Italy at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Italy at the
1956 Winter Olympics

IOC code| ITA
NOC| Italian National Olympic Committee
Website| www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors| 65 (53 men, 12 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer| Tito Tolin (ski jumping)[1]
Medals
Ranked 8th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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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

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Lamberto Dalla Costa
Giacomo Conti | Bobsleigh | Two-man
Silver | Eugenio Monti
Renzo Alverà | Bobsleigh | Two-man
Silver | Eugenio Monti
Ulrico Girardi
Renzo Alverà
Renato Mocellini | Bobsleigh | Four-man

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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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

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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

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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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

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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

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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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
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Pompeo Fattor
Ottavio Compagnoni
Innocenzo Chatrian
Federico de Florian | 2'23:28  | 5

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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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
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Fides Romanin
Rita Bottero
Ildegarda Taffra | 1'16:11  | 8

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Women
Athlete  | CF  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Manuela Angeli | 20  | 21  | 133.51  | 222  | 21
Fiorella Negro | 16  | 14  | 142.31  | 168.5  | 15

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics

### Group A

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Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank  | Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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1 |  Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6
2 |  Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3
3 |  Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2
4 |  Austria | 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

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Rank  | Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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7 |  Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6
8 |  Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4
9 |  Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 2
10 |  Austria | 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

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## Nordic combined

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Main article: 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

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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

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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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

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Guido Caroli | 43.9  | 33
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

## References

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1. ^ "Tito Tolin". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

## Sources

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

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