# Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, 14 February, to Wednesday, 20 February. The downhill and giant slalom events were held at Norefjell in Krødsherad, Buskerud, and the slalom events at Rødkleiva in Oslo.
The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988. It returned as a medal event at the World Championships two years later in 1954, and for the concurrent World Championships in Olympic years from 1956 through 1980. For fourteen World Championships (1954–1980), the combined was a "paper race," using the results from the three events (and required the completion of each).

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Downhill details | Zeno Colò Italy | 2:30.8 | Othmar Schneider Austria | 2:32.0 | Christian Pravda Austria | 2:32.4 |
| Giant slalom details | Stein Eriksen Norway | 2:25.0 | Christian Pravda Austria | 2:26.9 | Toni Spiß Austria | 2:28.8 |
| Slalom details | Othmar Schneider Austria | 2:00.0 | Stein Eriksen Norway | 2:01.2 | Guttorm Berge Norway | 2:01.7 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Downhill details | Trude Jochum-Beiser Austria | 1:47.1 | Annemarie Buchner Germany | 1:48.0 | Giuliana Minuzzo Italy | 1:49.0 |
| Giant slalom details | Andrea Mead Lawrence United States | 2:06.8 | Dagmar Rom Austria | 2:09.0 | Annemarie Buchner Germany | 2:10.0 |
| Slalom details | Andrea Mead Lawrence United States | 2:10.6 | Ossi Reichert Germany | 2:11.4 | Annemarie Buchner Germany | 2:13.3 |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Austria | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

## Course information

| Date | Race | Start elevation | Finish elevation | Vertical drop | Course length | Average gradient |
| Sat 16-Feb | Downhill – men | 940 m (3,084 ft) | 190 m (623 ft) | 750 m (2,461 ft) | 2.600 km (1.616 mi) | 28.8% |
| Sun 17-Feb | Downhill – women | 710 m (2,329 ft) | 325 m (1,066 ft) | 385 m (1,263 ft) | 1.350 km (0.839 mi) | 28.5% |
| Fri 15-Feb | Giant slalom – men | 675 m (2,215 ft) | 190 m (623 ft) | 485 m (1,591 ft) | 1.750 km (1.087 mi) | 27.7% |
| Thu 14-Feb | Giant slalom – women | 710 m (2,329 ft) | 375 m (1,230 ft) | 335 m (1,099 ft) | 1.200 km (0.746 mi) | 27.9% |
| Tue 19-Feb | Slalom – men | 479 m (1,572 ft) | 310 m (1,017 ft) | 169 m (554 ft) | 0.422 km (0.262 mi) | 40.0% |
| Wed 20-Feb | Slalom – women | 479 m (1,572 ft) | 310 m (1,017 ft) | 169 m (554 ft) | 0.422 km (0.262 mi) | 40.0% |
Source:

## Participating nations

Twenty-eight nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Oslo.
* Argentina (8)
* Australia (3)
* Austria (12)
* Belgium (2)
* Bulgaria (5)
* Canada (10)
* Chile (3)
* Finland (4)
* France (8)
* Germany (11)
* Great Britain (7)
* Greece (3)
* Hungary (2)
* Iceland (4)
* Italy (10)
* Japan (2)
* Lebanon (1)
* Netherlands (3)
* New Zealand (3)
* Norway (12)
* Poland (9)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (7)
* Spain (4)
* Sweden (9)
* Switzerland (12)
* United States (12)
* Yugoslavia (3)