Switzerland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Alpine skiing Women's downhill Alpine skiing Women's slalom Bobsleigh Four-man Alpine skiing Men's downhill Alpine skiing Women's downhill Bobsleigh Two-man
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndreas RuediDownhillDSQ–Hans Forrer3:08.013Roger Staub2:57.14Raymond Fellay2:55.7Raymond FellayGiant Slalom3:23.927Martin Julen3:18.519Roland Blaesi3:18.218Georges Schneider3:17.317Martin JulenSlalomDSQ–––DSQ–René Rey1:34.1191:53.643:27.710Raymond Fellay1:32.8131:59.3123:32.111Georges Schneider1:29.041:53.643:22.65
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHedi BeelerDownhill1:54.025Rosemarie Reichenbach1:51.615Frieda Dänzer1:45.4Madeleine Berthod1:40.7Hedi BeelerGiant SlalomDSQ–Annemarie Waser2:02.314Frieda Dänzer2:00.911Madeleine Berthod1:58.34Madeleine BerthodSlalom1:09.7 (+0:05)2658.742:08.317Hedi Beeler1:01.9201:03.2182:05.115Freida Dänzer59.21259.791:58.910Renée Colliard55.6156.711:52.3
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSUI-1Max AngstHarry WarburtonTwo-man1:24.7151:23.8151:24.2741:24.6745:37.46SUI-2Franz KapusHeinrich AngstTwo-man1:24.7461:24.5081:24.7061:26.17135:40.117
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSUI-1Franz KapusGottfried DienerRobert AltHeinrich AngstFour-man1:18.0041:17.1911:17.0911:18.1615:10.44SUI-2Max AngstAby GartmannHarry WarburtonRolf GerberFour-man1:17.4111:17.8521:18.6851:20.3395:14.274
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmErwin Hari55:0638Michel Rey55:0536Victor Kronig54:4333Werner Zwingli53:402030 kmArmand Genoud2'01:0541André Huguenin1'58:4034Fritz Kocher1'55:1827Marcel Huguenin1'54:362550 kmAndré Huguenin3'31:0427Alfred Kronig3'23:2124Fritz Zurbuchen3'19:4219Christian Wenger3'17:4918
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankWerner ZwingliVictor KronigFritz KocherMarcel Huguenin2'24:307
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Hans Müller1212135.2811212 François Pache1110139.399511
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Alice Fischer1820137.6920318 Karin Borner1516141.6917116
Ice hockey
Group C Top two teams advanced to Medal Round. RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts122001544221107102320208160
Sweden 6-5 Switzerland USSR 10-3 Switzerland
Games for 7th-10th places RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts733002176832101210493120121821030309190
Switzerland 7-4 Austria Poland 6-2 Switzerland Italy 8-3 Switzerland
Contestants Christian Conrad Martin Riesen Kurt Peter Georg Riesch Émile Golaz Rudolf Keller Sepp Weingärtner Paul Hofer Hans Ott Franz Berry Hans Pappa Fritz Naef Emil Handschin Bernhard Bagnoud Walter Keller Rätus Frei Otto Schläpfer
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankFrancis PerretNormal hill66.086.04264.082.545168.545Conrad Rochat68.589.54068.587.541177.040Andreas Däscher82.0108.0682.0111.52219.56
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mErich Kull44.3401500 mErich Kull2:21.746Jürg Rohrbach2:21.7465000 mJürg Rohrbach8:39.539
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com