Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics - Men's downhill

The men's alpine skiing
Alpine skiing
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downhill
Downhill
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was one of six events of the alpine skiing programme

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...

at the 1952 Winter Olympics

1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February 1952. Discussions about Oslo hosting the Winter Olympic Games began as early as 1935; the city wanted to host the 1948 Games, but World War II made that impossible...

. It was held on Saturday, February 16, 1952, and started at 1 p.m.

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It was the second Olympic downhill race, which was first run as a separate event in 1948

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held from Monday, February 2 to Thursday February 5, 1948.After these games, the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...

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Eighty-one alpine skiers from 27 nations competed.

Medalists

Results

Place	Bib #	Competitor	Time	Difference
1	5		2:30.8
2	8		2:32.0	+1.2
3	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
14	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
18	38		2:43.2	+12.4
20	26		2:43.6	+12.8
20	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
32	69		2:52.2	+21.4
34	44		2:53.4	+22.6
35	27		2:54.4	+23.6
35	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
39	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
54	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
—	4		DSQ
	14		DSQ
	19		DSQ
	31		DSQ
	72		DSQ
	79		DSQ
	82		DSQ
	84		DSQ
	86		DSQ

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