| Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics |
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|---|---|---|
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant Slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
The men's alpine skiing downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event. The competition was held on Friday, February 3, 1956 and started at 1 p.m..
Seventy-five alpine skiers from 27 nations competed.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Toni Sailer Austria (AUT) |
Raymond Fellay Switzerland (SUI) |
Anderl Molterer Austria (AUT) |
| Place | No. | Competitor | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | Toni Sailer (AUT) | 2:52.2 | |
| 2 | 25 | Raymond Fellay (SUI) | 2:55.7 | +3.5 |
| 3 | 20 | Anderl Molterer (AUT) | 2:56.2 | +4.0 |
| 4 | 21 | Roger Staub (SUI) | 2:57.1 | +4.9 |
| 5 | 7 | Hans-Peter Lanig (EUA) | 2:59.8 | +7.6 |
| 6 | 11 | Gino Burrini (ITA) | 3:00.2 | +8.0 |
| 7 | 46 | Kurt Hennrich (TCH) | 3:01.5 | +9.3 |
| 8 | 17 | Charles Bozon (FRA) | 3:01.9 | +9.7 |
| 9 | 23 | Bruno Burrini (ITA) | 3:02.4 | +10.2 |
| 10 | 9 | Stig Sollander (SWE) | 3:05.4 | +13.2 |
| 11 | 4 | Buddy Werner (USA) | 3:05.8 | +13.6 |
| 12 | 31 | Sepp Behr (EUA) | 3:07.7 | +15.5 |
| 13 | 16 | Hans Forrer (SUI) | 3:08.0 | +15.8 |
| 14 | 35 | Asle Sjåstad (NOR) | 3:08.8 | +16.6 |
| 15 | 12 | Andrzej Gąsienica Roj (POL) | 3:09.3 | +17.1 |
| 16 | 32 | Aleksandr Filatov (URS) | 3:16.6 | +24.4 |
| 17 | 38 | Evžen Čermák (TCH) | 3:18.0 | +25.8 |
| 18 | 62 | Georgi Dimitrov (BUL) | 3:18.1 | +25.9 |
| 19 | 29 | Karl Zillibiller (EUA) | 3:21.6 | +29.4 |
| 20 | 1 | Pepi Schwaiger (EUA) | 3:22.2 | +30.0 |
| 21 | 15 | Viktor Taliyanov (URS) | 3:26.5 | +34.3 |
| 22 | 55 | Franc Cvenkelj (YUG) | 3:28.5 | +36.3 |
| 23 | 50 | Kalevi Häkkinen (FIN) | 3:29.2 | +37.0 |
| 24 | 60 | Georgi Varoshkin (BUL) | 3:30.0 | +37.8 |
| 25 | 33 | André Bertrand (CAN) | 3:31.2 | +39.0 |
| 26 | 58 | Franz Beck (LIE) | 3:36.8 | +44.6 |
| 27 | 48 | Petar Ivanov Angelov (BUL) | 3:38.5 | +46.3 |
| 28 | 44 | Susumu Sugiyama (JPN) | 3:39.1 | +46.9 |
| 29 | 36 | Ludvig Dornig (YUG) | 3:41.1 | +48.9 |
| 30 | 87 | Charlach Mackintosh (GBR) | 3:41.4 | +49.2 |
| 31 | 84 | Nicolae Pandrea (ROU) | 3:46.5 | +54.3 |
| 32 | 42 | Lars Mattsson (SWE) | 3:50.4 | +58.2 |
| 33 | 63 | Muzaffer Demirhan (TUR) | 3:52.2 | +1:00.0 |
| 34 | 45 | Nigel Gardner (GBR) | 4:00.7 | +1:08.5 |
| 35 | 54 | Bill Day (AUS) | 4:02.0 | +1:09.8 |
| 36 | 53 | Francisco Viladomat (ESP) | 4:02.1 | +1:09.9 |
| 37 | 91 | Luis Molné (ESP) | 4:08.9 | +1:16.7 |
| 38 | 89 | Denis Feron (BEL) | 4:16.6 | +1:24.4 |
| 39 | 72 | Mahmoud Beiglou (IRI) | 4:22.0 | +1:29.8 |
| 40 | 85 | Leopold Schädler (LIE) | 4:23.7 | +1:31.5 |
| 41 | 79 | Vicente Vera (CHI) | 4:25.4 | +1:33.2 |
| 42 | 69 | Ibrahim Geagea (LIB) | 4:33.1 | +1:40.9 |
| 43 | 81 | Jean Keyrouz (LIB) | 4:57.6 | +2:05.4 |
| 44 | 77 | Benik Amirian (IRI) | 5:02.7 | +2:10.5 |
| 45 | 73 | Max von Hohenlohe (LIE) | 5:15.8 | +2:23.6 |
| 46 | 90 | Aris Vatimbellas (GRE) | 5:44.2 | +2:52.0 |
| 47 | 92 | Khristos Papageorgiou (GRE) | 8:03.2 | +5:11.0 |
| — | 2 | Josl Rieder (AUT) | DSQ | |
| 3 | Ralph Miller (USA) | DSQ | ||
| 5 | Lino Zecchini (ITA) | DSQ | ||
| 6 | William Beck (USA) | DSQ | ||
| 8 | Walter Schuster (AUT) | DSQ | ||
| 10 | Chiharu Igaya (JPN) | DSQ | ||
| 13 | René Collet (FRA) | DSQ | ||
| 18 | Adrien Duvillard (FRA) | DSQ | ||
| 22 | André Simond (FRA) | DSQ | ||
| 24 | Andreas Ruedi (SUI) | DSQ | ||
| 30 | Jan Zarycki (POL) | DSQ | ||
| 37 | Paride Milianti (ITA) | DSQ | ||
| 39 | Marvin Melville (USA) | DSQ | ||
| 43 | Kåre Opdal (NOR) | DSQ | ||
| 47 | Vladimír Krajňák (TCH) | DSQ | ||
| 49 | Trygve Berge (NOR) | DSQ | ||
| 51 | Sergey Shustov (URS) | DSQ | ||
| 56 | Osman Yüce (TUR) | DSQ | ||
| 57 | Jože Ilija (YUG) | DSQ | ||
| 59 | Jaroslav Bogdálek (TCH) | DSQ | ||
| 61 | Pentti Alonen (FIN) | DSQ | ||
| 64 | Gheorghe Cristoloveanu (ROU) | DSQ | ||
| 65 | Gennady Chertishchev (URS) | DSQ | ||
| 71 | Robin Brock-Hollinshead (GBR) | DSQ | ||
| 74 | Herman Kindle (LIE) | DSQ | ||
| 80 | Jaime Talens (ESP) | DSQ | ||
| 86 | Reza Bazargan (IRI) | DSQ | ||
| 93 | Douglas Mackintosh (GBR) | DSQ |
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