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At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, a winter pentathlon competition was held. It was one of two demonstration sports held at these Games. The pentathlon was composed of five segments: cross-country skiing; shooting; downhill skiing; fencing; horse riding
Gustaf Lindh is the only Olympic champion in Winter Pentathlon. Winter pentathlon was a one-time event solely held at the Olympic Games in 1948 in St. Moritz. Sweden had four participants, including the future Olympic champion in modern pentathlon, William Grut.
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (German: V. Olympische Winterspiele; French: V es Jeux olympiques d'hiver; Italian: V Giochi olimpici invernali; Romansh: V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948 (French: Saint-Moritz 1948; Romansh: San Murezzan 1948), were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 1948 in St ...
The sport had first appeared at the 1928 Winter Olympics, which had also taken place in St. Moritz, but would not make another appearance until 2002 in Salt Lake City. [3] Two demonstration sports were held in St. Moritz, winter pentathlon and military patrol.
In February 1948, Grut took part in the Winter Olympic Games held in St. Moritz. He was a member of the Swedish Winter Pentathlon team, together with Claes Egnell, Gustaf Lindh and Bertil Haase. The team competed in an exhibition event, which consisted of downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, shooting, fencing and riding.
For the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, a total of eight sports venues were used. The five venues used for the 1928 Winter Olympics were reused for these games. Three new venues were added for alpine skiing which had been added to the Winter Olympics program twelve years earlier in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany ( Allied ...
In the 1948 Winter Olympics at St. Moritz, the winter pentathlon was introduced as a demonstration sport. 11 men completed all events, among whom was Legard, who came 10th. The Badminton Horse Trials were inaugurated in May 1949 by the Duke of Beaufort to assist train British equestrians for international competition.
Modern pentathlon: 88 Rowing: 27 Sailing: 32 Shooting: 38 Softball: 4 ... 1928 St. Moritz: 5 1932 Lake Placid: 5 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen: 6 1948 St. Moritz: 8 ...