Olympic Winter Games 1956 / participant (Austria)
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Austria took part in the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo , Italy , with a delegation of 60 athletes, including 50 men and ten women. The skier Toni Sailer was chosen as the flag bearer of the Austrian team for the opening ceremony, the "Blitz von Kitz" won a total of three gold medals and was the most successful Austrian athlete at these winter games as well as the first to win all alpine competitions.
Participants by sport
Alpine skiing
Women:
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Men's:
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Two-man bobsleigh:
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Four-man bobsleigh:
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ice Hockey
Men: 10th place
figure skating
Women:
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Men's:
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Couples:
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Speed skating
Men's:
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Ernst Biel
- 500 m: 37th place - 44.2 s
- 1500 m: 51st place - 2: 23.5 min
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Kurt Eminger
- 500 m: 41st place - 44.4 s
- 1500 m: 38th place - 2: 19.0 min
- 5000 m: 38th place - 8: 39.4 min
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Arthur Mannsbarth
- 1500 m: 32nd place - 2: 17.4 min
- 5000 m: 28th place - 8: 23.6 min
- 10,000 m: 29th place - 17: 47.8 min
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Franz Offenberger
- 500 m: 32nd place - 43.8 s
- 1500 m: 31st place - 2: 17.3 min
- 5000 m: 34th place - 8: 30.8 min
Nordic skiing
Cross-country skiing
Men's:
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Hermann Mayr
- 15 km: 39th place - 58: 04.0 min
- 4 × 10 km relay: 11th place - 2:30:50 h
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Karl Rafreider
- 15 km: 35th place - 54:51 min
- 4 × 10 km relay: 11th place - 2:30:50 h
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Sepp Schneeberger
- 15 km: 28th place - 54:21 min
- 4 × 10 km relay: 11th place - 2:30:50 h
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Oskar Schulz
- 15 km: 59th place - 59:56 min
- 4 × 10 km relay: 11th place - 2:30:50 h
Ski jumping
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Sepp Bradl
- Normal hill: 12th place - 205.5 points
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Walter Habersatter
- Normal hill: 15th place - 201.5 points
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Otto Leodolter
- Normal hill: 30th place - 185.0 points
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Rudolf Schweinberger
- Normal hill: 19th place - 199.0 points
Nordic combination
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Willi Egger
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 16th place
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Leopold Kohl
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 17th place
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Josef Schiffner
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 11th place
Web link
- Austrian Olympic team 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )