Iceland at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Iceland at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ISL
NOC	National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland
Website	www.isi.is (in Icelandic)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	4 (men) in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Hermann Stefánsson
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Iceland competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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 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			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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Jónas Ásgeirsson	Normal hill	57.0	59.5	179.8	37

References

• Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com