Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh

at the VII Olympic Winter Games

Venue| Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Dates| 27 January – 4 February 1956
Competitors| 101 from 14 nations

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Bobsleigh at the
1956 Winter Olympics

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Four| men

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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

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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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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Italy| 1| 2| 0| 3
2|  Switzerland| 1| 0| 1| 2
3|  United States| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (3 entries)| 2| 2| 2| 6

## 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.

## External links

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* 1956 bobsleigh two-man results
* 1956 bobsleigh four-man results

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Events at the 1956 Winter Olympics (Cortina d'Ampezzo)

* Alpine skiing
* Bobsleigh
* Cross‑country skiing
* Figure skating
* Ice hockey
* Nordic combined
* Ski jumping
* Speed skating

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