| Event: | Women's downhill |
| Games: | 1952 Winter |
| Venue: | Norefjell Ski Resort, Krødsherad, Norway |
| Date: | 17 February 1952 |
| Competitors: | 42 |
| Nations: | 13 |
| Win Value: | 1:47.1 |
| Gold: | Trude Jochum-Beiser |
| Goldnoc: | AUT |
| Silver: | Annemarie Buchner |
| Silvernoc: | GER |
| Bronze: | Giuliana Minuzzo |
| Bronzenoc: | ITA |
| Prev: | 1948 |
| Next: | 1956 |
| Women's Downhill | |
| Vertical: | 385m (1,263feet) |
| Top Elevation: | 710m (2,330feet) AMSL |
| Base Elevation: | 325m (1,066feet) |
The women's downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics program, and was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held at Norefjell Ski Resort near Krødsherad, Norway, on Sunday, 17 February.[1] Forty-two alpine skiers from 13 nations competed.[2]
Austria's Trude Jochum-Beiser won the gold medal, Annemarie Buchner of Germany took the silver, and Giuliana Minuzzo of Italy was the bronze medalist.
The race's starting elevation was 710m (2,330feet) above sea level; the course length was 1.35km (00.84miles), with a vertical drop of 385m (1,263feet). Jochum-Beiser's winning time of 107.1 seconds yielded an average speed of 45.378km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 3.595m/s.
Sunday, 17 February 1952
The race was started at 13:00 local time, (UTC +1).
| Rank | Bib # | Competitor | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1:47.1 | — | ||
| 5 | 1:48.0 | +0.9 | ||
| 13 | 1:49.0 | +1.9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1:49.5 | +2.4 | |
| 5 | 8 | 1:49.8 | +2.7 | |
| 6 | 7 | 1:50.7 | +3.6 | |
| 7 | 24 | 1:50.9 | +3.8 | |
| 8 | 34 | 1:51.3 | +4.2 | |
| 9 | 30 | 1:53.0 | +5.9 | |
| 10 | 18 | 1:53.0 | +5.9 | |
| 19 | 1:53.8 | +6.7 | ||
| 12 | 14 | 1:54.1 | +7.0 | |
| 13 | 27 | 1:54.6 | +7.5 | |
| 14 | 33 | 1:54.9 | +7.8 | |
| 15 | 6 | 1:54.9 | +7.8 | |
| 23 | 1:54.9 | +7.8 | ||
| 17 | 4 | 1:55.3 | +8.2 | |
| 18 | 28 | 1:55.5 | +8.4 | |
| 19 | 21 | 1:55.7 | +8.6 | |
| 20 | 12 | 1:56.4 | +9.3 | |
| 21 | 38 | 1:56.5 | +9.4 | |
| 22 | 29 | 1:56.8 | +9.7 | |
| 23 | 15 | 1:57.4 | +10.3 | |
| 24 | 16 | 1:57.9 | +10.8 | |
| 25 | 25 | 1:58.2 | +11.1 | |
| 26 | 41 | 1:59.6 | +12.5 | |
| 27 | 35 | 1:59.7 | +12.6 | |
| 28 | 31 | 2:00.3 | +13.2 | |
| 29 | 40 | 2:01.3 | +14.2 | |
| 30 | 1 | 2:03.1 | +16.0 | |
| 31 | 26 | 2:15.5 | +28.4 | |
| 32 | 43 | 2:18.5 | +31.4 | |
| 33 | 42 | 2:18.6 | +31.5 | |
| 34 | 37 | 2:27.4 | +40.3 | |
| 35 | 11 | 2:37.6 | +50.5 | |
| — | 9 | DSQ | ||
| 10 | DSQ | |||
| 17 | DSQ | |||
| 22 | DSQ | |||
| 36 | DSQ | |||
| 44 | DSQ | |||
| 45 | DSQ |