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Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom

A women's slalom event was held at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway as part of the alpine skiing programme.[1]

Women's alpine skiing slalom
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Rødkleiva, the site of the alpine skiing slalom events
VenueRødkleiva
Norway Oslo, Norway
Date20 February 1952
Competitors40 from 14 nations
Winning time2:10.6
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andrea Mead Lawrence  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ossi Reichert  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Annemarie Buchner  Germany
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On 24 January, a decision was taken that Rødkleiva would hold the slalom events, but at that time there was only 10 inches (25 cm) of snow at the site and additional work lasting three days had to be done to ensure the hill would be usable for training and the races.[2] However, the athletes had to shift their training to Norefjell by 9 February after more problems with the snow resulted in the hill "[looking] almost like a skating rink" according to the official report.[2] It took a further week of work by the military, volunteers and hired help to spread 220,000 cubic feet (6,200 m3) of snow resulting in a new snow depth of around 12–16 inches (30–41 cm).[3]

The event eventually took place as scheduled on 20 February, a day after the men's slalom races. It was the final alpine skiing event of the Games.[1] There were a total of 26 gates on the women's course.[3] A total of 14 National Olympic Committees[4] were represented at the event by 40 skiers.[5]

Andrea Mead Lawrence, representing the United States, and Dagmar Rom, representing Austria, were considered to be the favourites in the event. However, both skiers suffered falls on their first run, with Mead Lawrence placing fourth and Rom finishing last,[1] effectively putting the latter out of contention. Mead Lawrence managed to post the best time of the second runs, enough to win the gold medal.[1] It was her second gold medal in Oslo after her giant slalom victory.[1] By winning the title, she became the first American skier to win two gold medals at the same Olympics.[6] Ossi Reichert, who led the field after the first run, finished two seconds behind Mead Lawrence in the second run and ended up second overall.[1] Reichert's teammate Annemarie Buchner won bronze.[5]

Results edit

The official results as published by the Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games were as follows:[5]

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total
  5 Andrea Mead Lawrence   United States 1:07.2 1:03.4 2:10.6
  19 Ossi Reichert   Germany 1:06.0 1:05.4 2:11.4
  3 Annemarie Buchner   Germany 1:07.6 1:05.7 2:13.3
4 4 Celina Seghi   Italy 1:06.5 1:07.3 2:13.8
5 36 Imogene Opton   United States 1:07.4 1:06.7 2:14.1
6 7 Madeleine Berthod   Switzerland 1:06.7 1:08.2 2:14.9
7 21 Marysette Agnel   France 1:07.5 1:08.1 2:15.6
8 8 Trude Beiser-Jochum   Austria 1:08.7 1:07.2 2:15.9
8 15 Giuliana Minuzzo   Italy 1:08.0 1:07.9 2:15.9
10 11 Olivia Ausoni   Switzerland 1:07.4 1:09.6 2:17.0
11 16 Borghild Niskin   Norway 1:08.7 1:09.0 2:17.7
12 1 Sarah Thomasson   Sweden 1:09.9 1:08.4 2:18.3
13 37 Joanne Hewson   Canada 1:09.2 1:10.7 2:19.9
14 31 Barbara Grocholska   Poland 1:10.2 1:10.1 2:20.3
15 12 Janette Weston Burr   United States 1:11.2 1:09.3 2:20.5
16 29 Margaretha Jakobsson   Sweden 1:10.4 1:10.2 2:20.6
17 25 Rosi Sailer   Austria 1:09.3 1:11.6 2:20.9
18 34 Margit Hvammen   Norway 1:09.8 1:11.4 2:21.2
19 10 Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves   Canada 1:12.0 1:09.9 2:21.9
20 30 Kerstin Ahlqvist   Sweden 1:10.8 1:12.5 2:23.3
21 2 Katy Rodolph   United States 1:17.6 1:06.4 2:24.0
22 13 Erika Mahringer   Austria 1:18.6 1:08.0 2:26.6
23 26 Karen-Sofie Styrmoe   Norway 1:15.0 1:12.6 2:27.6
24 27 Hilary Laing   Great Britain 1:13.7 1:14.2 2:27.9
25 20 Edmée Abetel   Switzerland 1:13.9 1:14.4 2:28.3
26 28 Lucile Wheeler   Canada 1:12.2 1:16.2 2:28.4
27 43 Ingrid Englund   Sweden 1:14.8 1:13.9 2:28.7
28 33 Sheena Mackintosh   Great Britain 1:16.2 1:13.2 2:29.4
29 35 Ana Maria Dellai   Argentina 1:14.4 1:15.3 2:29.7
30 40 Ildikó Szendrődi   Hungary 1:14.7 1:15.6 2:30.3
31 23 Hannelore Franke   Germany 1:20.7 1:10.1 2:30.8
32 42 Teresa Kodelska   Poland 1:14.7 1:19.0 2:33.7
33 17 Tull Gasmann   Norway 1:29.4 1:07.5 2:36.9
34 41 Maria Kowalska   Poland 1:30.1 1:25.5 2:55.6
35 24 Marianne Seltsam   Germany 1:15.5* 1:50.3 3:05.8
36 9 Dagmar Rom   Austria 1:57.7 1:10.2 3:07.9
37 32 Rosemarie Schutz   Canada 1:56.7 1:12.2 3:08.9
22 Ida Schöpfer   Switzerland 1:24.3 DSQ
6 Andrée Bermond   France DSQ
44 Annette Johnson   New Zealand DSQ

References edit

General
  • Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games (1952). VI Olympic Winter Games (PDF) (in Norwegian and English). Oslo: The Organising Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
Specific
  1. ^ a b c d e f Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alpine Skiing at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Women's Slalom". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games, p. 201.
  3. ^ a b Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games, p. 202.
  4. ^ Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games, p. 147.
  5. ^ a b c Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games, p. 231.
  6. ^ Lund, Morten (December 2002). "Andrea Mead Lawrence: The Extraordinary Olympian". Skiing Heritage Journal. 14 (4). International Skiing History Association: 11. ISSN 1082-2895.
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