| Men's Downhill at the V Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | St. Moritz,Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 2 February 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 111 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:55.0 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Combined | men | women |
| Downhill | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
Themen'salpine skiingdownhill event was part of thealpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event and the competition was held on Monday, 2 February 1948.[1][2]
One hundred and eleven alpine skiers from 25 nations competed.Henri Oreiller ofFrance won the first of his two gold medals at these Olympics; he also won thecombined and won a bronze medal inslalom.
This race was also part of thealpine combined.
