1956 Winter Olympics / Participant (Czechoslovakia)
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The Czechoslovakia took part in the VII. Winter Olympic Games in 1956 in the Italian municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo with a delegation of 41 athletes in seven disciplines in part, of which 35 men and 6 women. No athlete managed to win a medal.
The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the ice hockey player Vlastimil Bubník .
Participants by sport
ice Hockey
Men
- 5th place
figure skating
Men
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Karol Divin
- 5th place (154.25)
Women
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Jindra Kramperová
- 20th place (136.67)
Couples
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Věra Suchánková & Zdeněk Doležal
- 8th place (10.53)
Speed skating
Men
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Jaroslav Doubek
- 500 m: 30th place (43.6 s)
- 1500 m: 39th place (2: 19.2 min)
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Bohumil Jauris
- 500 m: 17th place (42.8 s)
- 1500 m: 15th place (2: 13.6 min)
- 10,000 m: 26th place (17: 38.4 min)
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Vladimír Kolář
- 500 m: 28th place (43.5 s)
- 1500 m: 27th place (2: 16.5 min)
- 5000 m: 13th place (8: 08.9 min)
- 10,000 m: 14th place (17: 16.9 min)
Nordic combination
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Vítězslav Lahr
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 12th place (427,800)
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Vlastimil Melich
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 18th place (419,600)
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Josef Nüsser
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 22nd place (417,300)
Alpine skiing
Men
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Jaroslav Bogdálek
- Departure: disqualified
- Giant Slalom: 31st place (3: 27.3 min)
- Slalom: 29th place (4: 07.3 min)
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Evžen Čermák
- Downhill: 17th place (3: 18.0 min)
- Giant Slalom: 32nd place (3: 27.7 min)
- Slalom: 21st place (3: 42.8 min)
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Kurt Hennrich
- Downhill: 7th place (3: 01.5 min)
- Giant slalom: 36th place (3: 30.4 min)
- Slalom: 36th place (4: 18.5 min)
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Vladimír Krajňák
- Departure: disqualified
- Giant slalom: 38th place (3: 31.0 min)
- Slalom: disqualified
Cross-country skiing
Men
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Jaroslav Cardal
- 15 km: 42nd place (56:12 min)
- 30 km: 18th place (1:51:05 h)
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Ilya Matouš
- 15 km: 13th place (52:04 min)
- 30 km: 10th place (1:48:12 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 8th place (2:24:54 h)
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Josef Prokeš
- 15 km: 36th place (55:05 min)
- 30 km: 16th place (1:50:49 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 8th place (2:24:54 h)
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Vlastimil Melich
- 4 × 10 km relay: 8th place (2:24:54 h)
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Emil Okuliár
- 4 × 10 km relay: 8th place (2:24:54 h)
Women
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Olga Krasilová
- 10 km: 25th place (43:10 min)
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Eva Lauermanová
- 10 km: 14th place (41:04 min)
- 3 × 5 km relay: 6th place (1:14:19 h)
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Libuše Patočková
- 10 km: 19th place (41:52 min)
- 3 × 5 km relay: 6th place (1:14:19 h)
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Eva Paulusová-Benešová
- 10 km: 29th place (43:42 min)
- 3 × 5 km relay: 6th place (1:14:19 h)
Ski jumping
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Jáchym Bulín
- Normal hill: 29th place (186.0)
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Mojmír Stuchlík
- Normal hill: 28th place (187.5)
Web links
- Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )