1956 Winter International University Games

Host City Zakopane
Country POL
Held 7 – 13 March 1956
Competitors 33
Countries 6

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Downhill Men Medal 3 2
Giant Slalom Men Medal 3 2
Slalom Men Medal 3 2
Downhill Women 12 March 1956 Medal 3 3
Giant Slalom Women 10 March 1956 Medal 3 1
Slalom Women 8 March 1956 Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
15 km classical Men Medal 3 1
30 km classical Men Medal 3 1
4 x 10 km relay classical Men Medal 8 3
10 km classical Women Medal 3 1
3 x 5 km relay classical Women Medal 9 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Large Hill (two jumps)/15 km Men Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Large Hill Men 11 March 1956 Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 7 4 3 14
2 Czechoslovakia TCH 5 1 3 9
3 Poland POL 1 7 4 12
4 Romania ROU 0 2 0 2
5 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Finland FIN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Downhill, Men Włodzimierz Czarniak POL Andrzej Gąsienica Roj POL Georgi Varoshkin BUL
Giant Slalom, Men Petr Stiehl TCH Włodzimierz Czarniak POL Kurt Hennrich TCH
Slalom, Men Kurt Hennrich TCH Andrzej Gąsienica Roj POL Włodzimierz Czarniak POL
Downhill, Women Květa Merendová TCH Magdalena Marotineanu ROU Anna Rzepówna POL
Giant Slalom, Women Květa Merendová TCH Marie Pecánková TCH Olga Králová TCH
Slalom, Women Květa Merendová TCH Magdalena Marotineanu
Anna Rzepówna
ROU
POL
15 km classical, Men Nikolay Anikin URS Anatoly Shelyukhin URS V. Kuznetsov URS
30 km classical, Men Anatoly Shelyukhin URS V. Kuznetsov URS V. Kolchagin URS
4 x 10 km relay classical, Men Soviet Union URS Poland POL Finland FIN
10 km classical, Women Anna Kaaleste URS L. Polikarpova URS Valentina Medvedeva URS
3 x 5 km relay classical, Women Soviet Union URS Poland POL Czechoslovakia TCH
Large Hill (two jumps)/15 km, Men Leonid Fyodorov URS Władysław Gąsienica Roj POL Włodzimierz Dadej POL
Large Hill, Men Nikolay Kamensky URS Yury Skvortsov URS Janusz Fortecki POL