| Bobsleigh at the VII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
| Dates | 27 January – 4 February 1956 |
| Competitors | 101 from 14 nations |
| Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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| Two | men |
| Four | men |
At the 1956 Winter Olympics , two bobsleigh events were contested. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-man | Italy I Lamberto Dalla Costa Giacomo Conti | Italy II Eugenio Monti Renzo Alverà | Switzerland I Max Angst Harry Warburton |
| Four-man | Switzerland I Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Angst | Italy II Eugenio Monti Ulrico Girardi Renzo Alverà Renato Mocellini | USA I Arthur Tyler William Dodge Charles Thomas Butler James Lamy |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |