| | Event type
Music, Compositions For Orchestra, Open
| Date | 29 July – 14 August 1948 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Victoria & Albert Museum, London | |
| Participants | 15 from 8 countries | |
| Judge | Bill Adam |  GBR |
| Judge | Eric de Normann | GBR |
| Judge | Arnold Bax | GBR |
| Judge | Pierre Leroi |  FRA |
| Judge | Bruno Roghi |  ITA |
| Judge | Malcolm Sargent | GBR |
| Judge | George Dyson | GBR |
| Judge | Stanley Marchant | GBR |
| Judge | Edric Cundell | GBR |
There is no known list of entrants for the 1948 music competitions, although it is known that Austria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and Poland sent a total of 36 entries. However, with few exceptions, only the prize winners are known in each category.
The orchestral compositions competition was won by Polish composor/conductor Zbigniew Turski. A founder of the Polish-Baltic Philharmonic in 1945, Turski later taught music at Chopin University of Music in Warszawa. Danish composer Erling Brene earned a bronze medal with “Viguer,” a work he had written in 1943, before the official 1 January 1944 deadline for art entries at the 1948 Olympics.
| Pos | Catalogue Number | Competitor | NOC | Translated Title | Original Title | Title in Olympic Report or Catalogue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Zbigniew Turski |  POL | Olympic Symphony | Symfonia Olimpijska | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Kalervo Tuukkanen |  FIN | Bear hunt | Karhunpyynti | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Erling Brene |  DEN | Vigor | Vigueur | – | Bronze | ||
| – | Grażyna Bacewicz | POL | Olympic Cantata | Kantata olimpijska | – | ||||
| – | Einar Englund | FIN | Epinikia | Epinikia | – | ||||
| – | Jan Kapr |  TCH | Marathon Scherzo | Maratón, symfonické scherzo | – | ||||
| – | Maurice Thiriet | FRA | The athlete's oath | Le Serment de l'Athlete | – | ||||
| – | Stanisław Wiechowicz | POL | Harvest Cantata | Kantata żniwna | – | ||||
| – | Yves Baudrier | FRA | The windjammer | Le Grand Voilier | – | ||||
| – | Werner Gallusser |  SUI | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Jean Daetwyler | SUI | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Sergei Bortkiewicz |  AUT | Olympic scherzo | Olympisches Scherzo | – | ||||
| – | Clermont Pépin |  CAN | Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra | Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra | – | ||||
| – | Alexander Brott | CAN | War and Peace | War and Peace | – | ||||
| – | Oskar Morawetz | CAN | Carnival Overture | Carnival Overture | – |