Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held from February 2-5. [1]

After these games, the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event until 1988. From 1952-80, the combined continued as a medal event for the concurrent World Championships, using the results from the Olympic downhill and slalom.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Men's events 1.2 Women's events 2 Participating nations 3 Medal table 4 References

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Downhill details	Henri Oreiller France (FRA)	Franz Gabl Austria (AUT)	Rolf Olinger Switzerland (SUI)  Karl Molitor Switzerland (SUI)
Slalom details	Edy Reinalter Switzerland (SUI)	James Couttet France (FRA)	Henri Oreiller France (FRA)
Combined details	Henri Oreiller France (FRA)	Karl Molitor Switzerland (SUI)	James Couttet France (FRA)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Downhill details	Hedy Schlunegger Switzerland (SUI)	Trude Beiser Austria (AUT)	Resi Hammerer Austria (AUT)
Slalom details	Gretchen Fraser United States (USA)	Antoinette Meyer Switzerland (SUI)	Erika Mahringer Austria (AUT)
Combined details	Trude Beiser Austria (AUT)	Gretchen Fraser United States (USA)	Erika Mahringer Austria (AUT)

Participating nations

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland	2	2	2	6
2	France	2	1	2	5
3	Austria	1	2	3	6
4	United States	1	1	0	2

References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• FIS-Ski.com - results - 1948 Olympics

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