| Alpine skiing at the VII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Tofana andFaloria (men's GS) Cortina d'Ampezzo,Italy |
| Dates | 27 January – 3 February 1956 |
| No. of events | 6 |
| Competitors | 183 from 29 nations |
| Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
At the1956 Winter Olympics inCortina d'Ampezzo,Italy, the sixalpine skiing events were held from Friday, 27 January to Friday, 3 February.[1][2]
Toni Sailer ofAustria won all three men's events to become the first alpine ski racer to win three gold medals in a single Olympics. The feat has been repeated once, byJean-Claude Killy in1968.
The races were held at the adjacentTofana, except for themen's giant slalom, which was held atMonte Faloria. Themen's downhill was the final event.[1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downhill details | Toni Sailer Austria | 2:52.2 | Raymond Fellay Switzerland | 2:55.7 | Anderl Molterer Austria | 2:56.2 |
| Giant Slalom details | Toni Sailer Austria | 3:00.1 | Anderl Molterer Austria | 3:06.3 | Walter Schuster Austria | 3:07.2 |
| Slalom details | Toni Sailer Austria | 3:14.7 | Chiharu Igaya Japan | 3:18.7 | Stig Sollander Sweden | 3:20.2 |
Source:[1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downhill details | Madeleine Berthod Switzerland | 1:40.7 | Frieda Dänzer Switzerland | 1:45.4 | Lucille Wheeler Canada | 1:45.9 |
| Giant Slalom details | Ossi Reichert United Team of Germany | 1:56.5 | Putzi Frandl Austria | 1:57.8 | Thea Hochleitner Austria | 1:58.2 |
| Slalom details | Renée Colliard Switzerland | 1:52.3 | Regina Schöpf Austria | 1:55.4 | Yevgeniya Sidorova Soviet Union | 1:56.7 |
Source:[1]
Australia (7) Austria (11)
Belgium (1)
Bolivia (1)
Bulgaria (3) Canada (5)
Chile (3)
Czechoslovakia (4)
Finland (2)
France (13) United Team of Germany (11)
Great Britain (15)
Greece (3)
Iceland (5)
Iran (3)
Italy (13) Japan (2)
Lebanon (3)
Liechtenstein (6)
Norway (10)
Poland (8)
Romania (4) Soviet Union (10)
Spain (4) Sweden (8) Switzerland (14)
Turkey (4)
United States (12)
Yugoslavia (4)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | United Team of Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| Date | Race | Start Elevation | Finish Elevation | Vertical Drop | Course Length | Average Gradient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 3-Feb | Downhill - men | 2,282 m (7,487 ft) | 1,380 m (4,528 ft) | 902 m (2,959 ft) | 3.461 km (2.151 mi) | 26.1% |
| Wed 1-Feb | Downhill - women | 2,114 m (6,936 ft) | 1,612 m (5,289 ft) | 502 m (1,647 ft) | 1.552 km (0.964 mi) | 32.3% |
| Sun 29-Jan | Giant Slalom - men | 2,336 m (7,664 ft) | 1,713 m (5,620 ft) | 623 m (2,044 ft) | 2.660 km (1.653 mi) | 23.4% |
| Fri 27-Jan | Giant Slalom - women | 2,020 m (6,627 ft) | 1,612 m (5,289 ft) | 408 m (1,339 ft) | 1.366 km (0.849 mi) | 29.9% |
| Tue 31-Jan | Slalom - men | 1,748 m (5,735 ft) | 1,497 m (4,911 ft) | 251 m (823 ft) | 0.617 km (0.383 mi) | 40.7% |
| Mon 30-Jan | Slalom - women | 1,673 m (5,489 ft) | 1,498 m (4,915 ft) | 175 m (574 ft) | 0.456 km (0.283 mi) | 38.4% |
Source:[1]
From1948 through1980, thealpine skiing events at theWinter Olympics also served as theWorld Championships, held every two years. With the addition of thegiant slalom, thecombined event was dropped for1950 and1952, but returned as a World Championship event in1954 as a "paper race" which used the results from the three events. During the Olympics from 1956 through1980, World Championship medals were awarded by theFIS for the combined event. The combined returned as a separate event at the World Championships in1982 and at the Olympics in1988.
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