Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Ski jumping

at the VII Olympic Winter Games

Venue| Trampolino Olimpico
Dates| 5 February
Competitors| 51 from 16 nations
Winning Score| 227.0
Medalists
| |  |  Antti Hyvärinen|  Finland

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|  |  Aulis Kallakorpi|  Finland
|  |  Harry Glaß|  United Team of Germany

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Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 5 February[1] The competition took place at the Trampolino Olimpico Italia with a K-Point of 72m.[2][3]

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Finland (FIN)| 1| 1| 0| 2
2|  United Team of Germany (EUA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (2 entries)| 1| 1| 1| 3

Both Finland, which led the medal table, and the unified Germany team won their first Olympic medals in ski jumping.

### Events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Normal hill
details | Antti Hyvärinen
Finland | 227.0  | Aulis Kallakorpi
Finland | 225.0  | Harry Glaß
United Team of Germany | 224.5

## Results

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Rank | Athlete | Country | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total

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| Antti Hyvärinen |  Finland | 111.5 | 115.5 | 227.0
| Aulis Kallakorpi |  Finland | 114.5 | 110.5 | 225.0
| Harry Glaß |  United Team of Germany | 115.0 | 109.5 | 224.5
4 | Max Bolkart |  United Team of Germany | 111.5 | 111.0 | 222.5
5 | Sven Pettersson |  Sweden | 109.5 | 110.5 | 220.0
6 | Andreas Däscher |  Switzerland | 108.0 | 111.5 | 219.5
7 | Eino Kirjonen |  Finland | 107.5 | 111.5 | 219.0
8 | Werner Lesser |  United Team of Germany | 105.0 | 105.0 | 210.0
9 | Sverre Stallvik |  Norway | 104.5 | 103.5 | 208.0
10 | Hemmo Silvennoinen |  Finland | 102.5 | 105.0 | 207.5
11 | Arne Hoel |  Norway | 104.5 | 102.0 | 206.5
12 | Sepp Bradl |  Austria | 104.5 | 101.0 | 205.5
13 | Hiroshi Yoshizawa |  Japan | 106.5 | 98.5 | 205.0
14 | Bror Östman |  Sweden | 102.5 | 102.0 | 204.5
15 | Walter Habersatter |  Austria | 102.0 | 99.5 | 201.5
16 | Nikolay Shamov |  Soviet Union | 103.0 | 98.0 | 201.0
16 | Władysław Tajner |  Poland | 98.0 | 103.0 | 201.0
18 | Asbjørn Osnes |  Norway | 102.0 | 97.5 | 199.5
19 | Rudolf Schweinberger |  Austria | 100.0 | 99.0 | 199.0
20 | Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel |  Poland | 102.0 | 96.5 | 198.5
21 | Art Devlin |  United States | 98.5 | 96.0 | 194.5
22 | Jože Zidar |  Yugoslavia | 99.5 | 94.5 | 194.0
23 | Albin Rogelj |  Yugoslavia | 94.0 | 98.5 | 192.5
24 | Janez Polda |  Yugoslavia | 96.5 | 95.0 | 191.5
25 | Roman Gąsienica Sieczka |  Poland | 101.5 | 88.0 | 189.5
26 | Sepp Kleisl |  United Team of Germany | 95.0 | 94.0 | 189.0
27 | Jacques Charland |  Canada | 94.5 | 93.5 | 188.0
28 | Mojmír Stuchlík |  Czechoslovakia | 98.5 | 89.0 | 187.5
29 | Jáchym Bulín |  Czechoslovakia | 93.5 | 92.5 | 186.0
30 | K'oba Ts'akadze |  Soviet Union | 107.0 | 78.0 | 185.0
30 | Józef Huczek |  Poland | 95.5 | 89.5 | 185.0
30 | Otto Leodolter |  Austria | 94.0 | 91.0 | 185.0
33 | Tito Tolin |  Italy | 91.0 | 93.5 | 184.5
34 | Yury Moshkin |  Soviet Union | 91.5 | 92.5 | 184.0
35 | Sverre Stenersen |  Norway | 90.5 | 93.0 | 183.5
36 | Roy Sherwood |  United States | 94.0 | 89.0 | 183.0
37 | Luigi Pennacchio |  Italy | 91.0 | 89.5 | 180.5
38 | Alfredo Prucker |  Italy | 88.0 | 91.5 | 179.5
39 | Koichi Sato |  Japan | 91.0 | 87.5 | 178.5
40 | Conrad Rochat |  Switzerland | 89.5 | 87.5 | 177.0
41 | Holger Karlsson |  Sweden | 71.5 | 104.5 | 176.0
42 | Nicolae Munteanu |  Romania | 85.0 | 90.0 | 175.0
43 | Willis Olson |  United States | 84.5 | 90.0 | 174.5
44 | Erik Styf |  Sweden | 102.5 | 66.5 | 169.0
45 | Francis Perret |  Switzerland | 86.0 | 82.5 | 168.5
46 | Richard Rabasa |  France | 84.5 | 83.0 | 167.5
46 | André Monnier |  France | 82.5 | 85.0 | 167.5
48 | Enzo Perin |  Italy | 83.5 | 80.5 | 164.0
48 | Régis Robert Rey |  France | 82.0 | 82.0 | 164.0
50 | Janez Gorišek |  Yugoslavia | 81.5 | 80.5 | 162.0
51 | Dick Rahoi |  United States | 86.0 | 72.0 | 158.0

## Participating NOCs

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Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. The Soviet Union made its Olympic ski jumping debut.[1]

* Austria (4)
* Canada (1)
* Finland (4)
* France (3)
* United Team of Germany (4)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (2)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (4)
* Romania (1)
* Switzerland (3)
* Sweden (4)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Soviet Union (3)
* United States (4)
* Yugoslavia (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 28 January 2014.
2. ^ Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski jumping). "hill lengths." E-Mail to Chris Miller. 5 June 2006.
3. ^ "Ski Jumping at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

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