Austria competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Alpine skiing Men's downhill Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom Alpine skiing Men's slalom Figure skating Pairs Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom Alpine skiing Women's slalom Alpine skiing Men's downhill Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom Figure skating Women's singles
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankWalter SchusterDownhillDSQ–Josl RiederDSQ–Anderl Molterer2:56.2Toni Sailer2:52.2Ernst HinterseerGiant Slalom3:08.56Walter Schuster3:07.2Anderl Molterer3:06.3Toni Sailer3:00.1Anderl MoltererSlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Josl Rieder1:47.031DSQ–DSQ–Othmar Schneider1:35.8232:00.0133:35.812Toni Sailer1:27.311:47.413:14.7
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPutzi FrandlDownhill1:51.013Trude Klecker1:50.612Thea Hochleitner1:47.97Hilde Hofherr1:47.34Trude KleckerGiant Slalom2:08.533Regina Schöpf2:00.69Thea Hochleitner1:58.2Putzi Frandl1:57.8Putzi FrandlSlalom1:00.41457.521:58.05Thea Hochleitner1:00.4141:00.6132:01.012Hilde Hofherr58.261:25.3312:23.524Regina Schöpf56.0259.471:55.4
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAUT-1Paul AsteHeinrich IsserTwo-man1:26.32121:25.82121:26.61151:25.2275:43.9712AUT-2Karl WagnerAdolf TonnTwo-man1:26.15111:27.06201:26.73161:26.35145:46.2915
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAUT-1Karl WagnerFritz RurschAdolf TonnHeinrich IsserFour-man1:19.60111:20.74171:19.9881:20.3085:20.6210AUT-2Kurt LoserthWilfried ThurnerKarl SchwarzböckFranz DominikFour-man1:19.37101:19.1291:20.0891:19.7255:18.297
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmOskar Schulz59:5659Hermann Mayr55:5139Karl Rafreider54:5135Sepp Schneeberger54:2128
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankSepp SchneebergerOskar SchulzHermann MayrKarl Rafreider2'30:5011
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Norbert Felsinger78150.55677
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Hanna Walter87153.8983.57 Hanna Eigel54157.15525 Ingrid Wendl35159.4439
Pairs AthletesPointsPlacesRank Elisabeth EllendKonrad Lienert10.38779 Sissy SchwarzKurt Oppelt11.3114
Ice hockey
Group A Top two teams advanced to Medal Round. RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts1330030162311196333012572430212321
Italy 2-2 Austria Canada 23-0 Austria Germany (UTG) 7-0 Austria
Games for 7th-10th places RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts733002176832101210493120121821030309190
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
Events: normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.) 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankLeopold KohlIndividual66.569.5198.5161'01:00221.80021420.30017Sepp Schiffner71.573.5211.541'02:02217.80025429.30011Willi Egger73.072.5208.071'03:00214.10028422.10016
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankOtto LeodolterNormal hill72.094.03172.591.033185.030Rudolf Schweinberger74.5100.02275.099.017199.019Walter Habersatter77.5102.01877.599.516201.515Sepp Bradl77.5104.51177.0101.015205.512
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mKurt Eminger44.441Ernst Biel44.237Franz Offenberger43.8321500 mErnst Biel2:23.551Kurt Eminger2:19.038Arthur Mannsbarth2:17.432Franz Offenberger2:17.3315000 mKurt Eminger8:39.438Franz Offenberger8:30.834Arthur Mannsbarth8:23.62810,000 mArthur Mannsbarth17:47.829
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com