Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Austria at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Austria at the; 1956 Winter Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; 26 January–5 February 1956
Competitors	60 (50 men, 10 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Toni Sailer (alpine skiing)
Medals; Ranked 2nd	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026;

Websitewww.olympia.at (in German)

Competitors60 (50 men, 10 women) in 8 sports

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Toni Sailer	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Gold	Toni Sailer	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Gold	Toni Sailer	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Gold	Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt	Figure skating	Pairs
Silver	Anderl Molterer	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Silver	Putzi Frandl	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Silver	Regina Schöpf	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Anderl Molterer	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Bronze	Walter Schuster	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Bronze	Thea Hochleitner	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Bronze	Ingrid Wendl	Figure skating	Women's singles

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Walter Schuster	Downhill					DSQ	–
Josl Rieder						DSQ	–
Anderl Molterer						2:56.2
Toni Sailer						2:52.2
Ernst Hinterseer	Giant Slalom					3:08.5	6
Walter Schuster						3:07.2
Anderl Molterer						3:06.3
Toni Sailer						3:00.1
Anderl Molterer	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Josl Rieder		1:47.0	31	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Othmar Schneider		1:35.8	23	2:00.0	13	3:35.8	12
Toni Sailer		1:27.3	1	1:47.4	1	3:14.7

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Putzi Frandl	Downhill					1:51.0	13
Trude Klecker						1:50.6	12
Thea Hochleitner						1:47.9	7
Hilde Hofherr						1:47.3	4
Trude Klecker	Giant Slalom					2:08.5	33
Regina Schöpf						2:00.6	9
Thea Hochleitner						1:58.2
Putzi Frandl						1:57.8
Putzi Frandl	Slalom	1:00.4	14	57.5	2	1:58.0	5
Thea Hochleitner		1:00.4	14	1:00.6	13	2:01.0	12
Hilde Hofherr		58.2	6	1:25.3	31	2:23.5	24
Regina Schöpf		56.0	2	59.4	7	1:55.4

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Paul Aste Heinrich Isser	Two-man	1:26.32	12	1:25.82	12	1:26.61	15	1:25.22	7	5:43.97	12
AUT-2	Karl Wagner Adolf Tonn	Two-man	1:26.15	11	1:27.06	20	1:26.73	16	1:26.35	14	5:46.29	15

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Karl Wagner Fritz Rursch Adolf Tonn Heinrich Isser	Four-man	1:19.60	11	1:20.74	17	1:19.98	8	1:20.30	8	5:20.62	10
AUT-2	Kurt Loserth Wilfried Thurner Karl Schwarzböck Franz Dominik	Four-man	1:19.37	10	1:19.12	9	1:20.08	9	1:19.72	5	5:18.29	7

Medalists

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Hanna Walter	8	7	153.89	83.5	7
Hanna Eigel	5	4	157.15	52	5
Ingrid Wendl	3	5	159.44	39

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Elisabeth Ellend Konrad Lienert	10.38	77	9
Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt	11.31	14

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Leopold Kohl	Individual	66.5	69.5	198.5	16	1'01:00	221.800	21	420.300	17
Sepp Schiffner		71.5	73.5	211.5	4	1'02:02	217.800	25	429.300	11
Willi Egger		73.0	72.5	208.0	7	1'03:00	214.100	28	422.100	16

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Otto Leodolter	Normal hill	72.0	94.0	31	72.5	91.0	33	185.0	30
Rudolf Schweinberger		74.5	100.0	22	75.0	99.0	17	199.0	19
Walter Habersatter		77.5	102.0	18	77.5	99.5	16	201.5	15
Sepp Bradl		77.5	104.5	11	77.0	101.0	15	205.5	12

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Sepp Schneeberger Oskar Schulz Hermann Mayr Karl Rafreider	2'30:50	11