United States at the 1948 Winter Olympics

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Gretchen Fraser Alpine skiing Women's slalom February 5  Gold Dick Button Figure skating Men's singles February 5  Gold William D'Amico Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus Francis Tyler Bobsleigh Four-man February 7  Silver Ken Bartholomew Speed skating 500 meters January 31  Silver Robert Fitzgerald Speed skating 500 meters January 31  Silver Gretchen Fraser Alpine skiing Women's combined February 4  Silver John Heaton Skeleton Men's competition February 4  Bronze Schuyler Carron Frederick Fortune Bobsleigh Two-man January 31  Bronze James Bickford Donald Dupree William Dupree Thomas Hicks Bobsleigh Four-man February 7

Medals by sport Sport Total Alpine skiing 1 1 0 2 Bobsleigh 1 0 2 3 Figure skating 1 0 0 1 Speed skating 0 2 0 2 Skeleton 0 1 0 1 Total 3 4 2 9 Medals by date Day Date Total 1 January 31 0 2 1 3 5 February 4 0 2 0 2 6 February 5 2 0 0 2 8 February 7 1 0 1 2 Total 3 4 2 9 Medals by gender Gender Total Percentage Male 2 3 2 7 77.8% Female 1 1 0 2 22.2% Total 3 4 2 9 100% Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Gretchen Fraser Alpine skiing 1 1 0 2

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Becky Cremer	Downhill	N/A				2:44.2	22
Gretchen Fraser						2:37.1	13
Brynhild Grasmoen						2:36.0	12
Paula Kann						2:49.0	28
Andrea Mead						3:03.1	35
Ruth-Marie Stewart						2:42.0	20
Gretchen Fraser	Slalom	59.7	1	57.5	2	1:57.2
Brynhild Grasmoen		1:05.6	12	1:04.0	12	2:09.6	9
Paula Kann		1:07.8	16	1:02.0	9	2:09.8	11
Andrea Mead		1:05.1	11	1:03.7	11	2:08.8	8

Combined

The downhill part of the combined events were held concurrently with the individual downhill skiing events. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the events were held separate from the individual slalom competitions.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom				Total
		Time	Points	Time 1	Time 2	Total	Points	Points	Rank
Becky Cremer	Combined	2:44.2	10.11	1:09.4	1:12.5	2:21.9	11.90	22.01	17
Gretchen Fraser		2:37.1	5.50	1:01.8	59.2	2:01.0	1.45	6.95
Andrea Mead		3:03.1	22.14	1:03.8	1:11.7	2:15.5	8.70	30.84	21
Ruth-Marie Stewart		2:42.0	8.58	1:09.8	1:06.6	2:16.4	9.15	17.73	16

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Total
		Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Dick Button	Men's singles	1	1	191.177	10
James Grogan		9	6	168.711	62	6
John Lettengarver		4	2	176.400	36	4
Gretchen Merrill	Ladies singles	6	11	148.466	73	8
Eileen Seigh		10	10	144.111	110	11
Yvonne Sherman		8	5	149.833	62	6

Pairs

The tournament was almost cancelled when rival teams representing the United States arrived. An Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team was supported by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), and an Amateur Hockey Association (AHA) team was supported by the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG).[1][2] At the center of the issue was amateurism.[3][4][5] The International Olympic Committee ruled that neither team could compete, but the Swiss organizing committee allowed the AAU team to march in the opening ceremony, and the AHA team to play unofficially, without being eligible for medals.[6][3]

Summary

Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Switzerland L 4–5	Poland W 23–4	Italy W 31–1	Sweden W 5–2	Canada L 3–12	Austria W 13–2	Great Britain W 4–3	Czechoslovakia L 3–4	DSQ (4)

Roster

Tournament

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
Czechoslovakia	8	7	0	1	80	18	15
Switzerland	8	6	2	0	67	21	12
Sweden	8	4	4	0	55	28	8
Great Britain	8	3	5	0	39	47	6
Poland	8	2	6	0	29	97	4
Austria	8	1	7	0	33	77	2
Italy	8	0	8	0	24	156	0
United States DSQ	8	5	3	0	86	33	(10)

• Switzerland 5-4 USA
• USA 23-4 Poland
• USA 31-1 Italy
• USA 5-2 Sweden
• Canada 12-3 USA
• USA 13-2 Austria
• USA 4-3 United Kingdom
• Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA

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 (normal hill) 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 (distance and form) were counted.