Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

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Alpine Skiing
at the IV Olympic Winter Games
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Alpine skiing
Venue Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Bavaria
Germany
Dates February 7 – 9, 1936
Competitors 103 from 26 nations
«1932 1948»
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At the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, alpine skiing was arranged for the first time in the Olympics, a combined event for men and women.

The women's event was held on Friday, February 7 (downhill) and on Saturday, February 8 (slalom) and the men's event was held on Friday, February 7 (downhill) and on Sunday, February 9 (slalom).

Contents

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's combined
details		  Franz Pfnür
Germany (GER)		  Gustav Lantschner
Germany (GER)		  Émile Allais
France (FRA)
Women's combined
details		  Christl Cranz
Germany (GER)		  Käthe Grasegger
Germany (GER)		  Laila Schou Nilsen
Norway (NOR)

Participating nations

Eight nations had both female and male alpine skiers participating.
Austria, Estonia, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland only competed with female alpine skiers.

A total of 103 alpine skiers (66 men and 37 women) from 26 nations
(men from 21 nations and women from 13 nations) competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany 2 2 0 4
2 France 0 0 1 1
3 Norway 0 0 1 1

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