Great Britain at the 1956 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	GBR
Nocname:	British Olympic Association
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1956
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United Kingdom
Location:	Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors:	41 (31 men, 10 women)
Sports:	5
Flagbearer:	Stuart Parkinson (bobsleigh)
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Alpine skiing

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Douglas Mackintosh	Downhill					DSQ	-
Robin Brock-Hollinshead						DSQ	-
Nigel Gardner						4:00.7	34
Charlach Mackintosh						3:41.4	30
Robin Hooper	Giant Slalom					4:02.2	66
Noel Harrison						4:00.1	64
Nigel Gardner						3:51.8	58
Sandy Whitelaw						3:49.4	56
Peter Torrens	Slalom	DSQ	-	-	-	DSQ	-
Sandy Whitelaw		DSQ	-	-	-	DSQ	-
Noel Harrison		2:14.7 (+0:05)	50	2:36.0	45	4:50.7	47
Peter Seilern		2:08.0	48	2:46.7	53	4:54.7	48

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jeanne Sandford	Downhill					2:15.1	43
Renate Holmes						2:05.0	41
Zandra Nowell						1:59.0	35
Jeanne Sandford	Giant Slalom					DSQ	-
Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore						2:39.8	42
Renate Holmes						2:19.0	38
Adeline Pryor						2:03.1	21
Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore	Slalom	1:54.4	39	1:26.0	32	3:20.4	35
Adeline Pryor		1:35.2	37	DNS	-	DNF	-
Renate Holmes		1:15.0	31	1:40.9	35	2:55.9	34
Zandra Nowell		57.5	5	1:28.3	33	2:25.8	25

Bobsleigh

See main article: article and 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
GBR-1	Clifford Schellenberg John Rainforth	Two-man	1:24.52	3	1:26.57	16	1:25.88	11	1:26.39	15	5:43.36	11
GBR-2	Stuart Parkinson Christopher Williams	Two-man	1:25.63	10	1:24.53	9	1:26.73	16	1:25.94	11	5:42.83	10

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Keith Schellenberg Rollo Brandt Ralph Raffles John Rainforth	Four-man	1:21.39	19	1:18.73	6	1:20.42	10	1:21.58	16	5:22.12	12
GBR-2	Stuart Parkinson John Read Christopher Williams Rodney Mann	Four-man	1:20.72	15	1:19.92	11	1:22.51	19	1:20.58	12	5:23.73	17

Cross-country skiing

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Aubrey Fielder	59:59	60
	John Moore	59:31	58
	Andrew Morgan	59:27	57
	Maurice Gover	58:58	56
30 km	Thomas Cairney	2'13:41	51
	James Spencer	2'10:32	49
	John Moore	2'08:58	47
	Andrew Morgan	2'03:55	45
50 km	Richard Aylmer	4'11:40	30
	Toby Graham	3'48:17	29
	Thomas Cairney	3'44:54	28

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Figure skating

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

Men

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Dianne Peach	13	13	144.75	151	14
Erica Batchelor	9	12	149.67	116	11
Yvonne Sugden	4	9	156.62	53	4

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Patricia Krau Rodney Ward	9.86	93	11
Joyce Coates Anthony Holles	10.00	88	10

Speed skating

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	John Hearn	45.9	45
	Alex Connell	45.2	44
	Johnny Cronshey	42.9	21
1500 m	Alex Connell	2:23.0	50
	John Hearn	2:17.5	33
	Johnny Cronshey	2:15.0	19
5000 m	Alex Connell	8:42.5	42
	John Hearn	8:21.4	26
	Johnny Cronshey	8:10.1	15
10,000 m	John Hearn	17:27.6	20
	Johnny Cronshey	17:05.6	11

References

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