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

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Men's downhill
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueNorefjell Ski Resort,
Krødsherad, Norway
Date16 February 1952
Competitors81 from 27 nations
Winning time2:30.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zeno Colò  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Othmar Schneider  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christian Pravda  Austria
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Alpine skiing at the
1952 Winter Olympics
Downhillmenwomen
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Slalommenwomen
Men's Downhill
LocationNorefjell
Vertical750 m (2,461 ft)
Top elevation940 m (3,084 ft)   AMSL
Base elevation190 m (623 ft)
Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill is located in South Norway
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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

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Saturday, 16 February 1952
The race was started at 13:00 local time, (UTC +1).

Place Bib # Competitor Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5  Zeno Colò (ITA) 2:30.8 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8  Othmar Schneider (AUT) 2:32.0 +1.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 12  Christian Pravda (AUT) 2:32.4 +1.6
4 6  Fred Rubi (SUI) 2:32.5 +1.7
5 41  Bill Beck (USA) 2:33.3 +2.5
6 16  Stein Eriksen (NOR) 2:33.8 +3.0
7 3  Gunnar Hjeltnes (NOR) 2:35.9 +5.1
8 1  Carlo Gartner (ITA) 2:36.5 +5.7
9 25  Georges Schneider (SUI) 2:37.0 +6.2
10 10  Gottlieb Perren (SUI) 2:37.1 +6.3
11 2  James Couttet (FRA) 2:38.7 +7.9
12 32  Richard Buek (USA) 2:39.1 +8.3
13 49  Janko Štefe (YUG) 2:40.6 +9.8
14 24  Jack Reddish (USA) 2:41.5 +10.7
15  Henri Oreiller (FRA) 2:41.5 +10.7
16 22  Willi Klein (GER) 2:42.8 +12.0
17 39  Beni Obermüller (GER) 2:42.9 +12.1
18 9  Ilio Colli (ITA) 2:43.2 +12.4
38  Robert Richardson (CAN) 2:43.2 +12.4
20 26  Silvio Alverà (ITA) 2:43.6 +12.8
37  Johnny Lunde (NOR) 2:43.6 +12.8
22 48  Andrzej Gąsienica Roj (POL) 2:44.3 +13.5
23 33  John Fredriksson (SWE) 2:44.5 +13.7
24 23  Chiharu Igaya (JPN) 2:45.0 +14.2
25 11  Maurice Sanglard (FRA) 2:45.4 +14.6
26 13  Bernhard Perren (SUI) 2:46.1 +15.3
27 29  Åke Nilsson (SWE) 2:47.0 +16.2
28 7  Otto Linher (AUT) 2:47.9 +17.1
29 51  Stefan Dziedzic (POL) 2:49.4 +18.6
30 83  Georgi Dimitrov (BUL) 2:49.9 +19.1
31 46  Gordon Morrison (CAN) 2:51.1 +20.3
32 30  Brooks Dodge (USA) 2:52.2 +21.4
69  John Griffin (CAN) 2:52.2 +21.4
34 44  Sixten Isberg (SWE) 2:53.4 +22.6
35 27  Guy de Huertas (FRA) 2:54.4 +23.6
59  Mihai Bîră (ROU) 2:54.4 +23.6
37 50  Francisco Viladomat (ESP) 2:55.4 +24.6
38 43  Pepi Schwaiger (GER) 2:55.5 +24.7
39 34  John Boyagis (GBR) 2:55.6 +24.8
77  Dimitar Drazhev (BUL) 2:55.6 +24.8
41 45  André Bertrand (CAN) 2:56.0 +25.2
42 55  Andrzej Czarniak (POL) 2:56.4 +25.6
43 40  Józef Marusarz (POL) 2:58.7 +27.9
44 65  Pentti Alonen (FIN) 2:59.7 +28.9
45 54  Dick Pappenheim (NED) 3:00.0 +30.2
46 47  Luis de Ridder (ARG) 3:01.8 +31.0
47 66  Pablo Rosenkjer (ARG) 3:02.9 +32.1
48 64  Peter Pappenheim (NED) 3:05.7 +34.9
49 63  Haukur Sigurðsson (ISL) 3:06.0 +35.2
50 91  Stefán Kristjánsson (ISL) 3:06.1 +35.3
51 42  Dumitru Sulică (ROU) 3:07.3 +36.5
52 81  Ásgeir Eyjólfsson (ISL) 3:08.3 +37.5
53 53  Luis Arias (ESP) 3:09.2 +38.4
54 57  Juan Poll (ESP) 3:10.1 +39.3
67  Jón Karl Sigurðsson (ISL) 3:10.1 +39.3
56 89  Eino Kalpala (FIN) 3:16.2 +45.4
57 76  Ibrahim Geagea (LIB) 3:20.2 +49.4
58 58  Noel Harrison (GBR) 3:21.5 +50.7
59 92a  Ion Caşa (ROU) 3:26.4 +55.6
60 61  Bill Day (AUS) 3:31.4 +1:00.6
61 60  Michel Feron (BEL) 3:31.5 +1:00.7
62 93  Otto Jung (ARG) 3:34.9 +1:04.1
63 90  Denis Feron (BEL) 3:36.5 +1:05.7
64 70  Georgi Mitrov (BUL) 3:44.5 +1:13.7
65 78  Herbert Familton (NZL) 3:44.6 +1:13.8
66 73  Eduardo Silva (CHI) 3:52.3 +1:21.5
67 74  Barry Patten (AUS) 3:53.1 +1:22.3
68 71  Jaime Errázuriz (CHI) 3:53.3 +1:22.5
69 80  Duarte Silva (POR) 3:58.4 +1:27.6
70 92b  Gino de Pellegrín (ARG) 4:02.9 +1:32.1
71 88  Bob Arnott (AUS) 4:13.5 +1:42.7
72 87  Alexandros Vouxinos (GRE) 6:10.8 +3:40.0
— 14  Stig Sollander (SWE) DSQ
19  Sverre Johannessen (NOR) DSQ
31  Hisashi Mizugami (JPN) DSQ
72  Radu Scîrneci (ROU) DSQ
79  Angelos Lembesi (GRE) DSQ
82  Carlos Eiras (ARG) DSQ
84  Aristeo Benavídez (ARG) DSQ
86  Antonios Miliordos (GRE) DSQ
— 4  Egon Schöpf (AUT) DNF
 Pepi Erben (GER) DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Italian champ is downhill leader". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. February 16, 1952. p. 7.
  2. ^ Smits, Ted (February 17, 1952). "Yank skaters set pace in Olympics". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 12.
  3. ^ "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.
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