1956 Alpine World Ski Championships

Host City	Cortina d'Ampezzo
Country	ITA
Held	27 January – 3 February 1956
Competitors	183
Countries	29

Olympic Games

Events

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
Downhill	Men	3 February 1956	Medal	74	27
Giant Slalom	Men	29 January 1956	Medal	95	29
Slalom	Men	31 January 1956	Medal	89	29
Combined	Men	29 January – 3 February 1956	Medal	25	20
Downhill	Women	1 February 1956	Medal	47	16
Giant Slalom	Women	27 January 1956	Medal	49	16
Slalom	Women	30 January 1956	Medal	48	16
Combined	Women	27 January – 1 February 1956	Medal	23	14

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Austria	AUT	4	3	3	10
2	Switzerland	SUI	3	3	0	6
3	Germany	GER	1	0	0	1
4	France	FRA	0	1	0	1
=	Japan	JPN	0	1	0	1
6	Sweden	SWE	0	0	2	2
7	Canada	CAN	0	0	1	1
=	Italy	ITA	0	0	1	1
=	Soviet Union	URS	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
Downhill, Men	Toni Sailer bib number: 14	AUT	Raymond Fellay bib number: 25	SUI	Anderl Molterer bib number: 20	AUT
Giant Slalom, Men	Toni Sailer bib number: 18	AUT	Anderl Molterer bib number: 6	AUT	Walter Schuster bib number: 14	AUT
Slalom, Men	Toni Sailer bib number: 15	AUT	Chiharu Igaya bib number: 7	JPN	Stig Sollander bib number: 9	SWE
Combined, Men	Toni Sailer	AUT	Charles Bozon	FRA	Stig Sollander	SWE
Downhill, Women	Madeleine Berthod bib number: 6	SUI	Frieda Dänzer bib number: 20	SUI	Lucile Wheeler bib number: 4	CAN
Giant Slalom, Women	Ossi Reichert bib number: 1	GER	Putzi Frandl bib number: 20	AUT	Thea Hochleitner bib number: 13	AUT
Slalom, Women	Renée Colliard bib number: 1	SUI	Regina Schöpf bib number: 6	AUT	Yevgeniya Sidorova bib number: 12	URS
Combined, Women	Madeleine Berthod	SUI	Frieda Dänzer	SUI	Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo	ITA