Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 26 January–5 February 1956
Competitors	60 (50 men, 10 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Toni Sailer (alpine skiing)
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 11
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Austria competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Toni Sailer	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Gold	Toni Sailer	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Gold	Toni Sailer	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Gold	Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt	Figure skating	Pairs
Silver	Anderl Molterer	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slaom
Silver	Putzi Frandl	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Silver	Regina Schöpf	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Anderl Molterer	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Bronze	Walter Schuster	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Bronze	Thea Hochleitner	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Bronze	Ingrid Wendl	Figure skating	Women's singles

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Walter Schuster	Downhill					DSQ	–
Josl Rieder						DSQ	–
Anderl Molterer						2:56.2
Toni Sailer						2:52.2
Ernst Hinterseer	Giant Slalom					3:08.5	6
Walter Schuster						3:07.2
Anderl Molterer						3:06.3
Toni Sailer						3:00.1
Anderl Molterer	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Josl Rieder		1:47.0	31	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Othmar Schneider		1:35.8	23	2:00.0	13	3:35.8	12
Toni Sailer		1:27.3	1	1:47.4	1	3:14.7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Putzi Frandl	Downhill					1:51.0	13
Trude Klecker						1:50.6	12
Thea Hochleitner						1:47.9	7
Hilde Hofherr						1:47.3	4
Trude Klecker	Giant Slalom					2:08.5	33
Regina Schöpf						2:00.6	9
Thea Hochleitner						1:58.2
Putzi Frandl						1:57.8
Putzi Frandl	Slalom	1:00.4	14	57.5	2	1:58.0	5
Thea Hochleitner		1:00.4	14	1:00.6	13	2:01.0	12
Hilde Hofherr		58.2	6	1:25.3	31	2:23.5	24
Regina Schöpf		56.0	2	59.4	7	1:55.4

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Paul Aste Heinrich Isser	Two-man	1:26.32	12	1:25.82	12	1:26.61	15	1:25.22	7	5:43.97	12
AUT-2	Karl Wagner Adolf Tonn	Two-man	1:26.15	11	1:27.06	20	1:26.73	16	1:26.35	14	5:46.29	15

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Karl Wagner Fritz Rursch Adolf Tonn Heinrich Isser	Four-man	1:19.60	11	1:20.74	17	1:19.98	8	1:20.30	8	5:20.62	10
AUT-2	Kurt Loserth Wilfried Thurner Karl Schwarzböck Franz Dominik	Four-man	1:19.37	10	1:19.12	9	1:20.08	9	1:19.72	5	5:18.29	7

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Oskar Schulz	59:56	59
	Hermann Mayr	55:51	39
	Karl Rafreider	54:51	35
	Sepp Schneeberger	54:21	28

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Sepp Schneeberger Oskar Schulz Hermann Mayr Karl Rafreider	2'30:50	11

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Norbert Felsinger	7	8	150.55	67	7

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Hanna Walter	8	7	153.89	83.5	7
Hanna Eigel	5	4	157.15	52	5
Ingrid Wendl	3	5	159.44	39

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Elisabeth Ellend Konrad Lienert	10.38	77	9
Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt	11.31	14

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Group A

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	30	1	6
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	9	6	3
3	Italy	3	0	1	2	5	7	2
4	Austria	3	0	2	1	2	32	1

• Italy 2-2 Austria
• Canada 23-0 Austria
• Germany (UTG) 7-0 Austria

Games for 7th-10th places

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7	Italy	3	3	0	0	21	7	6
8	Poland	3	2	1	0	12	10	4
9	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	12	18	2
10	Austria	3	0	3	0	9	19	0

• Switzerland 7-4 Austria
• Italy 8-2 Austria
• Poland 4-3 Austria

Contestants Alfred Püls Robert Nusser Franz Potucek Hermann Knoll Hans Mössmer Hans Scarsini Hans Zollner Fritz Spielmann Wilhelm Schmid Walter Znenahlik Gerhard Springer Adolf Hafner Hans Wagner Max Singewald Kurt Kurz Konrad Staudinger Wolfgang Jöchl

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Leopold Kohl	Individual	66.5	69.5	198.5	16	1'01:00	221.800	21	420.300	17
Sepp Schiffner		71.5	73.5	211.5	4	1'02:02	217.800	25	429.300	11
Willi Egger		73.0	72.5	208.0	7	1'03:00	214.100	28	422.100	16

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Otto Leodolter	Normal hill	72.0	94.0	31	72.5	91.0	33	185.0	30
Rudolf Schweinberger		74.5	100.0	22	75.0	99.0	17	199.0	19
Walter Habersatter		77.5	102.0	18	77.5	99.5	16	201.5	15
Sepp Bradl		77.5	104.5	11	77.0	101.0	15	205.5	12

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Kurt Eminger	44.4	41
	Ernst Biel	44.2	37
	Franz Offenberger	43.8	32
1500 m	Ernst Biel	2:23.5	51
	Kurt Eminger	2:19.0	38
	Arthur Mannsbarth	2:17.4	32
	Franz Offenberger	2:17.3	31
5000 m	Kurt Eminger	8:39.4	38
	Franz Offenberger	8:30.8	34
	Arthur Mannsbarth	8:23.6	28
10,000 m	Arthur Mannsbarth	17:47.8	29

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com