Men's downhill
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueOlimpia - Tofana
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date3 February 1956
Competitors75 from 27 nations
Winning time2:52.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Toni Sailer  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raymond Fellay  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anderl Molterer  Austria
Men's Downhill
LocationOlimpia - Tofana
Vertical   902 m (2,959 ft)
Top elevation2,282 m (7,487 ft)  
Base elevation1,380 m (4,528 ft)

The men's alpine skiing downhill event of the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was held on Friday, 3 February, at 11:00 a.m. The starting elevation on the Olimpia - Tofana run was 2,282 m (7,487 ft) above sea level and the course length was 3.461 km (2.15 mi), with a vertical drop of 902 m (2,959 ft) and just fifteen control gates.

It was the final alpine event of the games and the third straight victory for Toni Sailer of Austria.[1] His average speed was 72.355 km/h (45.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.238 m/s (17.2 ft/s).

It was the third appearance of the downhill event at the Winter Games, which debuted in 1948. Seventy-five alpine skiers from 27 nations competed.[2]

Results

Friday, 3 February 1956

PlaceBibCompetitorTimeDifference
1st place, gold medalist(s)14 Toni Sailer (AUT)2:52.2—
2nd place, silver medalist(s)25 Raymond Fellay (SUI)2:55.7+3.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)20 Anderl Molterer (AUT)2:56.2+4.0
421 Roger Staub (SUI)2:57.1+4.9
57 Hans-Peter Lanig (EUA)2:59.8+7.6
611 Gino Burrini (ITA)3:00.2+8.0
746 Kurt Hennrich (TCH)3:01.5+9.3
817 Charles Bozon (FRA)3:01.9+9.7
923 Bruno Burrini (ITA)3:02.4+10.2
109 Stig Sollander (SWE)3:05.4+13.2
114 Buddy Werner (USA)3:05.8+13.6
1231 Sepp Behr (EUA)3:07.7+15.5
1316 Hans Forrer (SUI)3:08.0+15.8
1435 Asle Sjåstad (NOR)3:08.8+16.6
1512 Andrzej Gąsienica Roj (POL)3:09.3+17.1
1632 Aleksandr Filatov (URS)3:16.6+24.4
1738 Evžen Čermák (TCH)3:18.0+25.8
1862 Georgi Dimitrov (BUL)3:18.1+25.9
1929 Karl Zillibiller (EUA)3:21.6+29.4
201 Pepi Schwaiger (EUA)3:22.2+30.0
2115 Viktor Talyanov (URS)3:26.5+34.3
2255 Franc Cvenkelj (YUG)3:28.5+36.3
2350 Kalevi Häkkinen (FIN)3:29.2+37.0
2460 Georgi Varoshkin (BUL)3:30.0+37.8
2533 André Bertrand (CAN)3:31.2+39.0
2658 Franz Beck (LIE)3:36.8+44.6
2748 Petar Ivanov Angelov (BUL)3:38.5+46.3
2844 Susumu Sugiyama (JPN)3:39.1+46.9
2936 Ludvig Dornig (YUG)3:41.1+48.9
3087 Charlach Mackintosh (GBR)3:41.4+49.2
3184 Nicolae Pandrea (ROU)3:46.5+54.3
3242 Lars Mattsson (SWE)3:50.4+58.2
3363 Muzaffer Demirhan (TUR)3:52.2+1:00.0
3445 Nigel Gardner (GBR)4:00.7+1:08.5
3554 Bill Day (AUS)4:02.0+1:09.8
3653 Francisco Viladomat (ESP)4:02.1+1:09.9
3791 Luis Molné (ESP)4:08.9+1:16.7
3889 Denis Feron (BEL)4:16.6+1:24.4
3972 Mahmoud Beiglou (IRI)4:22.0+1:29.8
4085 Leopold Schädler (LIE)4:23.7+1:31.5
4179 Vicente Vera (CHI)4:25.4+1:33.2
4269 Ibrahim Geagea (LIB)4:33.1+1:40.9
4381 Jean Keyrouz (LIB)4:57.6+2:05.4
4477 Benik Amirian (IRI)5:02.7+2:10.5
4573 Max von Hohenlohe (LIE)5:15.8+2:23.6
4690 Aris Vatimbella (GRE)5:44.2+2:52.0
4792 Christos Papageorgiou (GRE)8:03.2+5:11.0
—2 Josl Rieder (AUT)DSQ
3 Ralph Miller (USA)DSQ
5 Lino Zecchini (ITA)DSQ
6 William Beck (USA)DSQ
8 Walter Schuster (AUT)DSQ
10 Chiharu Igaya (JPN)DSQ
13 René Collet (FRA)DSQ
18 Adrien Duvillard (FRA)DSQ
22 André Simond (FRA)DSQ
24 Andreas Rüedi (SUI)DSQ
30 Jan Zarycki (POL)DSQ
37 Paride Milianti (ITA)DSQ
39 Marvin Melville (USA)DSQ
43 Kåre Opdal (NOR)DSQ
47 Vladimír Krajňák (TCH)DSQ
49 Trygve Berge (NOR)DSQ
51 Sergey Shustov (URS)DSQ
56 Osman Yüce (TUR)DSQ
57 Jože Ilija (YUG)DSQ
59 Jaroslav Bogdálek (TCH)DSQ
61 Pentti Alonen (FIN)DSQ
64 Gheorghe Cristoloveanu (ROU)DSQ
65 Gennady Chertishchev (URS)DSQ
71 Robin Brock-Hollinshead (GBR)DSQ
74 Hermann Kindle (LIE)DSQ
80 Jaime Talens (ESP)DSQ
86 Reza Bazargan (IRI)DSQ
93 Douglas Mackintosh (GBR)DSQ

References

  1. ↑ Cortina 1956 Olympic Winter Games Report - page 595
  2. ↑ "Alpine Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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