| Ski jumping at the VII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Trampolino Olimpico | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 51 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning Score | 227.0 | ||||||||||||
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Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 5 February [1] The competition took place at the Trampolino Olimpico Italia with a K-Point of 72m. [2] [3]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Both Finland, which led the medal table, and the unified Germany team won their first Olympic medals in ski jumping.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal hill | Antti Hyvärinen  Finland | 227.0 | Aulis Kallakorpi Finland | 225.0 | Harry Glaß  United Team of Germany | 224.5 |
Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. The Soviet Union made its Olympic ski jumping debut. [1]
Austria (4)
Canada (1) Finland (4)
France (3) United Team of Germany (4)
Italy (4)
Japan (2)
Norway (4)
Poland (4)
Romania (1)
Switzerland (3)
Sweden (4)
Czechoslovakia (2)
Soviet Union (3)
United States (4)
Yugoslavia (4)
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