1948 winter Olympics

 These games were in St Moritz Switzerland from January 30 to February 8. 28 nations and 669 athletes competed in 22 events among 4 sports.  1. These games were "the games of renewal" after the second world war ended. 

2. Barbara Ann Scott won Canada's first figure skating gold.   Suzanne Morrow and Wallace Diestelmeyer won bronze in pairs for Canada.  American Dick Button, at 19, wins gold on the men's side.

3. Canada wins gold in hockey (again). 

4. More Alpine skiing events added.

5. Skeleton returns after 20 years.

6.  Two demonstration sports. First was winter pentathlon (just think summer equivalent). Second is military patrol. It gets renamed biathlon and added to the 1960 games.

7. Two podium sweeps.  First by Sweden on January 31st in men's 16k. Martin Lindstrom, Nils Ostensson and Gunnar Erikson. 

Second sweep was in ski jumping from Norway on February 7. Petter Hugsted, Birger Ruud and Thorlief Schjelderud won medals.

8. Norway (4g, 3s, 3b) Sweden (4g, 3s, 3b) and Switzerland (3g, 4s,3b) all finished atop the medal standings with 10 medals. Canada had 2g and 1b for 3 overall. Tomorrow - 1952 Oslo  


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Ice hockey at the 1980 winter Olympics

 This tournament went from February 12-24, 1980. 12 teams played. The Olympic Fieldhouse and Olympic Arena hosted the games. Canada hockey team returns and finishes 6th. Tournament best remembered for the "miracle on ice" as the United States beat the Soviet Union before beating Finland to win gold. They had also beat Czechoslovakia and tied Sweden. Their roster fielded exclusively amateur players. The United States, as mentioned, won gold, Soviet Union the silver and Sweden the bronze. Next is the 1984 tournament in Sarajevo Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦).
Read more

Dodgers to world series

 It will be the New York Yankees vs the Los Angeles Dodgers For the world series as the Dodgers beat the Mets 10-5 in game 6 of the NLCS and the series 4-2. It will be the 12th meeting between the Yankees and Dodgers in the world series. The Yankees hold an 8-3 edge. (Yankees in 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1977 and 1978. Dodgers in 1955, 1963 and 1981). It will be my first time watching these two. I started watching baseball in 1983
Read more

Time change + CFL division semis

It's time to fall back. At 2am tonight we turn our clocks back "officially." Be sure to do so before you go to bed. Unless you live somewhere where you don't have to. Like Saskatchewan. Where I am. Tonight is when we go to standard time. Now for the CFL division semis. The east semi had Toronto beat Ottawa 58-38 and will face Montreal in the east final next Saturday. In the west, Saskatchewan beat B.C. 28-19 and will face Winnipeg, also next Saturday. We're that much closer to the Grey Cup.
Read more