Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The women's downhill event of the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was held on Mt. Tofana on Wednesday, 1 February.

The Swiss took the top two spots as Madeleine Berthod won the gold and Frieda Dänzer took the silver; Lucile Wheeler of Canada was the bronze medalist. Forty-four women from sixteen countries finished the race.Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 596Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 596–597

The race was held on the Canalone piste, with a starting elevation of above sea level with a vertical drop of ; the course length was . Berthoud's winning time of 100.7 seconds yielded an average speed of , with an average vertical descent rate of .

Results Wednesday, 1 February 1956 The race was started at 11:30 local time, (UTC+1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was , and the snow condition was hard. Rank Bib Competitor Time Difference 6 1:40.7 — 20 1:45.4 +4.7 4 1:45.9 +5.2 4 12 1:47.3 +6.6 4 15 1:47.3 +6.6 6 1 1:47.7 +7.0 7 21 1:47.9 +7.2 8 18 1:49.2 +8.5 9 7 1:49.5 +8.8 10 28 1:49.6 +8.9 11 26 1:49.7 +9.0 12 22 1:50.6 +9.9 13 23 1:51.0 +10.3 14 51 1:51.1 +10.4 15 30 1:51.6 +10.9 15 32 1:51.6 +10.9 17 10 1:51.7 +11.0 18 29 1:51.8 +11.1 19 11 1:51.9 +11.2 20 16 1:52.3 +11.6 21 14 1:52.4 +11.7 22 37 1:53.2 +12.5 22 31 1:53.2 +12.5 24 25 1:53.6 +12.9 25 2 1:54.0 +13.3 26 39 1:54.3 +13.6 27 9 1:54.4 +13.7 28 41 1:54.5 +13.8 29 13 1:54.7 +14.0 30 5 1:55.2 +14.5 31 52 1:57.2 +16.5 32 19 1:57.8 +17.1 33 53 1:58.2 +17.5 34 47 1:58.9 +18.2 35 50 1:59.0 +18.3 36 40 1:59.2 +18.5 37 17 1:59.8 +19.1 38 55 2:01.5 +20.8 39 54 2:01.6 +20.9 40 46 2:04.0 +23.3 41 49 2:05.0 +24.3 42 38 2:08.0 +27.3 43 45 2:15.1 +34.4 44 48 2:27.7 +47.0 — 3 INJ 8 INJ 33 INJ Source:

See also

1956 Winter Olympics

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