Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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Alpine Skiing
at the V Olympic Winter Games
File:StMoritz from Corvatsch.jpg
St. Moritz sixty years later, in 2008
VenuePiz Nair,
St. Moritz
Graubünden, Switzerland
Dates2–5 February 1948
Competitors174 from 25 nations
← 1936
1952 →
Alpine skiing at the
1948 Winter Olympics
File:Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Combinedmenwomen
Downhillmenwomen
Slalommenwomen

At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held on Piz Nair from Monday, 2 February to Thursday, 5 February 1948.[1][2]

After these games, the giant slalom was added and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988. From 1956 through 1980, the combined continued as an FIS medal event for the concurrent World Championships, using the results from three events, conducted as a "paper race."

Henri Oreiller of France earned a medal in all three events, with two golds and a bronze. Trude Beiser of Austria and Gretchen Fraser of the United States both won two medals, a gold and a silver each.

The first Olympics after World War II did not invite Germany or Japan.

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
details 		Henri Oreiller
File:Flag of France.svg France		 2:55.0 Franz Gabl
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 2:59.1 Rolf Olinger
File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
Karl Molitor
File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland		 3:00.3
Slalom
details 		Edy Reinalter
File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland		 2:10.3 James Couttet
File:Flag of France.svg France		 2:10.8 Henri Oreiller
File:Flag of France.svg France		 2:12.8
Combined
details 		Henri Oreiller
File:Flag of France.svg France		 3.27 Karl Molitor
File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland		 6.44 James Couttet
File:Flag of France.svg France		 6.95

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Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
details 		Hedy Schlunegger
File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland		 2:28.3 Trude Beiser
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 2:29.1 Resi Hammerer
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 2:30.2
Slalom
details 		Gretchen Fraser
File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States		 1:57.2 Antoinette Meyer
File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland		 1:57.7 Erika Mahringer
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 1:58.0
Combined
details 		Trude Beiser
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 6.58 Gretchen Fraser
File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States		 6.95 Erika Mahringer
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 7.04

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Medal table

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Location in Switzerland
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland2226
2File:Flag of France.svg France2125
3File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria1236
4File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States1102
Totals (4 entries)66719

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Participating nations

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A total of 174 alpine skiers from 25 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

Course information

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Date Race Start
Elevation 		Finish
Elevation 		Vertical
Drop 		Course
Length 		Average
Gradient
Mon 2 Feb  Downhill – men  2,700 m (8,858 ft)  1,870 m (6,135 ft)  830 m (2,723 ft)  3.371 km (2.095 mi) 24.6%
Mon 2 Feb  Downhill – women  2,394 m (7,854 ft)  1,870 m (6,135 ft)  524 m (1,719 ft)  2.135 km (1.327 mi) 24.5%
Thu 5 Feb  Slalom – men 2,090 m (6,857 ft)  1,870 m (6,135 ft)  220 m (722 ft)
Thu 5 Feb  Slalom – women 2,050 m (6,726 ft)  1,870 m (6,135 ft)  180 m (591 ft)
Wed 4 Feb  Slalom – (K) – men 2,090 m (6,857 ft)  1,870 m (6,135 ft)  220 m (722 ft)
Wed 4 Feb  Slalom – (K) – women 2,050 m (6,726 ft)  1,870 m (6,135 ft)  220 m (722 ft)

Participating nations

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Twenty-five nations sent alpine skiers to compete. Despite being a part of the Axis until 1943, Italy was invited; Germany and Japan were excluded.

References

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