Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing
at the V Olympic Winter Games
St. Moritz sixty years later, in 2008
VenuePiz Nair,
St. Moritz
Graubünden, Switzerland
Dates2–5 February 1948
Competitors174 from 25 nations
Alpine skiing at the
1948 Winter Olympics
Combined men women
Downhill men women
Slalom men women
Piz Nair
Location in Switzerland

At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held on Piz Nair from Monday, 2 February to Thursday, 5 February 1948.[1]

After these games, the giant slalom was added and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988. From 1956 through 1980, the combined continued as an FIS medal event for the concurrent World Championships, using the results from three events, conducted as a "paper race."

Henri Oreiller of France earned a medal in all three events, with two golds and a bronze. Trude Beiser of Austria and Gretchen Fraser of the United States both won two medals, a gold and a silver each.

The first Olympics after World War II did not invite Germany or Japan.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
Henri Oreiller
 France
2:55.0 Franz Gabl
 Austria
2:59.1 Rolf Olinger
 Switzerland
Karl Molitor
 Switzerland
3:00.3
Slalom
Edy Reinalter
 Switzerland
2:10.3 James Couttet
 France
2:10.8 Henri Oreiller
 France
2:12.8
Combined
Henri Oreiller
 France
3.27 Karl Molitor
 Switzerland
6.44 James Couttet
 France
6.95

Source:[1]

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
Hedy Schlunegger
 Switzerland
2:28.3 Trude Beiser
 Austria
2:29.1 Resi Hammerer
 Austria
2:30.2
Slalom
Gretchen Fraser
 United States
1:57.2 Antoinette Meyer
 Switzerland
1:57.7 Erika Mahringer
 Austria
1:58.0
Combined
Trude Beiser
 Austria
6.58 Gretchen Fraser
 United States
6.95 Erika Mahringer
 Austria
7.04

Source:[1]

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Switzerland 2 2 2 6
2 France 2 1 2 5
3 Austria 1 2 3 6
4 United States 1 1 0 2

Source:[1]

Course information

Date Race Start
Elevation
Finish
Elevation
Vertical
Drop
Course
Length
Average
Gradient
Mon 2 Feb  Downhill – men  2,700 m (8,858 ft)  1,870 m (6,135 ft)  830 m (2,723 ft)  3.371 km (2.095 mi) 24.6%
Mon 2 Feb  Downhill – women  2,394 m (7,854 ft)  1,870 m (6,135 ft)  524 m (1,719 ft)  2.135 km (1.327 mi) 24.5%
Thu 5 Feb  Slalom – men 2,090 m (6,857 ft)  1,870 m (6,135 ft)  220 m (722 ft)
Thu 5 Feb  Slalom – women 2,050 m (6,726 ft)  1,870 m (6,135 ft)  180 m (591 ft)
Wed 4 Feb  Slalom – (K) – men 2,090 m (6,857 ft)  1,870 m (6,135 ft)  220 m (722 ft)
Wed 4 Feb  Slalom – (K) – women 2,050 m (6,726 ft)  1,870 m (6,135 ft)  220 m (722 ft)

Participating nations

Twenty-five nations sent alpine skiers to compete. Despite being a part of the Axis until 1943, Italy was invited; Germany and Japan were excluded.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rapport Général sur les V Jeux Olympiques" (PDF). Comité Olympique Suisse. LA84 Foundation. 1948. pp. 38–46, 49–52. Retrieved February 18, 2014.

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