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

The women's downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics program, and was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held at Norefjell Ski Resort near Krødsherad, Norway, on Sunday, 17 February.^[1] Forty-two alpine skiers from 13 nations competed.^[2]

Women's downhill at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
Venue	Norefjell Ski Resort, Krødsherad, Norway
Date	17 February 1952
Competitors	42 from 13 nations
Winning time	1:47.1
Medalists
Trude Jochum-Beiser  Austria Annemarie Buchner  Germany Giuliana Minuzzo  Italy
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Women's Downhill
Location	Norefjell
Vertical	385 m (1,263 ft)
Top elevation	710 m (2,329 ft)   AMSL
Base elevation	325 m (1,066 ft)

Austria's Trude Jochum-Beiser won the gold medal, Annemarie Buchner of Germany took the silver, and Giuliana Minuzzo of Italy was the bronze medalist.

The race's starting elevation was 710 m (2,329 ft) above sea level; the course length was 1.35 km (0.84 mi), with a vertical drop of 385 m (1,263 ft). Jochum-Beiser's winning time of 107.1 seconds yielded an average speed of 45.378 km/h (28.2 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 3.595 m/s (11.8 ft/s).

Results

Sunday, 17 February 1952

The race was started at 13:00 local time, (UTC +1).

Rank	Bib #	Competitor	Time	Difference
	3	Trude Jochum-Beiser (AUT)	1:47.1	—
	5	Annemarie Buchner (GER)	1:48.0	+0.9
	13	Giuliana Minuzzo (ITA)	1:49.0	+1.9
4	2	Erika Mahringer (AUT)	1:49.5	+2.4
5	8	Dagmar Rom (AUT)	1:49.8	+2.7
6	7	Madeleine Berthod (SUI)	1:50.7	+3.6
7	24	Margit Hvammen (NOR)	1:50.9	+3.8
8	34	Joanne Hewson (CAN)	1:51.3	+4.2
9	30	Evi Lanig (GER)	1:53.0	+5.9
10	18	Ida Schöpfer (SUI)	1:53.0	+5.9
	19	Hannelore Franke (GER)	1:53.8	+6.7
12	14	Idly Walpoth (SUI)	1:54.1	+7.0
13	27	Barbara Grocholska (POL)	1:54.6	+7.5
14	33	Rosemarie Schutz (CAN)	1:54.9	+7.8
15	6	Celina Seghi (ITA)	1:54.9	+7.8
	23	Silvia Glatthard (SUI)	1:54.9	+7.8
17	4	Andrea Mead Lawrence (USA)	1:55.3	+8.2
18	28	Sarah Thomasson (SWE)	1:55.5	+8.4
19	21	Betty Weir (USA)	1:55.7	+8.6
20	12	Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves (CAN)	1:56.4	+9.3
21	38	Dagny Jørgensen (NOR)	1:56.5	+9.4
22	29	Marysette Agnel (FRA)	1:56.8	+9.7
23	15	Katy Rodolph (USA)	1:57.4	+10.3
24	16	Trude Klecker (AUT)	1:57.9	+10.8
25	25	Margareta Jacobsson (SWE)	1:58.2	+11.1
26	41	Sheena Mackintosh (GBR)	1:59.6	+12.5
27	35	Lucille Wheeler (CAN)	1:59.7	+12.6
28	31	Ana María Dellai (ARG)	2:00.3	+13.2
29	40	Ingrid Englund (SWE)	2:01.3	+14.2
30	1	Andrée Bermond (FRA)	2:03.1	+16.0
31	26	Karen-Sofie Styrmoe (NOR)	2:15.5	+28.4
32	43	Ildikó Szendrődi-Kővári (HUN)	2:18.5	+31.4
33	42	Fiona Campbell (GBR)	2:18.6	+31.5
34	37	Maria Kowalska (POL)	2:27.4	+40.3
35	11	Lia Leismüller (GER)	2:37.6	+50.5
—	9	Jacqueline Martel (FRA)	DSQ
	10	Borghild Niskin (NOR)	DSQ
	17	Jannette Burr (USA)	DSQ
	22	Maria Grazia Marchelli (ITA)	DSQ
	36	Hilary Laing (GBR)	DSQ
	44	Teresa Kodelska (POL)	DSQ
	45	Vora Mackintosh (GBR)	DSQ