Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

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Alpine skiing
at the
1956 Winter Olympics
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Slalom men women

The men's alpine skiing downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event. The competition was held on Friday, February 3, 1956 and started at 1 p.m..

Seventy-five alpine skiers from 27 nations competed.

Medalists[edit]

Gold Silver Bronze
 Toni Sailer
Austria (AUT)		  Raymond Fellay
Switzerland (SUI)		  Anderl Molterer
Austria (AUT)

Results[edit]

Place No. Competitor Time Difference
1 14  Toni Sailer (AUT) 2:52.2
2 25  Raymond Fellay (SUI) 2:55.7 +3.5
3 20  Anderl Molterer (AUT) 2:56.2 +4.0
4 21  Roger Staub (SUI) 2:57.1 +4.9
5 7  Hans-Peter Lanig (EUA) 2:59.8 +7.6
6 11  Gino Burrini (ITA) 3:00.2 +8.0
7 46  Kurt Hennrich (TCH) 3:01.5 +9.3
8 17  Charles Bozon (FRA) 3:01.9 +9.7
9 23  Bruno Burrini (ITA) 3:02.4 +10.2
10 9  Stig Sollander (SWE) 3:05.4 +13.2
11 4  Buddy Werner (USA) 3:05.8 +13.6
12 31  Sepp Behr (EUA) 3:07.7 +15.5
13 16  Hans Forrer (SUI) 3:08.0 +15.8
14 35  Asle Sjåstad (NOR) 3:08.8 +16.6
15 12  Andrzej Gąsienica Roj (POL) 3:09.3 +17.1
16 32  Aleksandr Filatov (URS) 3:16.6 +24.4
17 38  Evžen Čermák (TCH) 3:18.0 +25.8
18 62  Georgi Dimitrov (BUL) 3:18.1 +25.9
19 29  Karl Zillibiller (EUA) 3:21.6 +29.4
20 1  Pepi Schwaiger (EUA) 3:22.2 +30.0
21 15  Viktor Taliyanov (URS) 3:26.5 +34.3
22 55  Franc Cvenkelj (YUG) 3:28.5 +36.3
23 50  Kalevi Häkkinen (FIN) 3:29.2 +37.0
24 60  Georgi Varoshkin (BUL) 3:30.0 +37.8
25 33  André Bertrand (CAN) 3:31.2 +39.0
26 58  Franz Beck (LIE) 3:36.8 +44.6
27 48  Petar Ivanov Angelov (BUL) 3:38.5 +46.3
28 44  Susumu Sugiyama (JPN) 3:39.1 +46.9
29 36  Ludvig Dornig (YUG) 3:41.1 +48.9
30 87  Charlach Mackintosh (GBR) 3:41.4 +49.2
31 84  Nicolae Pandrea (ROU) 3:46.5 +54.3
32 42  Lars Mattsson (SWE) 3:50.4 +58.2
33 63  Muzaffer Demirhan (TUR) 3:52.2 +1:00.0
34 45  Nigel Gardner (GBR) 4:00.7 +1:08.5
35 54  Bill Day (AUS) 4:02.0 +1:09.8
36 53  Francisco Viladomat (ESP) 4:02.1 +1:09.9
37 91  Luis Molné (ESP) 4:08.9 +1:16.7
38 89  Denis Feron (BEL) 4:16.6 +1:24.4
39 72  Mahmoud Beiglou (IRI) 4:22.0 +1:29.8
40 85  Leopold Schädler (LIE) 4:23.7 +1:31.5
41 79  Vicente Vera (CHI) 4:25.4 +1:33.2
42 69  Ibrahim Geagea (LIB) 4:33.1 +1:40.9
43 81  Jean Keyrouz (LIB) 4:57.6 +2:05.4
44 77  Benik Amirian (IRI) 5:02.7 +2:10.5
45 73  Max von Hohenlohe (LIE) 5:15.8 +2:23.6
46 90  Aris Vatimbellas (GRE) 5:44.2 +2:52.0
47 92  Khristos Papageorgiou (GRE) 8:03.2 +5:11.0
— 2  Josl Rieder (AUT) DSQ
3  Ralph Miller (USA) DSQ
5  Lino Zecchini (ITA) DSQ
6  William Beck (USA) DSQ
8  Walter Schuster (AUT) DSQ
10  Chiharu Igaya (JPN) DSQ
13  René Collet (FRA) DSQ
18  Adrien Duvillard (FRA) DSQ
22  André Simond (FRA) DSQ
24  Andreas Ruedi (SUI) DSQ
30  Jan Zarycki (POL) DSQ
37  Paride Milianti (ITA) DSQ
39  Marvin Melville (USA) DSQ
43  Kåre Opdal (NOR) DSQ
47  Vladimír Krajňák (TCH) DSQ
49  Trygve Berge (NOR) DSQ
51  Sergey Shustov (URS) DSQ
56  Osman Yüce (TUR) DSQ
57  Jože Ilija (YUG) DSQ
59  Jaroslav Bogdálek (TCH) DSQ
61  Pentti Alonen (FIN) DSQ
64  Gheorghe Cristoloveanu (ROU) DSQ
65  Gennady Chertishchev (URS) DSQ
71  Robin Brock-Hollinshead (GBR) DSQ
74  Herman Kindle (LIE) DSQ
80  Jaime Talens (ESP) DSQ
86  Reza Bazargan (IRI) DSQ
93  Douglas Mackintosh (GBR) DSQ

References[edit]
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