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

Women's alpine skiing slalom
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Rødkleiva, the site of the alpine skiing slalom events
VenueRødkleiva
Norway Oslo, Norway
Date20 February 1952
Competitors40 from 14 nations
Winning time2:10.6
Medalists
   United States
   Germany
   Germany
Alpine skiing at the
1952 Winter Olympics
Downhill men women
Giant Slalom men women
Slalom men women

A women's slalom event was held at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway as part of the alpine skiing programme.

On 24 January, a decision was taken that Rødkleiva would hold the slalom events, but at that time there was only 10 inches (25 cm) of snow at the site and additional work lasting three days had to be done to ensure the hill would be usable for training and the races.[1] However, the athletes had to shift their training to Norefjell by 9 February after more problems with the snow resulted in the hill "[looking] almost like a skating rink" according to the official report.[1] It took a further week of work by the military, volunteers and hired help to spread 220,000 cubic feet (6,200 m3) of snow resulting in a new snow depth of around 12–16 inches (30–41 cm).[2]

The event eventually took place as scheduled on 20 February, a day after the men's slalom races. It was the final alpine skiing event of the Games.[3] There were a total of 26 gates on the women's course.[2] A total of 14 National Olympic Committees[4] were represented at the event by 40 skiers.[5]

Andrea Mead Lawrence, representing the United States, and Dagmar Rom, representing Austria, were considered to be the favourites in the event. However, both skiers suffered falls on their first run, with Mead Lawrence placing fourth and Rom finishing last,[3] effectively putting the latter out of contention. Mead Lawrence managed to post the best time of the second runs, enough to win the gold medal.[3] It was her second gold medal in Oslo after her giant slalom victory.[3] By winning the title, she became the first American skier to win two gold medals at the same Olympics.[6] Ossi Reichert, who led the field after the first run, finished two seconds behind Mead Lawrence in the second run and ended up second overall.[3] Reichert's teammate Annemarie Buchner won bronze.[5]

Results

The official results as published by the Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games were as follows:[5]

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Andrea Mead Lawrence United States 1:07.21:03.42:10.6
2nd, silver medalist(s) 19 Ossi Reichert Germany1:06.01:05.42:11.4
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Annemarie Buchner Germany1:07.61:05.72:13.3
4 4 Celina Seghi Italy1:06.51:07.32:13.8
5 36Imogene Opton United States1:07.41:06.72:14.1
67Madeleine Berthod Switzerland1:06.71:08.22:14.9
721Marysette Agnel France1:07.51:08.12:15.6
88Trude Beiser-Jochum Austria1:08.71:07.22:15.9
815Giuliana Minuzzo Italy1:08.01:07.92:15.9
1011Olivia Ausoni Switzerland1:07.41:09.62:17.0
1116Borghild Niskin Norway1:08.71:09.02:17.7
121Sarah Thomasson Sweden1:09.91:08.42:18.3
1337Joanne Hewson Canada1:09.21:10.72:19.9
1431Barbara Grocholska Poland1:10.21:10.12:20.3
1512Janette Weston Burr United States1:11.21:09.32:20.5
1629Margaretha Jakobsson Sweden1:10.41:10.22:20.6
1725Rosl Sailer Austria1:09.31:11.62:20.9
1834Margit Hvammen Norway1:09.81:11.42:21.2
1910Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves Canada1:12.01:09.92:21.9
2030Kerstin Ahlqvist Sweden1:10.81:12.52:23.3
212Katy Rodolph United States1:17.61:06.42:24.0
2213Erika Mahringer Austria1:18.61:08.02:26.6
2326Karen-Sofie Styrmoe Norway1:15.01:12.62:27.6
2427Hilary Laing Great Britain1:13.71:14.22:27.9
2520Edmée Abetel Switzerland1:13.91:14.42:28.3
2628Lucile Wheeler Canada1:12.21:16.22:28.4
2743Ingrid Englund Sweden1:14.81:13.92:28.7
2833Sheena Mackintosh Great Britain1:16.21:13.22:29.4
2935Ana Maria Dellai Argentina1:14.41:15.32:29.7
3040Ildikó Szendrődi Hungary1:14.71:15.62:30.3
3123Hannelore Franke Germany1:20.71:10.12:30.8
3242Teresa Kodelska Poland1:14.71:19.02:33.7
3317Tull Gasmann Norway1:29.41:07.52:36.9
3441Maria Kowalska Poland1:30.11:25.52:55.6
3524Marianne Seltsam Germany1:15.5*1:50.33:05.8
369Dagmar Rom Austria1:57.71:10.23:07.9
3732Rosemarie Schutz Canada1:56.71:12.23:08.9
22Ida Schöpfer Switzerland1:24.3DSQ
6Andrée Bermond FranceDSQ
44Annette Johnson New ZealandDSQ

References

General
  • Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games (1952). VI Olympic Winter Games (PDF) (in Norwegian and English). Oslo: The Organising Committee. Retrieved 6 November 2010. 
Specific
  1. 1 2 Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games, p. 201.
  2. 1 2 Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games, p. 202.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Kubatko, Justin. "Alpine Skiing at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Women's Slalom". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  4. Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games, p. 147.
  5. 1 2 3 Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games, p. 231.
  6. Lund, Morten (December 2002). "Andrea Mead Lawrence: The Extraordinary Olympian". Skiing Heritage Journal. International Skiing History Association. 14 (4): 11. ISSN 1082-2895. Retrieved 3 February 2011.

See also

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