1952 Winter Olympics / Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Krødsherad , Oslo
Competition venue	Norefjell , Rødkleiva
Nations	28
Athletes	166 (114 , 52 )
date	14.-20. February 1952
decisions	6th
← St. Moritz 1948 Cortina 1956 →

At the VI. At the 1952 Olympic Games in Oslo , six alpine skiing competitions were held. The venues were the Norefjell in the municipality of Krødsherad (approx. 120 km northwest of Oslo) and the Rødkleiva hill near the Holmenkollen . The top three in downhill, giant slalom (this discipline was first held at the Olympic Winter Games) and slalom received not only Olympic medals but also world championship medals, as these competitions also counted as the 12th Alpine World Ski Championships .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Austria	2	3	2	7th
2	United States	2	-	-	2
3	Norway	1	1	1	3
4th	Italy	1	-	1	2
5	Germany	-	2	2	4th

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Departure Zeno Colò Othmar Schneider Christian Pravda Giant slalom Stone Eriksen Christian Pravda Toni Spiss slalom Othmar Schneider Stone Eriksen Guttorm mountains

Women competitor gold silver bronze Departure Trude Jochum-Beiser Annemarie Buchner Giuliana Minuzzo Giant slalom Andrea Mead-Lawrence Dagmar Rome Annemarie Buchner slalom Andrea Mead-Lawrence Ossi Reichert Annemarie Buchner

Remarks

After there was a lack of snow, there was extensive snowfall in Norefjell around February 4th, so that training could start there for February 6th.

The training times were divided into groups in order to avoid accidents. Ultimately, over a meter of snow fell, which was prepared by spraying water. On the downhill piste, binding the loose snow to the ground made difficulties and new snow had to be brought in; the slopes have been closed for training. In spite of everything there was not enough snow, the training sessions could only be done on sparsely snow-covered tracks.

Up to this point in time there were no fixed start groups. It could have been that the lot could have brought all the starters of a nation to the last starting places. To avoid this, the runners were divided into groups of ten. Each strong nation brought one runner between the start numbers one to ten, eleven to twenty, etc. The FIS allowed a total of only eight runners per nation for the alpine competitions. At a meeting in Bern , the FIS discussed the protests against Dagmar Rom , James Couttet and Zeno Colò for violating amateur status, but it was not intended to make a definitive decision.

The participants in the German Olympic team from 1952 all came from West Germany. Nevertheless, they are listed on the IOC website partly under the abbreviation GER and partly under the abbreviation FRG.

Men

Departure

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	ITA	Zeno Colò	2: 30.8
2	AUT	Othmar Schneider	2: 32.0
3	AUT	Christian Pravda	2: 32.4
4th	SUI	Fred Rubi	2: 32.5
5	United States	William Beck	2: 33.3
6th	NOR	Stone Eriksen	2: 33.8
7th	NOR	Gunnar Hjeltnes	2: 35.9
8th	ITA	Carlo Gartner	2: 36.5
9	SUI	Georges Schneider	2: 37.0
10	SUI	Gottlieb Perren	2: 37.1
16	GER	Willi Klein	2: 42.8
17th	GER	Benedikt Obermüller	2: 42.9
26th	SUI	Bernhard Perren	2: 46.1
38	GER	Josef Schwaiger	2: 55.5

Date: February 16, 1 p.m.
Location: Norefjell
Start: 954 m, end: 192 m; 20 gates,
altitude difference: 762 m, route length: 3120 m

81 participants, 72 of them in the ranking. Retired u. a .: Otto Linherr (AUT), Egon Schöpf (AUT), Stig Sollander (SWE).

Colò was not ahead of any of the split times measured by Norwegian journalists in four places. Pravda jumped too much in his run, which kept him slow. Schöpf fell badly, broke through the protective wall made of wood and straw, was thrown into the forest and lay unconscious.

Giant slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Stone Eriksen	2: 25.0
2	AUT	Christian Pravda	2: 26.9
3	AUT	Toni Spiss	2: 28.8
4th	ITA	Zeno Colò	2: 29.1
5	SUI	Georges Schneider	2: 31.2
6th	SWE	Stig Sollander	2: 32.6
	United States	Dodge Brooks
8th	SUI	Bernhard Perren	2: 33.1
9	AUT	Hans Senger	2: 33.6
10	NOR	Gunnar Hjeltnes	2: 33.7
11	SUI	Fernand Grosjean	2: 33.8
12	SUI	Fred Rubi	2: 34.0
17th	GER	Josef Schwaiger	2: 35.4
28	GER	Benedikt Obermüller	2: 41.4
32	GER	Willi Klein	2: 46.2
47	GER	Pepi's heirs	2: 55.0

Date: February 15, 1:00 p.m.
Location: Norefjell
Start: 671 m, end: 192 m; 62 gates,
altitude difference: 479 m, route length: 1740 m

83 participants, 82 of them in the rating. Disqualified: Egon Schöpf (AUT).

Egon Schöpf, like Colò, crossed the finish line with 2: 29.1, but was disqualified because he did not pass a goal correctly (after falling slightly and stepping back).

slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	AUT	Othmar Schneider	2: 00.0
2	NOR	Stone Eriksen	2: 01.2
3	NOR	Guttorm mountains	2: 01.7
4th	ITA	Zeno Colò	2: 01.8
5	SWE	Stig Sollander	2: 02.6
6th	FRA	James Couttet	2: 02.8
7th	SUI	Fred Rubi	2: 03.3
8th	NOR	Per rollum	2: 04.5
9	United States	Brooks Dodge	2: 04.7
10	SUI	Franz Bumann	2: 04.8
13	GER	Benedikt Obermüller	2: 07.5
16	GER	Willi Klein	2: 08.9
21st	SUI	Bernhard Perren	2: 10.1
29	AUT	Christian Pravda	2: 57.7

Date: February 19, 1:00 p.m.
Location: Rødkleiva
Start: 488 m, finish: 308 m
Difference in altitude: 180 m, route length: 427 m; 50 goals.

86 participants, 29 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Georges Schneider (SUI), Josef Schwaiger (GER), Toni Spiss (AUT).

Spiss was on the way to a new best time in the first round, but he was eliminated at the third goal from last (a binding jaw on the left ski was torn from the wood). Eriksen made slight mistakes in the second run. Pravda was out of control and fell five times. In contrast, Schneider's run was excellent. Senger, who, together with Eriksen, was the leader after the first run and also the fastest in the second run, was disqualified because of a mistake at the last goal of the course.

Women

Departure

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	AUT	Trude Jochum-Beiser	1: 47.1
2	GER	Annemarie Buchner	1: 48.0
3	ITA	Giuliana Minuzzo	1: 49.0
4th	AUT	Erika Mahringer	1: 49.5
5	AUT	Dagmar Rome	1: 49.8
6th	SUI	Madeleine Berthod	1: 50.7
7th	NOR	Margit Hvammen	1: 50.9
8th	CAN	Joanne Hewson	1: 51.3
9	GER	Evi Lanig	1: 52.9
10	SUI	Ida creator	1: 53.0
	GER	Hannelore Glaser-Franke
12	SUI	Idly Walpoth	1: 53.8
15th	SUI	Silvia Glatthard	1: 54.9
35	GER	Lia Leismüller	2: 37.6

Date: February 17th, 1:00 p.m.
Location: Norefjell
Start: 710 m, end: 324 m; 28 gates
Height difference: 386 m, route length: 1350 m

42 participants, 35 of them in the evaluation.

The Austrian team leadership under Fred Rößner had changed the line-up for the downhill after the giant slalom and set up Dagmar Rom and Trude Klecker, while eliminating Rosi Sailer and Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf , whereupon the Innsbruck resident left Oslo.

Giant slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	United States	Andrea Mead-Lawrence	2: 06.8
2	AUT	Dagmar Rome	2: 09.0
3	GER	Annemarie Buchner	2: 10.0
4th	AUT	Trude Klecker	2: 11.4
5	United States	Katy Rodolph	2: 11.7
6th	NOR	Borghild Niskin	2: 11.9
7th	ITA	Celina Seghi	2: 12.5
8th	GER	Ossi Reichert	2: 13.2
9	CAN	Rhoda Wurtele	2: 14.0
10	GER	Marianne Strange	2: 14.1
11	AUT	Trude Jochum-Beiser	2: 14.3
14th	GER	Evi Lanig	2: 15.6
16	SUI	Ida creator	2: 16.6
17th	AUT	Erika Mahringer	2: 16.8
25th	SUI	Idly Walpoth	2: 20.8
29	SUI	Silvia Glatthard	2: 23.1

Date: February 14, 1 p.m.
Location: Norefjell
Start: 710 m, end: 375 m; 59 gates
Height difference: 335 m, route length: 1740 m

45 participants, 40 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Madeleine Berthod (SUI).

Mead-Lawrence was the best runner in the world. Dagmar Rom made many mistakes, but she coped with all situations. Borghild Nisken believed for a while that she was a third party because she had been passed on as such by the loudspeaker.

slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	United States	Andrea Mead-Lawrence	2: 10.6
2	GER	Ossi Reichert	2: 11.4
3	GER	Annemarie Buchner	2: 13.3
4th	ITA	Celina Seghi	2: 13.8
5	United States	Imogene opton	2: 14.1
6th	SUI	Madeleine Berthod	2: 14.9
7th	FRA	Marysette Agnel	2: 15.6
8th	AUT	Trude Jochum-Beiser	2: 15.9
9	ITA	Giuliana Minuzzo	2: 15.9
10	SUI	Olivia Ausoni	2: 17.0
17th	AUT	Rosi Sailer	2: 20.9
22nd	AUT	Erika Mahringer	2: 26.6
25th	SUI	Edmée Abetel	2: 28.3
31	GER	Hannelore Glaser-Franke	2: 30.8
35	GER	Marianne Strange	3: 05.8
36	AUT	Dagmar Rome	3: 07.9

Date: February 20, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Rødkleiva
Start: 488 m, finish: 308 m
Difference in altitude: 180 m, route length: 427 m; 38 goals

40 participants, 37 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Ida Schöpfer (SUI).

Winner Mead-Lawrence was fourth after the first run. She fell in this run, but was back up a moment later and continued. All Austrians remained below the performance of the top group in the second round.

Web links

• Overview of all races in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ «Tomorrow training starts in Norefjell» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 5, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ «Artificial rain over the gate slope» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 7, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ↑ «Austria's ski team in Norefjell» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 10, 1952, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
4. ↑ «The Worry in Norway: The Snow» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 13, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
5. ↑ "Today the Olympic Games begin" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 14, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
6. ↑ «The draw for Oslo»; Column 4 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 4th 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
7. ^ "Only eight alpine runners to Oslo" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 10, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
8. ^ "Protests against Rome, Colo, Couttet", column 4 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 13, 1952, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
9. ↑ «No resolutions in Bern»; Column 1, penultimate large heading . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 15, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
10. ^ "No difficulties for Dagmar Rom", column 1 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 16, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
11. ^ "Another two medals for Austria" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 17, 1952, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
12. ^ "Eriksen, Pravda, Spiss" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 16, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
13. ^ "Otmar Schneider wins the slalom" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 20, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
14. ^ "Austria's women's team changed" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 16, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
15. ^ "The first female Olympic champion: Andrea Mead" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 15, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
16. ↑ "All Austrians unplaced" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 21, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).