1956 Winter Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)
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The United Kingdom took part under the name Great Britain at the VII Winter Olympic Games in 1956 in the Italian municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo with a delegation of 41 athletes in five disciplines, including 31 men and 10 women. No athlete managed to win a medal.
The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was bobsleigh driver Stuart Parkinson .
Participants by sport
bob
Men, twos
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Clifford Schellenberg , John Rainforth (GBR-1)
- 11th place (5: 43.36 min)
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Stuart Parkinson , Christopher Williams (GBR-2)
- 10th place (5: 42.83 min)
Men, foursome
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Keith Schellenberg , Rollo Brandt , Ralph Raffles , John Rainforth (GBR-1)
- 12th place (5: 22.12 min)
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Stuart Parkinson , John Read , Christopher Williams , Rodney Mann (GBR-2)
- 17th place (5: 23.73 min)
figure skating
Men
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Michael Booker
- 6th place (154.26)
Women
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Erica Batchelor
- 11th place (149.67)
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Dianne Peach
- 14th place (144.75)
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Yvonne Sugden
- 4th place (156.62)
Couples
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Patricia Krau & Rodney Ward
- 11th place (9.86)
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Joyce Coates & Anthony Holles
- 10th place (10.00)
Speed skating
Men
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Alex Connell
- 500 m: 44th place (45.2 s)
- 1500 m: 50th place (2: 23.0 min)
- 5000 m: 42nd place (8: 42.5 min)
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Johnny Cronshey
- 500 m: 21st place (42.9 s)
- 1500 m: 19th place (2: 15.0 min)
- 5000 m: 15th place (8: 10.1 min)
- 10,000 m: 11th place (17: 05.6 min)
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John Hearn
- 500 m: 45th place (45.9 s)
- 1500 m: 33rd place (2: 17.5 min)
- 5000 m: 26th place (8: 21.4 min)
- 10,000 m: 20th place (17: 27.6 min)
Alpine skiing
Men
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Robin Brock-Hollinshead
- Departure: disqualified
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Nigel Gardner
- Departure: 34th place (4: 00.7 min)
- Giant slalom: 58th place (3: 51.8 min)
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Charlach Mackintosh
- Downhill: 30th place (3: 41.4 min)
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Douglas Mackintosh
- Departure: disqualified
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Noel Harrison
- Giant Slalom: 64th place (4:00, 1 min)
- Slalom: 47th place (4: 50.7 min)
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Robin Hooper
- Giant slalom: 66th place (4: 02.2 min)
- Slalom: 50th place (5: 02.8 min)
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Sandy Whitelaw
- Giant Slalom: 56th place (3: 49.4 min)
- Slalom: disqualified
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Peter Seilern
- Slalom: 48th place (4: 54.7 min)
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Peter Torrens
- Slalom: disqualified
Women
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Renate Holmes
- Downhill: 41st place (2: 05.0 min)
- Giant Slalom: 38th place (2: 19.0 min)
- Slalom: 34th place (2: 55.9 min)
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Zandra Nowell
- Downhill: 35th place (1: 59.0 min)
- Slalom: 25th place (2: 25.8 min)
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Jeanne Sandford
- Downhill: 43rd place (2: 15.1 min)
- Giant slalom: disqualified
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Adeline Pryor
- Giant Slalom: 21st place (2: 03.1 min)
- Slalom: not started for the 2nd run
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Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore
- Giant Slalom: 42nd place (2: 39.8 min)
- Slalom: 35th place (3: 20.4 min)
Cross-country skiing
Men
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Aubrey Fielder
- 15 km: 60th place (59:59 min)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (2:38:44 h)
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Maurice Gover
- 15 km: 56th place (58:58 min)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (2:38:44 h)
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John Moore
- 15 km: 58th place (59:31 min)
- 30 km: 47th place (2:08:58 h)
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Andrew Morgan
- 15 km: 57th place (59:27 min)
- 30 km: 45th place (2:03:55 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (2:38:44 h)
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Thomas Cairney
- 30 km: 51st place (2:13:41 h)
- 50 km: 28th place (3:44:54 h)
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James Spencer
- 30 km: 49th place (2:10:32 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (2:38:44 h)
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Richard Aylmer
- 50 km: 30th place (4:11:40 h)
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Toby Graham
- 50 km: 29th place (3:48:17 h)
Web links
- Great Britain at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )