1956 Winter Olympics / Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the VII Olympic Winter Games |
|
---|---|
information | |
venue | Cortina d'Ampezzo |
Competition venue | Tofana / Monte Faloria |
Nations | 29 |
Athletes | 183 (59 women, 124 men) |
date | January 26 - February 3, 1956 |
decisions | 6th |
← Oslo 1952 |
At the VII Olympic Games in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo , six competitions were held in alpine skiing . The venue for all races was the Tofana , with the exception of the men's giant slalom on Monte Faloria . The top three in downhill , giant slalom and slalom received not only Olympic medals but also world championship medals, as these competitions also counted as the 14th Alpine World Ski Championships . Only World Cup medals were awarded in the combination .
Olympic record
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
2 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | - | 4th |
3 | Germany | 1 | - | - | 1 |
4th | Japan | - | 1 | - | 1 |
5 | Canada | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Sweden | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Soviet Union | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
|
|
Results men
Departure
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | AUT | Toni Sailer | 2: 52.2 |
2 | SUI | Raymond Fellay | 2: 55.7 |
3 | AUT | Andreas Molterer | 2: 56.2 |
4th | SUI | Roger dust | 2: 57.1 |
5 | EUA | Hans-Peter Lanig | 2: 59.8 |
6th | ITA | Gino Burrini | 3: 00.2 |
7th | TCH | Kurt Hennrich | 3: 01.5 |
8th | FRA | Charles Bozon | 3: 01.9 |
9 | ITA | Bruno Burrini | 3: 02.4 |
10 | SWE | Stig Sollander | 3: 05.4 |
12 | EUA | Sepp Behr | 3: 07.7 |
13 | SUI | Hans Forrer | 3: 08.0 |
19th | EUA | Karl Zillibiller | 3: 21.6 |
20th | EUA | Josef Schwaiger | 3: 22.2 |
26th | LIE | Franz Beck | 3: 36.8 |
40 | LIE | Leopold Schädler | 4: 23.7 |
Date: February 3, 11:00 am
Slope: " Olimpia Tofana "
Start: 2282 m, Finish: 1380 m
Difference in altitude: 902 m, route length: 3461 m
Gates: 15
75 participants, 47 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Adrien Duvillard (FRA), Chiharu Igaya (JPN), Walter Schuster (AUT), Josef Rieder (AUT).
Giant slalom
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | AUT | Toni Sailer | 3: 00.1 |
2 | AUT | Andreas Molterer | 3: 06.3 |
3 | AUT | Walter Schuster | 3: 07.2 |
4th | FRA | Adrien Duvillard | 3: 07.9 |
5 | FRA | Charles Bozon | 3: 08.4 |
6th | AUT | Ernst Hinterseer | 3: 08.5 |
7th | EUA | Hans-Peter Lanig | 3: 08.6 |
8th | EUA | Sepp Behr | 3: 11.4 |
9 | FRA | François Bonlieu | 3: 11.8 |
10 | ITA | Gino Burrini | 3: 12.3 |
17th | SUI | Georges Schneider | 3: 17.3 |
18th | SUI | Roland Bläsi | 3: 17.3 |
19th | SUI | Martin Julien | 3: 18.2 |
26th | EUA | Josef Schwaiger | 3: 23.5 |
27 | SUI | Raymond Fellay | 3: 23.9 |
59 | LIE | Franz Beck | 3: 52.6 |
67 | LIE | Leopold Schädler | 4: 03.5 |
70 | LIE | Theodor Sele | 4: 09.5 |
73 | LIE | Ewald Eberle | 4: 11.6 |
Date: January 29, 10:30 am
Slope: "Ilio Colli - Monte Faloria "
Start: 2336 m, Finish: 1713 m Difference in
altitude: 623 m, route length: 2660 m
Gates: 71
95 participants, 87 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Guttorm Berge (NOR).
For the first time, a nation managed to occupy the entire podium in an Olympic Alpine competition, which has only been repeated in 1994 (men's combination), 1998 (women's combination) and 2006 (men's slalom).
slalom
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | AUT | Toni Sailer | 3: 14.7 |
2 | JPN | Chiharu Igaya | 3: 18.7 |
3 | SWE | Stig Sollander | 3: 20.2 |
4th | United States | Brooks Dodge | 3: 21.8 |
5 | SUI | Georges Schneider | 3: 22.6 |
6th | FRA | Gérard Pasquier | 3: 24.6 |
7th | FRA | Charles Bozon | 3: 26.2 |
8th | FRA | Bernard Perret | 3: 26.3 |
9 | EUA | Benedikt Obermüller | 3: 27.5 |
10 | SUI | René Rey | 3: 27.7 |
11 | SUI | Raymond Fellay | 3: 32.1 |
12 | AUT | Othmar Schneider | 3: 35.8 |
25th | EUA | Karl Zillibiller | 4: 00.2 |
34 | EUA | Rochus Wagner | 4: 17.4 |
35 | LIE | Franz Beck | 4: 17.8 |
45 | LIE | Theodor Sele | 4: 47.8 |
49 | LIE | Ewald Eberle | 5: 01.8 |
53 | LIE | Leopold Schädler | 5: 09.9 |
Date: January 31, 10:30 a.m.
Piste: "Col Drusciè"
Start: 1748 m, finish: 1497 m Difference in
altitude: 251 m, route length: 617 m
Goals: 79 (1st run), 92 (2nd run)
89 participants, 57 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Sepp Behr (EUA), Guttorm Berge (NOR), Andreas Molterer (AUT), Josef Rieder (AUT), Wallace Werner (USA).
This slalom evidently raised most of the questionable issues of alpine ski races: on the one hand there was a new snowfall that did not last and also poor visibility (the upper part of the route was in the fog), on the other hand both course setters (Dr. Otto Menardi and Prof. Fred . Rösner) set a record number of goals. In this competition, which lasted over four hours (there were 3½ hours between the first and second run alone), there had been an extremely large number of falls, the spectators were already happy when they saw another runner finish. With Toni Sailer, the best still won. The Swiss Georges Schneider drove almost the entire second run with a broken ski tip. Adrien Duvillard , just 0.2 seconds behind Sailer after the first round, had risked everything - and lost due to a fall. Igaya achieved the greatest improvement in rank: classified in 6th place with 90.2 seconds, the Japanese won the silver medal. But there were still many reports after the race that practically all medal winners had been disqualified for goal errors. The result was only officially confirmed at 8 p.m., as was already known after the end of the race. Winner Toni Sailer had start no. 15, but you can see him on the winning photos with the number 135; it was a replacement start number, because not only he, but all of the ÖSV runners competing in the second run had forgotten the original number in the hotel.
Results women
Departure
space | country | sportswoman | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | SUI | Madeleine Berthod | 1: 40.7 |
2 | SUI | Frieda Danzer | 1: 45.4 |
3 | CAN | Lucille Wheeler | 1: 45.9 |
4th | ITA | Giuliana Chenal Minuzzo | 1: 47.3 |
AUT | Hilde Hofherr | 1: 47.3 | |
6th | ITA | Carla Marchelli | 1: 47.7 |
7th | AUT | Dorothea Hochleitner | 1: 47.9 |
8th | FRA | Josette Nevière | 1: 49.2 |
9 | NOR | Borghild Niskin | 1: 49.5 |
10 | United States | Gladys Werner | 1: 49.6 |
12 | AUT | Trude Klecker | 1: 50.6 |
13 | AUT | Josefa Frandl | 1: 51.0 |
15th | SUI | Rosmarie Reichenbach | 1: 51.6 |
20th | EUA | Ossi Reichert | 1: 52.3 |
25th | SUI | Hedi Beeler | 1: 54.0 |
29 | EUA | Hannelore Glaser-Franke | 1: 54.7 |
32 | EUA | Sonja Sperl | 1: 57.8 |
Date: February 1st, 11:30 am
Slope: “Canalone Tofana”
Start: 2114 m, Finish: 1612 m
Difference in altitude: 502 m, route length: 1552 m
Gates: 20
47 participants, 44 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Annemarie Buchner (EUA).
Giant slalom
space | country | sportswoman | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | EUA | Ossi Reichert | 1: 56.5 |
2 | AUT | Josefa Frandl | 1: 57.8 |
3 | AUT | Dorothea Hochleitner | 1: 58.2 |
4th | United States | Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1: 58.3 |
SUI | Madeleine Berthod | ||
6th | CAN | Lucille Wheeler | 1: 58.6 |
7th | NOR | Borghild Niskin | 1: 59.0 |
8th | FRA | Marysette Agnel | 1: 59.4 |
9 | AUT | Regina Schöpf | 2: 00.6 |
10 | FRA | Josette Nevière | 2: 00.8 |
11 | SUI | Frieda Danzer | 2: 00.9 |
12 | EUA | Marianne Strange | 2: 01.4 |
14th | SUI | Annemarie Waser | 2: 02.3 |
19th | EUA | Hannelore Glaser-Franke | 2: 02.7 |
27 | EUA | Annemarie Buchner | 2: 05.0 |
33 | AUT | Trude Klecker | 2: 08.5 |
Date: January 27, 11:00 am
Slope: "Canalone Tofana"
Start: 2012 m, finish: 1612 m,
altitude difference: 408 m, route length: 1366 m,
gates: 46
49 participants, 44 of them in the ranking. Retired u. a .: Betsy Snite (USA).
Because of the bad snow conditions, the route from Monte Faloria was relocated to the Tofana downhill route .
slalom
space | country | sportswoman | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | SUI | Renée Colliard | 1: 52.3 |
2 | AUT | Regina Schöpf | 1: 55.4 |
3 | URS | Yevgenia Sidorova | 1: 56.7 |
4th | ITA | Giuliana Chenal Minuzzo | 1: 56.8 |
5 | AUT | Josefa Frandl | 1: 57.9 |
6th | NOR | Inger Bjørnbakken | 1: 58.0 |
NOR | Astrid Sandvik | ||
8th | FRA | Josette Nevière | 1: 58.3 |
9 | FRA | Marysette Agnel | 1: 58.8 |
10 | SUI | Frieda Danzer | 1: 58.9 |
12 | AUT | Dorothea Hochleitner | 2: 01.0 |
14th | EUA | Hannelore Glaser-Franke | 2: 04.7 |
15th | SUI | Hedi Beeler | 2: 05.1 |
17th | SUI | Madeleine Berthod | 2: 08.3 |
21st | EUA | Annemarie Buchner | 2: 18.5 |
24 | AUT | Hilde Hofherr | 2: 23.5 |
Date: January 30th, 11:00 am
Piste: “Col Drusciè”
Start: 1673 m, Finish: 1498 m Difference in
altitude: 175 m, route length: 456 m
Gates: 41 (1st run), 45 (2nd run - course setter Hermann Nogler)
48 participants, 35 of them in the ranking. Retired u. a .: Ossi Reichert (EUA), Lucille Wheeler (CAN).
Winner Colliard had already set a time with start number 1 that none of the competitors could match.
World Championship
Combination (men)
space | country | athlete | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | AUT | Toni Sailer | 0.00 |
2 | FRA | Charles Bozon | 12.65 |
3 | SWE | Stig Sollander | 16.92 |
4th | SUI | Raymond Fellay | 18.39 |
5 | NOR | Asle Sjåstad | 27.25 |
6th | ITA | Bruno Burrini | 30.43 |
No Olympic medals were awarded for the combined competition, only World Cup medals. The positions were determined according to a point system from the results of the downhill, giant slalom and slalom.
Combination (women)
space | country | sportswoman | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | SUI | Madeleine Berthod | 9.85 |
2 | SUI | Frieda Danzer | 11.19 |
3 | ITA | Giuliana Chenal Minuzzo | 12.31 |
4th | AUT | Dorothea Hochleitner | 12.79 |
5 | NOR | Borghild Niskin | 13.80 |
AUT | Josefa Frandl |
No Olympic medals were awarded for the combined competition, only World Cup medals. The positions were determined according to a point system from the results of the downhill, giant slalom and slalom.
Web links
- Overview of all races in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Vorarlberger Nachrichten, February 1, 1956, p. 8.
- ^ "Toni Sailer's second Olympic victory" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 1, 1956, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ Regina Schöpf injured again . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 26, 1956, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ " Experienced the last four Swiss Olympic victories". Sport Zurich, January 27, 1964.