Iceland at the 1948 Winter Olympics
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Iceland
competed in the Winter Olympic Games
for the first time at the 1948 Winter Olympics
in St. Moritz
, Switzerland
.
Men
Men's combined
The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For atlethes 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).
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
competed in the Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...
for the first time at the 1948 Winter Olympics
1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 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...
in St. Moritz
St. Moritz
St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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Alpine skiing
Men| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Guðmundur Guðmundsson | Downhill | 4:57.0 | 98 | ||||
| Þórir Jónsson | 4:47.0 | 96 | |||||
| Magnús Brynjólfsson | 3:48.2 | 64 | |||||
| Guðmundur Guðmundsson | Slalom | 2:09.4 (+0:05) | 60 | 1:45.2 | 61 | 3:54.6 | 59 |
Men's combined
The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For atlethes 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 | |
| Guðmundur Guðmundsson | 2:15.8 | 1:24.8 | 64 | 105.11 | 67 |
| Þórir Jónsson | 1:57.0 | 1:20.5 | 58 | 89.40 | 65 |
| Magnús Brynjólfsson | 1:39.0 | 1:28.7 (+0:05) | 49 | 52.76 | 48 |
Ski jumping
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jónas Ásgeirsson | Normal hill | 57.0 | 59.5 | 179.8 | 37 |