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    Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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    Bobsleigh
    at the VII Olympic Winter Games
    VenueCortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
    Dates27 January – 4 February 1956
    Competitors101 from 14 nations
    ← 1952
    1964 →
    Bobsleigh at the
    1956 Winter Olympics
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    At the 1956 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested.[1]

    Medal summary

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    Event Gold Silver Bronze
    Two-man
    details     		 Italy (ITA)
    Italy I
    Lamberto Dalla Costa
    Giacomo Conti     		 Italy (ITA)
    Italy II
    Eugenio Monti
    Renzo Alverà     		 Switzerland (SUI)
    Switzerland I
    Max Angst
    Harry Warburton
    Four-man
    details     		 Switzerland (SUI)
    Switzerland I
    Franz Kapus
    Gottfried Diener
    Robert Alt
    Heinrich Angst     		 Italy (ITA)
    Italy II
    Eugenio Monti
    Ulrico Girardi
    Renzo Alverà
    Renato Mocellini     		 United States (USA)
    USA I
    Arthur Tyler
    William Dodge
    Charles Thomas Butler
    James Lamy

    Participating nations

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    •  Austria (9)
    •  Belgium (2)
    •  France (6)
    •  United Team of Germany (10)
    •  Great Britain (9)
    •  Italy (10)
    •  Liechtenstein (2)
    •  Norway (5)
    •  Poland (9)
    •  Romania (8)
    •  Spain (4)
    •  Sweden (9)
    •  Switzerland (8)
    •  United States (11)

    Medal table

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    RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
    1 Italy1203
    2 Switzerland1012
    3 United States0011
    Totals (3 entries)2226

    References

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    1. ^ "Bobsleigh at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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