1952 Winter Olympics / Alpine Skiing - Downhill (Men)

sport	Alpine skiing
discipline	Departure
gender	Men
Attendees	81 athletes from 27 countries
Competition location	Norefjell
Competition phase	February 16, 1952
Winning time	2: 30.8 min
Medalist  Zeno Colò ( ITA )  Othmar Schneider ( AUT )  Christian Pravda ( AUT )
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Alpine skiing competitions at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Departure	Women	Men
Giant slalom	Women	Men
slalom	Women	Men

The men's downhill in alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics was held on February 16 in the ski area on Norefjell .

Olympic champion Zeno Colò from Italy was not ahead of any of the intermediate times measured by Norwegian journalists in four places. The bronze medalist from Austria Christian Pravda jumped too much in his run, which kept him slow. He landed behind his compatriot Othmar Schneider .

Egon Schöpf fell badly, broke through the protective wall made of wood and straw, was thrown into the forest and remained unconscious.

Results

rank	#	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Deficit (min)
1	5	Zeno Colò	Italy	2: 30.8
2	8th	Othmar Schneider	Austria	2: 32.0	+0: ​​01.2
3	12	Christian Pravda	Austria	2: 32.4	+0: ​​01.6
4th	6th	Fred Rubi	Switzerland	2: 32.5	+0: ​​01.7
5	41	William Beck	United States	2: 33.3	+0: ​​02.5
6th	16	Stone Eriksen	Norway	2: 33.8	+0: ​​03.0
7th	3	Gunnar Hjeltnes	Norway	2: 35.9	+0: ​​05.1
8th	1	Carlo Gartner	Italy	2: 36.5	+0: ​​05.7
9	25th	Georges Schneider	Switzerland	2: 37.0	+0: ​​06.2
10	10	Gottlieb Perren	Switzerland	2: 37.1	+0: ​​06.3
11	2	James Couttet	France	2: 38.7	+0: ​​07.9
12	32	Richard Buek	United States	2: 39.1	+0: ​​08.3
13	49	Janko Štefe	Yugoslavia	2: 40.6	+0: ​​09.8
14th	24	Jack Reddish	United States	2: 41.5	+0: ​​10.7
	15th	Henri Oreiller	France	2: 41.5	+0: ​​10.7
16	22nd	Willi Klein	Germany	2: 42.8	+0: ​​12.0
17th	39	Benedikt Obermüller	Germany	2: 42.9	+0: ​​12.1
18th	9	Ilio Colli	Italy	2: 43.2	+0: ​​12.4
	38	Robert Richardson	Canada	2: 43.2	+0: ​​12.4
20th	26th	Silvio Alverà	Italy	2: 43.6	+0: ​​12.8
	37	Johnny Lunde	Canada	2: 43.6	+0: ​​12.8
22nd	48	Andrzej Gąsienica Roj	Poland	2: 44.3	+0: ​​13.5
23	33	John Fredriksson	Sweden	2: 44.5	+0: ​​13.7
24	23	Chiharu Igaya	Japan	2: 45.0	+0: ​​14.2
25th	11	Maurice Sanglard	France	2: 45.4	+0: ​​14.6
26th	13	Bernhard Perren	Switzerland	2: 46.1	+0: ​​15.3
27	29	Karl Åke Nilsson	Sweden	2: 47.0	+0: ​​16.2
28	7th	Otto Linher	Austria	2: 47.9	+0: ​​17.1
29	51	Stefan Dziedzic	Poland	2: 49.4	+0: ​​18.6
30th	83	Georgi Dimitrov	Bulgaria	2: 49.9	+0: ​​19.1
31	46	Gordon Morrison	Canada	2: 51.1	+0: ​​20.3
32	30th	Brooks Dodge	United States	2: 52.2	+0: ​​21.4
	69	John Griffin	Canada	2: 52.2	+0: ​​21.4
34	44	Sixten Isberg	Sweden	2: 53.4	+0: ​​22.6
35	27	Guy de Huertas	France	2: 54.4	+0: ​​23.6
	59	Mihai Bîră	Romania	2: 54.4	+0: ​​23.6
37	50	Francisco Viladomat	Spain	2: 55.4	+0: ​​24.6
38	43	Josef Schwaiger	Germany	2: 55.5	+0: ​​24.7
39	34	John Boyagis	Great Britain	2: 55.6	+0: ​​24.8
	77	Dimitar Drazhew	Bulgaria	2: 55.6	+0: ​​24.8
41	45	André Bertrand	Canada	2: 56.0	+0: ​​25.2
42	55	Andrzej Czarniak	Poland	2: 56.4	+0: ​​25.6
43	40	Józef Marusarz	Poland	2: 58.7	+0: ​​27.9
44	65	Pentti Alonen	Finland	2: 59.7	+0: ​​28.9
45	54	Dick Pappenheim	Netherlands	3: 00.0	+0: ​​30.2
46	47	Luis de Ridder	Argentina	3: 01.8	+0: ​​31.0
47	66	Pablo Rosenkjer	Argentina	3: 02.9	+0: ​​32.1
48	64	Peter Pappenheim	Netherlands	3: 05.7	+0: ​​34.9
49	63	Haukur Sigurðsson	Iceland	3: 06.0	+0: ​​35.2
50	91	Stefán Kristjánsson	Iceland	3: 06.1	+0: ​​35.3
51	42	Dumitru Sulica	Romania	3: 07.3	+0: ​​36.5
52	81	Ásgeir Eyjólfsson	Iceland	3: 08.3	+0: ​​37.5
53	53	Luis Arias	Spain	3: 09.2	+0: ​​38.4
54	57	Juan Poll	Spain	3: 10.1	+0: ​​39.3
	67	Jón Karl Sigurðsson	Iceland	3: 10.1	+0: ​​39.3
56	89	Eino Kalpala	Finland	3: 16.2	+0: ​​45.4
57	76	Ibrahim Geagea	Lebanon	3: 20.2	+0: ​​49.4
58	58	Noel Harrison	Great Britain	3: 21.5	+0: ​​50.7
59	92a	Ion Caşa	Romania	3: 26.4	+0: ​​55.6
60	61	Bill Day	Australia	3: 31.4	+1: 00.6
61	60	Michel Feron	Belgium	3: 31.5	+1: 00.7
62	93	Otto Jung	Argentina	3: 34.9	+1: 04.1
63	90	Denis Feron	Belgium	3: 36.5	+1: 05.7
64	70	Georgi Mitrov	Bulgaria	3: 44.5	+1: 13.7
65	78	Herbert Familton	New Zealand	3: 44.6	+1: 13.8
66	73	Eduardo Silva	Chile	3: 52.3	+1: 21.5
67	74	Barry Patten	Australia	3: 53.1	+1: 22.3
68	71	Jaime Errázuriz	Chile	3: 53.3	+1: 22.5
69	80	Duarte Silva	Portugal	3: 58.4	+1: 27.6
70	92b	Gino de Pellegrín	Argentina	4: 02.9	+1: 32.1
71	88	Bob Arnott	Australia	4: 13.5	+1: 42.7
72	87	Alexandros Vouxinos	Greece	6: 10.8	+3: 40.0
	4th	Egon Schöpf	Austria	DNF
		Josef heirs	Germany	DNF
	14th	Stig Sollander	Sweden	DSQ
	19th	Sverre Johannessen	Norway	DSQ
	31	Hisashi Mizugami	Japan	DSQ
	72	Radu Scîrneci	Romania	DSQ
	79	Angelos Lembesi	Greece	DSQ
	82	Carlos Eiras	Argentina	DSQ
	84	Aristeo Benavídez	Argentina	DSQ
	86	Antonios Miliordos	Greece	DSQ

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ^ "Another two medals for Austria" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 17, 1952, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).