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

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. Forty-two alpine skiers from 13 nations competed.

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 710 m above sea level; the course length was 1.35 km, with a vertical drop of 385 m. Jochum-Beiser's winning time of 107.1 seconds yielded an average speed of 45.378 km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 3.595 m/s.

Results
Sunday, 17 February 1952

The race was started at 13:00 local time, (UTC +1).