| Australia at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | AUS |
| NOC | Australian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| inCortina d'Ampezzo | |
| Competitors | 8 in 3 sports |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Australia sent a delegation to compete at the1956 Winter Olympics from the 26 January to 5 February 1956 inCortina d'Ampezzo,Italy. This was the nation's third appearance at theWinter Olympic Games with their last appearance being in 1952.
Australia delegation consisted of eight competitors in three sports. Australia competed inalpine skiing,figure skating andspeed skating. Australia best result from the 1960 Games was a seventh-place finish fromColin Hickey in themen's 500 metres andmen's 1500 metres speed skating. This performance also was Australia's best result until the1976 Winter Olympics, whereColin Coates came sixth inmen's 10000 metres speed skating.
TheAustralian Olympic Committee was formed on 1 January 1895 with the nation making their debut at thefirst Olympics in Athens withTeddy Flack being the first representative of the nation.[1][2] This was the nation's third appearance at aWinter Olympics. It was also the 15th overall Olympics that Australia had sent a delegation in.[3] The 1956 Winter Olympics was held atCortina d'Ampezzo inItaly and took place from the 26 January to 6 February: a total of 821 athletes competed from 32 nations.[4] The Australian delegation consist of eight athletes, five in the alpine skiing, two in the figure skating and one in the speedskating.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final/Total | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
| Bill Day | Downhill | — | 4:02.0 | +1:09.8 | 35 | |||
| Giant slalom | — | 3:56.9 | +56.8 | 61 | ||||
| Slalom | Did not finish | |||||||
| Tony Aslangul | Giant slalom | — | 4:09.0 | +1:08.9 | 69 | |||
| Slalom | Did not finish | |||||||
| Frank Prihoda | Giant slalom | — | 4:31.2 | +1:39.0 | 80 | |||
| Slalom | 2:54.3 | 60 | 2:43.2 | 51 | 5:37.5 | +2:22.8 | 54 | |
| James Walker | Giant slalom | — | 5:21.0 | +2:20.9 | 84 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Christine Davy | Downhill | 2:01.6 | 39 | ||||
| Christine Davy | Giant slalom | 2:17.3 | 37 | ||||
| Christine Davy | Slalom | 1:26.1 | 32 | 1:21.5 | 29 | 2:47.6 | 33 |
| Athlete(s) | Event | CF | FS | TO | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Ganter | Men's | 13 | 13 | 114 | 1191.72 | 13 |
| Charles Keeble | 16 | 14 | 137 | 1115.39 | 16 |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Colin Hickey | 500 m | 41.9 | 7 |
| 1500 m | 2:11.8 | 7 | |
| 5000 m | 8:10.0 | 14 | |
| 10000 m | 17:45.6 | 27 | |