Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The women's downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics program, and was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held at Norefjell Ski Resort near Krødsherad, Norway, on Sunday, 17 February.[1] Forty-two alpine skiers from 13 nations competed.[2]

Women's downhill
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
VenueNorefjell Ski Resort,
Krødsherad, Norway
Date17 February 1952
Competitors42 from 13 nations
Winning time1:47.1
Medalists
Trude Jochum-Beiser  Austria
Annemarie Buchner  Germany
Giuliana Minuzzo  Italy
Alpine skiing at the
1952 Winter Olympics
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Women's Downhill
LocationNorefjell
Vertical385 m (1,263 ft)
Top elevation710 m (2,329 ft)   AMSL
Base elevation325 m (1,066 ft)

Austria's Trude Jochum-Beiser won the gold medal, Annemarie Buchner of Germany took the silver, and Giuliana Minuzzo of Italy was the bronze medalist.

The race's starting elevation was 710 m (2,329 ft) above sea level; the course length was 1.35 km (0.84 mi), with a vertical drop of 385 m (1,263 ft). Jochum-Beiser's winning time of 107.1 seconds yielded an average speed of 45.378 km/h (28.2 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 3.595 m/s (11.8 ft/s).

Results

Sunday, 17 February 1952

The race was started at 13:00 local time, (UTC +1).

RankBib #CompetitorTimeDifference
3 Trude Jochum-Beiser (AUT)1:47.1—
5 Annemarie Buchner (GER)1:48.0+0.9
13 Giuliana Minuzzo (ITA)1:49.0+1.9
42 Erika Mahringer (AUT)1:49.5+2.4
58 Dagmar Rom (AUT)1:49.8+2.7
67 Madeleine Berthod (SUI)1:50.7+3.6
724 Margit Hvammen (NOR)1:50.9+3.8
834 Joanne Hewson (CAN)1:51.3+4.2
930 Evi Lanig (GER)1:53.0+5.9
1018 Ida Schöpfer (SUI)1:53.0+5.9
19 Hannelore Franke (GER)1:53.8+6.7
1214 Idly Walpoth (SUI)1:54.1+7.0
1327 Barbara Grocholska (POL)1:54.6+7.5
1433 Rosemarie Schutz (CAN)1:54.9+7.8
156 Celina Seghi (ITA)1:54.9+7.8
23 Silvia Glatthard (SUI)1:54.9+7.8
174 Andrea Mead-Lawrence (USA)1:55.3+8.2
1828 Sarah Thomasson (SWE)1:55.5+8.4
1921 Betty Weir (USA)1:55.7+8.6
2012 Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves (CAN)1:56.4+9.3
2138 Dagny Jørgensen (NOR)1:56.5+9.4
2229 Marysette Agnel (FRA)1:56.8+9.7
2315 Katy Rodolph (USA)1:57.4+10.3
2416 Trude Klecker (AUT)1:57.9+10.8
2525 Margareta Jacobsson (SWE)1:58.2+11.1
2641 Sheena Mackintosh (GBR)1:59.6+12.5
2735 Lucille Wheeler (CAN)1:59.7+12.6
2831 Ana María Dellai (ARG)2:00.3+13.2
2940 Ingrid Englund (SWE)2:01.3+14.2
301 Andrée Bermond (FRA)2:03.1+16.0
3126 Karen-Sofie Styrmoe (NOR)2:15.5+28.4
3243 Ildikó Szendrődi-Kővári (HUN)2:18.5+31.4
3342 Fiona Campbell (GBR)2:18.6+31.5
3437 Maria Kowalska (POL)2:27.4+40.3
3511 Lia Leismüller (GER)2:37.6+50.5
—9 Jacqueline Martel (FRA)DSQ
10 Borghild Niskin (NOR)DSQ
17 Jannette Burr (USA)DSQ
22 Maria Grazia Marchelli (ITA)DSQ
36 Hilary Laing (GBR)DSQ
44 Teresa Kodelska (POL)DSQ
45 Vora Mackintosh (GBR)DSQ

References
  1. "Austria and Norway sweep Games; Yanks blanked". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 18, 1952. p. 8.
  2. "Alpine Skiing at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Women's Downhill". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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