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.
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

This race was also part of the alpine combined.
PlaceCompetitorNationTimeDifference
Henri Oreiller2:55.0
Franz Gabl2:59.1+4.1
Karl Molitor3:00.3+5.3
Rolf Olinger3:00.3+5.3
5Egon Schöpf3:01.2+6.2
6Silvio Alverà3:02.4+7.4
6Carlo Gartner3:02.4+7.4
8Fernand Grosjean3:03.1+8.1
9Hans Nogler3:03.2+8.2
10Hans Hansson3:05.0+10.0
11Sverre Lassen-Urdahl3:06.4+11.4
11Adolf Odermatt3:06.4+11.4
13James Couttet3:07.3+12.3
14Engelbert Haider3:08.2+13.2
15Eberhard Kneisl3:08.3+13.3
16Bjarne Arentz3:09.0+14.0
17Antonín Šponar3:09.1+14.1
18Romedi Spada3:09.2+14.2
19Edi Mall3:09.3+14.3
20Marius Eriksen3:09.4+14.4
21Vittorio Chierroni3:10.0+15.0
22Edy Reinalter3:11.0+16.0
23Guy de Huertas3:12.0+17.0
23Georges Panisset3:12.0+17.0
25Sverre Johannessen3:12.1+17.1
26Jack Reddish3:12.3+17.3
27Luboš Brchel3:12.4+17.4
28Harvey Clifford3:14.1+19.1
28Hector Sutherland3:14.1+19.1
30Sixten Isberg3:15.0+20.0
31Stein Eriksen3:15.1+20.1
32Eugenio Bonicco3:15.4+20.4
33Jean Pazzi3:16.1+21.1
34Claude Penz3:19.2+24.2
35Józef Marusarz3:20.2+25.2
36Tine Mulej3:21.1+26.1
37Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak3:21.3+26.2
38Åke Nilsson3:22.2+27.2
39Pentti Alonen3:22.3+27.3
40Stig Sollander3:23.1+28.1
41Olle Dalman3:23.2+28.2
42Richard Movitz3:25.2+30.2
43Steve Knowlton3:26.2+31.2
44Robert Blatt3:27.4+32.4
45Devereaux Jennings3:28.2+33.2
46Daniel Šlachta3:29.4+34.4
47Barney McLean3:30.1+35.1
48Péter Szikla3:30.4+35.4
49Sándor Mazány3:31.4+36.4
50Michel Feron3:34.3+39.3
51Radu Scîrneci3:35.0+40.0
52Tamás Székely3:36.0+41.0
53Aimo Vartiainen3:36.4+41.4
54Slavko Lukanc3:37.1+42.1
55Franz Beck3:38.3+43.3
56Albert Irwin3:39.1+44.1
57Dumitru Frăţilă3:39.3+44.3
58Dumitru Sulică3:39.4+44.4
59Hernán Oelkers3:40.2+45.2
60Donald Garrow3:41.3+46.3
60Wilbur Irwin3:41.3+46.3
62David Madzhar3:45.3+50.3
63Justo del Carril3:46.2+51.2
64Magnús Brynjólfsson3:48.2+53.2
65Károly Kővári3:49.1+54.1
66Ion Coliban3:49.2+54.2
67Jerzy Schindler3:49.4+54.4
68Luis de Ridder3:50.2+55.2
69Matevž Lukanc3:50.3+55.3
70Philippe d'Ursel3:51.0+56.0
71Mihai Bîră3:52.3+57.3
71Ciril Praček3:52.3+57.3
73Max Gassner3:53.0+58.0
74Vasile Ionescu3:54.1+59.1
74Arturo Hammersley3:54.1+59.1
74James Palmer-Tomkinson3:54.1+59.1
77György Libik3:55.3+1:00.3
78Jaime Errázuriz3:56.4+1:01.4
79Leopold Schädler4:00.0+1:05.0
80Jože Bertoncelj4:00.2+1:05.2
81Stuart Parkinson4:03.0+1:08.0
82Dimitar Drazhev4:07.1+1:12.1
83Gonzalo Domínguez4:08.3+1:13.3
84Lajos Máté4:09.0+1:14.0
85Otto Jung4:09.3+1:14.3
86José Arias4:11.4+1:16.4
87Raşit Tolun4:12.1+1:17.1
88Harry Taylor4:17.4+1:22.4
89Thomas de Morawitz4:24.0+1:29.0
90Theodor Sele4:24.1+1:29.1
91Gino de Pellegrín4:25.2+1:30.2
92Ian Appleyard4:36.2+1:41.2
92Pablo Rosenkjer4:36.2+1:41.2
94Dursun Bozkurt4:37.3+1:42.3
95Julio Cernuda4:45.4+1:50.4
96Þórir Jónsson4:47.0+1:52.0
97Osman Yüce4:49.2+1:54.2
98Guðmundur Guðmundsson4:57.0+2:02.0
99Constantin von Liechtenstein5:04.1+2:09.1
100José Vila5:13.0+2:18.0
101Fotis Mavriplis5:39.1+2:44.1
102Fernando Armiñán5:41.2+2:46.2
–Zeno ColòDNF
–Roberto LacedelliDNF
–Alfred StägerDNF
–Jan PawlicaDNF
–Johnny LundeDNF
–Saša MolnarDNF
–Peter BoumphreyDNF
–Ibrahim GeageaDQ
–Muzaffer DemirhanDQ