Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
Men's downhill at the VI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Norefjell Ski Resort, Krødsherad, Norway | ||||||||||||
Date | 16 February 1952 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 81 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:30.8 | ||||||||||||
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 |
Men's Downhill | |
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Location | Norefjell |
Vertical | 750 m (2,461 ft) |
Top elevation | 940 m (3,084 ft) AMSL |
Base elevation | 190 m (623 ft) |
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The men's alpine skiing downhill was the third of six events of the alpine skiing programme at the 1952 Winter Olympics. It was held at Norefjell ski area on Saturday, 16 February, and started at 1 p.m.. It followed the women's giant slalom on Thursday and men's giant slalom on Friday.
It was the second Olympic downhill race, which was first run as a separate event in 1948.
Defending world champion Zeno Colò of Italy won the gold, the only Olympic medal of his career; he was fourth in the other two events. More than a second behind was silver medalist Othmar Schneider, and Christian Pravda took the bronze.[1][2]
The race's starting elevation was 940 m (3,084 ft) above sea level; the course length was 2.60 km (1.62 mi), with a vertical drop of 750 m (2,461 ft). Colò's winning time of 150.8 seconds yielded an average speed of 62.07 km/h (38.6 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 4.97 m/s (16.3 ft/s).
Eighty-one alpine skiers from 27 nations competed.[3]
Results[]
Saturday, 16 February 1952
The race was started at 13:00 local time, (UTC +1).
Place | Bib # | Competitor | Time | Difference |
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5 | ![]() |
2:30.8 | — |
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8 | ![]() |
2:32.0 | +1.2 |
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12 | ![]() |
2:32.4 | +1.6 |
4 | 6 | ![]() |
2:32.5 | +1.7 |
5 | 41 | ![]() |
2:33.3 | +2.5 |
6 | 16 | ![]() |
2:33.8 | +3.0 |
7 | 3 | ![]() |
2:35.9 | +5.1 |
8 | 1 | ![]() |
2:36.5 | +5.7 |
9 | 25 | ![]() |
2:37.0 | +6.2 |
10 | 10 | ![]() |
2:37.1 | +6.3 |
11 | 2 | ![]() |
2:38.7 | +7.9 |
12 | 32 | ![]() |
2:39.1 | +8.3 |
13 | 49 | ![]() |
2:40.6 | +9.8 |
14 | 24 | ![]() |
2:41.5 | +10.7 |
15 | ![]() |
2:41.5 | +10.7 | |
16 | 22 | ![]() |
2:42.8 | +12.0 |
17 | 39 | ![]() |
2:42.9 | +12.1 |
18 | 9 | ![]() |
2:43.2 | +12.4 |
38 | ![]() |
2:43.2 | +12.4 | |
20 | 26 | ![]() |
2:43.6 | +12.8 |
37 | ![]() |
2:43.6 | +12.8 | |
22 | 48 | ![]() |
2:44.3 | +13.5 |
23 | 33 | ![]() |
2:44.5 | +13.7 |
24 | 23 | ![]() |
2:45.0 | +14.2 |
25 | 11 | ![]() |
2:45.4 | +14.6 |
26 | 13 | ![]() |
2:46.1 | +15.3 |
27 | 29 | ![]() |
2:47.0 | +16.2 |
28 | 7 | ![]() |
2:47.9 | +17.1 |
29 | 51 | ![]() |
2:49.4 | +18.6 |
30 | 83 | ![]() |
2:49.9 | +19.1 |
31 | 46 | ![]() |
2:51.1 | +20.3 |
32 | 30 | ![]() |
2:52.2 | +21.4 |
69 | ![]() |
2:52.2 | +21.4 | |
34 | 44 | ![]() |
2:53.4 | +22.6 |
35 | 27 | ![]() |
2:54.4 | +23.6 |
59 | ![]() |
2:54.4 | +23.6 | |
37 | 50 | ![]() |
2:55.4 | +24.6 |
38 | 43 | ![]() |
2:55.5 | +24.7 |
39 | 34 | ![]() |
2:55.6 | +24.8 |
77 | ![]() |
2:55.6 | +24.8 | |
41 | 45 | ![]() |
2:56.0 | +25.2 |
42 | 55 | ![]() |
2:56.4 | +25.6 |
43 | 40 | ![]() |
2:58.7 | +27.9 |
44 | 65 | ![]() |
2:59.7 | +28.9 |
45 | 54 | ![]() |
3:00.0 | +30.2 |
46 | 47 | ![]() |
3:01.8 | +31.0 |
47 | 66 | ![]() |
3:02.9 | +32.1 |
48 | 64 | ![]() |
3:05.7 | +34.9 |
49 | 63 | ![]() |
3:06.0 | +35.2 |
50 | 91 | ![]() |
3:06.1 | +35.3 |
51 | 42 | ![]() |
3:07.3 | +36.5 |
52 | 81 | ![]() |
3:08.3 | +37.5 |
53 | 53 | ![]() |
3:09.2 | +38.4 |
54 | 57 | ![]() |
3:10.1 | +39.3 |
67 | ![]() |
3:10.1 | +39.3 | |
56 | 89 | ![]() |
3:16.2 | +45.4 |
57 | 76 | ![]() |
3:20.2 | +49.4 |
58 | 58 | ![]() |
3:21.5 | +50.7 |
59 | 92a | ![]() |
3:26.4 | +55.6 |
60 | 61 | ![]() |
3:31.4 | +1:00.6 |
61 | 60 | ![]() |
3:31.5 | +1:00.7 |
62 | 93 | ![]() |
3:34.9 | +1:04.1 |
63 | 90 | ![]() |
3:36.5 | +1:05.7 |
64 | 70 | ![]() |
3:44.5 | +1:13.7 |
65 | 78 | ![]() |
3:44.6 | +1:13.8 |
66 | 73 | ![]() |
3:52.3 | +1:21.5 |
67 | 74 | ![]() |
3:53.1 | +1:22.3 |
68 | 71 | ![]() |
3:53.3 | +1:22.5 |
69 | 80 | ![]() |
3:58.4 | +1:27.6 |
70 | 92b | ![]() |
4:02.9 | +1:32.1 |
71 | 88 | ![]() |
4:13.5 | +1:42.7 |
72 | 87 | ![]() |
6:10.8 | +3:40.0 |
— | 14 | ![]() |
DSQ | |
19 | ![]() |
DSQ | ||
31 | ![]() |
DSQ | ||
72 | ![]() |
DSQ | ||
79 | ![]() |
DSQ | ||
82 | ![]() |
DSQ | ||
84 | ![]() |
DSQ | ||
86 | ![]() |
DSQ | ||
— | 4 | ![]() |
DNF | |
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DNF |
References[]
- ^ "Italian champ is downhill leader". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. February 16, 1952. p. 7.
- ^ Smits, Ted (February 17, 1952). "Yank skaters set pace in Olympics". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 12.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Men's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
External links[]
- Official Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
- Downhill at the Alpine World Ski Championships
- Men's alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics