Italy at the 1956 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	ITA
Nocname:	Italian National Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1956
Website:
Location:	Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors:	65 (53 men, 12 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Tito Tolin (ski jumping)^[1]
Rank:	8
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Italy was the host nation for the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. It was the first time that Italy had hosted the Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Two-man
			Two-man
			Four-man

Alpine skiing

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paride Milianti	Downhill					DSQ	-
Lino Zecchini						DSQ	-
Bruno Burrini						3:02.4	9
Gino Burrini						3:00.2	6
Bruno Burrini	Giant Slalom					3:23.1	25
Dino Pompanin						3:22.4	24
Guido Ghedina						3:15.6	11
Gino Burrini						3:12.3	10
Paride Milianti	Slalom	DSQ	-	-	-	DSQ	-
Italo Pedroncelli		n/a	?	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Bruno Burrini		1:36.2	24	2:24.2	35	4:00.4	27
Guido Ghedina		1:32.6	12	2:08.1	24	3:40.7	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vera Schenone	Downhill					1:59.2	36
Anna Pellissier						1:49.7	11
Carla Marchelli						1:47.7	6
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo						1:47.3	4
Vera Schenone	Giant Slalom					DSQ	-
Maria Grazia Marchelli						2:05.2	28
Anna Pellissier						2:02.4	17
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo						2:01.5	13
Cristina Ebner	Slalom	DSQ	-	-	-	DSQ	-
Vera Schenone		1:05.1	21	1:32.1	34	2:37.2	29
Anna Pellissier		1:01.2	16	1:05.3	19	2:06.5	16
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo		56.9	3	59.9	11	1:56.8	4

Bobsleigh

See main article: article and Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Lamberto Dalla Costa Giacomo Conti	Two-man	1:22.0	1	1:22.45	1	1:22.95	1	1:22.74	1	5:30.14
ITA-2	Eugenio Monti Renzo Alverà	Two-man	1:22.73	2	1:22.53	2	1:23.37	2	1:22.82	2	5:31.45

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Dino De Martin Giovanni De Martin Giovanni Tabacchi Carlo Da Prà	Four-man	1:18.10	5	1:18.65	5	1:18.50	4	1:19.41	4	5:14.66	5
ITA-2	Eugenio Monti Ulrico Girardi Renzo Alverà Renato Mocellini	Four-man	1:17.69	2	1:17.97	4	1:18.13	2	1:18.31	2	5:12.10

Cross-country skiing

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Innocenzo Chatrian	53:46	25
	Pompeo Fattor	53:45	24
	Federico de Florian	52:48	17
	Ottavio Compagnoni	51:42	11
30 km	Ottavio Compagnoni	DSQ	-
	Camillo Zanolli	1'54:42	26
	Arrigo Delladio	1'54:27	24
	Federico de Florian	1'49:16	13
50 km	Battista Mismetti	3'23:15	23
	Gioacchino Busin	3'21:05	21
	Gianni Carrara	3'14:39	17
	Vigilio Mich	3'11:59	16

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km	Anita Parmesani	47:37	37
	Fides Romanin	44:17	31
	Rita Bottero	44:03	30
	Ildegarda Taffra	42:51	23

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Figure skating

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

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Manuela Angeli	20	21	133.51	222	21
Fiorella Negro	16	14	142.31	168.5	15

Ice hockey

See main article: article and 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
Italy 2-2 Germany (UTG)
Italy 1-3 Canada

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

Italy 8-2 Austria
Italy 8-3 Switzerland
Italy 5-2 Poland

	Contestants Vittorio Bolla Giuliano Ferraris Carmine Tucci Carlo Montemurro Aldo Federici Mario Bedogni Bernardo Tomei Giovanni Furlani Giampiero Branduardi Aldo Maniacco Ernesto Crotti Giancarlo Agazzi Gianfranco Darin Reno Alberton Giulio Oberhammer Francesco Macchietto

Nordic combined

See main article: article and 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
Aldo Pedrana	Individual	60.5	60.0	168.0	35	1'00:36	223.400	15	391.400	31
Enzo Perin		67.0	70.0	196.0	19	1'00:48	222.600	18	418.600	20
Alfredo Prucker		70.0	70.0	201.0	12	58:52	230.100	10	431.100	8

Ski jumping

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

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Enzo Perin	Normal hill	67.0	83.5	47	63.5	80.5	47	164.0	48
Alfredo Prucker		67.5	88.0	41	68.5	91.5	32	179.5	38
Tito Tolin		69.5	91.0	36	71.5	93.5	27	184.5	33
Luigi Pennacchio		70.5	91.0	36	67.5	89.5	36	180.5	37

Speed skating

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Guido Caroli	43.9	33
500 m	Guido Citterio	43.1	22
1500 m	Remo Tomasi	2:22.2	48
	Guido Caroli	2:20.0	42
	Guido Citterio	2:16.5	27
5000 m	Remo Tomasi	8:48.3	45
	Paolino Dimai	8:48.0	44
	Carlo Calzà	8:41.1	41
10,000 m	Carlo Calzà	18:32.8	32

Sources

Notes and References

Web site: Tito Tolin . olympedia.org . 29 December 2023.