Olympedia – Downhill, Men

Downhill, Men

Date	16 February 1952 — 13:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Norefjell
Participants	82 from 27 countries
Course Setter		UNK
Details	Gates: 20 Length: 2435 m Start Altitude: ? Vertical Drop: 710 m

Date

16 February 1952 — 13:00

Status

Olympic

Location

Norefjell

Participants

82 from 27 countries

Course Setter

UNK

Details

Gates: 20
Length: 2435 m
Start Altitude: ?
Vertical Drop: 710 m

At the 1950 World Championships Zeno Colò won gold medals in the downhill and giant slalom, and a silver in the slalom. In 1948 he had won the Lauberhorn downhill, and won the slalom there in 1949 and 1950. Considered the best Alpine skier in the world, he was favored in this event and did not disappoint, winning by over a full second. Also highly considered was Austria’s Christian Pravda, who had won the 1951 Hahnenkamm downhill, and would finish third in Oslo, and later win the 1954 downhill Worlds. Colò was declared a professional in 1954 due to his endorsement of ski equipment. The silver medalist was Austrian Othmar Schneider, who won the slalom later in the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Zeno Colò	ITA	2:30.8	Gold
2	8	Othmar Schneider	AUT	2:32.0	Silver
3	12	Christian Pravda	AUT	2:32.4	Bronze
4	6	Fred Rubi	SUI	2:32.5
5	41	Bill Beck	USA	2:33.3
6	16	Stein Eriksen	NOR	2:33.8
7	3	Gunnar Hjeltnes	NOR	2:35.9
8	1	Carlo Gartner	ITA	2:36.5
9	25	Georges Schneider	SUI	2:37.0
10	10	Gottlieb Perren	SUI	2:37.1
11	2	James Couttet	FRA	2:38.7
12	32	Dick Buek	USA	2:39.1
13	49	Janko Štefe	YUG	2:40.6
=14	24	Jack Reddish	USA	2:41.5
=14	15	Henri Oreiller	FRA	2:41.5
16	22	Willi Klein	GER	2:42.8
17	39	Beni Obermüller	GER	2:42.9
=18	9	Ilio Colli	ITA	2:43.2
=18	38	Robert Richardson	CAN	2:43.2
=20	26	Silvio Alverà	ITA	2:43.6
=20	37	Johnny Lunde	NOR	2:43.6
22	48	Andrzej Gąsienica Roj	POL	2:44.3
23	33	John Fredriksson	SWE	2:44.5
24	23	Chiharu Igaya	JPN	2:45.0
25	11	Maurice Sanglard	FRA	2:45.4
26	13	Bernhard Perren	SUI	2:46.1
27	29	Åke Nilsson	SWE	2:47.0
28	7	Otto Linher	AUT	2:47.9
29	51	Stefan Dziedzic	POL	2:49.4
30	83	Georgi Dimitrov	BUL	2:49.9
31	46	Gordon Morrison	CAN	2:51.1
=32	30	Brooks Dodge, Jr.	USA	2:52.2
=32	69	Jack Griffin	CAN	2:52.2
34	44	Sixten Isberg	SWE	2:53.4
=35	27	Guy de Huertas	FRA	2:54.4
=35	59	Mihai Bîră, Sr.	ROU	2:54.4
37	50	Francisco Viladomat	ESP	2:55.4
38	43	Peppi Schwaiger	GER	2:55.5
=39	34	John Boyagis	GBR	2:55.6
=39	77	Dimitar Drazhev	BUL	2:55.6
41	45	André Bertrand	CAN	2:56.0
42	55	Andrzej Czarniak	POL	2:56.4
43	40	Józef Marusarz	POL	2:58.7
44	65	Pentti Alonen	FIN	2:59.7
45	54	Dick Pappenheim	NED	3:00.0
46	47	Luis de Ridder	ARG	3:01.8
47	66	Pablo Rosenkjer	ARG	3:02.9
48	64	Peter Pappenheim	NED	3:05.7
49	63	Haukur Sigurðsson	ISL	3:06.0
50	91	Stefán Kristjánsson	ISL	3:06.1
51	42	Dumitru Sulică	ROU	3:07.3
52	81	Ásgeir Eyjólfsson	ISL	3:08.3
53	53	Luis Arias	ESP	3:09.2
=54	57	Juan Poll	ESP	3:10.1
=54	67	Jón Karl Sigurðsson	ISL	3:10.1
56	89	Eino Kalpala	FIN	3:16.2
57	76	Ibrahim Geagea	LBN	3:20.2
58	58	Noel Harrison	GBR	3:21.5
59	92a	Ion Cașa	ROU	3:26.4
60	61	Bill Day	AUS	3:31.4
61	60	Michel Feron	BEL	3:31.5
62	93	Otto Jung	ARG	3:34.9
63	90	Denis Feron	BEL	3:36.5
64	70	Georgi Mitrov	BUL	3:44.5
65	78	Herbie Familton	NZL	3:44.6
66	73	Eduardo Silva	CHI	3:52.3
67	74	Barry Patten	AUS	3:53.1
68	71	Jaime Errázuriz	CHI	3:53.3
69	80	Duarte Espírito Santo	POR	3:58.4
70	92b	Gino de Pellegrín	ARG	4:02.0
71	88	Bob Arnott	AUS	4:13.5
72	87	Alexandros Vouxinos	GRE	6:10.8
DNF	4	Egon Schöpf	AUT	–		1
DQ	14	Stig Sollander	SWE	–
DQ	19	Sverre Johannessen	NOR	–
DQ	31	Hisashi Mizugami	JPN	–
DQ	72	Radu Scîrneci	ROU	–
DQ	79	Angelos Lempesi	GRE	–
DQ	82	Carlos Eiras	ARG	–
DQ	84	Aristeo Benavídez	ARG	–
DQ	86	Antoin Myliordos	GRE	–
DNF	36	Pepi Erben	GER	–		2