Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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Austria at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Flag of Austria.svg
IOC code AUT
NOC Austrian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympia.at  (in German)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
26 January–5 February 1956
Competitors60 (50 men, 10 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Toni Sailer (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Toni Sailer Alpine skiing Men's downhill
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Toni Sailer Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Toni Sailer Alpine skiing Men's slalom
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sissy Schwarz
Kurt Oppelt
Figure skating Pairs
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Anderl Molterer Alpine skiing Men's giant slaom
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Putzi Frandl Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Regina Schöpf Alpine skiing Women's slalom
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anderl Molterer Alpine skiing Men's downhill
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Walter Schuster Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Thea Hochleitner Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ingrid Wendl Figure skating Women's singles

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Walter Schuster DownhillDSQ
Josl Rieder DSQ
Anderl Molterer 2:56.2Bronze medal icon.svg
Toni Sailer 2:52.2Gold medal icon.svg
Ernst Hinterseer Giant Slalom3:08.56
Walter Schuster 3:07.2Bronze medal icon.svg
Anderl Molterer 3:06.3Silver medal icon.svg
Toni Sailer 3:00.1Gold medal icon.svg
Anderl Molterer SlalomDSQDSQ
Josl Rieder 1:47.031DSQDSQ
Othmar Schneider 1:35.8232:00.0133:35.812
Toni Sailer 1:27.311:47.413:14.7Gold medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Putzi Frandl Downhill1:51.013
Trude Klecker 1:50.612
Thea Hochleitner 1:47.97
Hilde Hofherr 1:47.34
Trude Klecker Giant Slalom2:08.533
Regina Schöpf 2:00.69
Thea Hochleitner 1:58.2Bronze medal icon.svg
Putzi Frandl 1:57.8Silver medal icon.svg
Putzi Frandl Slalom1:00.41457.521:58.05
Thea Hochleitner 1:00.4141:00.6132:01.012
Hilde Hofherr 58.261:25.3312:23.524
Regina Schöpf 56.0259.471:55.4Silver medal icon.svg

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
AUT-1 Paul Aste
Heinrich Isser
Two-man1:26.32121:25.82121:26.61151:25.2275:43.9712
AUT-2 Karl Wagner
Adolf Tonn
Two-man1:26.15111:27.06201:26.73161:26.35145:46.2915
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
AUT-1 Karl Wagner
Fritz Rursch
Adolf Tonn
Heinrich Isser
Four-man1:19.60111:20.74171:19.9881:20.3085:20.6210
AUT-2 Kurt Loserth
Wilfried Thurner
Karl Schwarzböck
Franz Dominik
Four-man1:19.37101:19.1291:20.0891:19.7255:18.297

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Oskar Schulz 59:5659
Hermann Mayr 55:5139
Karl Rafreider 54:5135
Sepp Schneeberger 54:2128
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Sepp Schneeberger
Oskar Schulz
Hermann Mayr
Karl Rafreider
2'30:5011

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Norbert Felsinger 78150.55677
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Hanna Walter 87153.8983.57
Hanna Eigel 54157.15525
Ingrid Wendl 35159.4439Bronze medal icon.svg
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesRank
Elisabeth Ellend
Konrad Lienert
10.38779
Sissy Schwarz
Kurt Oppelt
11.3114Gold medal icon.svg

Ice hockey

Group A

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
1Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 33003016
2German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany 3111963
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3012572
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 30212321

Games for 7th-10th places

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 33002176
8Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 321012104
9Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 312012182
10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 30309190
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

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Leopold Kohl Individual66.569.5198.5161'01:00221.80021420.30017
Sepp Schiffner 71.573.5211.541'02:02217.80025429.30011
Willi Egger 73.072.5208.071'03:00214.10028422.10016

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Otto Leodolter Normal hill72.094.03172.591.033185.030
Rudolf Schweinberger 74.5100.02275.099.017199.019
Walter Habersatter 77.5102.01877.599.516201.515
Sepp Bradl 77.5104.51177.0101.015205.512

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Kurt Eminger 44.441
Ernst Biel 44.237
Franz Offenberger 43.832
1500 m Ernst Biel 2:23.551
Kurt Eminger 2:19.038
Arthur Mannsbarth 2:17.432
Franz Offenberger 2:17.331
5000 m Kurt Eminger 8:39.438
Franz Offenberger 8:30.834
Arthur Mannsbarth 8:23.628
10,000 m Arthur Mannsbarth 17:47.829

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