Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

The men's alpine skiing giant slalom event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event at the Olympics. The competition was held on Friday, 15 February 1952 at Norefjell ski area and started at 1 p.m.

Men's giant slalom
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
VenueNorefjell Ski Resort,
Krødsherad, Norway
Date15 February 1952
Competitors83 from 26 nations
Winning time3:00.1
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Stein Eriksen Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Christian Pravda Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Toni Spiß Austria
1956 →

Eighty-three alpine skiers from 26 nations competed.[1]

Results

Friday, 15 February 1952

RankBib #CompetitorTimeDifference
12  Stein Eriksen (NOR)2:25.0
11  Christian Pravda (AUT)2:26.9+1.9
6  Toni Spiß (AUT)2:28.8+3.8
41  Zeno Colò (ITA)2:29.1+4.1
57  Georges Schneider (SUI)2:31.2+6.2
610  Stig Sollander (SWE)2:32.6+7.2
36  Brooks Dodge (USA)2:32.6+7.2
816  Bernhard Perren (SUI)2:33.1+8.1
99  Hans Senger (AUT)2:33.6+8.6
1015  Gunnar Hjeltnes (NOR)2:33.7+8.7
112  Fernand Grosjean (SUI)2:33.8+8.8
1213  Fredy Rubi (SUI)2:34.0+9.0
134  Guttorm Berge (NOR)2:34.5+9.5
148  James Couttet (FRA)2:34.9+9.9
1517  Guy de Huertas (FRA)2:35.1+10.1
1622  Henri Oreiller (FRA)2:35.3+10.3
1730  Pepi Schwaiger (GER)2:35.4+10.4
185  Carlo Gartner (ITA)2:35.7+10.7
1926  Alf Opheim (NOR)2:35.9+10.9
2039  Chiharu Igaya (JPN)2:36.1+11.1
2142  Åke Nilsson (SWE)2:37.0+12.0
2219  Silvio Alverà (ITA)2:37.7+12.7
233  Maurice Sanglard (FRA)2:38.0+13.0
2418  Jack Reddish (USA)2:39.5+14.5
20  Roberto Lacedelli (ITA)2:39.5+14.5
2640  Hisashi Mizugami (JPN)2:40.1+15.1
2725  Tine Mulej (YUG)2:41.3+16.3
2821  Beni Obermüller (GER)2:41.4+16.4
2935  Jack Nagel (USA)2:42.0+17.0
3041  Sixten Isberg (SWE)2:42.3+17.3
3152  Pentti Alonen (FIN)2:45.1+20.1
3223  Willi Klein (GER)2:46.2+21.2
3347  Janko Štefe (YUG)2:47.5+22.5
3424  Robert Richardson (CAN)2:48.2+23.2
3546  David Lawrence (USA)2:48.6+23.6
3650  André Bertrand (CAN)2:49.3+24.3
3731  John Griffin (CAN)2:49.9+24.9
3832  Stefan Dziedzic (POL)2:50.3+25.3
3963  Jan Płonka (POL)2:51.5+26.5
4038  Francisco Viladomat (ESP)2:51.6+26.6
4129  Andrzej Gąsienica Roj (POL)2:52.2+27.2
4259  Eino Kalpala (FIN)2:52.3+27.3
4333  John Boyagis (GBR)2:52.5+27.5
4481  Niilo Juvonen (FIN)2:52.8+27.8
4548  Mihai Bîră (ROU)2:53.0+28.0
4643  Gordon Morrison (CAN)2:54.2+29.2
4734  Pepi Erben (GER)2:55.0+30.0
4854  Józef Marusarz (POL)2:55.5+30.5
4972  Pablo Rosenkjer (ARG)2:55.9+30.9
37  John Fredriksson (SWE)2:55.9+30.9
5161  Haukur Sigurðsson (ISL)2:57.0+32.0
5265  Dick Pappenheim (NED)2:57.6+32.6
5351  Georgi Dimitrov (BUL)2:59.5+34.5
5444  Radu Scîrneci (ROU)3:00.1+35.1
5545  Pekka Alonen (FIN)3:00.2+35.2
5657  Luis de Ridder (ARG)3:00.9+35.9
5762  Luis Arias (ESP)3:01.5+36.5
68  Jón Karl Sigurðsson (ISL)3:01.5+36.5
5953  Dumitru Sulică (ROU)3:01.7+36.7
6049  Juan Poll (ESP)3:03.5+38.5
6174  Otto Jung (ARG)3:03.7+38.7
6270  Luis Molné (ESP)3:04.9+39.9
6385  Ásgeir Eyjólfsson (ISL)3:06.4+41.4
6469  Ștefan Ghiță (ROU)3:06.7+41.7
6571  Georgi Mitrov (BUL)3:07.4+42.4
6676  Gino de Pellegrín (ARG)3:09.5+44.5
6760  Bill Day (AUS)3:10.5+45.5
6878  Stefán Kristjánsson (ISL)3:12.5+47.5
6964  Michel Feron (BEL)3:14.0+49.0
7086  Peter Pappenheim (NED)3:15.1+50.1
7158  Rupert de Larrinaga (GBR)3:16.9+51.9
7255  Dimitar Drazhev (BUL)3:17.6+52.6
7387  Denis Feron (BEL)3:19.2+54.2
7480  Noel Harrison (GBR)3:24.1+59.1
7583  Eduardo Silva (CHI)3:25.6+1:00.6
7666  Jaime Errázuriz (CHI)3:30.3+1:05.3
7756  Herbert Familton (NZL)3:31.7+1:06.7
7875  Bob Arnott (AUS)3:38.4+1:13.4
7967  József Piroska (HUN)3:39.3+1:14.3
8079  Barry Patten (AUS)3:41.1+1:16.1
8184  Bill Hunt (NZL)3:51.6+1:26.6
8285  Ibrahim Geagea (LIB)3:52.8+1:27.8
14  Egon Schöpf (AUT)DSQ

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