The men's downhill competition at the 1952 Winter Olympics was held on Saturday, February 16, 1952, and began at 13:00. The men competed in the downhill at the Olympics for the second time in history after the 1948 Games.
81 athletes from 27 countries competed for this set of medals.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Zeno Kolo Italy | Othmar Schneider Austria | Christian True Austria |
Results
| A place | Bib | Skier | Time | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| five | Zeno Kolo ( ITA ) | 2: 30.8 | ||
| eight | Othmar Schneider ( AUT ) | 2: 32.0 | +1.2 | |
| 12 | Christian True ( AUT ) | 2: 32.4 | +1.6 | |
| four | 6 | Fredy Ruby ( SUI ) | 2: 32.5 | +1.7 |
| five | 41 | Bill Beck ( USA ) | 2: 33.3 | +2.5 |
| 6 | sixteen | Stein Eriksen ( NOR ) | 2: 33.8 | +3.0 |
| 7 | 3 | Gunnar Yeltnes ( NOR ) | 2: 35.9 | +5.1 |
| eight | one | Carlo Gartner ( ITA ) | 2: 36.5 | +5.7 |
| 9 | 25 | Georges Schneider ( SUI ) | 2: 37.0 | +6.2 |
| ten | ten | Gottlieb Perrin ( SUI ) | 2: 37.1 | +6.3 |
| eleven | 2 | James Kutte ( FRA ) | 2: 38.7 | +7.9 |
| 12 | 32 | Dick Beck ( USA ) | 2: 39.1 | +8.3 |
| 13 | 49 | Janko Stefe ( YUG ) | 2: 40.6 | +9.8 |
| 14 | 24 | Jack Reddish ( USA ) | 2: 41.5 | +10.7 |
| 15 | Henri Ouray ( FRA ) | 2: 41.5 | +10.7 | |
| sixteen | 22 | Willy Kline ( GER ) | 2: 42.8 | +12.0 |
| 17 | 39 | Beni Obermüller ( GER ) | 2: 42.9 | +12.1 |
| 18 | 9 | Ilio Collie ( ITA ) | 2: 43.2 | +12.4 |
| 38 | Robert Richardson ( CAN ) | 2: 43.2 | +12.4 | |
| 20 | 26 | Silvio Alvera ( ITA ) | 2: 43.6 | +12.8 |
| 37 | Johnny Lunde ( NOR ) | 2: 43.6 | +12.8 | |
| 22 | 48 | Andrzej Gonsenica-Roy ( POL ) | 2: 44.3 | +13.5 |
| 23 | 33 | John Fredriksson ( SWE ) | 2: 44.5 | +13.7 |
| 24 | 23 | Chiharu Igay ( JPN ) | 2: 45.0 | +14.2 |
| 25 | eleven | Maurice Sanklar ( FRA ) | 2:45 | +14.6 |
| 26 | 13 | Bernhard Perrin ( SUI ) | 2: 46.1 | +15.3 |
| 27 | 29 | Ake Nilsson ( SWE ) | 2: 47.0 | +16.2 |
| 28 | 7 | Otto Lincher ( AUT ) | 2: 47.9 | +17.1 |
| 29 | 51 | Stefan Dziedzits ( POL ) | 2: 49.4 | +18.6 |
| thirty | 83 | Georgy K. Dimitrov ( BUL ) | 2: 49.9 | +19.1 |
| 31 | 46 | Gordon Morrison ( CAN ) | 2: 51.1 | +20.3 |
| 32 | thirty | Brooks Dodge ( USA ) | 2: 52.2 | +21.4 |
| 69 | John Griffin ( CAN ) | 2: 52.2 | +21.4 | |
| 34 | 44 | Sixten Isberg ( SWE ) | 2: 53.4 | +22.6 |
| 35 | 27 | Guy de Huertas ( FRA ) | 2: 54.4 | +23.6 |
| 59 | Mihai Byre ( ROU ) | 2: 54.4 | +23.6 | |
| 37 | 50 | Francisco Viladomat ( ESP ) | 2: 55.4 | +24.6 |
| 38 | 43 | Pepi Schweiger ( GER ) | 2: 55.5 | +24.7 |
| 39 | 34 | John Boyagis ( GBR ) | 2: 55.6 | +24.8 |
| 77 | Dimitar Drazhev ( BUL ) | 2: 55.6 | +24.8 | |
| 41 | 45 | Andre Bertrand ( CAN ) | 2: 56.0 | +25.2 |
| 42 | 55 | Andrzej Charnyak ( POL ) | 2: 56.4 | +25.6 |
| 43 | 40 | Josef Marusage ( POL ) | 2: 58.7 | +27.9 |
| 44 | 65 | Pentti Alonen ( FIN ) | 2: 59.7 | +28.9 |
| 45 | 54 | Dick Pappenheim ( NED ) | 3:00 | +30.2 |
| 46 | 47 | Luis de Ridder ( ARG ) | 3: 01.8 | +31.0 |
| 47 | 66 | Pablo Rosencierre ( ARG ) | 3: 02.9 | +32.1 |
| 48 | 64 | Peter Pappenheim ( NED ) | 3: 05.7 | +34.9 |
| 49 | 63 | Haukur Sigurdsson ( ISL ) | 3: 06.0 | +35.2 |
| 50 | 91 | Stefan Christiansson ( ISL ) | 3: 06.1 | +35.3 |
| 51 | 42 | Dumitru Suliche ( ROU ) | 3: 07.3 | +36.5 |
| 52 | 81 | Asgeir Eyolfsson ( ISL ) | 3: 08.3 | +37.5 |
| 53 | 53 | Luis Arias ( ESP ) | 3: 09.2 | +38.4 |
| 54 | 57 | Juan Pol ( ESP ) | 3: 10.1 | +39.3 |
| 67 | Jon Karl Sigurdsson ( ISL ) | 3: 10.1 | +39.3 | |
| 56 | 89 | Eino Kalpala ( FIN ) | 3: 16.2 | +45.4 |
| 57 | 76 | Ibrahim Gigi ( LIB ) | 3: 20.2 | +49.4 |
| 58 | 58 | Noel Harrison ( GBR ) | 3: 21.5 | +50.7 |
| 59 | 92a | Ion Porridge ( ROU ) | 3: 26.4 | +55.6 |
| 60 | 61 | Bill Day ( AUS ) | 3: 31.4 | +1: 00.6 |
| 61 | 60 | Michel Feron ( BEL ) | 3: 31.5 | +1: 00.7 |
| 62 | 93 | Otto Jung ( ARG ) | 3: 34.9 | +1: 04.1 |
| 63 | 90 | Denis Feron ( BEL ) | 3: 36.5 | +1: 05.7 |
| 64 | 70 | Georgiy Mitrov ( BUL ) | 3: 44.5 | +1: 13.7 |
| 65 | 78 | Herbert Familyton ( NZL ) | 3: 44.6 | +1: 13.8 |
| 66 | 73 | Eduardo Silva ( CHI ) | 3: 52.3 | +1: 21.5 |
| 67 | 74 | Barry Patten ( AUS ) | 3: 53.1 | +1: 22.3 |
| 68 | 71 | Jaime Errasuris ( CHI ) | 3: 53.3 | +1: 22.5 |
| 69 | 80 | Duarte Silva ( POR ) | 3: 58.4 | +1: 27.6 |
| 70 | 92b | Gino de Pellegrin ( ARG ) | 4: 02.9 | +1: 32.1 |
| 71 | 88 | Bob Ernott ( AUS ) | 4: 13.5 | +1: 42.7 |
| 72 | 87 | Alexandros Vuksinos ( GRE ) | 6: 10.8 | +3: 40.0 |
| - | four | Egon Schöpf ( AUT ) | DSQ | |
| 14 | Stig Sollander ( SWE ) | DSQ | ||
| nineteen | Sverre Johannessen ( NOR ) | DSQ | ||
| 31 | Hisashi Mizugami ( JPN ) | DSQ | ||
| 72 | Radu Skirnechi ( ROU ) | DSQ | ||
| 79 | Angelos Lembesy ( GRE ) | DSQ | ||
| 82 | Carlos Eyras ( ARG ) | DSQ | ||
| 84 | Aristeo Benavides ( ARG ) | DSQ | ||
| 86 | Antonios Miliordos ( GRE ) | DSQ |
Notes
- Official Olympic Report
- sports-reference
- Wudarski, Pawel Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich (1999). The appeal date is October 15, 2008. Archived October 14, 2008. (polish)