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Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

The men's alpine skiing downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event and the competition was held on Monday, 2 February 1948.[1][2]

Men's Downhill
at the V Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueSt. Moritz, Switzerland
Date2 February 1948
Competitors111 from 25 nations
Winning time2:55.0
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henri Oreiller  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Franz Gabl  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karl Molitor  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rolf Olinger  Switzerland
← 1936
1952 →

One hundred and eleven alpine skiers from 25 nations competed. Henri Oreiller of France won the first of his two gold medals at these Olympics; he also won the combined and won a bronze medal in slalom.

Results edit

This race was also part of the alpine combined.

Place Competitor Nation Time Difference
  Henri Oreiller   France (FRA) 2:55.0
  Franz Gabl   Austria (AUT) 2:59.1 +4.1
  Karl Molitor   Switzerland (SUI) 3:00.3 +5.3
  Rolf Olinger   Switzerland (SUI) 3:00.3 +5.3
5 Egon Schöpf   Austria (AUT) 3:01.2 +6.2
6 Silvio Alverà   Italy (ITA) 3:02.4 +7.4
Carlo Gartner   Italy (ITA) 3:02.4 +7.4
8 Fernand Grosjean   Switzerland (SUI) 3:03.1 +8.1
9 Hans Nogler   Austria (AUT) 3:03.2 +8.2
10 Hans Hansson   Sweden (SWE) 3:05.0 +10.0
11 Sverre Lassen-Urdahl   Norway (NOR) 3:06.4 +11.4
Adolf Odermatt   Switzerland (SUI) 3:06.4 +11.4
13 James Couttet   France (FRA) 3:07.3 +12.3
14 Engelbert Haider   Austria (AUT) 3:08.2 +13.2
15 Eberhard Kneisl   Austria (AUT) 3:08.3 +13.3
16 Bjarne Arentz   Norway (NOR) 3:09.0 +14.0
17 Antonín Šponar   Czechoslovakia (TCH) 3:09.1 +14.1
18 Romedi Spada   Switzerland (SUI) 3:09.2 +14.2
19 Edi Mall   Austria (AUT) 3:09.3 +14.3
20 Marius Eriksen   Norway (NOR) 3:09.4 +14.4
21 Vittorio Chierroni   Italy (ITA) 3:10.0 +15.0
22 Edy Reinalter   Switzerland (SUI) 3:11.0 +16.0
23 Guy de Huertas   France (FRA) 3:12.0 +17.0
Georges Panisset   France (FRA) 3:12.0 +17.0
25 Sverre Johannessen   Norway (NOR) 3:12.1 +17.1
26 Jack Reddish   United States (USA) 3:12.3 +17.3
27 Luboš Brchel   Czechoslovakia (TCH) 3:12.4 +17.4
28 Harvey Clifford   Canada (CAN) 3:14.1 +19.1
Hector Sutherland   Canada (CAN) 3:14.1 +19.1
30 Sixten Isberg   Sweden (SWE) 3:15.0 +20.0
31 Stein Eriksen   Norway (NOR) 3:15.1 +20.1
32 Eugenio Bonicco   Italy (ITA) 3:15.4 +20.4
33 Jean Pazzi   France (FRA) 3:16.1 +21.1
34 Claude Penz   France (FRA) 3:19.2 +24.2
35 Józef Marusarz   Poland (POL) 3:20.2 +25.2
36 Tine Mulej   Yugoslavia (YUG) 3:21.1 +26.1
37 Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak   Poland (POL) 3:21.3 +26.2
38 Åke Nilsson   Sweden (SWE) 3:22.2 +27.2
39 Pentti Alonen   Finland (FIN) 3:22.3 +27.3
40 Stig Sollander   Sweden (SWE) 3:23.1 +28.1
41 Olle Dalman   Sweden (SWE) 3:23.2 +28.2
42 Richard Movitz   United States (USA) 3:25.2 +30.2
43 Steve Knowlton   United States (USA) 3:26.2 +31.2
44 Robert Blatt   United States (USA) 3:27.4 +32.4
45 Devereaux Jennings   United States (USA) 3:28.2 +33.2
46 Daniel Šlachta   Czechoslovakia (TCH) 3:29.4 +34.4
47 Barney McLean   United States (USA) 3:30.1 +35.1
48 Péter Szikla   Hungary (HUN) 3:30.4 +35.4
49 Sándor Mazány   Hungary (HUN) 3:31.4 +36.4
50 Michel Feron   Belgium (BEL) 3:34.3 +39.3
51 Radu Scîrneci   Romania (ROU) 3:35.0 +40.0
52 Tamás Székely   Hungary (HUN) 3:36.0 +41.0
53 Aimo Vartiainen   Finland (FIN) 3:36.4 +41.4
54 Slavko Lukanc   Yugoslavia (YUG) 3:37.1 +42.1
55 Franz Beck   Liechtenstein (LIE) 3:38.3 +43.3
56 Albert Irwin   Canada (CAN) 3:39.1 +44.1
57 Dumitru Frăţilă   Romania (ROU) 3:39.3 +44.3
58 Dumitru Sulică   Romania (ROU) 3:39.4 +44.4
59 Hernán Oelkers   Chile (CHI) 3:40.2 +45.2
60 Donald Garrow   Great Britain (GBR) 3:41.3 +46.3
Wilbur Irwin   Canada (CAN) 3:41.3 +46.3
62 David Madzhar   Bulgaria (BUL) 3:45.3 +50.3
63 Justo del Carril   Argentina (ARG) 3:46.2 +51.2
64 Magnús Brynjólfsson   Iceland (ISL) 3:48.2 +53.2
65 Károly Kővári   Hungary (HUN) 3:49.1 +54.1
66 Ion Coliban   Romania (ROU) 3:49.2 +54.2
67 Jerzy Schindler   Poland (POL) 3:49.4 +54.4
68 Luis de Ridder   Argentina (ARG) 3:50.2 +55.2
69 Matevž Lukanc   Yugoslavia (YUG) 3:50.3 +55.3
70 Philippe d'Ursel   Belgium (BEL) 3:51.0 +56.0
71 Mihai Bîră   Romania (ROU) 3:52.3 +57.3
Ciril Praček   Yugoslavia (YUG) 3:52.3 +57.3
73 Max Gassner   Liechtenstein (LIE) 3:53.0 +58.0
74 Vasile Ionescu   Romania (ROU) 3:54.1 +59.1
Arturo Hammersley   Chile (CHI) 3:54.1 +59.1
James Palmer-Tomkinson   Great Britain (GBR) 3:54.1 +59.1
77 György Libik   Hungary (HUN) 3:55.3 +1:00.3
78 Jaime Errázuriz   Chile (CHI) 3:56.4 +1:01.4
79 Leopold Schädler   Liechtenstein (LIE) 4:00.0 +1:05.0
80 Jože Bertoncelj   Yugoslavia (YUG) 4:00.2 +1:05.2
81 Stuart Parkinson   Great Britain (GBR) 4:03.0 +1:08.0
82 Dimitar Drazhev   Bulgaria (BUL) 4:07.1 +1:12.1
83 Gonzalo Domínguez   Chile (CHI) 4:08.3 +1:13.3
84 Lajos Máté   Hungary (HUN) 4:09.0 +1:14.0
85 Otto Jung   Argentina (ARG) 4:09.3 +1:14.3
86 José Arias   Spain (ESP) 4:11.4 +1:16.4
87 Raşit Tolun   Turkey (TUR) 4:12.1 +1:17.1
88 Harry Taylor   Great Britain (GBR) 4:17.4 +1:22.4
89 Thomas de Morawitz   Spain (ESP) 4:24.0 +1:29.0
90 Theodor Sele   Liechtenstein (LIE) 4:24.1 +1:29.1
91 Gino de Pellegrín   Argentina (ARG) 4:25.2 +1:30.2
92 Ian Appleyard   Great Britain (GBR) 4:36.2 +1:41.2
Pablo Rosenkjer   Argentina (ARG) 4:36.2 +1:41.2
94 Dursun Bozkurt   Turkey (TUR) 4:37.3 +1:42.3
95 Julio Cernuda   Argentina (ARG) 4:45.4 +1:50.4
96 Þórir Jónsson   Iceland (ISL) 4:47.0 +1:52.0
97 Osman Yüce   Turkey (TUR) 4:49.2 +1:54.2
98 Guðmundur Guðmundsson   Iceland (ISL) 4:57.0 +2:02.0
99 Constantin von Liechtenstein   Liechtenstein (LIE) 5:04.1 +2:09.1
100 José Vila   Spain (ESP) 5:13.0 +2:18.0
101 Fotis Mavriplis   Greece (GRE) 5:39.1 +2:44.1
102 Fernando Armiñán   Spain (ESP) 5:41.2 +2:46.2
– Zeno Colò   Italy (ITA) DNF
Roberto Lacedelli   Italy (ITA) DNF
Alfred Stäger   Switzerland (SUI) DNF
Jan Pawlica   Poland (POL) DNF
Johnny Lunde   Norway (NOR) DNF
Saša Molnar   Yugoslavia (YUG) DNF
Peter Boumphrey   Great Britain (GBR) DNF
– Ibrahim Geagea   Lebanon (LIB) DQ
Muzaffer Demirhan   Turkey (TUR) DQ

References edit

  1. ^ "Rapport Général sur les V Jeux Olympiques" (PDF). Comité Olympique Suisse. LA84 Foundation. 1948. pp. 38–46, 49–52. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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