Medal table of the 1956 Winter Olympics
This table shows the medal table for the 1956 Winter Olympics . The placements are sorted by the number of gold medals won, followed by the number of silver and bronze medals. If two or more countries have an identical medal balance, they are listed alphabetically on the same rank. This corresponds to the system used by the IOC .
In speed skating over 1500 meters, two gold medals and therefore no silver medal were awarded.
Medal table | |||||
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space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
1 | Soviet Union | 7th | 3 | 6th | 16 |
2 | Austria | 4th | 3 | 4th | 11 |
3 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7th |
4th | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6th |
5 | Sweden | 2 | 4th | 4th | 10 |
6th | United States | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7th |
7th | Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
8th | Italy | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
9 | Germany | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
10 | Canada | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
11 | Japan | - | 1 | - | 1 |
12 | Poland | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Hungary | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 25th | 23 | 24 | 72 |