Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Pairs

The pair skating event was held as part of the figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics. It was the seventh appearance of the event, which had previously been held twice at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920 and at all four Winter Games from 1924 onward. The competition was held on 7 February 1948. Thirty figure skaters from eleven nations competed.[1]

Pair skating
at the V Olympic Winter Games
VenueOlympia Eisstadion Badrutts Park
DateFebruary 7
Competitors30 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet
 Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király
 Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer
 Canada
← 1936
1952 →

Results

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Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet   Belgium 11.227 17.5
2 Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király   Hungary 11.109 26
3 Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer   Canada 11.000 31
4 Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning   United States 10.581 53
5 Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne   Great Britain 10.572 53
6 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy   United States 10.536 59.5
7 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy   Hungary 9.909 89
8 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks   Great Britain 9.700 98
9 Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer   Austria 9.436 111.5
10 Margot Walle / Allan Fjeldheim   Norway 9.281 118.5
11 Susanne Giebisch / Hellmut Seibt   Austria 9.290 117.5
12 Luny Unold / Hans Kuster   Switzerland 9.281 120
13 Grazia Barcellona / Carlo Fassi   Italy 9.263 121.5
14 Denise Favart / Jacques Favart   France 8.700 139
WD Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka   Czechoslovakia

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References

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  1. ^ "Figure Skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics: Pairs, Mixed". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 July 2020.