1956 Winter Olympics / Participant (Norway)

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Norway took part in the VII Winter Olympics in 1956 in the Italian municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo with a delegation of 45 athletes in six disciplines, 37 of them men and 8 women. With two gold, one silver and one bronze medal, Norway was the seventh most successful nation at the Games.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the Nordic combined skier Sverre Stenersen .

Participants by sport

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Men, twos

• Reidar Alveberg , Arnold Dyrdahl (NOR-1)

  3rd race not finished

• Arne Røgden , Odd Solli (NOR-2)

  20th place (5: 52.33 min)

Men, foursome

• Arne Røgden , Arnold Dyrdahl , Odd Solli , Trygve Brudevold (NOR-1)

  11th place (5: 21.50 min)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Hroar ​​Elvenes

  500 m: 17th place (42.8 s)

  1500 m: 24th place (2: 16.0 min)

• Alv Gjestvang

  500 m: bronze (41.0 s)

• Finn Hodt

  500 m: 13th place (42.5 s)

• Sigmund Søfteland

  500 m: 16th place (42.7 s)

• Roald Carrion

  1500 m: 10th place (2: 12.9 min)

  5000 m: 6th place (8: 01.6 min)

• Knut Johannesen

  1500 m: 9th place (2: 12.2 min)

  5000 m: 8th place (8: 02.3 min)

  10,000 m: silver (16: 36.9 min)

• Jan Kristiansen

  1500 m: 16th place (2: 13.7 min)

• Hjalmar Andersen

  5000 m: 11th place (8: 06.5 min)

  10,000 m: 6th place (16: 52.6 min)

• Torstein Seiersten

  5000 m: 10th place (8: 06.4 min)

• Sverre Ingolf Haugli

  10,000 m: 4th place (16: 48.7 min)

• Knut Tangen

  10,000 m: 19th place (17: 22.3 min)

Nordic combination

• Arne Barhaugen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 5th place (435.581)

• Tormod Knutsen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 6th place (435,000)

• Kjetil Mårdalen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 14th place (423,500)

• Sverre Stenersen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): Gold (455,000)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Trygve mountains

  Departure: disqualified

• Kåre Opdal

  Departure: disqualified

• Asle Sjåstad

  Downhill: 14th place (3: 08.8 min)

  Giant Slalom: 22nd place (3: 21.6 min)

  Slalom: 18th place (3: 40.9 min)

• Hans Magnus Andresen

  Giant slalom: 50th place (3: 44.7 min)

  Slalom: 20th place (3: 41.8 min)

• Guttorm mountains

  Giant slalom: disqualified

  Slalom: disqualified

• Jan Thorstensen

  Giant slalom: disqualified

  Slalom: disqualified

Women

• Inger Bjørnbakken

  Giant slalom: 14th place (2: 02.3 min)

  Slalom: 6th place (1: 58.0 min)

• Inger Jørgensen

  Downhill: 26th place (1: 54.3 min)

  Giant Slalom: 24th place (2: 04.4 min)

  Slalom: 13th place (2: 02.3 min)

• Borghild Niskin

  Downhill: 9th place (1: 49.5 min)

  Giant slalom: 7th place (1: 59.0 min)

  Slalom: 11th place (1: 59.0 min)

• Astrid Sandvik

  Downhill: 27th place (1: 54.4 min)

  Giant Slalom: 22nd place (2: 04.0 min)

  Slalom: 6th place (1: 58.0 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Hallgeir Brenden

  15 km: Gold (49:39 min)

  30 km: 14th place (1:49:29 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 4th place (2:21:16 h)

• Håkon Brusveen

  15 km: 5th place (50:36 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 4th place (2:21:16 h)

• Magnar Ingebrigtsli

  15 km: 30th place (54:30 min)

• Martin Stokken

  15 km: 6th place (50:45 min)

  30 km: 15th place (1:49:38 h)

  50 km: disqualified

  4 × 10 km relay: 4th place (2:21:16 h)

• Oddmund Jensen

  30 km: 17th place (1:51:04 h)

  50 km: 14th place (3:11:14 h)

• Per Olsen

  30 km: 19th place (1:51:15 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 4th place (2:21:16 h)

• Edvin Landsem

  50 km: 15th place (3:11:43 h)

• Birger Vestermo

  50 km: disqualified

Women

• Kjellfrid Brusveen

  10 km: 10th place (40:38 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: 4th place (1:10:50 h)

• Gina Regland-Sigstad

  10 km: 22nd place (42:42 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: 4th place (1:10:50 h)

• Squeegee choice

  10 km: 11th place (40:49 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: 4th place (1:10:50 h)

• Ingrid Wigernæs

  10 km: 27th place (43:40 min)

Ski jumping

• Arne Hoel

  Normal hill: 11th place (206.5)

• Asbjørn Osnes

  Normal hill: 18th place (199.5)

• Sverre Stallvik

  Normal hill: 9th place (208.0)

• Sverre Stenersen

  Normal hill: 35th place (183.5)

Web links

• Norway at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )