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

Men's downhill at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
Venue	Norefjell Ski Resort, Krødsherad, Norway
Date	16 February 1952
Competitors	81 from 27 nations
Winning time	2:30.8
Medalists
Zeno Colò   Italy   Othmar Schneider   Austria   Christian Pravda   Austria

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Downhill	men	women
Giant Slalom	men	women
Slalom	men	women

The men's alpine skiing downhill was the first of six events of the alpine skiing programme at the 1952 Winter Olympics. It was held at Norefjell ski area on Saturday, 16 February 1952, and started at 1 p.m..

Defending world champion Zeno Colò won the gold, the only Olympic medal of his career. He was fourth in the other two events.

It was the second Olympic downhill race, which was first run as a separate event in 1948.

Eighty-one alpine skiers from 27 nations competed.

Results

Saturday, 16 February 1952

Place	Bib #	Competitor	Time	Difference
	5	Zeno Colò (ITA)	2:30.8
	8	Othmar Schneider (AUT)	2:32.0	+1.2
	12	Christian Pravda (AUT)	2:32.4	+1.6
4	6	Fredy Rubi (SUI)	2:32.5	+1.7
5	41	Bill Beck (USA)	2:33.3	+2.5
6	16	Stein Eriksen (NOR)	2:33.8	+3.0
7	3	Gunnar Hjeltnes (NOR)	2:35.9	+5.1
8	1	Carlo Gartner (ITA)	2:36.5	+5.7
9	25	Georges Schneider (SUI)	2:37.0	+6.2
10	10	Gottlieb Perren (SUI)	2:37.1	+6.3
11	2	James Couttet (FRA)	2:38.7	+7.9
12	32	Richard Buek (USA)	2:39.1	+8.3
13	49	Janko Štefe (YUG)	2:40.6	+9.8
14	24	Jack Reddish (USA)	2:41.5	+10.7
	15	Henri Oreiller (FRA)	2:41.5	+10.7
16	22	Willi Klein (GER)	2:42.8	+12.0
17	39	Beni Obermüller (GER)	2:42.9	+12.1
18	9	Ilio Colli (ITA)	2:43.2	+12.4
	38	Robert Richardson (CAN)	2:43.2	+12.4
20	26	Silvio Alverà (ITA)	2:43.6	+12.8
	37	Johnny Lunde (NOR)	2:43.6	+12.8
22	48	Andrzej Gąsienica Roj (POL)	2:44.3	+13.5
23	33	John Fredriksson (SWE)	2:44.5	+13.7
24	23	Chiharu Igaya (JPN)	2:45.0	+14.2
25	11	Maurice Sanglard (FRA)	2:45.4	+14.6
26	13	Bernhard Perren (SUI)	2:46.1	+15.3
27	29	Åke Nilsson (SWE)	2:47.0	+16.2
28	7	Otto Linher (AUT)	2:47.9	+17.1
29	51	Stefan Dziedzic (POL)	2:49.4	+18.6
30	83	Georgi Dimitrov (BUL)	2:49.9	+19.1
31	46	Gordon Morrison (CAN)	2:51.1	+20.3
32	30	Brooks Dodge (USA)	2:52.2	+21.4
	69	John Griffin (CAN)	2:52.2	+21.4
34	44	Sixten Isberg (SWE)	2:53.4	+22.6
35	27	Guy de Huertas (FRA)	2:54.4	+23.6
	59	Mihai Bîră (ROU)	2:54.4	+23.6
37	50	Francisco Viladomat (ESP)	2:55.4	+24.6
38	43	Pepi Schwaiger (GER)	2:55.5	+24.7
39	34	John Boyagis (GBR)	2:55.6	+24.8
	77	Dimitar Drazhev (BUL)	2:55.6	+24.8
41	45	André Bertrand (CAN)	2:56.0	+25.2
42	55	Andrzej Czarniak (POL)	2:56.4	+25.6
43	40	Józef Marusarz (POL)	2:58.7	+27.9
44	65	Pentti Alonen (FIN)	2:59.7	+28.9
45	54	Dick Pappenheim (NED)	3:00.0	+30.2
46	47	Luis de Ridder (ARG)	3:01.8	+31.0
47	66	Pablo Rosenkjer (ARG)	3:02.9	+32.1
48	64	Peter Pappenheim (NED)	3:05.7	+34.9
49	63	Haukur Sigurðsson (ISL)	3:06.0	+35.2
50	91	Stefán Kristjánsson (ISL)	3:06.1	+35.3
51	42	Dumitru Sulică (ROU)	3:07.3	+36.5
52	81	Ásgeir Eyjólfsson (ISL)	3:08.3	+37.5
53	53	Luis Arias (ESP)	3:09.2	+38.4
54	57	Juan Poll (ESP)	3:10.1	+39.3
	67	Jón Karl Sigurðsson (ISL)	3:10.1	+39.3
56	89	Eino Kalpala (FIN)	3:16.2	+45.4
57	76	Ibrahim Geagea (LIB)	3:20.2	+49.4
58	58	Noel Harrison (GBR)	3:21.5	+50.7
59	92a	Ion Caşa (ROU)	3:26.4	+55.6
60	61	Bill Day (AUS)	3:31.4	+1:00.6
61	60	Michel Feron (BEL)	3:31.5	+1:00.7
62	93	Otto Jung (ARG)	3:34.9	+1:04.1
63	90	Denis Feron (BEL)	3:36.5	+1:05.7
64	70	Georgi Mitrov (BUL)	3:44.5	+1:13.7
65	78	Herbert Familton (NZL)	3:44.6	+1:13.8
66	73	Eduardo Silva (CHI)	3:52.3	+1:21.5
67	74	Barry Patten (AUS)	3:53.1	+1:22.3
68	71	Jaime Errázuriz (CHI)	3:53.3	+1:22.5
69	80	Duarte Silva (POR)	3:58.4	+1:27.6
70	92b	Gino de Pellegrín (ARG)	4:02.9	+1:32.1
71	88	Bob Arnott (AUS)	4:13.5	+1:42.7
72	87	Alexandros Vouxinos (GRE)	6:10.8	+3:40.0
—	4	Egon Schöpf (AUT)	DSQ
	14	Stig Sollander (SWE)	DSQ
	19	Sverre Johannessen (NOR)	DSQ
	31	Hisashi Mizugami (JPN)	DSQ
	72	Radu Scîrneci (ROU)	DSQ
	79	Angelos Lembesi (GRE)	DSQ
	82	Carlos Eiras (ARG)	DSQ
	84	Aristeo Benavídez (ARG)	DSQ
	86	Antonios Miliordos (GRE)	DSQ

References

• Official Olympic Report
• sports-reference
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2008.