The men's alpine skiing

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

 combined

Alpine skiing combined

Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...

event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

At the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, alpine skiing was arranged for the first time in the Olympics, a combined event for men and women....

 programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition consisted of a downhill

Downhill

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

 race held on Friday, February 7, 1936 and two slalom

Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

 heats held on Sunday, February 9, 1936.

Sixty-six alpine skiers from 26 nations competed.

Medalists

Downhill

Downhill

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

The downhill race was held on Friday, February 7, 1936.

The start was at the Kreuzjoch

Kreuzjoch

Kreuzjoch is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany. For the 1936 Winter Olympics in neighboring Garmisch-Partenkirchen, it was the starting line for the alpine skiing downhill part of the combined event.-Reference:* pp. 289-303....

 in 1719 metres height and the finish was at the station at the bottom of the Kreuzeckbahn in 760 metres height. So there was a height difference of 959 metres. The course had a length of 3800 metres.

The race started at 12 noon

12-hour clock

The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...

. The conditions were good with temperatures between -5° to -4° Celsius.

One racer was disqualifed and five racers did not finish. James Riddell

James Riddell

W. James Riddell MBE was a British champion skier and author who was involved in the early days of skiing as a competitive sport and holiday industry...

 was injured after crashing into a tree.

Place	No.	Competitor	Time	Difference	Points
1	3		4:47.4		100.00
2	5		4:51.8	+4.4	98.49
3	1		4:58.2	+10.8	96.38
4	2		4:58.8	+11.4	96.18
5	9		5:00.4	+13.0	95.67
6	8		5:01.2	+13.8	95.42
7	6		5:03.2	+15.8	94.79
8	14		5:04.0	+16.6	94.54
9	21		5:05.0	+17.6	94.23
10	23		5:11.6	+24.2	92.23
11	31		5:16.2	+28.8	90.89
12	32		5:20.0	+32.6	89.81
13	64		5:26.4	+39.0	88.05
14	29		5:29.4	+42.0	87.25
15	7		5:35.6	+48.2	85.64
16	24		5:39.4	+52.0	84.68
	28		5:39.4	+52.0	84.68
18	19		5:42.8	+55.4	83.84
19	37		5:45.6	+58.2	83.16
20	11		5:46.4	+59.0	82.97
21	15		5:48.2	+1:00.8	82.54
22	35		5:49.4	+1:02.0	82.26
23	16		5:49.6	+1:02.2	82.21
24	63		5:51.0	+1:03.6	81.88
25	55		5:52.4	+1:05.0	81.56
26	13		5:55.2	+1:07.8	80.91
27	27		6:00.4	+1:13.0	79.74
28	22		6:03.4	+1:16.0	79.09
29	50		6:04.4	+1:17.0	78.87
30	20		6:06.4	+1:19.0	78.44
31	54		6:13.6	+1:26.2	76.93
32	67		6:14.4	+1:27.0	76.76
33	56		6:16.2	+1:28.8	76.40
34	34		6:20.6	+1:33.2	75.51
35	47		6:26.0	+1:38.6	74.46
	53		6:26.0	+1:38.6	74.46
37	66		6:30.8	+1:43.4	73.54
38	51		6:36.6	+1:49.2	72.47
39	26		6:40.6	+1:53.2	71.74
40	46		6:41.4	+1:54.0	71.60
41	69		6:48.6	+2:01.2	70.34
42	58		6:52.0	+2:04.6	69.76
43	39		6:58.6	+2:11.2	68.66
44	25		7:03.0	+2:15.6	67.94
45	38		7:16.4	+2:29.0	65.86
46	44		7:23.4	+2:36.0	64.82
47	62		7:29.0	+2:41.6	64.01
48	33		7:56.8	+3:09.4	60.28
49	61		7:58.6	+3:11.2	60.05
50	36		8:02.2	+3:14.8	59.60
51	60		8:09.4	+3:22.0	58.72
52	41		10:09.2	+5:21.8	47.18
53	59		10:53.2	+6:05.8	44.00
54	43		11:59.8	+7:12.4	39.93
55	40		13:00.6	+8:13.2	36.82
56	57		13:22.4	+8:35.0	35.82
57	49		13:56.8	+9:09.4	34.35
58	68		14:18.4	+9:31.0	33.48
59	65		14:29.2	+9:41.8	33.06
60	70		22:44.4	+17:57.0	21.06
–	42		–	–	DQ
–	52		–	–	DNF
	48		–	–	DNF
	12		–	–	DNF
	10		–	–	DNF
	4		–	–	DNF
–	17		–	–	DNS
	18		–	–	DNS
	30		–	–	DNS
	45		–	–	DNS

Slalom

Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

The slalom race was held on Sunday, February 9, 1936 on the Gudiberg

Gudiberg

Gudiberg is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany.It hosted the slalom part of the alpine skiing combined event for the 1936 Winter Olympics in neighboring Garmisch-Partenkirchen.-Reference:* pp. 289-303....

.

The conditions were good with temperatures between -7° to -5° Celsius. The length was 600 metres and the height difference was 200 metres with 33 gates. Penalties were added to the finishing time when competitors missed a gate.

The race started at 11 a.m.

12-hour clock

The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...

 and the skiers started in order of the downhill race, so the winner Birger Ruud

Birger Ruud

Birger Ruud was a Norwegian ski jumper.Born in Kongsberg, Birger Ruud, with his brothers Sigmund and Asbjørn, dominated international jumping in the 1930s, winning three world championships in 1931, 1935 and 1937. Ruud also won the Olympic gold medal in 1932 and 1936...

was the first on the course.

After the first run the jury decided which competitors were allowed to start in the second heat, so only 33 skiers competed in the final race.

Place	Downhill	No.	Competitor	1st run	2nd run	Time	Difference	Points
1	2	5		72.1	74.5	146.6		100.00
2	3	1		76.9	75.6	152.2	+5.6	96.13
3	4	2		80.4	76.9	157.3	+10.7	93.20
4	8	14		92.9(2)	74.6	167.5	+20.9	87.52
5	6	8		82.9	85.8(1)	168.7	+22.1	86.90
6	1	3		91.9(1)	77.1	169.0	+22.4	86.75
7	9	21		79.3	90.1	169.4	+22.8	86.54
8	11	31		86.4(1)	86.9	173.3	+26.7	84.59
9	5	9		89.3	84.3	173.6	+27.0	84.45
10	14	29		86.6	87.1	173.7	+27.1	84.40
11	24	63		89.8	86.5	176.3	+29.7	83.15
12	32	67		87.6	89.9	177.5	+30.9	82.59
13	15	7		86.3	92.5	178.8	+32.2	81.99
14	18	19		85.7	93.4	179.3	+32.7	81.86
15	7	6		90.3	89.7	180.0	+33.4	81.44
16	19	37		88.1	97.8	185.9	+39.3	78.86
17	16	24		94.4	92.6	187.0	+40.4	78.40
18	40	46		89.9	102.4	192.3	+45.7	76.24
19	20	11		90.4	102.9	193.3	+46.7	75.84
20	29	50		97.5	96.7	194.2	+47.6	75.49
21	25	55		93.7	101.1	194.8	+48.2	75.26
22	31	54		98.5	97.4	195.9	+49.3	74.83
23	34	34		95.0	102.5	197.5	+50.9	74.23
24	28	22		101.6	96.5	198.1	+51.5	74.00
25	13	64		88.5(1)	110.1(1)	198.6	+52.0	73.82
26	22	35		104.8	94.8	199.6	+53.0	73.45
27	12	32		93.4	110.8(2)	202.2	+55.6	71.79
28	27	27		104.8	103.6	208.4	+61.8	70.35
29	23	16		113.3(1)	101.1	214.4	+67.8	68.38
30	35	47		103.4(1)	114.0(1)	217.4	+70.8	67.43
31	50	36		110.7	118.1	228.8	+82.2	64.07
32	21	15		108.5	128.2	236.7	+90.1	61.93
33	36	53		116.6(1)	141.2	257.8	+111.2	56.87
–	33	56		100.2	–			–
	49	61		109.4	–			–
	41	69		112.5	–			–
	45	38		112.7	–			–
	26	13		114.3	–			–
	37	66		116.7(1)	–			–
	47	62		123.9(1)	–			–
	46	44		124.5	–			–
	30	20		126.1(1)	–			–
	39	26		127.7	–			–
	48	33		128.3	–			–
	53	59		133.5	–			–
	43	39		135.3	–			–
	51	60		136.1	–			–
	42	58		142.2	–			–
	52	41		144.9(1)	–			–
	44	25		148.6	–			–
	54	43		152.5	–			–
	17	28		165.9(3)	–			–
	55	40		186.1	–			–
	56	57		198.0(2)	–			–
	57	49		DQ	–			–
	58	68		DQ	–			–
	10	23		DNS	–			–
	38	51		DNS	–			–
	59	65		DNS	–			–
	60	70		DNS	–			–

(1) 6 seconds penalty added

(2) 12 seconds penalty added

(3) 18 seconds penalty added

Final standings

After the downhill race and the two slalom heats the average of the two points were calculated to determine the winner.

Place	No.	Competitor	Downhill	Slalom	Average
1	5		98.49	100.00	99.25
2	1		96.38	96.13	96.26
3	2		96.18	93.20	94.69
4	3		100.00	86.75	93.38
5	8		95.42	86.90	91.16
6	14		94.54	87.52	91.03
7	21		94.23	86.54	90.39
8	9		95.67	84.45	90.06
9	6		94.79	81.44	88.12
10	31		90.89	84.59	87.74
11	29		87.25	84.40	85.83
12	7		85.64	81.99	83.82
13	19		83.84	81.86	82.85
14	63		81.88	83.15	82.52
15	24		84.68	78.40	81.54
16	37		83.16	78.86	81.01
17	64		88.05	73.82	80.94
18	32		89.81	71.79	80.80
19	67		76.76	82.59	79.68
20	11		82.97	75.84	79.41
21	55		81.56	75.26	78.41
22	35		82.26	73.45	77.86
23	50		78.87	75.49	77.18
24	22		79.09	74.00	76.55
25	54		76.93	74.83	75.88
26	16		82.21	68.38	75.30
27	27		79.74	70.35	75.05
28	34		75.51	74.23	74.87
29	46		71.60	76.24	73.92
30	15		82.54	61.93	72.24
31	47		74.46	67.43	70.95
32	53		74.46	56.87	65.67
33	36		59.60	64.07	61.84