1956 Winter Olympics medal count

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This is the full table of the medal count of the 1956 Winter Olympics, which were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.

(Host country is highlighted, greatest number of medals in each category is in bold.)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	7	3	6	16
2	Austria (AUT)	4	3	4	11
3	Finland (FIN)	3	3	1	7
4	Switzerland (SUI)	3	2	1	6
5	Sweden (SWE)	2	4	4	10
6	United States (USA)	2	3	2	7
7	Norway (NOR)	2	1	1	4
8	Italy (ITA)	1	2	0	3
9	Germany (EUA)	1	0	1	2
10	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
11	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
12	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
12	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Total		25	23	24	72

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee – Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Medal Table