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Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| event | Ski jumping |
| games | 1956 Winter |
| image | Ski jumping pictogram.svg |
| image_size | 80px |
| venue | Trampolino Olimpico |
| dates | 5 February 1956 |
| competitors | 51 |
| nations | 16 |
| gold | Antti Hyvärinen |
| goldNOC | FIN |
| silver | Aulis Kallakorpi |
| silverNOC | FIN |
| bronze | Harry Glaß |
| bronzeNOC | EUA |
| win_value | 227.0 |
| win_label | Winning Score |
| prev | 1952 |
| next | 1960 |
Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 5 February{{cite web
Medal summary
Medal table
Both Finland, which led the medal table, and the unified Germany team won their first Olympic medals in ski jumping.
Events
| Individual | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antti Hyvärinen | 227.0 | Aulis Kallakorpi | 225.0 | Harry Glaß | 224.5 |
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antti Hyvärinen | FIN | 111.5 | 115.5 | 227.0 | |
| Aulis Kallakorpi | FIN | 114.5 | 110.5 | 225.0 | |
| Harry Glaß | EUA | 115.0 | 109.5 | 224.5 | |
| 4 | Max Bolkart | EUA | 111.5 | 111.0 | 222.5 |
| 5 | Sven Pettersson | SWE | 109.5 | 110.5 | 220.0 |
| 6 | Andreas Däscher | SUI | 108.0 | 111.5 | 219.5 |
| 7 | Eino Kirjonen | FIN | 107.5 | 111.5 | 219.0 |
| 8 | Werner Lesser | EUA | 105.0 | 105.0 | 210.0 |
| 9 | Sverre Stallvik | NOR | 104.5 | 103.5 | 208.0 |
| 10 | Hemmo Silvennoinen | FIN | 102.5 | 105.0 | 207.5 |
| 11 | Arne Hoel | NOR | 104.5 | 102.0 | 206.5 |
| 12 | Sepp Bradl | AUT | 104.5 | 101.0 | 205.5 |
| 13 | Hiroshi Yoshizawa | JPN | 106.5 | 98.5 | 205.0 |
| 14 | Bror Östman | SWE | 102.5 | 102.0 | 204.5 |
| 15 | Walter Habersatter | AUT | 102.0 | 99.5 | 201.5 |
| 16 | Nikolay Shamov | URS | 103.0 | 98.0 | 201.0 |
| 16 | Władysław Tajner | POL | 98.0 | 103.0 | 201.0 |
| 18 | Asbjørn Osnes | NOR | 102.0 | 97.5 | 199.5 |
| 19 | Rudolf Schweinberger | AUT | 100.0 | 99.0 | 199.0 |
| 20 | Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel | POL | 102.0 | 96.5 | 198.5 |
| 21 | Art Devlin | USA | 98.5 | 96.0 | 194.5 |
| 22 | Jože Zidar | YUG | 99.5 | 94.5 | 194.0 |
| 23 | Albin Rogelj | YUG | 94.0 | 98.5 | 192.5 |
| 24 | Janez Polda | YUG | 96.5 | 95.0 | 191.5 |
| 25 | Roman Gąsienica Sieczka | POL | 101.5 | 88.0 | 189.5 |
| 26 | Sepp Kleisl | EUA | 95.0 | 94.0 | 189.0 |
| 27 | Jacques Charland | CAN | 94.5 | 93.5 | 188.0 |
| 28 | Mojmír Stuchlík | TCH | 98.5 | 89.0 | 187.5 |
| 29 | Jáchym Bulín | TCH | 93.5 | 92.5 | 186.0 |
| 30 | K'oba Ts'akadze | URS | 107.0 | 78.0 | 185.0 |
| 30 | Józef Huczek | POL | 95.5 | 89.5 | 185.0 |
| 30 | Otto Leodolter | AUT | 94.0 | 91.0 | 185.0 |
| 33 | Tito Tolin | ITA | 91.0 | 93.5 | 184.5 |
| 34 | Yury Moshkin | URS | 91.5 | 92.5 | 184.0 |
| 35 | Sverre Stenersen | NOR | 90.5 | 93.0 | 183.5 |
| 36 | Roy Sherwood | USA | 94.0 | 89.0 | 183.0 |
| 37 | Luigi Pennacchio | ITA | 91.0 | 89.5 | 180.5 |
| 38 | Alfredo Prucker | ITA | 88.0 | 91.5 | 179.5 |
| 39 | Koichi Sato | JPN | 91.0 | 87.5 | 178.5 |
| 40 | Conrad Rochat | SUI | 89.5 | 87.5 | 177.0 |
| 41 | Holger Karlsson | SWE | 71.5 | 104.5 | 176.0 |
| 42 | Nicolae Munteanu | ROU | 85.0 | 90.0 | 175.0 |
| 43 | Willis Olson | USA | 84.5 | 90.0 | 174.5 |
| 44 | Erik Styf | SWE | 102.5 | 66.5 | 169.0 |
| 45 | Francis Perret | SUI | 86.0 | 82.5 | 168.5 |
| 46 | Richard Rabasa | FRA | 84.5 | 83.0 | 167.5 |
| 46 | André Monnier | FRA | 82.5 | 85.0 | 167.5 |
| 48 | Enzo Perin | ITA | 83.5 | 80.5 | 164.0 |
| 48 | Régis Robert Rey | FRA | 82.0 | 82.0 | 164.0 |
| 50 | Janez Gorišek | YUG | 81.5 | 80.5 | 162.0 |
| 51 | Dick Rahoi | USA | 86.0 | 72.0 | 158.0 |
Participating NOCs
Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. The Soviet Union made its Olympic ski jumping debut.
- AUT
- CAN
- TCH
- FIN
- FRA
- EUA
- ITA
- JPN
- NOR
- POL
- ROU
- URS
- SWE
- SUI
- USA
- YUG
References
References
- Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski jumping). "hill lengths." E-Mail to Chris Miller. 5 June 2006.
- "Ski Jumping at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference.
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