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Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Austria competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Austria at the
1956 Winter Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOCAustrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.oeoc.at (in German)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
26 January–5 February 1956
Competitors60 (50 men, 10 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerToni Sailer (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Toni Sailer Alpine skiing Men's downhill
  Gold Toni Sailer Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
  Gold Toni Sailer Alpine skiing Men's slalom
  Gold Sissy Schwarz
Kurt Oppelt		 Figure skating Pairs
  Silver Anderl Molterer Alpine skiing Men's giant slaom
  Silver Putzi Frandl Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
  Silver Regina Schöpf Alpine skiing Women's slalom
  Bronze Anderl Molterer Alpine skiing Men's downhill
  Bronze Walter Schuster Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
  Bronze Thea Hochleitner Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
  Bronze Ingrid Wendl Figure skating Women's singles

Alpine skiing edit

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Walter Schuster Downhill DSQ –
Josl Rieder DSQ –
Anderl Molterer 2:56.2  
Toni Sailer 2:52.2  
Ernst Hinterseer Giant Slalom 3:08.5 6
Walter Schuster 3:07.2  
Anderl Molterer 3:06.3  
Toni Sailer 3:00.1  
Anderl Molterer Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ –
Josl Rieder 1:47.0 31 DSQ – DSQ –
Othmar Schneider 1:35.8 23 2:00.0 13 3:35.8 12
Toni Sailer 1:27.3 1 1:47.4 1 3:14.7  
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Putzi Frandl Downhill 1:51.0 13
Trude Klecker 1:50.6 12
Thea Hochleitner 1:47.9 7
Hilde Hofherr 1:47.3 4
Trude Klecker Giant Slalom 2:08.5 33
Regina Schöpf 2:00.6 9
Thea Hochleitner 1:58.2  
Putzi Frandl 1:57.8  
Putzi Frandl Slalom 1:00.4 14 57.5 2 1:58.0 5
Thea Hochleitner 1:00.4 14 1:00.6 13 2:01.0 12
Hilde Hofherr 58.2 6 1:25.3 31 2:23.5 24
Regina Schöpf 56.0 2 59.4 7 1:55.4  

Bobsleigh edit

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
AUT-1 Paul Aste
Heinrich Isser 		Two-man 1:26.32 12 1:25.82 12 1:26.61 15 1:25.22 7 5:43.97 12
AUT-2 Karl Wagner
Adolf Tonn 		Two-man 1:26.15 11 1:27.06 20 1:26.73 16 1:26.35 14 5:46.29 15
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
AUT-1 Karl Wagner
Fritz Rursch
Adolf Tonn
Heinrich Isser 		Four-man 1:19.60 11 1:20.74 17 1:19.98 8 1:20.30 8 5:20.62 10
AUT-2 Kurt Loserth
Wilfried Thurner
Karl Schwarzböck
Franz Dominik 		Four-man 1:19.37 10 1:19.12 9 1:20.08 9 1:19.72 5 5:18.29 7

Cross-country skiing edit

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Oskar Schulz 59:56 59
Hermann Mayr 55:51 39
Karl Rafreider 54:51 35
Sepp Schneeberger 54:21 28
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Sepp Schneeberger
Oskar Schulz
Hermann Mayr
Karl Rafreider 		2'30:50 11

Figure skating edit

Main article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Norbert Felsinger 7 8 150.55 67 7
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Hanna Walter 8 7 153.89 83.5 7
Hanna Eigel 5 4 157.15 52 5
Ingrid Wendl 3 5 159.44 39  
Pairs
Athletes Points Places Rank
Elisabeth Ellend
Konrad Lienert 		10.38 77 9
Sissy Schwarz
Kurt Oppelt 		11.31 14  

Ice hockey edit

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Group A edit

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
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
  • Canada 23-0 Austria
  • Germany (UTG) 7-0 Austria

Games for 7th-10th places edit

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
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
  • Switzerland 7-4 Austria
  • Italy 8-2 Austria
  • Poland 4-3 Austria
Contestants
Alfred Püls
Robert Nusser
Franz Potucek
Hermann Knoll
Hans Mössmer
Hans Scarsini
Hans Zollner
Fritz Spielmann
Wilhelm Schmid
Walter Znenahlik
Gerhard Springer
Adolf Hafner
Hans Wagner
Max Singewald
Kurt Kurz
Konrad Staudinger
Wolfgang Jöchl

Nordic combined edit

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
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Leopold Kohl Individual 66.5 69.5 198.5 16 1'01:00 221.800 21 420.300 17
Sepp Schiffner 71.5 73.5 211.5 4 1'02:02 217.800 25 429.300 11
Willi Egger 73.0 72.5 208.0 7 1'03:00 214.100 28 422.100 16

Ski jumping edit

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Otto Leodolter Normal hill 72.0 94.0 31 72.5 91.0 33 185.0 30
Rudolf Schweinberger 74.5 100.0 22 75.0 99.0 17 199.0 19
Walter Habersatter 77.5 102.0 18 77.5 99.5 16 201.5 15
Sepp Bradl 77.5 104.5 11 77.0 101.0 15 205.5 12

Speed skating edit

Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Kurt Eminger 44.4 41
Ernst Biel 44.2 37
Franz Offenberger 43.8 32
1500 m Ernst Biel 2:23.5 51
Kurt Eminger 2:19.0 38
Arthur Mannsbarth 2:17.4 32
Franz Offenberger 2:17.3 31
5000 m Kurt Eminger 8:39.4 38
Franz Offenberger 8:30.8 34
Arthur Mannsbarth 8:23.6 28
10,000 m Arthur Mannsbarth 17:47.8 29

References edit

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