1956 Winter Olympics / Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh at the VII Olympic Winter Games |
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Competition venue | Pista Olimpica di Bob |
Nations | 14th |
Athletes | 101 (101 men) |
date | January 27 to February 4, 1956 |
decisions | 2 |
← Oslo 1952 |
Two competitions in bobsleigh took place at the VII Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956 . The venue was the Pista Olimpica di Bob with a length of 1700 m and 16 curves.
Balance sheet
Medal table
space | country |
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1 |
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1 | 2 | - | 3 |
2 |
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1 | - | 1 | 2 |
3 |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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Two-man bobsleigh |
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Four-man bobsleigh |
![]() Robert Alt , Heinrich Angst |
![]() Renzo Alverà , Renato Mocellini |
![]() Charles Butler , James Lamy |
Results
(all times in min)
Two-man bobsleigh
space | country | athlete | 1st run | 2nd run | 3rd run | 4th run | total |
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Italy I: Lamberto Dalla Costa , Giacomo Conti | 1: 22.00 | 1: 22.45 | 1: 22.95 | 1: 22.74 | 5: 30.14 |
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Italy II: Eugenio Monti , Renzo Alverà | 1: 22.73 | 1: 22.53 | 1: 23.37 | 1: 22.82 | 5: 31.45 |
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Switzerland I: Max Angst , Harry Warburton | 1: 24.71 | 1: 23.81 | 1: 24.27 | 1: 24.67 | 5: 37.46 |
4th |
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Spain I: Alfonso de Portago , Vicente Sartorius | 1: 24.81 | 1: 23.77 | 1: 24.03 | 1: 24.99 | 5: 37.60 |
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USA I: Waightman Washbond , Patrick Biesiadecki | 1: 24.82 | 1: 24.15 | 1: 24.78 | 1: 24.41 | 5: 38.16 |
6th |
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USA II: Arthur Teyler , Edgar Seymour | 1: 25.41 | 1: 23.77 | 1: 24.44 | 1: 26.46 | 5: 40.08 |
7th |
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Switzerland II: Franz Kapus , Heinrich Angst | 1: 24.74 | 1: 24.50 | 1: 24.70 | 1: 26.17 | 5: 40.11 |
8th |
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Germany II: Andreas Ostler , Hans Hohenester | 1: 24.63 | 1: 24.89 | 1: 25.07 | 1: 25.54 | 5: 40.13 |
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Germany I: Hans Rösch , Lorenz Nieberl | 1: 26.92 | 1: 24.08 | 1: 25.21 | 1: 25.13 | 5: 51.34 |
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Great Britain II: Stuart Parkinson , Chris Williams | 1: 25.63 | 1: 24.53 | 1: 26.73 | 1: 25.94 | 5: 42.83 |
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Austria I: Paul Aste , Heinrich Isser | 1: 26.32 | 1: 25.82 | 1: 26.61 | 1: 25.22 | 5: 43.97 |
15th |
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Austria II: Karl Wagner , Adolf Tonn | 1: 26.15 | 1: 27.06 | 1: 26.73 | 1: 26.35 | 5: 46.29 |
Runs 1 and 2: January 27, 1956 Runs
3 and 4: January 28, 1956
25 bobsleighs at the start, 20 of them in the ranking.
Four-man bobsleigh
space | country | athlete | 1st run | 2nd run | 3rd run | 4th run | total |
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Switzerland I: Franz Kapus , Gottfried Diener , Robert Alt , Heinrich Angst |
1: 18.00 | 1: 17.19 | 1: 17.09 | 1: 18.16 | 5: 10.44 |
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Italy II: Eugenio Monti , Ulrico Girardi , Renzo Alverà , Renato Mocellini |
1: 17.69 | 1: 17.97 | 1: 18.13 | 1: 18.31 | 5: 12.10 |
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USA I: Arthur Tyler , William Dodge , Charles Butler , James Lamy |
1: 17.75 | 1: 17.87 | 1: 18.25 | 1: 18.52 | 5: 12.39 |
4th |
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Switzerland II: Max Angst , Arnold Gartmann , Harry Warburton , Rolf Gerber |
1: 17.41 | 1: 17.85 | 1: 18.68 | 1: 20.33 | 5: 14.27 |
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Italy I: Dino De Martin , Giovanni De Martin , Giovanni Tabacchi , Carlo Da Prà |
1: 18.10 | 1: 18.65 | 1: 18.50 | 1: 19.41 | 5: 14.66 |
6th |
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Germany I: Hans Rösch , Michael Pössinger , Lorenz Nieberl , Sylvester Wackerle |
1: 18.61 | 1: 19.04 | 1: 19.43 | 1: 20.94 | 5: 18.02 |
7th |
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Austria II: Kurt Loserth , Wilfried Thurner , Karl Schwarzböck , Frank Dominik |
1: 19.37 | 1: 19.12 | 1: 20.08 | 1: 19.72 | 5: 18.29 |
8th |
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Germany II: Franz Schelle , Jakob Nirschl , Hans Henn , Edmund Koller |
1: 19.03 | 1: 18.84 | 1: 19.31 | 1: 21.35 | 5: 18.50 |
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Spain I: Alfonso de Portago , Vicente Sartorius , Gonzalo Taboada , Luis Muñoz |
1: 18.87 | 1: 19.27 | 1: 21.37 | 1: 19.08 | 5: 19.49 |
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Austria I: Karl Wagner , Fritz Rursch , Adolf Tonn , Heinrich Isser |
1: 19.60 | 1: 20.74 | 1: 19.98 | 1: 20.30 | 5: 20.62 |
Runs 1 and 2: February 3, 1956 Runs
3 and 4: February 4, 1956
21 bobsleighs at the start, all rated.
Web links
- Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1956 Winter Olympics (PDF; 25.7 MB)