Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing
at the V Olympic Winter Games
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
	← 1936 1952 →

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

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Henri Oreiller France	2:55.0	Franz Gabl Austria	2:59.1	Rolf Olinger Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland	3:00.3
Slalom details	Edy Reinalter Switzerland	2:10.3	James Couttet France	2:10.8	Henri Oreiller France	2:12.8
Combined details	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 details	Hedy Schlunegger Switzerland	2:28.3	Trude Beiser Austria	2:29.1	Resi Hammerer Austria	2:30.2
Slalom details	Gretchen Fraser United States	1:57.2	Antoinette Meyer Switzerland	1:57.7	Erika Mahringer Austria	1:58.0
Combined details	Trude Beiser Austria	6.58	Gretchen Fraser United States	6.95	Erika Mahringer Austria	7.04

Source:^[1]

Medal table

St. Moritz

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Location in Switzerland

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)	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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rapport Général sur les V Jeux Olympiques" (PDF). Comité Olympique Suisse. LA84 Foundation. 1948. pp. 38–46, 49–52. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1948 St. Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

External links

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

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

[SR-2] "Alpine Skiing at the 1948 St. Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

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