Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing

at the V Olympic Winter Games

St. Moritz sixty years later, in 2008

Venue

Piz Nair,
St. Moritz
Graubünden, Switzerland

Dates

2–5 February 1948

Competitors

174 from 25 nations

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Combined	men	women
Downhill	men	women
Slalom	men	women

Piz Nair

Location in Switzerland

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]

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

Men's events

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

Source:^[1]

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill	Hedy Schlunegger Switzerland	2:28.3	Trude Beiser Austria	2:29.1	Resi Hammerer Austria	2:30.2
Slalom	Gretchen Fraser United States	1:57.2	Antoinette Meyer Switzerland	1:57.7	Erika Mahringer Austria	1:58.0
Combined	Trude Beiser Austria	6.58	Gretchen Fraser United States	6.95	Erika Mahringer Austria	7.04

Source:^[1]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland	2	2	2	6
2	France	2	1	2	5
3	Austria	1	2	3	6
4	United States	1	1	0	2

Source:^[1]

Course information

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)	7001246000000000000♠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)	7001245000000000000♠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

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

1 2 3 4 "Rapport Général sur les V Jeux Olympiques" (PDF). Comité Olympique Suisse. LA84 Foundation. 1948. pp. 38–46, 49–52. Retrieved February 18, 2014.

External links

Olympic.org – 1948 St. Moritz
- Alpine skiing medalists
FIS-Ski.com – results – 1948 Winter Olympics
Sports Reference – alpine skiing – 1948 Winter Olympics
International Olympic Committee results database

Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
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List of medalists List of venues

Events at the 1948 Winter Olympics (St. Moritz)
Alpine skiing Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Military patrol (demonstration) Nordic combined Skeleton Ski jumping Speed skating Winter pentathlon (demonstration)

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
1931 Mürren 1932 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1933 Innsbruck 1934 St. Moritz 1935 Mürren 1936 Innsbruck 1937 Chamonix 1938 Engelberg 1939 Zakopane (1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo) 1948 St. Moritz 1950 Aspen 1952 Oslo 1954 Åre 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1958 Badgastein 1960 Squaw Valley 1962 Chamonix 1964 Innsbruck 1966 Portillo 1968 Grenoble 1970 Val Gardena 1972 Sapporo 1974 St. Moritz 1976 Innsbruck 1978 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1980 Lake Placid 1982 Schladming 1985 Bormio 1987 Crans-Montana 1989 Vail 1991 Saalbach 1993 Morioka 1996 Sierra Nevada 1997 Sestriere 1999 Vail 2001 St. Anton 2003 St. Moritz 2005 Bormio 2007 Åre 2009 Val d'Isère 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2013 Schladming 2015 Vail/Beaver Creek 2017 St. Moritz 2019 Åre 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo
List of alpine skiing world champions

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