Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Four-man

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The four-man bobsleigh results at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The competition was held on Friday and Saturday, 3 and 4 February 1956. [1]

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Medallists

GoldSilverBronze
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 Butler
James Lamy

Results

RankTeamAthletesRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Final
GoldFlag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)Switzerland I Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst 1:18.001:17.191:17.091:18.165:10.44
SilverFlag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)Italy II Eugenio Monti, Ulrico Girardi, Renzo Alverà, & Renato Mocellini 1:17.691:17.971:18.131:18.315:12.10
BronzeUS flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)USA I Arthur Tyler, William Dodge, Charles Butler, & James Lamy 1:17.751:17.871:18.251:18.525:12.39
4Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)Switzerland II Max Angst, Aby Gartmann, Harry Warburton, & Rolf Gerber 1:17.411:17.851:18.681:20.335:14.27
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)Italy I Dino De Martin, Giovanni De Martin, Giovanni Tabacchi, & Carlo Da Prà 1:18.101:18.651:18.501:19.415:14.66
6Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)Germany I Hans Rösch, Michael Pössinger, Lorenz Nieberl, & Sylvester Wackerle 1:18.611:19.041:19.431:20.945:18.02
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)Austria II Kurt Loserth, Wilfried Thurner, Karl Schwarzböck, & Frank Dominik 1:19.371:19.121:20.081:19.725:18.29
8Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)Germany II Franz Schelle, Jakob Nirschl, Hans Henn, & Edmund Koller 1:19.031:18.841:19.311:21.355:18.50
9Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain  (ESP)Spain I Alfonso de Portago, Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, Gonzalo Taboada, & Luis Muñoz 1:18.871:19.271:21.371:19.085:19.49
10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)Austria I Karl Wagner, Fritz Rursch, Adolf Tonn, & Heinrich Isser 1:19.601:20.741:19.981:20.305:20.62
11Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)Norway I Arne Røgden, Arnold Dyrdahl, Odd Solli, & Trygve Brudevold 1:20.961:20.081:20.451:20.015:21.50
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Great Britain I Keith Schellenberg, Rollo Brandt, Ralph Raffles, & John Rainforth 1:21.391:18.731:20.421:21.585:22.12
13Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)Sweden II Kjell Holmström, Sven Erbs, Walter Aronson, & Jan Lapidoth 1:20.581:20.321:21.151:21.135:23.18
14Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania  (ROU)Romania I Heinrich Enea, Dumitru Peteu, Nicolae Moiceanu, & Mărgărit Blăgescu 1:21.531:20.581:20.641:20.445:23.19
15Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL)Poland I Stefan Ciapała, Jerzy Olesiak, Józef Szymański, & Aleksander Habala 1:19.951:20.251:21.101:22.195:23.49
16Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)Sweden I Olle Axelsson, Ebbe Wallén, Sune Skagerling, & Gunnar Åhs 1:18.951:19.981:22.751:21.865:23.54
17Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Great Britain II Stuart Parkinson, John Read, Christopher Williams, & Rodney Mann 1:20.721:19.921:22.511:20.585:23.73
18Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)France I André Robin, Pierre Bouvier, Jacques Panciroli, & Lucien Grosso 1:20.001:21.251:20.951:21.635:23.83
19US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)USA II James Bickford, Donald Jacques, Lawrence McKillip, & Hubert Miller 1:20.971:22.471:21.221:20.505:25.16
20Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania  (ROU)Romania II Constantin Dragomir, Vasile Panait, Ion Staicu, & Gheorghe Moldoveanu 1:21.211:21.221:22.371:23.035:27.83
21Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL)Poland II Aleksy Konieczny, Zygmunt Konieczny, Włodzimierz Źróbik, & Zbigniew Skowroński/Jan Dombrowski(*)5:28.40

(*) NOTE: Jan Dąbrowski replaced Zbigniew Skowroński after two runs.

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References

  1. "Bobsleigh at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.