United States at the 1956 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1956
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Location:	Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors:	67 (57 men, 10 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	James Bickford (bobsleigh)
Rank:	6
Gold:	2
Silver:	3
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

The United States competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

As Squaw Valley would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, an American segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

American figure skaters swept the men's singles competition, taking all three medals.The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Figure skating	Men's singles
		Figure skating	Women's singles
		Figure skating	Men's singles
		Figure skating	Women's singles
		Ice hockey	Men's tournament
		Figure skating	Men's singles
	William Dodge James Lamy Arthur Tyler	Bobsleigh	Four-man

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Figure skating	2	2	1	5
Ice hockey	0	1	0	1
Bobsleigh	0	0	1	1
Total	style=background:gold	2	style=background:silver	3	style=background:#c96	2	7

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Male	1	2	2	5	71.4%
Female	1	1	0	2	28.6%
Total	style=background:gold	2	style=background:silver	3	style=background:#c96	2	7	100%

Alpine skiing

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bill Beck	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill
Marvin Melville
Ralph Miller
Buddy Werner	3:05.8	11
Tom Corcoran	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	3:16.0	14
Brooks Dodge	3:16.4	15
Ralph Miller	3:15.8	13
Buddy Werner	3:21.5	21
Tom Corcoran	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	1:37.1	27	2:04.2	16	3:41.3	19
Brooks Dodge	1:27.6	3	1:54.2	8	3:21.8	4
Ralph Miller	1:34.0	18	2:13.8	26	3:47.8	22
Buddy Werner

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrea Mead Lawrence	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill	1:55.2	30
Penny Pitou	1:58.9	34
Dorothy Surgenor	2:01.5	38
Gladys Werner	1:49.6	10
Andrea Mead Lawrence	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:58.3	4
Penny Pitou	2:10.4	34
Betsy Snite
Gladys Werner	2:04.0	22
Andrea Mead Lawrence	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	1:10.5	27	1:15.3	25	2:25.8	25
Penny Pitou	1:26.2	33	1:16.3	27	2:42.5	31
Dorothy Surgenor	1:09.1	25	1:08.2	22	2:17.3	20
Gladys Werner	1:13.9	28	1:16.2	26	2:30.1	27

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arthur Tyler Edgar Seymour	align=left rowspan=2	Two-man	1:25.41	9	1:23.77	3	1:24.44	5	1:26.46	17	5:40.08	6
Waightman Washbond Piet Biesiadecki	1:24.82	8	1:24.15	7	1:24.78	7	1:24.41	3	5:38.16	5
James Bickford Donald Jacques Lawrence McKillip Hubert Miller	align=left rowspan=2	Four-man	1:20.97	17	1:22.47	20	1:21.22	16	1:20.50	11	5:25.16	19
Arthur Tyler William Dodge Charles Butler James Lamy	1:17.75	3	1:17.87	3	1:18.25	3	1:18.52	3	5:12.39

Cross-country skiing

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

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Larry Damon	align=left rowspan=2	Men's 15 km	57:18	51
Mack Miller	56:08	41
Buck Levy	align=left rowspan=2	Men's 30 km	2:10:56	50
Mack Miller	2:00:38	38
Marvin Crawford Larry Damon Theodore Farwell Mack Miller	Men's 4 × 10 km relay	2:32:04	12

Figure skating

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

Individual

Athlete	Event			Total
		Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
David Jenkins	align=left rowspan=3	Men's singles	3	3	162.82	27
Hayes Alan Jenkins	1	2	166.43	13
Ronald Robertson	2	1	165.79	16
Tenley Albright	align=left rowspan=3	Ladies' singles	1	1	169.67	12
Carol Heiss	2	2	168.02	21
Catherine Machado	10	3	153.48	86.5	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Points	Places	Rank
Lucille Ash Sully Kothmann	align=left rowspan=2	Pairs	10.63	59.5	7
Carole Ann Ormaca Robin Greiner	10.71	56	5

Ice hockey

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

Summary

First round
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
• USA 4-0 Poland

Medal round

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

• USA 7-2 Germany (UTG)
• USA 4-1 Canada
• USA 6-1 Sweden
• USSR 4-0 USA
• USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia

Nordic combined

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

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Marvin Crawford	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	97.5	99.0	196.5	17	1:02:24	216.400	26	412.900	23
Theodore Farwell	88.5	85.0	173.5	33	1:01:21	220.500	22	394.000	30
Buck Levy	80.5	81.5	162.0	36	1:05:42	203.600	33	365.600	35
Charles Tremblay	91.0	91.0	182.0	30	1:07:40	196.000	34	378.000	34

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
Art Devlin	align=left rowspan=4	Normal hill	74.0	98.5	24	72.5	96.0	23	194.5	21
Willis Olson	65.0	84.5	45	69.5	90.0	34	174.5	43
Dick Rahoi	71.5	86.0	42	78.0 fall	72.0	50	158.0	51
Roy Sherwood	71.5	94.0	31	68.0	89.0	38	183.0	36

Speed skating

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

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bill Carow	align=left rowspan=4	500 m	41.8	6
Ken Henry	42.8	17
Don McDermott	43.2	25
Johnny Werket	42.4	11
Don McDermott	align=left rowspan=4	1500 m	2:18.6	37
Pat McNamara	2:15.2	20
Gene Sandvig	2:17.1	30
Johnny Werket	2:16.1	25
Chuck Burke	align=left rowspan=4	5000 m	8:47.4	43
Art Longsjo	8:40.0	40
Pat McNamara	8:10.6	17
Gene Sandvig	8:25.5	31
Pat McNamara	10,000 m	17:45.6	27

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2009-06-03.
• Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com