1956 Winter Olympics / Participant (United States)
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The United States took part in the VII Winter Olympics in 1956 in the Italian municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo with a delegation of 67 athletes in all eight disciplines, including 57 men and 10 women. With two gold, three silver and two bronze medals, the United States was the sixth best nation in the Games. Hayes Alan Jenkins and Tenley Albright were each Olympic champions in figure skating.
As in 1952, the standard bearer at the opening ceremony was bobsleigh driver James Bickford .
Participants by sport
bob
Men, twos
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Waightman Washbond , Piet Biesiadecki (USA-1)
- 5th place (5: 38.16 min)
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Arthur Tyler , Edgar Seymour (USA-2)
- 6th place (5: 40.08 min)
Men, foursome
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Arthur Tyler , William Dodge , Charles Butler , James Lamy (USA-1)
- Bronze (5: 12.39 min)
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James Bickford , Donald Jacques , Lawrence McKillip , Hubert Miller (USA-2)
- 19th place (5: 25.16 min)
ice Hockey
Men
- silver
figure skating
Men
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Hayes Alan Jenkins
- Gold (166.43)
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David Jenkins
- Bronze (162.82)
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Ronald Robertson
- Silver (165.79)
Women
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Tenley Albright
- Gold (169.67)
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Carol Hot
- Silver (168.02)
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Catherine Machado
- 8th place (153.48)
Couples
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Lucille Ash & Sully Kothman
- 7th place (10.63)
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Carole Ann Ormaca & Robin Greiner
- 5th place (10.71)
Speed skating
Men
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Bill Carow
- 500 m: 6th place (41.8 s)
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Ken Henry
- 500 m: 17th place (42.8 s)
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Don McDermott
- 500 m: 25th place (43.2 s)
- 1500 m: 37th place (2: 18.6 min)
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Johny works
- 500 m: 11th place (42.4 s)
- 1500 m: 25th place (2: 16.1 min)
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Pat McNamara
- 1500 m: 20th place (2: 15.2 min)
- 5000 m: 17th place (8: 10.6 min)
- 10,000 m: 27th place (17: 45.6 min)
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Gene Sandvig
- 1500 m: 30th place (2: 17.1 min)
- 5000 m: 31st place (8: 25.5 min)
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Chuck Burke
- 5000 m: 43rd place (8: 47.4 min)
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Kind Longsjo
- 5000 m: 40th place (8: 40.0 min)
Nordic combination
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Marvin Crawford
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 23rd place (412,900)
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Theodore Farwell
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 30th place (394,000)
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Buck Levy
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 35th place (365,600)
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Charles Tremblay
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 34th place (378,000)
Alpine skiing
Men
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Bill Beck
- Departure: disqualified
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Marvin Melville
- Departure: disqualified
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Ralph Miller
- Departure: disqualified
- Giant Slalom: 13th place (3: 15.8 min)
- Slalom: 22nd place (3: 47.8 min)
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Wallace Werner
- Downhill: 11th place (3: 05.8 min)
- Giant Slalom: 21st place (3: 21.5 min)
- Slalom: disqualified
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Tom Corcoran
- Giant slalom: 14th place (3: 16.0 min)
- Slalom: 19th place (3: 41.3 min)
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Brooks Dodge
- Giant Slalom: 15th place (3: 16.4 min)
- Slalom: 4th place (3: 21.8 min)
Women
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Andrea Mead-Lawrence
- Downhill: 30th place (1: 55.2 min)
- Giant Slalom: 4th place (1: 58.3 min)
- Slalom: 25th place (2: 25.8 min)
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Penny Pitou
- Downhill: 34th place (1: 58.9 min)
- Giant Slalom: 34th place (2: 10.4 min)
- Slalom: 31st place (2: 42.5 min)
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Betsy Snite
- Giant slalom: disqualified
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Dorothy Surgenor
- Downhill: 38th place (2: 01.5 min)
- Slalom: 20th place (2: 17.3 min)
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Gladys Werner
- Downhill: 10th place (1: 49.6 min)
- Giant Slalom: 22nd place (2: 04.0 min)
- Slalom: 27th place (2: 30.1 min)
Cross-country skiing
Men
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Marvin Crawford
- 4 × 10 km relay: 12th place (2:32:04 h)
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Larry Damon
- 15 km: 51st place (57:18 min)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 12th place (2:32:04 h)
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Theodore Farwell
- 4 × 10 km relay: 12th place (2:32:04 h)
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Buck Levy
- 30 km: 50th place (2:10:56 h)
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Mack Miller
- 15 km: 41st place (56:08 min)
- 30 km: 38th place (2:00:38 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 12th place (2:32:04 h)
Ski jumping
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Kind of Devlin
- Normal hill: 21st place (194.5)
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Willis Olson
- Normal hill: 43rd place (174.5)
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Dick Rahoi
- Normal hill: 51st place (158.0)
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Roy Sherwood
- Normal hill: 36th place (183.0)
Web links
- United States at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )