Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics
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| Venue | Cresta Run | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
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Nino Bibbia |
 Italy
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John Heaton |
 United States
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John Crammond |
 Great Britain
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Medals awarded for the skeleton discipline at the 1948 Winter Olympics held in St Moritz. In many locations the sport was referred to as tobogganing during these and the 1928 Games. The contest was run over a total of six runs.
Turn 10 at Cesana Pariol, where the bobsled, luge, and skeleton competitions took place for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, is named for Bibbia.
John Heaton also won the silver medal in skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics.
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