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

 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....

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
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
4 DSQ
14 DSQ
19 DSQ
31 DSQ
72 DSQ
79 DSQ
82 DSQ
84 DSQ
86 DSQ
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