Italy was the host nation for the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. It was the first time that Italy had hosted the Olympic Games.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Bobsleigh Two-man Bobsleigh Two-man Bobsleigh Four-man
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankParide MiliantiDownhillDSQ–Lino ZecchiniDSQ–Bruno Burrini3:02.49Gino Burrini3:00.26Bruno BurriniGiant Slalom3:23.125Dino Pompanin3:22.424Guido Ghedina3:15.611Gino Burrini3:12.310Paride MiliantiSlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Italo Pedroncellin/a?DSQ–DSQ–Bruno Burrini1:36.2242:24.2354:00.427Guido Ghedina1:32.6122:08.1243:40.717
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVera SchenoneDownhill1:59.236Anna Pellissier1:49.711Carla Marchelli1:47.76Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo1:47.34Vera SchenoneGiant SlalomDSQ–Maria Grazia Marchelli2:05.228Anna Pellissier2:02.417Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo2:01.513Cristina EbnerSlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Vera Schenone1:05.1211:32.1342:37.229Anna Pellissier1:01.2161:05.3192:06.516Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo56.9359.9111:56.84
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankITA-1Lamberto Dalla CostaGiacomo ContiTwo-man1:22.011:22.4511:22.9511:22.7415:30.14ITA-2Eugenio MontiRenzo AlveràTwo-man1:22.7321:22.5321:23.3721:22.8225:31.45
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankITA-1Dino De MartinGiovanni De MartinGiovanni TabacchiCarlo Da PràFour-man1:18.1051:18.6551:18.5041:19.4145:14.665ITA-2Eugenio MontiUlrico GirardiRenzo AlveràRenato MocelliniFour-man1:17.6921:17.9741:18.1321:18.3125:12.10
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmInnocenzo Chatrian53:4625Pompeo Fattor53:4524Federico de Florian52:4817Ottavio Compagnoni51:421130 kmOttavio CompagnoniDSQ–Camillo Zanolli1'54:4226Arrigo Delladio1'54:2724Federico de Florian1'49:161350 kmBattista Mismetti3'23:1523Gioacchino Busin3'21:0521Gianni Carrara3'14:3917Vigilio Mich3'11:5916
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankPompeo FattorOttavio CompagnoniInnocenzo ChatrianFederico de Florian2'23:285
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 kmAnita Parmesani47:3737Fides Romanin44:1731Rita Bottero44:0330Ildegarda Taffra42:5123
Women's 3 x 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankFides RomaninRita BotteroIldegarda Taffra1'16:118
Figure skating
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Manuela Angeli2021133.5122221 Fiorella Negro1614142.31168.515
Ice hockey
Group A Top two teams advanced to Medal Round. RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts1330030162311196333012572430212321
Italy 2-2 Austria Italy 2-2 Germany (UTG) Italy 1-3 Canada
Games for 7th-10th places RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts733002176832101210493120121821030309190
Italy 8-2 Austria Italy 8-3 Switzerland Italy 5-2 Poland
Contestants Vittorio Bolla Giuliano Ferraris Carmine Tucci Carlo Montemurro Aldo Federici Mario Bedogni Bernardo Tomei Giovanni Furlani Giampiero Branduardi Aldo Maniacco Ernesto Crotti Giancarlo Agazzi Gianfranco Darin Reno Alberton Giulio Oberhammer Francesco Macchietto
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.) 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankAldo PedranaIndividual60.560.0168.0351'00:36223.40015391.40031Enzo Perin67.070.0196.0191'00:48222.60018418.60020Alfredo Prucker70.070.0201.01258:52230.10010431.1008
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankEnzo PerinNormal hill67.083.54763.580.547164.048Alfredo Prucker67.588.04168.591.532179.538Tito Tolin69.591.03671.593.527184.533Luigi Pennacchio70.591.03667.589.536180.537
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mGuido Caroli43.933Guido Citterio43.1221500 mRemo Tomasi2:22.248Guido Caroli2:20.042Guido Citterio2:16.5275000 mRemo Tomasi8:48.345Paolino Dimai8:48.044Carlo Calzà8:41.14110,000 mCarlo Calzà18:32.832
References
Sources Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com