Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Ski jumping at the VII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Trampolino Olimpico | ||||||||||||
Dates | 5 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 51 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning Score | 227.0 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 5 February[1] The competition took place at the Trampolino Olimpico Italia with a K-Point of 72m.[2][3]
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (2 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Both Finland, which led the medal table, and the unified Germany team won their first Olympic medals in ski jumping.
Events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Normal hill |
Antti Hyvärinen |
227.0 | Aulis Kallakorpi |
225.0 | Harry Glaß |
224.5 |
Results
[edit]Participating NOCs
[edit]Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. The Soviet Union made its Olympic ski jumping debut.[1]
Austria (4)
Canada (1)
Finland (4)
France (3)
United Team of Germany (4)
Italy (4)
Japan (2)
Norway (4)
Poland (4)
Romania (1)
Switzerland (3)
Sweden (4)
Czechoslovakia (2)
Soviet Union (3)
United States (4)
Yugoslavia (4)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "VII Giochi Olimpici Invernali - Rapporto ufficiale" (PDF). COMITATO OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO. LA84 Foundation. 1956. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski jumping). "hill lengths." E-Mail to Chris Miller. 5 June 2006.
- ^ "Ski Jumping at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2019.