1948 after the end of world war ii, the first winter Olympic games were held again in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Japan and Germany, which started the Second World War, were banned from the International Olympic Committee.
The Winter Olympics survived again after 12 years. In the past, figure skating was dominated by European athletes. In this competition, athletes from North America won the gold medal in men's and women's singles for the first time, and Barbara Ann Scott of Canada won the gold medal in women's figure skating. American athlete Dick Barton won the men's gold medal.
Generally speaking, there are not many superstars who won many gold medals in this Olympic Games, and the medal winners are quite scattered. Only French alpine skier henri oreiller and Swedish nordic combined all-around athlete henri oreiller won two gold medals.
1948 St. Moritz Winter Olympics poster:
1September 1945, World War II came to an end. After World War II, the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games were put on the agenda. In the process, 1948 Summer Olympic Games was decided to be held in London. The International Olympic Committee had hoped that Britain would hold the Winter Olympics at the same time, but it was rejected by Britain. Later 1948 The 5th Winter Olympics settled in St Moritz, Switzerland.
This is the second time that the Winter Olympics has been successfully held after the interruption of two events, and it is also the second time that St. Moritz has hosted the Winter Olympics after 20 years. This Winter Olympics is dubbed "Rebirth Winter Olympics".
As we mentioned in the previous History of Winter Olympics, the Winter Olympics is different from the Summer Olympics, and the number of events suspended due to war is not counted. Therefore, 1948 St. Moritz Winter Olympics still succeeded 1936 Winter Olympics and became the fifth Winter Olympics.