Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	AUT
Nocname:	Austrian Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Games Link:	1956 Winter Olympics
Year:	1956
Website:
Location:	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date:	26 January–5 February 1956
Competitors:	60 (50 men, 10 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Toni Sailer (alpine skiing)
Rank:	2
Gold:	4
Silver:	3
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's downhill
			Men's giant slalom
			Men's slalom
			Pairs
			Men's giant slaom
			Women's giant slalom
			Women's slalom
			Men's downhill
			Men's giant slalom
			Women's giant slalom
			Women's singles

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Walter Schuster	Downhill					DSQ	-
Josl Rieder						DSQ	-
Anderl Molterer						2:56.2
Toni Sailer						2:52.2
Ernst Hinterseer	Giant Slalom					3:08.5	6
Walter Schuster						3:07.2
Anderl Molterer						3:06.3
Toni Sailer						3:00.1
Anderl Molterer	Slalom	DSQ	-	-	-	DSQ	-
Josl Rieder		1:47.0	31	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Othmar Schneider		1:35.8	23	2:00.0	13	3:35.8	12
Toni Sailer		1:27.3	1	1:47.4	1	3:14.7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Putzi Frandl	Downhill					1:51.0	13
Trude Klecker						1:50.6	12
Thea Hochleitner						1:47.9	7
Hilde Hofherr						1:47.3	4
Trude Klecker	Giant Slalom					2:08.5	33
Regina Schöpf						2:00.6	9
Thea Hochleitner						1:58.2
Putzi Frandl						1:57.8
Putzi Frandl	Slalom	1:00.4	14	57.5	2	1:58.0	5
Thea Hochleitner		1:00.4	14	1:00.6	13	2:01.0	12
Hilde Hofherr		58.2	6	1:25.3	31	2:23.5	24
Regina Schöpf		56.0	2	59.4	7	1:55.4

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Paul Aste Heinrich Isser	Two-man	1:26.32	12	1:25.82	12	1:26.61	15	1:25.22	7	5:43.97	12
AUT-2	Karl Wagner Adolf Tonn	Two-man	1:26.15	11	1:27.06	20	1:26.73	16	1:26.35	14	5:46.29	15

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Karl Wagner Fritz Rursch Adolf Tonn Heinrich Isser	Four-man	1:19.60	11	1:20.74	17	1:19.98	8	1:20.30	8	5:20.62	10
AUT-2	Kurt Loserth Wilfried Thurner Karl Schwarzböck Franz Dominik	Four-man	1:19.37	10	1:19.12	9	1:20.08	9	1:19.72	5	5:18.29	7

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Oskar Schulz	59:56	59
	Hermann Mayr	55:51	39
	Karl Rafreider	54:51	35
	Sepp Schneeberger	54:21	28

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Hanna Walter	8	7	153.89	83.5	7
Hanna Eigel	5	4	157.15	52	5
Ingrid Wendl	3	5	159.44	39

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Elisabeth Ellend Konrad Lienert	10.38	77	9
Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt	11.31	14

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Group A

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		3	3	0	0	30	1	6
2		3	1	1	1	9	6	3
3		3	0	1	2	5	7	2
4		3	0	2	1	2	32	1

• Italy 2-2 Austria
• Canada 23-0 Austria
• Germany (UTG) 7-0 Austria

Games for 7th-10th places

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7		3	3	0	0	21	7	6
8		3	2	1	0	12	10	4
9		3	1	2	0	12	18	2
10		3	0	3	0	9	19	0

• Switzerland 7-4 Austria
• Italy 8-2 Austria
• Poland 4-3 Austria

Contestants Alfred Püls Robert Nusser Franz Potucek Hermann Knoll Hans Mössmer Hans Scarsini Hans Zollner Fritz Spielmann Wilhelm Schmid Walter Znenahlik Gerhard Springer Adolf Hafner Hans Wagner Max Singewald Kurt Kurz Konrad Staudinger Wolfgang Jöchl

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Leopold Kohl	Individual	66.5	69.5	198.5	16	1'01:00	221.800	21	420.300	17
Sepp Schiffner		71.5	73.5	211.5	4	1'02:02	217.800	25	429.300	11
Willi Egger		73.0	72.5	208.0	7	1'03:00	214.100	28	422.100	16

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Otto Leodolter	Normal hill	72.0	94.0	31	72.5	91.0	33	185.0	30
Rudolf Schweinberger		74.5	100.0	22	75.0	99.0	17	199.0	19
Walter Habersatter		77.5	102.0	18	77.5	99.5	16	201.5	15
Sepp Bradl		77.5	104.5	11	77.0	101.0	15	205.5	12

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Kurt Eminger	44.4	41
	Ernst Biel	44.2	37
	Franz Offenberger	43.8	32
1500 m	Ernst Biel	2:23.5	51
	Kurt Eminger	2:19.0	38
	Arthur Mannsbarth	2:17.4	32
	Franz Offenberger	2:17.3	31
5000 m	Kurt Eminger	8:39.4	38
	Franz Offenberger	8:30.8	34
	Arthur Mannsbarth	8:23.6	28
10,000 m	Arthur Mannsbarth	17:47.8	29

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com