Women's alpine skiing slalom at the VI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Rødkleiva Oslo, Norway | ||||||||||||
Date | 20 February 1952 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:10.6 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics | ||
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Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
A women's slalom event was held at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway as part of the alpine skiing programme. [1]
On 24 January, a decision was taken that Rødkleiva would hold the slalom events, but at that time there was only 10 inches (25 cm) of snow at the site and additional work lasting three days had to be done to ensure the hill would be usable for training and the races. [2] However, the athletes had to shift their training to Norefjell by 9 February after more problems with the snow resulted in the hill "[looking] almost like a skating rink" according to the official report. [2] It took a further week of work by the military, volunteers and hired help to spread 220,000 cubic feet (6,200 m3) of snow resulting in a new snow depth of around 12–16 inches (30–41 cm). [3]
The event eventually took place as scheduled on 20 February, a day after the men's slalom races. It was the final alpine skiing event of the Games. [4] There were a total of 26 gates on the women's course. [3] A total of 14 National Olympic Committees [5] were represented at the event by 40 skiers. [6]
Andrea Mead Lawrence, representing the United States, and Dagmar Rom, representing Austria, were considered to be the favourites in the event. However, both skiers suffered falls on their first run, with Mead Lawrence placing fourth and Rom finishing last, [4] effectively putting the latter out of contention. Mead Lawrence managed to post the best time of the second runs, enough to win the gold medal. [4] It was her second gold medal in Oslo after her giant slalom victory. [4] By winning the title, she became the first American skier to win two gold medals at the same Olympics. [7] Ossi Reichert, who led the field after the first run, finished two seconds behind Mead Lawrence in the second run and ended up second overall. [4] Reichert's teammate Annemarie Buchner won bronze. [6]
The official results as published by the Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games were as follows: [6]
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
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5 | Andrea Mead Lawrence | United States | 1:07.2 | 1:03.4 | 2:10.6 | |
19 | Ossi Reichert | Germany | 1:06.0 | 1:05.4 | 2:11.4 | |
3 | Annemarie Buchner | Germany | 1:07.6 | 1:05.7 | 2:13.3 | |
4 | 4 | Celina Seghi | Italy | 1:06.5 | 1:07.3 | 2:13.8 |
5 | 36 | Imogene Opton | United States | 1:07.4 | 1:06.7 | 2:14.1 |
6 | 7 | Madeleine Berthod | Switzerland | 1:06.7 | 1:08.2 | 2:14.9 |
7 | 21 | Marysette Agnel | France | 1:07.5 | 1:08.1 | 2:15.6 |
8 | 8 | Trude Beiser-Jochum | Austria | 1:08.7 | 1:07.2 | 2:15.9 |
8 | 15 | Giuliana Minuzzo | Italy | 1:08.0 | 1:07.9 | 2:15.9 |
10 | 11 | Olivia Ausoni | Switzerland | 1:07.4 | 1:09.6 | 2:17.0 |
11 | 16 | Borghild Niskin | Norway | 1:08.7 | 1:09.0 | 2:17.7 |
12 | 1 | Sarah Thomasson | Sweden | 1:09.9 | 1:08.4 | 2:18.3 |
13 | 37 | Joanne Hewson | Canada | 1:09.2 | 1:10.7 | 2:19.9 |
14 | 31 | Barbara Grocholska | Poland | 1:10.2 | 1:10.1 | 2:20.3 |
15 | 12 | Janette Weston Burr | United States | 1:11.2 | 1:09.3 | 2:20.5 |
16 | 29 | Margaretha Jakobsson | Sweden | 1:10.4 | 1:10.2 | 2:20.6 |
17 | 25 | Rosi Sailer | Austria | 1:09.3 | 1:11.6 | 2:20.9 |
18 | 34 | Margit Hvammen | Norway | 1:09.8 | 1:11.4 | 2:21.2 |
19 | 10 | Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves | Canada | 1:12.0 | 1:09.9 | 2:21.9 |
20 | 30 | Kerstin Ahlqvist | Sweden | 1:10.8 | 1:12.5 | 2:23.3 |
21 | 2 | Katy Rodolph | United States | 1:17.6 | 1:06.4 | 2:24.0 |
22 | 13 | Erika Mahringer | Austria | 1:18.6 | 1:08.0 | 2:26.6 |
23 | 26 | Karen-Sofie Styrmoe | Norway | 1:15.0 | 1:12.6 | 2:27.6 |
24 | 27 | Hilary Laing | Great Britain | 1:13.7 | 1:14.2 | 2:27.9 |
25 | 20 | Edmée Abetel | Switzerland | 1:13.9 | 1:14.4 | 2:28.3 |
26 | 28 | Lucile Wheeler | Canada | 1:12.2 | 1:16.2 | 2:28.4 |
27 | 43 | Ingrid Englund | Sweden | 1:14.8 | 1:13.9 | 2:28.7 |
28 | 33 | Sheena Mackintosh | Great Britain | 1:16.2 | 1:13.2 | 2:29.4 |
29 | 35 | Ana Maria Dellai | Argentina | 1:14.4 | 1:15.3 | 2:29.7 |
30 | 40 | Ildikó Szendrődi | Hungary | 1:14.7 | 1:15.6 | 2:30.3 |
31 | 23 | Hannelore Franke | Germany | 1:20.7 | 1:10.1 | 2:30.8 |
32 | 42 | Teresa Kodelska | Poland | 1:14.7 | 1:19.0 | 2:33.7 |
33 | 17 | Tull Gasmann | Norway | 1:29.4 | 1:07.5 | 2:36.9 |
34 | 41 | Maria Kowalska | Poland | 1:30.1 | 1:25.5 | 2:55.6 |
35 | 24 | Marianne Seltsam | Germany | 1:15.5* | 1:50.3 | 3:05.8 |
36 | 9 | Dagmar Rom | Austria | 1:57.7 | 1:10.2 | 3:07.9 |
37 | 32 | Rosemarie Schutz | Canada | 1:56.7 | 1:12.2 | 3:08.9 |
22 | Ida Schöpfer | Switzerland | 1:24.3 | DSQ | ||
6 | Andrée Bermond | France | DSQ | |||
44 | Annette Johnson | New Zealand | DSQ |
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