Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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Nordic Combined

at the VII Olympic Winter Games

Venue| Trampolino Olimpico (ski jumping)
Lo Stadio della neve (cross-country skiing)
Dates| 29–31 January 1956
Competitors| 36 from 12 nations
Winning Score| 457.95
Medalists
| |  |  Sverre Stenersen|   Norway

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|  |  Bengt Eriksson|   Sweden
|  |  Franciszek Gąsienica Groń|   Poland

← 1952

1960 →

Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of one event, held from 29 January to 31 January. The ski jumping portion took place at Trampolino Olimpico, while the cross-country portion took place at Lo Stadio della neve.[1][2]

Standings were determined by the combined length of 3 jumps per entrant and combined style points (best 2 out of 3), awarded by a pool of 5 international judges. The cross-country course had a vertical drop of 185 m (607 ft), a maximum climb of 150 m (490 ft) and a 420 m (1,380 ft) total climb.

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Norway| 1| 0| 0| 1
2|  Sweden| 0| 1| 0| 1
3|  Poland| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (3 entries)| 1| 1| 1| 3

Franciszek Gąsienica Groń's bronze medal was the first, and as of 2010, only, medal for Poland in nordic combined.

### Events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual
details | Sverre Stenersen
Norway | 455.00  | Bengt Eriksson
Sweden | 437.40  | Franciszek Gąsienica Gron
Poland | 436.80

## Individual

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Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. They then raced a 15 kilometre cross-country course, with the time converted to points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal.[1]

Rank | Name | Country | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total

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Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Rank
| Sverre Stenersen |  Norway | ~~95.5~~ | 107.5 | 107.5 | 215.0 | 2 | 56:18 | 240.00 | 1 | 455.00
| Bengt Eriksson |  Sweden | 108.0 | 106.0 | ~~99.5~~ | 214.0 | 3 | 1:00:36 | 223.40 | 15 | 437.40
| Franciszek Gąsienica Groń |  Poland | ~~60.0~~ | 101.5 | 101.5 | 203.0 | 10 | 57:55 | 233.80 | 7 | 436.80
4 | Paavo Korhonen |  Finland | 97.0 | ~~96.5~~ | 99.5 | 196.5 | 17 | 56:32 | 239.10 | 2 | 435.60
5 | Arne Barhaugen |  Norway | 99.0 | ~~98.5~~ | 100.0 | 199.0 | 15 | 57:11 | 236.58 | 3 | 435.58
6 | Tormod Knutsen |  Norway | ~~89.5~~ | 103.5 | 99.5 | 203.0 | 10 | 58:22 | 232.00 | 9 | 435.00
7 | Nikolay Gusakov |  Soviet Union | 98.0 | 102.0 | ~~96.5~~ | 200.0 | 14 | 58:17 | 232.30 | 8 | 432.30
8 | Alfredo Prucker |  Italy | 101.0 | 100.0 | ~~95.0~~ | 201.0 | 12 | 58:52 | 230.10 | 10 | 431.10
9 | Eeti Nieminen |  Finland | ~~99.5~~ | 105.0 | 101.0 | 206.0 | 8 | 1:00:20 | 224.40 | 14 | 430.40
10 | Leonid Fyodorov |  Soviet Union | 101.0 | 100.0 | ~~98.0~~ | 201.0 | 12 | 59:17 | 228.50 | 12 | 429.50
11 | Sepp Schiffner |  Austria | 105.0 | 106.5 | ~~104.0~~ | 211.5 | 4 | 1:02:02 | 217.80 | 25 | 429.30
12 | Vítězslav Lahr |  Czechoslovakia | ~~92.0~~ | 98.0 | 95.0 | 193.0 | 22 | 57:39 | 234.80 | 5 | 427.80
13 | Yury Moshkin |  Soviet Union | 110.5 | ~~83.5~~ | 107.0 | 217.5 | 1 | 1:04:18 | 209.10 | 30 | 426.60
14 | Kjetil Mårdalen |  Norway | 93.0 | ~~92.5~~ | 96.0 | 189.0 | 26 | 57:43 | 234.50 | 6 | 423.50
15 | Aleksander Kowalski |  Poland | ~~99.0~~ | 104.5 | 106.0 | 210.5 | 5 | 1:03:37 | 211.70 | 29 | 422.20
16 | Willi Egger |  Austria | ~~102.0~~ | 105.0 | 103.0 | 208.0 | 7 | 1:03:00 | 214.10 | 28 | 422.10
17 | Leopold Kohl |  Austria | 97.5 | 101.0 | ~~95.5~~ | 198.5 | 16 | 1:01:00 | 221.80 | 21 | 420.30
18 | Vlastimil Melich |  Czechoslovakia | ~~88.5~~ | 90.5 | 93.0 | 183.5 | 28 | 57:18 | 236.10 | 4 | 419.60
19 | Helmut Böck |  United Team of Germany | 97.0 | 93.0 | ~~91.5~~ | 190.0 | 24 | 59:13 | 228.70 | 11 | 418.70
20 | Enzo Perin |  Italy | 97.5 | 98.5 | ~~95.5~~ | 196.0 | 19 | 1:00:48 | 222.60 | 18 | 418.60
21 | Heinz Hauser |  United Team of Germany | ~~93.0~~ | 101.0 | 94.0 | 195.0 | 20 | 1:00:43 | 222.90 | 17 | 417.90
22 | Josef Nüsser |  Czechoslovakia | ~~92.5~~ | 95.5 | 94.0 | 189.5 | 25 | 59:28 | 227.80 | 13 | 417.30
23 | Marvin Crawford |  United States | ~~96.5~~ | 97.5 | 99.0 | 196.5 | 17 | 1:02:24 | 216.40 | 26 | 412.90
24 | Gerhard Glaß |  United Team of Germany | 103.0 | 100.5 | ~~77.0~~ | 203.5 | 9 | 1:04:17 | 209.10 | 30 | 412.60
25 | Esko Jussila |  Finland | 96.5 | 97.5 | ~~95.0~~ | 194.0 | 21 | 1:02:38 | 215.50 | 27 | 409.50
26 | Uno Kajak |  Soviet Union | ~~84.0~~ | 92.0 | 94.5 | 186.5 | 27 | 1:00:48 | 222.60 | 18 | 409.10
27 | Irvin Servold |  Canada | 91.0 | 89.0 | ~~87.5~~ | 180.0 | 31 | 1:01:44 | 219.00 | 24 | 399.00
28 | Herbert Leonhardt |  United Team of Germany | ~~79.5~~ | 89.0 | 88.0 | 177.0 | 32 | 1:01:34 | 219.60 | 23 | 396.60
29 | Józef Daniel Krzeptowski |  Poland | ~~78.0~~ | 87.5 | 86.0 | 173.5 | 33 | 1:00:48 | 222.60 | 18 | 396.10
30 | Theodore Farwell, Jr. |  United States | 88.5 | ~~83.0~~ | 85.0 | 173.5 | 33 | 1:01:21 | 220.50 | 22 | 394.00
31 | Aldo Pedrana |  Italy | 85.0 | ~~79.5~~ | 83.0 | 168.0 | 35 | 1:00:36 | 223.40 | 15 | 391.40
32 | Jan Raszka |  Poland | ~~89.0~~ | 91.5 | 91.0 | 182.5 | 29 | 1:05:15 | 205.40 | 32 | 387.90
33 | Koichi Sato |  Japan | ~~93.0~~ | 98.0 | 93.5 | 191.5 | 23 | 1:08:21 | 193.40 | 35 | 384.90
34 | Charles Tremblay |  United States | ~~88.0~~ | 91.0 | 91.0 | 182.0 | 30 | 1:07:40 | 196.00 | 34 | 378.00
35 | Buck Levy |  United States | ~~72.5~~ | 80.5 | 81.5 | 162.0 | 36 | 1:05:42 | 203.60 | 33 | 365.60
- | Hiroshi Yoshizawa |  Japan | ~~98.0~~ | 106.5 | 104.0 | 210.5 | 5 | DNF | DNF | - | \-

## Participating NOCs

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Twelve nations participated in nordic combined at the Cortina Games. The Soviet Union made their Olympic nordic combined debut.[1]

*  Austria (3)
*  Canada (1)
*  Finland (3)
*  United Team of Germany (4)
*  Italy (3)
*  Japan (2)
*  Norway (4)
*  Poland (4)
*  Sweden (1)
*  Czechoslovakia (3)
*  Soviet Union (4)
*  United States (4)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "VII Giochi Olimpici Invernali - Rapporto ufficiale" (PDF). COMITATO OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO. LA84 Foundation. 1956. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
2. ^ "Nordic Combined at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

## External links

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* Sports-Reference - 1956 Olympics - Nordic Combined - Individual

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