Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing; at the IV Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Kreuzjoch (downhill); Gudiberg (slalom); Garmisch-Partenkirchen,; Bavaria, Germany
Dates	7–9 February 1936
Competitors	103 from 26 nations
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	← 1932 1948 →

Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Combined	men	women

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.^[1]

Both downhills were run on Kreuzjoch on Friday, 7 February, with the women at 11:00 and the men at noon. The two-run slalom races were run on the weekend at Gudiberg with the women's event on Saturday and the men's on Sunday.^[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's combined details	Franz Pfnür Germany	99.25	Gustav Lantschner Germany	96.26	Émile Allais France	94.69
Women's combined details	Christl Cranz Germany	97.06	Käthe Grasegger Germany	95.26	Laila Schou Nilsen Norway	93.48

Source:^[1]

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

Course information

Date	Race	Start Elevation	Finish Elevation	Vertical Drop	Course Length	Average Gradient
Fri 7 Feb	Downhill – (K) – men	1,719 m (5,640 ft)	760 m (2,493 ft)	959 m (3,146 ft)	3.800 km (2.361 mi)	25.2%
Fri 7 Feb	Downhill – (K) – women	1,580 m (5,184 ft)	760 m (2,493 ft)	820 m (2,690 ft)	3.300 km (2.051 mi)	24.8%
Sun 9 Feb	Slalom – (K) – men	950 m (3,117 ft)	750 m (2,461 ft)	200 m (656 ft)	0.600 km (0.373 mi)	33.3%
Sat 8 Feb	Slalom – (K) – women	950 m (3,117 ft)	750 m (2,461 ft)	200 m (656 ft)	0.600 km (0.373 mi)	33.3%

Source:^[1]

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: