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

sport	Alpine skiing
discipline	Departure
gender	Men
Attendees	111 athletes from 25 countries
Competition location	Corviglia
Competition phase	February 2, 1948
Winning time	2: 55.0 min
Medalist  Henri Oreiller ( FRA )  Franz Gabl ( AUT )  Karl Molitor ( SUI ) Rolf Olinger ( SUI )
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Alpine skiing competitions at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Departure	Women	Men
slalom	Women	Men
Alpine combination	Women	Men

The men'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 Olympic champion was the French Henri Oreiller , who was four seconds faster than the silver medalist Franz Gabl from Austria. The Swiss Karl Molitor and Rolf Olinger landed in third place at the same time.

Results

rank	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Deficit (min)
1	Henri Oreiller	France	2: 55.0
2	Franz Gabl	Austria	2: 59.1	+0: ​​04.1
3	Karl Molitor	Switzerland	3: 00.3	+0: ​​05.3
	Rolf Olinger	Switzerland	3: 00.3	+0: ​​05.3
5	Egon Schöpf	Austria	3: 01.2	+0: ​​06.2
6th	Silvio Alverà	Italy	3: 02.4	+0: ​​07.4
	Carlo Gartner	Italy	3: 02.4	+0: ​​07.4
8th	Fernand Grosjean	Switzerland	3: 03.1	+0: ​​08.1
9	Hans Nogler	Austria	3: 03.2	+0: ​​08.2
10	Hans Hansson	Sweden	3: 05.0	+0: ​​10.0
11	Sverre Lassen-Urdahl	Norway	3: 06.4	+0: ​​11.4
	Adolf Odermatt	Switzerland	3: 06.4	+0: ​​11.4
13	James Couttet	France	3: 07.3	+0: ​​12.3
14th	Engelbert Haider	Austria	3: 08.2	+0: ​​13.2
15th	Eberhard Kneisl	Austria	3: 08.3	+0: ​​13.3
16	Bjarne Arentz	Norway	3: 09.0	+0: ​​14.0
17th	Antonín Šponar	Czechoslovakia	3: 09.1	+0: ​​14.1
18th	Romedi Spada	Switzerland	3: 09.2	+0: ​​14.2
19th	Edi Mall	Austria	3: 09.3	+0: ​​14.3
20th	Marius Eriksen	Norway	3: 09.4	+0: ​​14.4
21st	Vittorio Chierroni	Italy	3: 10.0	+0: ​​15.0
22nd	Edy Reinalter	Switzerland	3: 11.0	+0: ​​16.0
23	Guy de Huertas	France	3: 12.0	+0: ​​17.0
	Georges Panisset	France	3: 12.0	+0: ​​17.0
25th	Sverre Johannessen	Norway	3: 12.1	+0: ​​17.1
26th	Jack Reddish	United States	3: 12.3	+0: ​​17.3
27	Luboš Brchel	Czechoslovakia	3: 12.4	+0: ​​17.4
28	Harvey Clifford	Canada	3: 14.1	+0: ​​19.1
	Hector Sutherland	Canada	3: 14.1	+0: ​​19.1
30th	Sixten Isberg	Sweden	3: 15.0	+0: ​​20.0
31	Stone Eriksen	Norway	3: 15.1	+0: ​​20.1
32	Eugenio Bonicco	Italy	3: 15.4	+0: ​​20.4
33	Jean Pazzi	France	3: 16.1	+0: ​​21.1
34	Claude Penz	France	3: 19.2	+0: ​​24.2
35	Józef Marusarz	Poland	3: 20.2	+0: ​​25.2
36	Tine Mulej	Yugoslavia	3: 21.1	+0: ​​26.1
37	Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak	Poland	3: 21.3	+0: ​​26.2
38	Åke Nilsson	Sweden	3: 22.2	+0: ​​27.2
39	Pentti Alonen	Finland	3: 22.3	+0: ​​27.3
40	Stig Sollander	Sweden	3: 23.1	+0: ​​28.1
41	Olle Dalman	Sweden	3: 23.2	+0: ​​28.2
42	Richard Movitz	United States	3: 25.2	+0: ​​30.2
43	Steve Knowlton	United States	3: 26.2	+0: ​​31.2
44	Robert Blatt	United States	3: 27.4	+0: ​​32.4
45	Devereaux Jennings	United States	3: 28.2	+0: ​​33.2
46	Daniel Šlachta	Czechoslovakia	3: 29.4	+0: ​​34.4
47	Barney McLean	United States	3: 30.1	+0: ​​35.1
48	Peter Szikla	Hungary	3: 30.4	+0: ​​35.4
49	Sándor Mazány	Hungary	3: 31.4	+0: ​​36.4
50	Michel Feron	Belgium	3: 34.3	+0: ​​39.3
51	Radu Scîrneci	Romania	3: 35.0	+0: ​​40.0
52	Tamás Székely	Hungary	3: 36.0	+0: ​​41.0
53	Aimo Vartiainen	Finland	3: 36.4	+0: ​​41.4
54	Slavko Lukanc	Yugoslavia	3: 37.1	+0: ​​42.1
55	Franz Beck	Liechtenstein	3: 38.3	+0: ​​43.3
56	Albert Irwin	Canada	3: 39.1	+0: ​​44.1
57	Dumitru Frăţilă	Romania	3: 39.3	+0: ​​44.3
58	Dumitru Sulica	Romania	3: 39.4	+0: ​​44.4
59	Hernán Oelkers	Chile	3: 40.2	+0: ​​45.2
60	Donald Garrow	Great Britain	3: 41.3	+0: ​​46.3
	Wilbur Irwin	Canada	3: 41.3	+0: ​​46.3
62	David Madzhar	Bulgaria	3: 45.3	+0: ​​50.3
63	Justo del Carril	Argentina	3: 46.2	+0: ​​51.2
64	Magnús Brynjólfsson	Iceland	3: 48.2	+0: ​​53.2
65	Károly Kővári	Hungary	3: 49.1	+0: ​​54.1
66	Ion Coliban	Romania	3: 49.2	+0: ​​54.2
67	Jerzy Schindler	Poland	3: 49.4	+0: ​​54.4
68	Luis de Ridder	Argentina	3: 50.2	+0: ​​55.2
69	Matevž Lukanc	Yugoslavia	3: 50.3	+0: ​​55.3
70	Philippe d'Ursel	Belgium	3: 51.0	+0: ​​56.0
71	Mihai Bîră	Romania	3: 52.3	+0: ​​57.3
	Ciril Praček	Yugoslavia	3: 52.3	+0: ​​57.3
73	Max Gassner	Liechtenstein	3: 53.0	+0: ​​58.0
74	Vasile Ionescu	Romania	3: 54.1	+0: ​​59.1
	Arturo Hammersley	Chile	3: 54.1	+0: ​​59.1
	James Palmer-Tomkinson	Great Britain	3: 54.1	+0: ​​59.1
77	György Libik	Hungary	3: 55.3	+1: 00.3
78	Jaime Errázuriz	Chile	3: 56.4	+1: 01.4
79	Leopold Schädler	Liechtenstein	4: 00.0	+1: 05.0
80	Jože Bertoncelj	Yugoslavia	4: 00.2	+1: 05.2
81	Stuart Parkinson	Great Britain	4: 03.0	+1: 08.0
82	Dimitar Drazhev	Bulgaria	4: 07.1	+1: 12.1
83	Gonzalo Domínguez	Chile	4: 08.3	+1: 13.3
84	Lajos Mate	Hungary	4: 09.0	+1: 14.0
85	Otto Jung	Argentina	4: 09.3	+1: 14.3
86	José Arias	Spain	4: 11.4	+1: 16.4
87	Raşit Tolun	Turkey	4: 12.1	+1: 17.1
88	Harry Taylor	Great Britain	4: 17.4	+1: 22.4
89	Thomas de Morawitz	Spain	4: 24.0	+1: 29.0
90	Theodor Sele	Liechtenstein	4: 24.1	+1: 29.1
91	Gino de Pellegrín	Argentina	4: 25.2	+1: 30.2
92	Ian Appleyard	Great Britain	4: 36.2	+1: 41.2
	Pablo Rosenkjer	Argentina	4: 36.2	+1: 41.2
94	Dursun Bozkurt	Turkey	4: 37.3	+1: 42.3
95	Julio Cernuda	Argentina	4: 45.4	+1: 50.4
96	Þórir Jónsson	Iceland	4: 47.0	+1: 52.0
97	Osman Yuce	Turkey	4: 49.2	+1: 54.2
98	Guðmundur Guðmundsson	Iceland	4: 57.0	+2: 02.0
99	Constantin of Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	5: 04.1	+2: 09.1
100	José Vila	Spain	5: 13.0	+2: 18.0
101	Fotis Mavriplis	Greece	5: 39.1	+2: 44.1
102	Fernando Armiñán	Spain	5: 41.2	+2: 46.2
-	Zeno Colò	Italy	DNF
	Roberto Lacedelli	Italy	DNF
	Alfred Stäger	Switzerland	DNF
	Jan Pawlica	Poland	DNF
	Johnny Lunde	Norway	DNF
	Saša Molnar	Yugoslavia	DNF
	Peter Boumphrey	Great Britain	DNF
-	Ibrahim Geagea	Lebanon	DSQ
	Muzaffer Demirhan	Turkey	DSQ

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