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 1948 Winter Olympics

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...

 programme. It was the second 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 Monday, February 2, 1948 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 Wednesday, February 4, 1948.

Seventy-eight alpine skiers from 24 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 Monday, February 2, 1948. It was part of the special downhill event

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics - Men's downhill

The men's alpine skiing downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Monday, February 2, 1948....

. Seventy-eight of the 102 finishers of this downhill race also competed in the first slalom heat of the combined event.

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 Wednesday, February 4, 1948.

Place	Downhill	Competitor	1st run	2nd run	Time	Difference	Points
1	13		68.7	66.2	134.9		0.00
2	19		69.5	66.5	136.0	+1.1	0.48
3	21		70.8	67.3	138.1	+3.2	1.41
4	22		76.3	65.8	142.1	+7.2	3.18
5	1		72.3	70.0	142.3	+7.4	3.27
6	3		74.0	68.5	142.5	+7.6	3.35
	17		73.1	69.4	142.5	+7.6	3.35
8	26		74.1	68.8	142.9	+8.0	3.53
9	10		73.5	70.0	143.5	+8.6	3.79
10	38		75.3	69.4	144.7	+9.8	4.32
11	6		75.3	69.6	144.9	+10.0	4.41
12	15		78.1	67.8	145.9	+11.0	4.85
13	27		79.1	67.2	146.3	+11.4	5.03
14	9		72.2	74.8	147.0	+12.1	5.33
15	47		76.4	71.5	147.9	+13.0	5.73
16	14		76.4	71.8	148.2	+13.3	5.86
17	17		75.5	74.0	149.5	+14.6	6.43
18	23		79.8	75.5	155.3	+20.4	9.00
19	11		79.8	75.8	155.6	+20.7	9.13
20	48		84.1	72.1	156.2	+21.3	9.39
21	16		80.8	75.5	156.3	+21.4	9.44
22	34		74.7	81.8	156.5	+21.6	9.52
23	34		75.6	81.4	157.0	+22.1	9.74
	28		86.8	70.2	157.0	+22.1	9.74
25	28		82.8	77.3	160.1	+25.2	11.12
26	39		89.0	71.2	160.2	+25.3	11.16
27	20		81.6	79.4	161.0	+26.1	11.51
	25		86.2	74.8	161.0	+26.1	11.51
29	35		83.2	78.8	162.0	+27.1	11.95
30	8		79.6	82.7*	162.3	+27.4	12.09
31	69		89.3	73.1	162.4	+27.5	12.13
32	54		87.1	75.4	162.5	+27.6	12.17
33	60		92.9	72.7	165.6	+30.7	13.54
34	70		91.4	75.8	167.2	+32.3	14.24
35	52		88.4	80.9	169.3	+34.4	15.17
36	46		97.4*	72.0	169.4	+34.5	15.21
37	66		96.0	75.4	171.4	+36.5	16.10
38	37		85.0	87.2*	172.2	+37.3	16.45
39	59		93.6	81.6	175.2	+40.3	17.78
40	65		92.5	84.2	176.7	+41.8	18.44
41	79		100.0	77.1	177.1	+42.2	18.62
42	62		98.9	78.5	177.4	+42.5	18.75
43	80		98.5	79.6	178.1	+43.2	19.06
44	57		101.7	81.4	183.1	+48.2	21.27
	60		96.8*	86.3	183.1	+48.2	21.27
46	31		111.8*	71.5	183.3	+48.4	21.36
47	58		101.5	82.8	184.3	+49.4	21.80
48	86		102.6	84.5*	187.1	+52.2	23.03
49	64		99.0	88.7*	187.7	+52.8	23.29
50	91		100.8	87.2	188.0	+53.1	23.42
51	90		97.5	90.8	188.3	+53.4	23.56
52	89		104.4	84.8	189.2	+54.3	23.95
53	55		106.2	83.8	190.0	+55.1	24.31
54	50		103.0	87.8	190.8	+55.9	24.67
55	85		105.2	86.1	191.3	+56.4	24.89
56	82		109.0*	84.7	193.7	+58.8	25.94
57	78		101.1	94.6	195.7	+1:00.8	26.82
58	96		117.0	80.5	197.5	+1:02.6	27.61
59	92		105.3	94.6	199.9	+1:05.0	28.68
60	74		105.8	94.4	200.2	+1:05.3	28.81
61	56		122.0*	78.9	200.9	+1:06.0	29.12
62	88		105.8	97.8	203.6	+1:08.7	30.31
63	74		122.5*	95.5*	218.0	+1:23.1	36.65
64	98		135.8	84.8	220.6	+1:25.7	37.81
65	73		129.0	106.9	235.9	+1:41.0	44.56
66	84		139.3	106.2	245.4	+1:50.5	48.79
67	68		166.3	80.9	247.2	+1:52.3	49.54
–	40						DNF
	41						DNF
	67						DNF
	83						DNF
	74						DNF
	94						DNF
	97						DNF
	100						DNF
	101						DNF
	102						DNF
–	53						DQ

* 5 seconds penalty included.

Final standings

Place	Competitor	Downhill points	Slalom points	Total
1		0.00	3.27	3.27
2		3.09	3.35	6.44
3		6.95	0.00	6.95
4		8.06	0.48	8.54
5		4.30	4.41	8.71
6		5.52	3.79	9.31
7		8.28	1.41	9.69
8		4.63	5.33	9.96
9		7.84	3.35	11.19
10		8.83	3.18	12.01
11		7.51	4.85	12.36
12		9.71	3.53	13.24
13		7.40	5.86	13.26
14		9.82	5.03	14.85
15		6.51	9.13	15.64
16		4.52	12.09	16.61
17		7.73	9.44	17.17
18		9.38	9.00	18.38
19		15.11	4.32	19.43
20		8.17	11.51	19.68
21		10.60	9.74	20.34
22		9.49	11.51	21.00
23		10.60	11.12	21.72
24		13.46	9.52	22.98
25		17.32	6.43	23.75
26		19.42	5.73	25.15
27		14.01	11.95	25.96
28		15.22	11.16	26.38
29		18.09	9.74	27.83
30		19.75	9.39	29.14
31		14.67	16.45	31.12
32		11.14	21.36	32.50
33		19.20	15.21	34.41
34		23.28	12.17	35.45
35		22.62	15.17	37.79
36		25.71	13.54	39.25
37		30.68	12.13	42.81
38		25.05	17.78	42.83
39		30.90	14.24	45.14
40		24.61	21.27	45.88
41		30.02	16.10	46.12
42		21.85	24.67	46.52
		24.72	21.80	46.52
44		27.92	18.75	46.67
45		25.71	21.27	46.98
46		29.91	18.44	48.35
47		24.06	24.31	48.37
48		29.47	23.29	52.76
49		25.71	29.12	53.51
50		35.86	18.62	54.48
51		36.08	19.06	55.14
52		34.09	26.82	60.91
53		32.67	28.81	61.48
54		42.37	23.03	65.40
55		39.83	25.94	65.77
56		41.16	24.89	66.05
57		32.67	36.65	69.32
58		49.22	23.56	72.78
59		49.11	23.95	73.06
60		49.87	23.42	73.29
61		45.68	30.31	75.99
62		32.00	44.56	76.56
63		30.57	49.54	80.11
64		55.94	28.68	84.62
65		61.79	27.61	89.40
66		40.83	48.79	89.62
67		67.30	37.81	105.11
–		16.10	—	DNF
		16.21	—	DNF
		22.86	—	DNF
		30.12	—	DNF
		32.67	—	DNF
		40.41	—	DNF
		56.54	—	DNF
		63.00	—	DNF
		76.10	—	DNF
		90.46	—	DNF
		91.62	—	DNF