Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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Bobsleigh
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
Venue Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Dates27 January – 4 February 1956
Competitors101 from 14 nations
  1952
1964  

At the 1956 Winter Olympics , two bobsleigh events were contested. [1]

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Two-man
details
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Italy I
Lamberto Dalla Costa
Giacomo Conti
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Italy II
Eugenio Monti
Renzo Alverà
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)
Switzerland I
Max Angst
Harry Warburton
Four-man
details
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)
Switzerland I
Franz Kapus
Gottfried Diener
Robert Alt
Heinrich Angst
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Italy II
Eugenio Monti
Ulrico Girardi
Renzo Alverà
Renato Mocellini
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
USA I
Arthur Tyler
William Dodge
Charles Thomas Butler
James Lamy

Participating nations

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1203
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1012
3US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 0011
Totals (3 entries)2226

References

  1. "Bobsleigh at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.