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


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 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. However, the athletes had to shift their training to Norefjell by 9 February after more problems with the snow resulted in the hill " almost like a skating rink" according to the official report. It took a further week of work by the military, volunteers and hired help to spread of snow resulting in a new snow depth of around.
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. There were a total of 26 gates on the women's course. A total of 14 National Olympic Committees were represented at the event by 40 skiers.
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, 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. It was her second gold medal in Oslo after her giant slalom victory. By winning the title, she became the first American skier to win two gold medals at the same Olympics. 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. Reichert's teammate Annemarie Buchner won bronze.

Results

The official results as published by the Organising Committee for the VI Olympic Winter Games were as follows:
RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2Total
5Andrea Mead Lawrence1:07.21:03.42:10.6
19Ossi Reichert1:06.01:05.42:11.4
3Annemarie Buchner1:07.61:05.72:13.3
4Celina Seghi1:06.51:07.32:13.8
36Imogene Opton1:07.41:06.72:14.1
7Madeleine Berthod1:06.71:08.22:14.9
21Marysette Agnel1:07.51:08.12:15.6
8Trude Beiser-Jochum1:08.71:07.22:15.9
15Giuliana Minuzzo1:08.01:07.92:15.9
1011Olivia Ausoni1:07.41:09.62:17.0
1116Borghild Niskin1:08.71:09.02:17.7
121Sarah Thomasson1:09.91:08.42:18.3
1337Joanne Hewson1:09.21:10.72:19.9
1431Barbara Grocholska1:10.21:10.12:20.3
1512Janette Weston Burr1:11.21:09.32:20.5
1629Margaretha Jakobsson1:10.41:10.22:20.6
1725Rosi Sailer1:09.31:11.62:20.9
1834Margit Hvammen1:09.81:11.42:21.2
1910Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves1:12.01:09.92:21.9
2030Kerstin Ahlqvist1:10.81:12.52:23.3
212Katy Rodolph1:17.61:06.42:24.0
2213Erika Mahringer1:18.61:08.02:26.6
2326Karen-Sofie Styrmoe1:15.01:12.62:27.6
2427Hilary Laing1:13.71:14.22:27.9
2520Edmée Abetel1:13.91:14.42:28.3
2628Lucile Wheeler1:12.21:16.22:28.4
2743Ingrid Englund1:14.81:13.92:28.7
2833Sheena Mackintosh1:16.21:13.22:29.4
2935Ana Maria Dellai1:14.41:15.32:29.7
3040Ildikó Szendrődi1:14.71:15.62:30.3
3123Hannelore Franke1:20.71:10.12:30.8
3242Teresa Kodelska1:14.71:19.02:33.7
3317Tull Gasmann1:29.41:07.52:36.9
3441Maria Kowalska1:30.11:25.52:55.6
3524Marianne Seltsam1:50.33:05.8
369Dagmar Rom1:57.71:10.23:07.9
3732Rosemarie Schutz1:56.71:12.23:08.9
22Ida Schöpfer1:24.3
6Andrée Bermond
44Annette Johnson