The men's

alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping) ...

downhill event was part of the

alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held on Piz Nair from Monday, 2 February to Thursday, 5 February 1948. After these games, the giant slalom was added and the combined event was dropped ...

programme. It was the first appearance of the event and the competition was held on Monday, 2 February 1948. One hundred and eleven alpine skiers from 25 nations competed.

Henri Oreiller Henri Jean Auguste Oreiller (5 December 1925 – 7 October 1962) was an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from France. He won two gold medals and a bronze at the 1948 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete at those Games ...

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

won the first of his two gold medals at these Olympics; he also won the combined and won a bronze medal in slalom.

Results

This race was also part of the

alpine combined Combined is an event in Alpine skiing, alpine ski racing. The event format has changed within the last 30 years. A traditional combined competition is a two-day event consisting of one run of Downhill (ski competition), downhill and two runs of Sl ...

References

External links

FIS-Ski.com
– 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill Official Olympic Report
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Olympic.org
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Alpine skiing medalists
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1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

Men's alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics