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Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The USSR debuted in these Winter Olympics. They immediately showed their strength by winning more medals than any other nation.

Highlights of the Games

  • In the Alpine Skiing Toni Sailer won all the events (Downhill, Slalom and the Giant Slalom).
  • The USSR won the Games with 16 medals, 7 of them being gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze.

Medal count

Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 7 3 6 16
2 Austria Austria 4 3 4 11
3 Finland Finland 3 3 1 7
4 Switzerland Switzerland 3 2 1 6
5 Sweden Sweden 2 4 4 10
6 United States United States 2 3 2 7
7 Norway Norway 2 1 1 4
8 Italy Italy (host nation) 1 2 0 3
9 United Team of Germany United Team of Germany 1 0 1 2
10 Canada Canada 0 1 2 3
 
 
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