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