| Date | 19 February 1952 — 13:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Rødkleiva | |
| Participants | 86 from 27 countries | |
| Format | Two runs, total time determined placement. Best 32 (and ties) of 1st run qualified for 2nd run. | |
| Details | Gates: 50 Length: 442 m Start Altitude: ? Vertical Drop: 170 m | |
After the first run in this event, the lead was held by Stein Eriksen, already a gold medalist in the giant slalom, and Austria’s Hans Senger. Third was Othmar Schneider, the 1950 World Champion in this event, who had already won a silver medal in the downhill.
In the second run, Eriksen struggled, and Senger fell and did not finish. Schneider posted the second best time in the second run and his consistency won him the gold medal, Eriksen taking silver. Eriksen’s fellow Norwegian, Guttorm Berge, placed third, also due to consistency, as he was equal sixth on run one and third on run two. His bronze medal made him the second non-Alpine national to medal in Alpine skiing, following Eriksen.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Othmar Schneider |  AUT | 2:00.0 | 59.5 (3) | 1:00.5 (2) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 3 | Stein Eriksen |  NOR | 2:01.2 | 59.2 (=1) | 1:02.0 (6) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 10 | Guttorm Berge | NOR | 2:01.7 | 1:01.1 (=6) | 1:00.6 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 12 | Zeno Colò |  ITA | 2:01.8 | 1:00.9 (5) | 1:00.9 (4) | |||
| 5 | 5 | Stig Sollander |  SWE | 2:02.6 | 1:00.4 (4) | 1:02.2 (8) | |||
| 6 | 4 | James Couttet |  FRA | 2:02.8 | 1:01.1 (=6) | 1:01.7 (5) | |||
| 7 | 7 | Fred Rubi |  SUI | 2:03.3 | 1:03.6 (17) | 59.7 (1) | |||
| 8 | 1 | Per Rollum | NOR | 2:04.5 | 1:01.6 (11) | 1:02.9 (9) | |||
| 9 | 16 | Brooks Dodge, Jr. |  USA | 2:04.7 | 1:01.4 (=8) | 1:03.3 (11) | |||
| 10 | 17 | Franz Bumann | SUI | 2:04.8 | 1:02.7 (15) | 1:02.1 (7) | |||
| 11 | 20 | Chiharu Igaya |  JPN | 2:05.7 | 1:02.6 (14) | 1:03.1 (10) | |||
| 12 | 2 | Firmin Mattis | FRA | 2:06.0 | 1:02.0 (12) | 1:04.0 (15) | |||
| 13 | 26 | Beni Obermüller |  GER | 2:07.5 | 1:04.1 (19) | 1:03.4 (=12) | |||
| 14 | 51 | Pentti Alonen |  FIN | 2:08.7 | 1:04.8 (24) | 1:03.9 (14) | |||
| 15 | 18 | Olle Dalman | SWE | 2:08.8 | 1:04.3 (21) | 1:04.5 (16) | |||
| 16 | 33 | Willi Klein | GER | 2:08.9 | 1:04.2 (20) | 1:04.7 (17) | |||
| 17 | 15 | Jack Reddish | USA | 2:09.0 | 1:02.5 (13) | 1:06.5 (23) | |||
| 18 | 22 | Åke Nilsson | SWE | 2:09.5 | 1:06.1 (=28) | 1:03.4 (=12) | |||
| 19 | 14 | Silvio Alverà | ITA | 2:09.8 | 1:04.5 (22) | 1:05.3 (19) | |||
| 20 | 23 | Maurice Sanglard | FRA | 2:10.0 | 1:01.4 (=8) | 1:08.6 (26) | |||
| 21 | 25 | Bernhard Perren | SUI | 2:10.1 | 1:03.4 (16) | 1:06.7 (24) | |||
| 22 | 38 | Don Robison | USA | 2:10.2 | 1:05.1 (25) | 1:05.1 (18) | |||
| 23 | 27 | Albino Alverà | ITA | 2:10.4 | 1:04.7 (23) | 1:05.7 (20) | |||
| 24 | 39 | John Fredriksson | SWE | 2:11.9 | 1:06.0 (27) | 1:05.9 (21) | |||
| 25 | 44 | André Bertrand |  CAN | 2:13.2 | 1:07.0 (=32) | 1:06.2 (22) | |||
| 26 | 24 | Robert Richardson | CAN | 2:13.8 | 1:06.8 (31) | 1:07.0 (25) | |||
| 27 | 48 | Ásgeir Eyjólfsson |  ISL | 2:16.1 | 1:06.4 (30) | 1:09.7 (27) | |||
| 28 | 40 | Andrzej Gąsienica Roj |  POL | 2:29.6 | 1:06.1 (=28) | 1:23.5 (28) | |||
| 29 | 9 | Christian Pravda | AUT | 2:54.7 | 1:01.5 (10) | 1:53.2 (29) | |||
| AC r2/2 | 13 | Hans Senger | AUT | – | 59.2 (=1) | – ( | DQ | ||
| AC r2/2 | 32 | Janko Štefe |  YUG | – | 1:03.7 (18) | – ( | DQ | ||
| AC r2/2 | 56 | Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak | POL | – | 1:05.2 (26) | – ( | DQ | ||
| AC r2/2 | 84 | Georgi Dimitrov |  BUL | – | 1:07.0 (=32) | – ( | DQ | ||
| 34 r1/2 | 35 | Jack Griffin | CAN | – | 1:07.2 (34) | – | |||
| 35 r1/2 | 30 | Jack Nagel | USA | – | 1:07.3 (35) | – | |||
| 36 r1/2 | 28 | Tine Mulej | YUG | – | 1:07.5 (36) | – | |||
| 37 r1/2 | 36 | John Boyagis |  GBR | – | 1:08.3 (37) | – | |||
| 38 r1/2 | 29 | Guy de Huertas | FRA | – | 1:09.1 (38) | – | |||
| 39 r1/2 | 45 | Eino Kalpala | FIN | – | 1:09.2 (39) | – | |||
| 40 r1/2 | 63 | Jón Karl Sigurðsson | ISL | – | 1:09.3 (40) | – | |||
| 41 r1/2 | 43 | George Merry | CAN | – | 1:09.4 (41) | – | |||
| =42 r1/2 | 19 | Ermanno Nogler | ITA | – | 1:09.5 (=42) | – | |||
| =42 r1/2 | 61 | Mihai Bîră, Sr. |  ROU | – | 1:09.5 (=42) | – | |||
| 44 r1/2 | 41 | Heini Bierling | GER | – | 1:09.9 (44) | – | |||
| 45 r1/2 | 73 | Dimitar Drazhev | BUL | – | 1:10.1 (45) | – | |||
| 46 r1/2 | 54 | Stefán Kristjánsson | ISL | – | 1:10.2 (46) | – | |||
| 47 r1/2 | 52 | Luis Arias |  ESP | – | 1:10.4 (47) | – | |||
| 48 r1/2 | 6 | Georges Schneider | SUI | – | 1:11.5 (48) | – | |||
| 49 r1/2 | 21 | Gunnar Hjeltnes | NOR | – | 1:11.6 (49) | – | |||
| 50 r1/2 | 57 | Juan Poll | ESP | – | 1:12.1 (50) | – | |||
| 51 r1/2 | 47 | Pekka Alonen | FIN | – | 1:12.5 (51) | – | |||
| 52 r1/2 | 34 | Hisashi Mizugami | JPN | – | 1:12.8 (52) | – | |||
| 53 r1/2 | 37 | Peppi Schwaiger | GER | – | 1:13.7 (53) | – | |||
| 54 r1/2 | 49 | Bill Day |  AUS | – | 1:13.9 (54) | – | |||
| 55 r1/2 | 87 | Francisco de Ridder |  ARG | – | 1:16.0 (55) | – | |||
| 56 r1/2 | 90 | Eduardo Silva |  CHI | – | 1:16.2 (56) | – | |||
| =57 r1/2 | 89 | Ion Coliban | ROU | – | 1:16.6 (=57) | – | |||
| =57 r1/2 | 60 | Jan Płonka | POL | – | 1:16.6 (=57) | – | |||
| 59 r1/2 | 79 | Ștefan Ghiță | ROU | – | 1:17.6 (59) | – | |||
| 60 r1/2 | 83 | Dimitar Atanasov | BUL | – | 1:18.7 (60) | – | |||
| 61 r1/2 | 42 | Francesc Viladomat | ESP | – | 1:18.9 (61) | – | |||
| 62 r1/2 | 71 | Jaime Errázuriz | CHI | – | 1:19.0 (62) | – | |||
| 63 r1/2 | 55 | Sergio Navarrete | CHI | – | 1:20.9 (63) | – | |||
| 64 r1/2 | 70 | Luis de Ridder | ARG | – | 1:21.0 (64) | – | |||
| =65 r1/2 | 69 | Denis Feron |  BEL | – | 1:21.1 (=65) | – | |||
| =65 r1/2 | 76 | Bob Arnott | AUS | – | 1:21.1 (=65) | – | |||
| 67 r1/2 | 50 | Otto Jung | ARG | – | 1:21.7 (67) | – | |||
| 68 r1/2 | 59 | Peter Pappenheim |  NED | – | 1:22.6 (68) | – | |||
| 69 r1/2 | 82 | Georgi Mitrov | BUL | – | 1:22.8 (69) | – | |||
| 70 r1/2 | 88 | Pablo Rosenkjer | ARG | – | 1:23.3 (70) | – | |||
| 71 r1/2 | 46 | Stefan Dziedzic | POL | – | 1:25.1 (71) | – | |||
| 72 r1/2 | 72 | Lluís Molné | ESP | – | 1:26.5 (72) | – | |||
| 73 r1/2 | 58 | Michel Feron | BEL | – | 1:27.0 (73) | – | |||
| 74 r1/2 | 62 | Dick Pappenheim | NED | – | 1:29.1 (74) | – | |||
| 75 r1/2 | 64 | Bill Hunt |  NZL | – | 1:29.5 (75) | – | |||
| 76 r1/2 | 75 | Barry Patten | AUS | – | 1:29.6 (76) | – | |||
| 77 r1/2 | 81 | Andrei Covaci | ROU | – | 1:31.0 (77) | – | |||
| 78 r1/2 | 77 | József Piroska |  HUN | – | 1:33.5 (78) | – | |||
| 79 r1/2 | 86 | Antoin Myliordos |  GRE | – | 2:26.9 (79) | – | |||
| AC r1/2 | 8 | Toni Spiß | AUT | – | – ( | – | DNF | ||
| AC r1/2 | 65 | Niilo Juvonen | FIN | – | – ( | – | DNF | ||
| AC r1/2 | 66 | Haukur Sigurðsson | ISL | – | – ( | – | DNF | ||
| AC r1/2 | 74 | Noel Harrison | GBR | – | – ( | – | DNF | ||
| AC r1/2 | 78 | Ibrahim Geagea |  LBN | – | – ( | – | DNF | ||
| AC r1/2 | 80 | Alexandros Vouxinos | GRE | – | – ( | – | DNF | ||
| AC r1/2 | 85 | Angelos Lempesi | GRE | – | – ( | – | DNF | ||
| – | Herbie Familton | NZL | – | – ( | – |
