Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
VenueNorefjell in Krødsherad, Buskerud
Rødkleiva (slalom) in Oslo, Norway
Dates14–20 February 1952
Competitors166 from 28 nations
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Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics is located in South Norway
Rødkleiva
Rødkleiva
Norefjell
Norefjell
Oslo
Oslo
Locations in southern Norway

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.[1][2]

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).

  1. ^ "VI Olympic Winter Games: Official Report" (PDF). Organisasjonskomiteen for de VI Olympiske Vinterleker. LA84 Foundation. 1952. pp. 32–33, 216–217, 227–223. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2018.