Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	TCH
Nocname:	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1956
Location:	Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors:	41 (35 men, 6 women)
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Václav Bubník (ice hockey)
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App End Year:	1992
See also:	(1900–1912) (1994–) (1994–)

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

Alpine skiing

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jaroslav Bogdálek	Downhill					DSQ	-
Vladimír Krajňák						DSQ	-
Evžen Čermák						3:18.0	17
Kurt Hennrich						3:01.5	7
Vladimír Krajňák	Giant Slalom					3:31.0	38
Kurt Hennrich						3:30.4	36
Evžen Čermák						3:27.7	32
Jaroslav Bogdálek						3:27.3	31
Vladimír Krajňák	Slalom	n/a	?	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Jaroslav Bogdálek		2:00.4	44	2:06.9	22	4:07.3	29
Kurt Hennrich		1:58.3 (+0:05)	42	2:20.2	31	4:18.5	36
Evžen Čermák		1:37.5	28	2:05.3	19	3:42.8	21

Cross-country skiing

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Jaroslav Cardal	56:12	42
	Josef Prokeš	55:05	36
	Ilja Matouš	52:04	13
30 km	Jaroslav Cardal	1'51:05	18
	Josef Prokeš	1'50:49	16
	Ilja Matouš	1'48:12	10

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km	Eva Paulusová-Benešová	43:42	28
	Olga Krasilová	43:10	25
	Libuše Patočková	41:52	19
	Eva Lauermanová	41:04	14

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Figure skating

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

Men

Women

Pairs

Ice hockey

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

Group B

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		2	2	0	0	12	6	4
2		2	1	1	0	7	4	2
3		2	0	2	0	3	12	0

Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA
Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland

Games for 1st-6th places

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		5	5	0	0	25	5	10
2		5	4	1	0	26	12	8
3		5	3	2	0	23	11	6
4		5	1	3	1	10	17	3
5		5	1	4	0	20	30	2
6		5	0	4	1	6	35	1

Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
Sweden 5-0 Czechoslovakia
USSR 7-4 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia 9-3 Germany (UTG)
USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia

Leading scorers

	Contestants Jan Vodička Ján Jendek Karel Gut Jan Kasper Václav Bubník Jaromír Bünter Slavomír Bartoň Vlastimil Bubník Bronislav Danda Zdeněk Návrat František Vaněk Bohumil Prošek Miroslav Klůc Stanislav Bacílek Vladimír Zábrodský Otto Cimrman Václav Pantůček

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
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Vlastimil Melich	Individual	62.0	65.0	183.5	28	57:18	236.100	4	419.600	18
Josef Nüsser		68.0	65.5	189.5	25	59:28	227.800	13	417.300	22
Vítězslav Lahr		68.0	67.0	193.0	22	57:39	234.800	5	427.800	12

Ski jumping

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

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jáchym Bulín	Normal hill	71.5	93.5	34	70.5	92.5	30	186.0	29
Mojmír Stuchlík	Normal hill	74.0	98.5	24	74.0	89.0	38	187.5	28

Speed skating

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Jaroslav Doubek	43.6	30
	Vladimír Kolář	43.5	28
	Bohumil Jauris	42.8	17
1500 m	Jaroslav Doubek	2:19.2	39
	Vladimír Kolář	2:16.5	27
	Bohumil Jauris	2:13.6	15
5000 m	Vladimír Kolář	8:08.9	13
10,000 m	Bohumil Jauris	17:38.4	26
10,000 m	Vladimír Kolář	17:16.9	14

References