A women's slalom event was held at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway as part of the alpine skiing programme.

[1] On 24 January, a decision was taken that Rødkleiva would hold the slalom events, but at that time there was only 10 inches (25 cm) of snow at the site and additional work lasting three days had to be done to ensure the hill would be usable for training and the races.

[2] However, the athletes had to shift their training to Norefjell by 9 February after more problems with the snow resulted in the hill "[looking] almost like a skating rink" according to the official report.

However, both skiers suffered falls on their first run, with Mead Lawrence placing fourth and Rom finishing last,[1] effectively putting the latter out of contention.

Mead Lawrence managed to post the best time of the second runs, enough to win the gold medal.