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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Switzerland |
| Venue(s) | St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink, Suvretta, Kulm (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 30 January – 8 February 1948 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Canada (5th title) |
Runner-up  |  Czechoslovakia |
Third place  | Switzerland |
| Fourth place |  Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 36 |
| Goals scored | 482 (13.39 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Walter Halder (29 points) |
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, was the sixth Olympic Championship, also served as the 15th World Championships and the 26th European Championships. Canada won its fifth Olympic gold medal and 12th World Championship, represented by the Ottawa RCAF Flyers team of Canadian Armed Forces personnel. The highest-finishing European team Czechoslovakia, won the silver medal and its eighth European Championship.[1] Bibi Torriani played for Switzerland which won the bronze medal, and became the first ice hockey player to recite the Olympic Oath on behalf of all athletes.[2]
The hockey tournament was in jeopardy of not being played due to disagreements between the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace and the International Olympic Committee, and a threatened boycott by the United States Olympic Committee when two American hockey teams showed up to play. Writer Jack Sullivan referred to the 1948 Winter Olympics as "the most controversial, name-calling, complaint-filled, Winter Olympic Games ever held".[3]
- ^ "Ice Hockey at the 1948 St. Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ Sullivan, Jack (February 23, 1960). "'Squawk' Valley Hassles 'Duck Soup'". Brandon Sun. Brandon, Manitoba. p. 7.
