Alpine Skiing at the V Olympic Winter Games | |
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St. Moritz sixty years later, in 2008 | |
Venue | Piz Nair, St. Moritz Graubünden, Switzerland |
Dates | 2–5 February 1948 |
Competitors | 174 from 25 nations |
Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics | ||
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Combined | men | women |
Downhill | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
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] [2]
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.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Downhill | Henri Oreiller | 2:55.0 | Franz Gabl | 2:59.1 | Rolf Olinger Karl Molitor | 3:00.3 |
Slalom | Edy Reinalter | 2:10.3 | James Couttet | 2:10.8 | Henri Oreiller | 2:12.8 |
Combined | Henri Oreiller | 3.27 | Karl Molitor | 6.44 | James Couttet | 6.95 |
Source: [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Downhill | Hedy Schlunegger | 2:28.3 | Trude Beiser | 2:29.1 | Resi Hammerer | 2:30.2 |
Slalom | Gretchen Fraser | 1:57.2 | Antoinette Meyer | 1:57.7 | Erika Mahringer | 1:58.0 |
Combined | Trude Beiser | 6.58 | Gretchen Fraser | 6.95 | Erika Mahringer | 7.04 |
Source: [1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Totals (4 nations) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
Source: [1]
Date | Race | Start Elevation | Finish Elevation | Vertical Drop | Course Length | Average Gradient |
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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) |
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