| Event: | Alpine Skiing |
| Games: | 1936 Winter |
| Venue: | Kreuzjoch (downhill) Gudiberg (slalom) Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany |
| Dates: | 7– |
| Competitors: | 103 |
| Nations: | 26 |
| Next: | 1948 |
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] [2]
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]
| Men's combined | 99.25 | 96.26 | 94.69 | ||||
| Women's combined | 97.06 | 95.26 | 93.48 |
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| Date | Race | Start Elevation | Finish Elevation | Vertical Drop | Course Length | Average Gradient | |
| Fri 7 Feb | Downhill – (K) – men | 1719m (5,640feet) | 760m (2,490feet) | 959m (3,146feet) | 3.8km (02.4miles) | ||
| Fri 7 Feb | Downhill – (K) – women | 1580m (5,180feet) | 760m (2,490feet) | 820m (2,690feet) | 3.3km (02.1miles) | ||
| Sun 9 Feb | Slalom – (K) – men | 950m (3,120feet) | 750m (2,460feet) | 200m (700feet) | 0.6km (00.4miles) | ||
| Sat 8 Feb | Slalom – (K) – women | 950m (3,120feet) | 750m (2,460feet) | 200m (700feet) | 0.6km (00.4miles) |
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:
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