| Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | AUT |
| NOC | Austrian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 26 January–5 February 1956 | |
| Competitors | 60 (50 men, 10 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Toni Sailer (alpine skiing) |
| Medals Ranked 2nd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Austria competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
| 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 |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Sepp Schneeberger Oskar Schulz Hermann Mayr Karl Rafreider | 2'30:50 | 11 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norbert Felsinger | 7 | 8 | 150.55 | 67 | 7 |
| 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 | |
| Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth Ellend Konrad Lienert | 10.38 | 77 | 9 |
| Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt | 11.31 | 14 | |
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 |
| 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 |
Events:
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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