Olympic Winter Games 1948 / Alpine skiing - Downhill (women)

sport	Alpine skiing
discipline	Departure
gender	Women
Attendees	37 athletes from 11 countries
Competition location	Corviglia
Competition phase	February 2, 1948
Winning time	2: 28.3 min
Medalists  Hedy Schlunegger ( SUI )  Trude Jochum-Beiser ( AUT )  Resi Hammerer ( AUT )
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Alpine skiing competitions at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Departure	Women	Men
slalom	Women	Men
Alpine combination	Women	Men

The women's downhill in alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics was held on February 2 in the Corviglia ski area . The times were also counted as times for the Alpine Combination .

The Swiss Hedy Schlunegger became the first ever Olympic champion . Silver and bronze went to the Austrians Trude Beiser and Resi Hammerer .

Results

rank	athlete	country	Time (min)	Deficit (s)
1	Hedy Schlunegger	Switzerland	2: 28.3	+0.0
2	Trude Beiser	Austria	2: 29.1	+0.8
3	Resi Hammerer	Austria	2: 30.2	+1.9
4th	Celina Seghi	Italy	2: 31.1	+2.8
5	Lina Mittner	Switzerland	2: 31.2	+2.9
6th	Suzanne Thiollière	France	2: 31.4	+3.1
7th	Laila Schou Nilsen	Norway	2: 32.4	+4.1
	Françoise Gignoux	France	2: 32.4	+4.1
9	Rosmarie Bleuer	Switzerland	2: 33.3	+5.0
10	Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet	France	2: 35.2	+6.9
11	Antoinette Meyer	Switzerland	2: 35.4	+7.1
12	Brynhild Grasmoen	United States	2: 36.0	+7.7
13	Gretchen Fraser	United States	2: 37.1	+8.8
14th	Irène Molitor	Switzerland	2: 37.2	+8.9
	Alexandra Nekvapilová	Czechoslovakia	2: 37.2	+8.9
16	Annelore Zückert	Austria	2: 38.4	+10.1
17th	Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf	Austria	2: 39.0	+10.7
18th	May Nilsson	Sweden	2: 39.1	+10.8
19th	Erika Mahringer	Austria	2: 39.3	+11.0
20th	Ruth-Marie Stewart	United States	2: 42.0	+13.7
21st	Fernande Bayetto	France	2: 43.1	+14.8
22nd	Rebecca Cremer	United States	2: 44.2	+15.9
23	Borghild Niskin	Norway	2: 44.4	+16.1
24	Olivia Ausoni	Switzerland	2: 45.1	+16.8
25th	Božena Moserová	Czechoslovakia	2: 46.1	+17.8
26th	Sophie Nogler	Austria	2: 47.0	+18.7
27	Isobel Roe	Great Britain	2: 47.3	+19.0
28	Paula Can	United States	2: 49.0	+20.7
29	Micheline Desmazières	France	2: 50.2	+21.9
30th	Rosemary Sparrow	Great Britain	2: 50.3	+22.0
31	Georgette Miller-Thiollière	France	2: 52.4	+24.1
32	Renata Carraretto	Italy	2: 59.1	+30.8
33	Sheena Mackintosh	Great Britain	3: 00.0	+31.7
34	Xanthe Ryder	Great Britain	3: 01.4	+33.1
35	Andrea Mead	United States	3: 03.1	+34.8
36	Anikó Iglói	Hungary	3: 07.1	+38.8
37	Rhona Wurtele	Canada	3: 26.1	+57.8

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