Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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The 1956 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing results in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Contents 1 Men's events 1.1 Downhill 1.2 Giant Slalom 1.3 Slalom 2 Women's events 2.1 Downhill 2.2 Giant Slalom 2.3 Slalom 3 Footnote

[edit] Men's events

[edit] Downhill

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Toni Sailer (AUT)	2:52.2
Silver	Raymond Fellay (SUI)	2:55.7
Bronze	Anderl Molterer (AUT)	2:56.2

[edit] Giant Slalom

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Toni Sailer (AUT)	3:00.1
Silver	Anderl Molterer (AUT)	3:06.3
Bronze	Walter Schuster (AUT)	3:07.2

[edit] Slalom

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Toni Sailer (AUT)	3:14.7
Silver	Chiharu Igaya (JPN)	3:18.7
Bronze	Stig Sollander (SWE)	3:20.2

[edit] Women's events

[edit] Downhill

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Madeleine Berthod (SUI)	1:40.7
Silver	Frieda Dänzer (SUI)	1:45.4
Bronze	Lucile Wheeler (CAN)	1:45.9

[edit] Giant Slalom

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Ossi Reichert (EUA) [1]	1:56.5
Silver	Josefine Frandl (AUT)	1:57.8
Bronze	Dorothea Hochleitner (AUT)	1:58.2

[edit] Slalom

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Renée Colliard (SUI)	1:52.3
Silver	Regina Schöpf (AUT)	1:55.4
Bronze	Yevgeniya Sidorova (URS)	1:56.7

[edit] Footnote

1. ↑  Athletes from East and West Germany competed together as the "United Team of Germany," designated as the EUA. This combined team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in alpine skiing

Events at the 1956 Winter Olympics (Cortina d'Ampezzo)
Alpine skiing • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Figure skating • Ice hockey • Nordic combined • Ski jumping • Speed skating