Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

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At the 1936 Winter Olympics, alpine skiing was arranged for the first time in the Olympics and two events were contested.

The women's event was held on Friday, February 7, 1936 (downhill) and on Saturday, February 8, 1936 (slalom) and the men's event was held on Friday, February 7, 1936 (downhill) and on Sunday, February 9, 1936 (slalom).

Alpine skiing

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[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's combined
details
Germany Franz Pfnür
Germany (GER)
Germany Gustav Lantschner
Germany (GER)
France Émile Allais
France (FRA)
Women's combined
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Germany Christl Cranz
Germany (GER)
Germany Käthe Grasegger
Germany (GER)
Norway Laila Schou Nilsen
Norway (NOR)

[edit] Participating nations

Eight nations had both female and male alpine skiers participating. Austria, Estonia, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland only competed with female alpine skiers.

A total of 103 alpine skiers (66 men and 37 women) from 26 nations (men from 21 nations and women from 13 nations) competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany Germany 2 2 0 4
2 France France 0 0 1 1
3 Norway Norway 0 0 1 1

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