Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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The 1956 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing results in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

[edit] Men's events

[edit] Downhill

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Toni Sailer (AUT)	2:52.2
Silver	Raymond Fellay (SUI)	2:55.7
Bronze	Anderl Molterer (AUT)	2:56.2

[edit] Giant Slalom

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Toni Sailer (AUT)	3:00.1
Silver	Anderl Molterer (AUT)	3:06.3
Bronze	Walter Schuster (AUT)	3:07.2

[edit] Slalom

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Toni Sailer (AUT)	3:14.7
Silver	Chiharu Igaya (JPN)	3:18.7
Bronze	Stig Sollander (SWE)	3:20.2

[edit] Women's events

[edit] Downhill

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Madeleine Berthod (SUI)	1:40.7
Silver	Frieda Dänzer (SUI)	1:45.4
Bronze	Lucile Wheeler (CAN)	1:45.9

[edit] Giant Slalom

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Ossi Reichert (EUA) [1]	1:56.5
Silver	Josefine Frandl (AUT)	1:57.8
Bronze	Dorothea Hochleitner (AUT)	1:58.2

[edit] Slalom

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Renée Colliard (SUI)	1:52.3
Silver	Regina Schöpf (AUT)	1:55.4
Bronze	Yevgeniya Sidorova (URS)	1:56.7

[edit] Footnote

1. ^  Athletes from East and West Germany competed together as the "United Team of Germany," designated as the EUA. This combined team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics

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