Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Austria competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Austria at the
1956 Winter Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOCAustrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.oeoc.at (in German)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
26 January–5 February 1956
Competitors60 (50 men, 10 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerToni Sailer (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldToni SailerAlpine skiingMen's downhill
 GoldToni SailerAlpine skiingMen's giant slalom
 GoldToni SailerAlpine skiingMen's slalom
 GoldSissy Schwarz
Kurt Oppelt		Figure skatingPairs
 SilverAnderl MoltererAlpine skiingMen's giant slaom
 SilverPutzi FrandlAlpine skiingWomen's giant slalom
 SilverRegina SchöpfAlpine skiingWomen's slalom
 BronzeAnderl MoltererAlpine skiingMen's downhill
 BronzeWalter SchusterAlpine skiingMen's giant slalom
 BronzeThea HochleitnerAlpine skiingWomen's giant slalom
 BronzeIngrid WendlFigure skatingWomen's singles

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Walter Schuster Downhill DSQ –
Josl Rieder DSQ –
Anderl Molterer 2:56.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Toni Sailer 2:52.2 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ernst Hinterseer Giant Slalom 3:08.5 6
Walter Schuster 3:07.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Anderl Molterer 3:06.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Toni Sailer 3:00.1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Putzi Frandl 1:57.8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Bobsleigh
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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
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

Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Oskar Schulz 59:56 59
Hermann Mayr 55:51 39
Karl Rafreider 54:51 35
Sepp Schneeberger 54:21 28
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Sepp Schneeberger
Oskar Schulz
Hermann Mayr
Karl Rafreider		 2'30:50 11

Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Norbert Felsinger 7 8 150.55 67 7
Women
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pairs
Athletes Points Places Rank
Elisabeth Ellend
Konrad Lienert		 10.38 77 9
Sissy Schwarz
Kurt Oppelt		 11.31 14 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Group A

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Canada 33003016
2  Germany 3111963
3  Italy 3012572
4  Austria 30212321
  • Italy 2-2 Austria
  • Canada 23-0 Austria
  • Germany (UTG) 7-0 Austria

Games for 7th-10th places
Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
7  Italy 33002176
8  Poland 321012104
9   Switzerland 312012182
10  Austria 30309190
  • Switzerland 7-4 Austria
  • Italy 8-2 Austria
  • Poland 4-3 Austria
Contestants
Alfred Püls
Robert Nusser
Franz Potucek
Hermann Knoll
Hans Mössmer
Hans Scarsini
Hans Zollner
Fritz Spielmann
Wilhelm Schmid
Walter Znenahlik
Gerhard Springer
Adolf Hafner
Hans Wagner
Max Singewald
Kurt Kurz
Konrad Staudinger
Wolfgang Jöchl

Nordic combined
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
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

Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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

Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Kurt Eminger 44.4 41
Ernst Biel 44.2 37
Franz Offenberger 43.8 32
1500 m Ernst Biel 2:23.5 51
Kurt Eminger 2:19.0 38
Arthur Mannsbarth 2:17.4 32
Franz Offenberger 2:17.3 31
5000 m Kurt Eminger 8:39.4 38
Franz Offenberger 8:30.8 34
Arthur Mannsbarth 8:23.6 28
10,000 m Arthur Mannsbarth 17:47.8 29

References
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