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    Despite the loutish behavior of the U.S. hockey team and the favorites' early ouster, the answer is, Yes, this was a dream of a tournament

    Golden Girls
    A talented U.S. women's hockey team showed its mettle by defeating favored Canada

    A Holy Tara
    While Michelle Kwan was all business, Tara Lipinski was determined to make friends and have fun, and she left Nagano with a cool keepsake

     
    Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsled Curling Figure Skating Freestyle Skiing Ice Hockey Speed Skating Luge Nordic Combined Snowboarding olympics

    1948 Results
    Alpine Skiing - Alpine Combined
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Trude Beiser (Austria)
    Men -- Henri Oreiller (France)
    Silver Women -- Gretchen Fraser (United States)
    Men -- Karl Molitor (Switzerland)
    Bronze Women -- Erika Mahringer (Austria)
    Men -- James Couttet (France)
    Alpine Skiing - Downhill
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Hedy Schlunegger (Switzerland)
    Men -- Henri Oreiller (France)
    Silver Women -- Trude Beiser (Austria)
    Men -- Franz Gabl (Austria)
    Bronze Women -- Resi Hammer (Austria)
    Men -- Karl Molitor (tie) (Switzerland)
    Men -- Rolf Olinger (tie) (Switzerland)
    Alpine Skiing - Slalom
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Gretchen Fraser (United States)
    Men -- Edi Reinalter (Switzerland)
    Silver Women -- Antoinette Meyer (Switzerland)
    Men -- James Couttet (France)
    Bronze Women -- Erika Mahringer (Austria)
    Men -- Henri Oreiller (France)
    Bobsled - Four-Man
    Medal Winners
    Gold United States -- Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, William DAmico
    Silver Belgium -- Max Houben, Freddy Mansveld, Louis-Georges Niels, Jacques Mouvet
    Bronze United States -- James Bickford, Thomas Hicks, Donald Dupree, William Dupree
    Bobsled - Two-Man
    Medal Winners
    Gold Switzerland -- Felix Endrich, Friedrich Waller
    Silver Switzerland -- Fritz Feierabend, Paul Hans Eberhard
    Bronze United States -- Frederick Fortune, Schuyler Carron
    Figure Skating - Pairs
    Medal Winners
    Gold Belgium -- Micheline Lannoy, Pierre Baugniet
    Silver Hungary -- Andrea Kekessy, Ede Kiraly
    Bronze Canada -- Suzanne Morrow, Wallace Diestelmeyer
    Figure Skating - Singles
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Barbara Ann Scott (Canada)
    Men -- Richard "Dick" Button (United States)
    Silver Women -- Eva Pawlik (Austria)
    Men -- Hans Gerschwiler (Switzerland)
    Bronze Women -- Jeanette Altwegg (Great Britain)
    Men -- Edi Rada (Austria)
    Ice Hockey
    Medal Winners
    Gold Canada -- Murray Dowey, Bernard Dunster, Jean Orval Gravelle, Patrick Guzzo, Walter Halder, Thomas Hibbert, Henri-Andre Laperriere, John Lecompte, George Mara, Albert Renaud, Reginald Schroeter, Irving Taylor
    Silver Czechoslovakia -- Vladimir Bouzek, Augustin Bubnik, Jaroslav Drobny, Premysl Hajny, Zdenek Jarkovsky, Stanislav Konopasek, Bohumil Modry, Miloslav Pokorny, Vaclav Rozinak, Moroslav Slama, Karel Stibor, Vilibald Stovik, Ladislav Trojak, Josef Trousilek, Oldrich Zabrodsky, Vladimir Zabrodsky, Vladimir Kobranov
    Bronze Switzerland -- Hans Banninger, Alfred Bieler, Heinrich Boller, Ferdinand Cattini, Hans Cattini, Hans Durst, Walter Durst, Emil Handschin, Heini Lohrer, Werner Lohrer, Reto Perl, Gebhard Poltera, Ulrich Poltera, Beat Ruedi, Otto Schubiger, Richard Torriani, Hans Trepp
    Luge - Skeleton-Cresta Run
    Medal Winners
    Gold Nino Bibbia (Italy)
    Silver John Heaton (United States)
    Bronze John Crammond (Great Britain)
    Nordic Skiing - 15km (Classical)
    Medal Winners
    Gold Martin Lundstrom (Sweden)
    Silver Nils Ostensson (Sweden)
    Bronze Gunnar Eriksson (Sweden)
    Nordic Skiing - 50km (Classical)
    Medal Winners
    Gold Nils Karlsson (Sweden)
    Silver Harald Eriksson (Sweden)
    Bronze Benjamin Vanninen (Finland)
    Nordic Skiing - 4 X 10km Relay
    Medal Winners
    Gold Sweden -- Nils Ostensson, Nils Tapp, Gunnar Eriksson, Martin Lundstrom
    Silver Finland -- Lauri Silvennoinen, Teuvo Laukkanen, Sauli Rytky, August Kiuru
    Bronze Norway -- Erling Evensen, Olaf Okern, Reidar Nyborg, Olav Hagen
    Nordic Skiing - Individual Combined
    Medal Winners
    Gold Heikki Hasu (Finland)
    Silver Martti Huhtala (Finland)
    Bronze Sven Israelsson (Sweden)
    Ski Jumping - Individual Large Hill
    Medal Winners
    Gold Petter Hugsted (Norway)
    Silver Birger Ruud (Norway)
    Bronze Thorleif Schjelderup (Norway)
    Speed Skating - 500m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Finn Helgesen (Norway)
    Silver Thomas Byberg (tie) (Norway)
    Kenneth Bartholomew (tie) (United States)
    Robert Fitzgerald (tie) (United States)
    Bronze
    Speed Skating - 1500m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Sverre Farstad (Norway)
    Silver Ake Seyffarth (Sweden)
    Bronze Odd Lundberg (Norway)
    Speed Skating - 5000m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Reidar Liaklev (Norway)
    Silver Odd Lundberg (Norway)
    Bronze Gothe Hedlund (Sweden)
    Speed Skating - 10,000m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Ake Seyffarth (Sweden)
    Silver Lauri Parkkinen (Finland)
    Bronze Pentti Lammio (Finland)

    Information compiled by the Sports Illustrated Library


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