The United States competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Medalists
American figure skaters swept the men's singles competition, taking all three medals. The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | MedalNameSportEventDateFigure skatingMen's singlesFigure skatingWomen's singlesFigure skatingMen's singlesFigure skatingWomen's singlesIce hockeyMen's tournamentFigure skatingMen's singlesWilliam DodgeJames LamyArthur TylerBobsleighFour-man
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+Medals by sportSportTotalFigure skating2215Ice hockey0101Bobsleigh0011Total2327
+Medals by genderGenderTotalPercentageMale122571.4%Female110228.6%Total2327100%
Alpine skiing
Men AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBill BeckDownhillcolspan=4 rowspan=4 Marvin MelvilleRalph MillerBuddy Werner3:05.811Tom CorcoranGiant slalomcolspan=4 rowspan=4 3:16.014Brooks Dodge3:16.415Ralph Miller3:15.813Buddy Werner3:21.521Tom CorcoranSlalom1:37.1272:04.2163:41.319Brooks Dodge1:27.631:54.283:21.84Ralph Miller1:34.0182:13.8263:47.822Buddy Werner
Women AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndrea Mead LawrenceDownhillcolspan=4 rowspan=4 1:55.230Penny Pitou1:58.934Dorothy Surgenor2:01.538Gladys Werner1:49.610Andrea Mead LawrenceGiant slalomcolspan=4 rowspan=4 1:58.34Penny Pitou2:10.434Betsy SniteGladys Werner2:04.022Andrea Mead LawrenceSlalom1:10.5271:15.3252:25.825Penny Pitou1:26.2331:16.3272:42.531Dorothy Surgenor1:09.1251:08.2222:17.320Gladys Werner1:13.9281:16.2262:30.127
Bobsleigh
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankArthur TylerEdgar SeymourTwo-man1:25.4191:23.7731:24.4451:26.46175:40.086Waightman WashbondPiet Biesiadecki1:24.8281:24.1571:24.7871:24.4135:38.165James BickfordDonald JacquesLawrence McKillipHubert MillerFour-man1:20.97171:22.47201:21.22161:20.50115:25.1619Arthur TylerWilliam DodgeCharles ButlerJames Lamy1:17.7531:17.8731:18.2531:18.5235:12.39
Cross-country skiing
AthleteEventTimeRankLarry DamonMen's 15 km57:1851Mack Miller56:0841Buck LevyMen's 30 km2:10:5650Mack Miller2:00:3838Marvin CrawfordLarry DamonTheodore FarwellMack MillerMen's 4 × 10 km relay2:32:0412
Figure skating
Individual AthleteEventTotalRankRankPointsPlacesRankDavid JenkinsMen's singles33162.8227Hayes Alan Jenkins12166.4313Ronald Robertson21165.7916Tenley AlbrightLadies' singles11169.6712Carol Heiss22168.0221Catherine Machado103153.4886.58
Mixed AthleteEventPointsPlacesRankLucille AshSully KothmannPairs10.6359.57Carole Ann OrmacaRobin Greiner10.71565
Ice hockey
Summary TeamEventFirst roundConsolation roundMedal roundOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankUnited States menMen's tournamentL 3–4W 4–02 Qcolspan=3 W 7–2W 4–1W 6–1L 0–4W 9–4
First round Top two teams advanced to Medal Round. RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts1220012642 2110742320203120
Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA USA 4-0 Poland
Medal round RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts15500255102541026128353202311645131101735514020302650416351
USA 7-2 Germany (UTG) USA 4-1 Canada USA 6-1 Sweden USSR 4-0 USA USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia
Nordic combined
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalJump 1Jump 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankMarvin CrawfordIndividual97.599.0196.5171:02:24216.40026412.90023Theodore Farwell88.585.0173.5331:01:21220.50022394.00030Buck Levy80.581.5162.0361:05:42203.60033365.60035Charles Tremblay91.091.0182.0301:07:40196.00034378.00034
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankArt DevlinNormal hill74.098.52472.596.023194.521Willis Olson65.084.54569.590.034174.543Dick Rahoi71.586.04278.0 fall72.050158.051Roy Sherwood71.594.03168.089.038183.036
Speed skating
AthleteEventTimeRankBill Carow500 m41.86Ken Henry42.817Don McDermott43.225Johnny Werket42.411Don McDermott1500 m2:18.637Pat McNamara2:15.220Gene Sandvig2:17.130Johnny Werket2:16.125Chuck Burke5000 m8:47.443Art Longsjo8:40.040Pat McNamara8:10.617Gene Sandvig8:25.531Pat McNamara10,000 m17:45.627
References
Official Olympic Reports
Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com