| Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics |
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|---|---|---|
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant Slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
The women's downhill event at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 1 February. It was run on Mt. Tofana. The course was 1,552 metres (5,092 ft) long with a vertical drop of 502 metres (1,647 ft). The women had to navigate around twenty gates. The Swiss women dominated the event. Madeleine Berthod won the gold and her teammate, Frieda Dänzer took the silver. Canadian Lucile Wheeler won the bronze. Forty-four women from sixteen countries finished the race.[1]
Contents |
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Madeleine Berthod Switzerland (SUI) |
Frieda Dänzer Switzerland (SUI) |
Lucile Wheeler Canada (CAN) |
Source: [2]
| Place | No. | Competitor | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Madeleine Berthod (SUI) | 1:40.7 | |
| 2 | 20 | Frieda Dänzer (SUI) | 1:45.4 | +4.7 |
| 3 | 4 | Lucile Wheeler (CAN) | 1:46.0 | +5.3 |
| 4 | 12 | Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo (ITA) | 1:47.3 | +6.6 |
| 4 | 15 | Hilde Hofherr (AUT) | 1:47.3 | +6.6 |
| 6 | 1 | Carla Marchelli (ITA) | 1:47.7 | +7.0 |
| 7 | 21 | Dorothea Hochleitner (AUT) | 1:47.9 | +7.2 |
| 8 | 18 | Josette Neviere (FRA) | 1:49.2 | +8.5 |
| 9 | 7 | Borghild Niskin (NOR) | 1:49.5 | +8.8 |
| 10 | 28 | Gladys Werner (USA) | 1:49.6 | +8.9 |
| 11 | 26 | Anna Pellissier (ITA) | 1:49.7 | +9.0 |
| 12 | 22 | Trude Klecker (AUT) | 1:50.6 | +9.9 |
| 13 | 23 | Josefine Frandl (AUT) | 1:51.0 | +10.3 |
| 14 | 51 | Aleksandra Artemenko (URS) | 1:51.1 | +10.4 |
| 15 | 30 | Eivor Berglund (SWE) | 1:51.6 | +10.9 |
| 15 | 32 | Rosmarie Reichenbach (SUI) | 1:51.6 | +10.9 |
| 17 | 10 | Barbara Grocholska (POL) | 1:51.7 | +11.0 |
| 18 | 29 | Ingrid Englund (SWE) | 1:51.8 | +11.1 |
| 19 | 11 | Maria Kowalska (POL) | 1:51.9 | +11.2 |
| 20 | 16 | Ossi Reichert (GER) | 1:52.3 | +11.6 |
| 21 | 14 | Marysette Agnel (FRA) | 1:52.4 | +11.7 |
| 22 | 37 | Anne Heggtveit (CAN) | 1:53.2 | +12.5 |
| 22 | 31 | Carlyn Kruger (CAN) | 1:53.2 | +12.5 |
| 24 | 25 | Madeleine Front (FRA) | 1:53.6 | +12.9 |
| 25 | 2 | Hedi Beeler (SUI) | 1:54.0 | +13.3 |
| 26 | 39 | Inger Jorgensen (NOR) | 1:54.3 | +13.6 |
| 27 | 9 | Astrid Sandvik (NOR) | 1:54.4 | +13.7 |
| 28 | 41 | Slava Zupancic (YUG) | 1:54.5 | +13.8 |
| 29 | 13 | Hannelore Glaser (GER) | 1:54.7 | +14.0 |
| 30 | 5 | Andrea Lawrence-Mead (USA) | 1:55.2 | +14.5 |
| 31 | 52 | Jakobina Jakobsdottir (ISL) | 1:57.2 | +16.5 |
| 32 | 19 | Sonja Sperl (GER) | 1:57.8 | +17.1 |
| 33 | 53 | Ginette Seguin (CAN) | 1:58.2 | +17.5 |
| 34 | 47 | Penelope Pitou (USA) | 1:58.9 | +18.2 |
| 35 | 50 | Zandra Nowell (GBR) | 1:59.0 | +18.3 |
| 36 | 40 | Vera Schenone (ITA) | 1:59.2 | +18.5 |
| 37 | 17 | Yvgenya Sidorova (URS) | 1:59.8 | +19.1 |
| 38 | 55 | Dorothy Surgenor (USA) | 2:01.5 | +20.8 |
| 39 | 54 | Christine Day (AUS) | 2:01.6 | +20.9 |
| 40 | 46 | Magdalena Marotineanu (ROM) | 2:04.0 | +23.3 |
| 41 | 49 | Sue Holmes (GBR) | 2:05.0 | +24.3 |
| 42 | 38 | Vivi-Anne Wassdahl (SWE) | 2:08.0 | +27.3 |
| 43 | 45 | Ethel Jean Stanford (GBR) | 2:15.1 | +34.4 |
| 44 | 48 | Elena Epuran (ROM) | 2:27.7 | +47.0 |
| — | 3 | Marie Edith Bonlieu (FRA) | INJ | |
| 8 | Mirl Buchner (GER) | INJ | ||
| 33 | Maria Gasienica-Daniel (POL) | INJ |
Source: [2]