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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
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Figure skating at the Olympics
Figure skating at the
1948 Winter Olympics
Singlesmenladies
Pairsmixed

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.

Results

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

  1. "Figure Skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics: Pairs, Mixed". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
Olympic figure skating champions (pairs)
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