Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
VenueCortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Dates27 January – 4 February 1956
Competitors101 from 14 nations
at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Twomen
Fourmen

At the 1956 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested.[1]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
  Italy (ITA)
Italy I
Lamberto Dalla Costa
Giacomo Conti 		 Italy (ITA)
Italy II
Eugenio Monti
Renzo Alverà 		 Switzerland (SUI)
Switzerland I
Max Angst
Harry Warburton
Four-man
  Switzerland (SUI)
Switzerland I
Franz Kapus
Gottfried Diener
Robert Alt
Heinrich Angst 		 Italy (ITA)
Italy II
Eugenio Monti
Ulrico Girardi
Renzo Alverà
Renato Mocellini 		 United States (USA)
USA I
Arthur Tyler
William Dodge
Charles Thomas Butler
James Lamy

Participating nations

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy1203
2 Switzerland1012
3 United States0011
Totals (3 entries)2226

References

  1. ^ "Bobsleigh at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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