Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom explained

Event:	Men's slalom
Games:	1956 Winter
Venue:	Col Druscié, Tofana Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date:	31 January 1956
Competitors:	89
Nations:	29
Win Value:	3:14.7
Gold:	Toni Sailer
Goldnoc:	AUT
Silver:	Chiharu Igaya
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Stig Sollander
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	1952
Next:	1960

The men's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on the Col Druscié run on Tuesday, 31 January. The course length was with a vertical drop of 251m (823feet); the first run had 79 gates and the second had 92 gates. Fifty-seven athletes finished both runs and 23 were disqualified during the first run, and eight during the second. Twenty-nine countries were represented and Toni Sailer of Austria won the second of his three gold medals at these Games. Chiharu Igaya won the silver (the only medal for of Japan at these Games) and Stig Sollander of Sweden took the bronze.^{[1] [2]}

U.S. head coach Robert Sheehan filed a protest that Igaya straddled a gate on the second run, a five-second penalty at the time. Although backed up by the Swedish coach, an infraction was not called and after hours of deliberation, Igaya was awarded the silver medal.^[3]

Results

Place	Alpine skier	1st run	2nd run	width=50	Total	Difference
		87.3	107.4	194.7	—
		90.2	108.5	198.7	+4.0
		89.2	111.0	200.2	+5.5
4		87.6	114.2	201.8	+7.1
5		89.0	113.6	202.6	+7.9
6		91.0	113.6	204.6	+9.9
7		92.3	113.9	206.2	+11.5
8		91.7	114.6	206.3	+11.6
9		92.3	115.2	207.5	+12.8
10		94.1	113.6	207.7	+13.0
11		92.8	119.3	212.1	+17.4
12		95.8	120.0	215.8	+21.1
13		95.2	120.7	215.9	+21.2
14		99.8	117.5	217.3	+22.6
15		94.2	118.4*	217.6	+22.9
16		93.8	126.5	220.0	+25.3
17		92.6	128.1	220.7	+26.0
18		96.4	124.5	220.9	+26.2
19		97.1	124.2	221.3	+26.6
20		95.0	126.8	221.8	+27.1
21		97.5	125.3	222.8	+28.1
22		94.0	128.8*	227.8	+33.1
23		110.6	125.2	235.8	+41.1
24		109.2	126.9	236.1	+41.4
25		96.6	138.6*	240.2	+45.5
26		104.7	135.6	240.3	+45.6
27		96.2	144.2	240.4	+45.7
28		109.3	133.4	242.7	+48.0
29		120.4	126.9	247.3	+52.6
30		93.5	151.0*	249.5	+54.8
31		111.7	141.1	252.8	+58.1
32		109.1	147.1	256.2	+1:01.5
33		111.0	146.0	257.0	+1:02.3
34		108.7	143.7*	257.4	+1:02.7
35		124.0	133.8	257.8	+1:03.1
36		113.3	140.2	258.5	+1:03.8
37		110.0	148.6	258.6	+1:03.9
38		87.5	161.4**	258.9	+1:04.2
39		112.9	141.2*	259.1	+1:04.4
40		113.8	140.4*	259.2	+1:04.5
41		125.6	135.4	261.0	+1:06.3
42		118.3	148.6	266.9	+1:12.2
43		137.5	142.3	279.8	+1:26.1
44		127.8	159.9	287.7	+1:34.0
45		136.7	151.1	287.8	+1:34.1
46		132.5	157.0	289.5	+1:36.8
47		129.7*	156.0	290.7	+1:37.0
48		128.0	166.7	294.7	+1:41.0
49		142.2	159.6	301.8	+1:48.1
50		162.8	140.0	302.8	+1:49.1
51		150.7	152.2	302.9	+1:49.2
52		145.7	158.5	304.2	+1:50.5
53		144.1	165.8	309.9	+1:56.2
54		174.3	163.2	337.5	+2:23.8
55		171.7*	174.6	351.3	+2:37.6
56		165.5	187.5	353.0	+2:39.3
57		169.7	198.9	368.6	+2:54.9
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Source:^[1]

See also

• 1956 Winter Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report . LA84 Foundation. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano. 1956. 164–174, 594–595. February 13, 2014.
2. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's Slalom . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213522/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1956/ASK/mens-slalom.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 March 2018 . Sports Reference.
3. News: Dartmouth's Igaya 2nd despite heated protest . Lewiston (ME) Daily Sun . Associated Press . Smits . Ted . February 1, 1956 . 8.