Austria_at_the_1956_Winter_Olympics
Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Austria competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Quick Facts Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | AUT |
NOC | Austrian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 26 January–5 February 1956 | |
Competitors | 60 (50 men, 10 women) in 8 sports |
Flag bearer | Toni Sailer (alpine skiing) |
Medals Ranked 2nd |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Toni Sailer | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
Gold | Toni Sailer | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
Gold | Toni Sailer | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
Gold | Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt | Figure skating | Pairs |
Silver | Anderl Molterer | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slaom |
Silver | Putzi Frandl | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
Silver | Regina Schöpf | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
Bronze | Anderl Molterer | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
Bronze | Walter Schuster | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
Bronze | Thea Hochleitner | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
Bronze | Ingrid Wendl | Figure skating | Women's singles |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Walter Schuster | Downhill | DSQ | – | ||||
Josl Rieder | DSQ | – | |||||
Anderl Molterer | 2:56.2 | ||||||
Toni Sailer | 2:52.2 | ||||||
Ernst Hinterseer | Giant Slalom | 3:08.5 | 6 | ||||
Walter Schuster | 3:07.2 | ||||||
Anderl Molterer | 3:06.3 | ||||||
Toni Sailer | 3:00.1 | ||||||
Anderl Molterer | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
Josl Rieder | 1:47.0 | 31 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – | |
Othmar Schneider | 1:35.8 | 23 | 2:00.0 | 13 | 3:35.8 | 12 | |
Toni Sailer | 1:27.3 | 1 | 1:47.4 | 1 | 3:14.7 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Putzi Frandl | Downhill | 1:51.0 | 13 | ||||
Trude Klecker | 1:50.6 | 12 | |||||
Thea Hochleitner | 1:47.9 | 7 | |||||
Hilde Hofherr | 1:47.3 | 4 | |||||
Trude Klecker | Giant Slalom | 2:08.5 | 33 | ||||
Regina Schöpf | 2:00.6 | 9 | |||||
Thea Hochleitner | 1:58.2 | ||||||
Putzi Frandl | 1:57.8 | ||||||
Putzi Frandl | Slalom | 1:00.4 | 14 | 57.5 | 2 | 1:58.0 | 5 |
Thea Hochleitner | 1:00.4 | 14 | 1:00.6 | 13 | 2:01.0 | 12 | |
Hilde Hofherr | 58.2 | 6 | 1:25.3 | 31 | 2:23.5 | 24 | |
Regina Schöpf | 56.0 | 2 | 59.4 | 7 | 1:55.4 |
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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics
More information Sled, Athletes ...
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
AUT-1 | Paul Aste Heinrich Isser |
Two-man | 1:26.32 | 12 | 1:25.82 | 12 | 1:26.61 | 15 | 1:25.22 | 7 | 5:43.97 | 12 |
AUT-2 | Karl Wagner Adolf Tonn |
Two-man | 1:26.15 | 11 | 1:27.06 | 20 | 1:26.73 | 16 | 1:26.35 | 14 | 5:46.29 | 15 |
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More information Sled, Athletes ...
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
AUT-1 | Karl Wagner Fritz Rursch Adolf Tonn Heinrich Isser |
Four-man | 1:19.60 | 11 | 1:20.74 | 17 | 1:19.98 | 8 | 1:20.30 | 8 | 5:20.62 | 10 |
AUT-2 | Kurt Loserth Wilfried Thurner Karl Schwarzböck Franz Dominik |
Four-man | 1:19.37 | 10 | 1:19.12 | 9 | 1:20.08 | 9 | 1:19.72 | 5 | 5:18.29 | 7 |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km | Oskar Schulz | 59:56 | 59 |
Hermann Mayr | 55:51 | 39 | |
Karl Rafreider | 54:51 | 35 | |
Sepp Schneeberger | 54:21 | 28 |
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- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Sepp Schneeberger Oskar Schulz Hermann Mayr Karl Rafreider |
2'30:50 | 11 |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, CF ...
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Norbert Felsinger | 7 | 8 | 150.55 | 67 | 7 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, CF ...
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Hanna Walter | 8 | 7 | 153.89 | 83.5 | 7 |
Hanna Eigel | 5 | 4 | 157.15 | 52 | 5 |
Ingrid Wendl | 3 | 5 | 159.44 | 39 |
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- Pairs
More information Athletes, Points ...
Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
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Elisabeth Ellend Konrad Lienert |
10.38 | 77 | 9 |
Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt |
11.31 | 14 |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Group A
Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.
More information Rank, Team ...
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
3 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 1 |
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- Italy 2-2 Austria
- Canada 23-0 Austria
- Germany (UTG) 7-0 Austria
Games for 7th-10th places
More information Rank, Team ...
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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7 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 |
8 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
9 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 2 |
10 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
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- Switzerland 7-4 Austria
- Italy 8-2 Austria
- Poland 4-3 Austria
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
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Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Leopold Kohl | Individual | 66.5 | 69.5 | 198.5 | 16 | 1'01:00 | 221.800 | 21 | 420.300 | 17 |
Sepp Schiffner | 71.5 | 73.5 | 211.5 | 4 | 1'02:02 | 217.800 | 25 | 429.300 | 11 | |
Willi Egger | 73.0 | 72.5 | 208.0 | 7 | 1'03:00 | 214.100 | 28 | 422.100 | 16 |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Otto Leodolter | Normal hill | 72.0 | 94.0 | 31 | 72.5 | 91.0 | 33 | 185.0 | 30 |
Rudolf Schweinberger | 74.5 | 100.0 | 22 | 75.0 | 99.0 | 17 | 199.0 | 19 | |
Walter Habersatter | 77.5 | 102.0 | 18 | 77.5 | 99.5 | 16 | 201.5 | 15 | |
Sepp Bradl | 77.5 | 104.5 | 11 | 77.0 | 101.0 | 15 | 205.5 | 12 |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Kurt Eminger | 44.4 | 41 |
Ernst Biel | 44.2 | 37 | |
Franz Offenberger | 43.8 | 32 | |
1500 m | Ernst Biel | 2:23.5 | 51 |
Kurt Eminger | 2:19.0 | 38 | |
Arthur Mannsbarth | 2:17.4 | 32 | |
Franz Offenberger | 2:17.3 | 31 | |
5000 m | Kurt Eminger | 8:39.4 | 38 |
Franz Offenberger | 8:30.8 | 34 | |
Arthur Mannsbarth | 8:23.6 | 28 | |
10,000 m | Arthur Mannsbarth | 17:47.8 | 29 |
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