Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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At the 1956 Winter Olympics, the Individual Nordic combined event was contested.

[edit] Individual

January 31, 1956

Medal Athlete Points
Gold Norway Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 455.000
Silver Sweden Bengt Eriksson (SWE) 437.400
Bronze Poland Franciszek Gąsienica Groń (POL) 436.800
4 Finland Paavo Korhonen (FIN) 435.597
5 Norway Arne Barhaugen (NOR) 435.581
6 Norway Tormod Knutsen (NOR) 435.000
7 Soviet Union Nikolai Gusakov (URS) 432.300
8 Italy Alfredo Prucker (ITA) 431.100

The cross-country skiing distance was reduced from 18 km to 15 km starting with this Olympics.