Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Norefjell in Krødsherad, Buskerud Rødkleiva (slalom) in Oslo, Norway
Dates	14–20 February 1952

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Downhill	men	women
Giant Slalom	men	women
Slalom	men	women

Rødkleiva

Norefjell

Locations in Norway

At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, 14 February to Wednesday, 20 February. The downhill and giant slalom events were held at Norefjell in Krødsherad, Buskerud, and the slalom events at Rødkleiva in Oslo.^[1]

The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988. It returned as a medal event at the World Championships two years later in 1954, and for the concurrent World Championships in Olympic years from 1956 through 1980; it was a "paper race," using the results from the three events.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill	Zeno Colò  Italy	2:30.8	Othmar Schneider  Austria	2:32.0	Christian Pravda  Austria	2:32.4
Giant Slalom	Stein Eriksen  Norway	2:25.0	Christian Pravda  Austria	2:26.9	Toni Spiß  Austria	2:28.8
Slalom	Othmar Schneider  Austria	2:00.0	Stein Eriksen  Norway	2:01.2	Guttorm Berge  Norway	2:01.7

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill	Trude Jochum-Beiser  Austria	1:47.1	Annemarie Buchner  Germany	1:48.0	Giuliana Minuzzo  Italy	1:49.0
Giant Slalom	Andrea Mead-Lawrence  United States	2:06.8	Dagmar Rom  Austria	2:09.0	Annemarie Buchner  Germany	2:10.0
Slalom	Andrea Mead-Lawrence  United States	2:10.6	Ossi Reichert  Germany	2:11.4	Annemarie Buchner  Germany	2:13.3

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	2	3	2	7
2	United States	2	0	0	2
3	Norway	1	1	1	3
4	Italy	1	0	1	2
5	Germany	0	2	2	4
Total		6	6	6	18

Course information

Date	Race	Start Elevation	Finish Elevation	Vertical Drop	Course Length	Average Gradient
Sat 16-Feb	Downhill - men	940 m (3,084 ft)	190 m (623 ft)	750 m (2,461 ft)	2.600 km (1.616 mi)	28.8%
Sun 17-Feb	Downhill - women	710 m (2,329 ft)	325 m (1,066 ft)	385 m (1,263 ft)	1.350 km (0.839 mi)	28.5%
Fri 15-Feb	Giant Slalom - men	675 m (2,215 ft)	190 m (623 ft)	485 m (1,591 ft)	1.750 km (1.087 mi)	27.7%
Thu 14-Feb	Giant Slalom - women	710 m (2,329 ft)	375 m (1,230 ft)	335 m (1,099 ft)	1.200 km (0.746 mi)	27.9%
Tue 19-Feb	Slalom - men	479 m (1,572 ft)	310 m (1,017 ft)	169 m (554 ft)	0.422 km (0.262 mi)	40.0%
Wed 20-Feb	Slalom - women	479 m (1,572 ft)	310 m (1,017 ft)	169 m (554 ft)	0.422 km (0.262 mi)	40.0%

Source:^[1]

References

1. "VI Olympic Winter Games: Official Report" (PDF). Organisasjonskomiteen for de VI Olympiske Vinterleker. LA84 Foundation. 1952. pp. 32–33, 216–217, 227–223. Retrieved February 12, 2014.

External links

• International Olympic Committee results database
• FIS-Ski.com – results – 1952 Winter Olympics – Oslo, Norway
• FIS-Ski.com – results – 1952 World Championships – Oslo, Norway
• Sports-Reference – 1952 Winter Olympics – Alpine Skiing