Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

In the VII Olympic Games 1956 in Cortina d' Ampezzo six competitions were held in Alpine skiing. The top three finishers in the downhill, giant slalom and the slalom in addition to the Olympic medals were also world championship medals, as these competitions were also among the 14 Alpine World Ski Championships. In the combination, only World Championship medals were awarded.

  • 2.1 Departure
  • 2.2 Giant Slalom
  • 2.3 slalom
  • 2.4 combination

Departure

Date: February 3, 11.00 clock Slopes: " Olimpia Tofana " Start: 2282 m, target: 1380 m Difference in altitude: 902 m, distance: 3461 m Goals: 15

75 riders were at the start, 47 of them reached the goal.

Eliminated include: Adrien Duvillard ( FRA ), Chiharu Igaya (JPN ), Walter Schuster ( AUT ), Josef Rieder (AUT )

Giant Slalom

Date: January 29, 10:30 AM clock Slopes: " Ilio Colli - Faloria " Start: 2336 m, target: 1713 m Difference in altitude: 623 m, distance: 2660 m Goals: 71

95 riders were at the start, 87 of them reached the goal.

Eliminated inter alia: Guttorm Berge ( NOR)

Slalom

Date: 31 January at 10:30 clock Slopes: " Col Drusciè " Start: 1748 m, target: 1497 m Difference in altitude: 251 m, distance: 617 m Goals: 79 ( 1st run ), 92 ( 2nd run )

89 riders were at the start, 57 of them reached the goal.

Eliminated include: Sepp Behr ( EEA), Guttorm Berge ( NOR ), Andreas Molterer (AUT ), Josef Rieder (AUT ), Wallace Werner ( USA)

Combination

For the combination contest no Olympic medals were awarded, but only World Championship medals. The positions were determined by a point system from the results of the departure of the giant slalom and the slalom.

Women

Departure

Date: February 1, 11:30 clock Slopes: " Canalone Tofana " Start: 2114 m, target: 1612 m Difference in altitude: 502 m, distance: 1552 m Goals: 20

47 riders were at the start, 44 of them reached the goal.

Giant Slalom

Date: January 27, 11.00 clock Slopes: " Canalone Tofana " Start: 2012 m, target: 1612 m Difference in altitude: 408 m, distance: 1366 m Goals: 46

49 riders were at the start, 44 of them reached the goal.

Eliminated inter alia: Betsy Snite (USA)

Slalom

Date: January 30, 11.00 clock Slopes: " Col Drusciè " Start: 1673 m, target: 1498 m Difference in altitude: 175 m, distance: 456 m Goals: 41 ( 1st run ), 45 ( 2nd run )

48 riders were at the start, 35 of them reached the goal.

Eliminated include: Ossi Reichert (EEA ), Lucille Wheeler ( CAN)

Combination

For the combination contest no Olympic medals were awarded, but only World Championship medals. The positions were determined by a point system from the results of the departure of the giant slalom and the slalom.

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Garmisch -Partenkirchen 1936 | St. Moritz 1948 | Oslo 1952 | Cortina d' Ampezzo 1956 | Squaw Valley 1960 | Innsbruck 1964 | Grenoble 1968 | Sapporo 1972 | Innsbruck 1976 | Lake Placid 1980 | Sarajevo 1984 | Calgary 1988 | 1992 Albertville | Lillehammer 1994 | Nagano 1998 | Salt Lake City in 2002 | Turin 2006 | Vancouver 2010 | Sochi 2014

See also: List of Olympic gold medalist in alpine skiing

Murren 1931 | Cortina d' Ampezzo 1932 | Innsbruck 1933 | St. Moritz 1934 | Murren 1935 | Innsbruck 1936 | Chamonix 1937 | Engelberg 1938 | Zakopane 1939 | Cortina d' Ampezzo 1941 | failed Garmisch -Partenkirchen 1942 | St. Moritz 1948 | Aspen 1950 | 1952 Oslo | Åre 1954 | Cortina d' Ampezzo 1956 | Bad Gastein 1958 | Squaw Valley 1960 | Chamonix 1962 | Innsbruck 1964 | Portillo 1966 | Grenoble 1968 | Val Gardena 1970 | Sapporo 1972 | St. Moritz 1974 | Innsbruck 1976 | Garmisch- Partenkirchen 1978 | Lake Placid 1980 | Schladming 1982 | Bormio 1985 | Crans Montana 1987 | Vail 1989 | Saalbach- Hinterglemm 1991 | Morioka Shizukuishi 1993 | Sierra Nevada 1996 | Sestriere 1997 | Vail / Beaver Creek 1999 | St. Anton am Arlberg 2001 | St. Moritz 2003 | Bormio 2005 | Åre, 2007 | Val d'Isere, 2009 | Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011 | Schladming 2013 | Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 | St. Moritz 2017 | 2019

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