St-Moritz 1948

The outbreak of hostilities, first in Japan and China and then in Europe, made it impossible for the Olympic Winter Games to be held in 1940 or 1944. Due to the war many athletes had not left their home countries for a long while, or indeed at all – let alone to compete at an international sporting event. The St. Moritz 1948 Games thus represented a kind of rebirth, not just for the athletes, but for the whole world. --- St. Moritz 1948 - Opening Ceremony.

1948 was the second time St. Moritz hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being in 1928. --- St. Moritz 1948 - Karl Molitor (SUI) - Alpine combined.