Australia at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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Australia at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Flag of Australia.svg
IOC code AUS
NOC Australian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympics.com.au
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors8 in 3 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Australia sent a delegation to compete at the 1956 Winter Olympics from the 26 January to 5 February 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This was the nation's third appearance at the Winter Olympic Games with their last appearance being in 1952.

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Australia delegation consisted of eight competitors in three sports. Australia competed in alpine skiing, figure skating and speed skating. Australia best result from the 1960 Games was a seventh-place finish from Colin Hickey in the men's 500 metres and men's 1500 metres speed skating. This performance also was Australia's best result until the 1976 Winter Olympics, where Colin Coates came sixth in men's 10000 metres speed skating.

Background

The Australian Olympic Committee was formed on 1 January 1895 with the nation making their debut at the first Olympics in Athens with Teddy Flack being the first representative of the nation. [1] [2] This was the nation's third appearance at a Winter Olympics. It was also the 15th overall Olympics that Australia had sent a delegation in. [3] The 1956 Winter Olympics was held at Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy and took place from the 26 January to 6 February: a total of 821 athletes competed from 32 nations. [4] The Australian delegation consist of eight athletes, five in the alpine skiing, two in the figure skating and one in the speedskating. [5]

Alpine skiing

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Men
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Final/Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDiffRank
Bill Day Downhill 4:02.0+1:09.835
Giant slalom 3:56.9+56.861
Slalom Did not finish
Tony Aslangul Giant slalom 4:09.0+1:08.969
Slalom Did not finish
Frank Prihoda Giant slalom 4:31.2+1:39.080
Slalom 2:54.3602:43.2515:37.5+2:22.854
James Walker Giant slalom 5:21.0+2:20.984
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Christine Davy Downhill2:01.639
Christine Davy Giant slalom2:17.337
Christine Davy Slalom1:26.1321:21.5292:47.633

Figure skating

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Athlete(s)EventCFFSTOPointsRank
Allan Ganter Men's 13131141191.7213
Charles Keeble 16141371115.3916

Speed skating

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AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Colin Hickey 500 m 41.97
1500 m 2:11.87
5000 m 8:10.014
10000 m 17:45.627

See also

References

  1. "Australia". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. "Australia at the 1896 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. "Australia". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  4. "Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  5. "Australia at the 1956 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 "VII Giochi Olimpici Invernali - Rapporto ufficiale" (PDF). COMITATO OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO. LA84 Foundation. 1956. Retrieved November 11, 2013.