nation for the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. It was the second time that Switzerland had hosted the Winter Games, after the 1928 Winter Olympics, also in St. Moritz.

Medalists

Alpine skiing

;Men
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. The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing.
;Women
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. The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing.

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

;Men
;Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Figure skating

;Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank
Karl Enderlin1410154.24411014
Hans Gerschwiler23181.12223

;Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank
Doris Blanc2425122.62222125
Lotti Höner2022134.21118623
Maja Hug1319141.52213715

;Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesFinal rank
Luny Unold
Hans Kuster		9.28112012

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.
Events:
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 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 were counted.

Skeleton

Ski jumping

AthleteEventDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRank
Willi KlopfensteinNormal hill60.062.5209.313
Andreas DäscherNormal hill61.061.0203.817
Hans ZurbriggenNormal hill61.067.0214.010
Fritz TschannenNormal hill64.566.0214.89

Speed skating

;Men