Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Ski jumping
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Trampolino Olimpico
Dates February 5
Competitors 51 from 16 nations
Winning Score 227.0
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Antti Hyvärinen  Finland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Aulis Kallakorpi  Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Harry Glaß  United Team of Germany

Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 5 February[1] The competition took place at the Trampolino Olimpico Italia with a K-Point of 72m.[2]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Finland (FIN)1102
2 United Team of Germany (EUA)0011
Totals (2 nations)1113


Both Finland, which led the medal table, and the unified Germany team won their first Olympic medals in ski jumping.

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Normal hill individual
Antti Hyvärinen
 Finland
227.0 Aulis Kallakorpi
 Finland
225.0 Harry Glaß
 United Team of Germany
224.5

Results

[1]

RankAthleteCountryJump 1Jump 2Total
1st, gold medalist(s)Antti Hyvärinen Finland111.5115.5227.0
2nd, silver medalist(s)Aulis Kallakorpi Finland114.5110.5225.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Harry Glaß United Team of Germany115.0109.5224.5
4Max Bolkart United Team of Germany111.5111.0222.5
5Sven Pettersson Sweden109.5110.5220.0
6Andreas Däscher Switzerland108.0111.5219.5
7Eino Kirjonen Finland107.5111.5219.0
8Werner Lesser United Team of Germany105.0105.0210.0
9Sverre Stallvik Norway104.5103.5208.0
10Hemmo Silvennoinen Finland102.5105.0207.5
11Arne Hoel Norway104.5102.0206.5
12Sepp Bradl Austria104.5101.0205.5
13Hiroshi Yoshizawa Japan106.598.5205.0
14Bror Östman Sweden102.5102.0204.5
15Walter Habersatter Austria102.099.5201.5
16Nikolay Shamov Soviet Union103.098.0201.0
16Władysław Tajner Poland98.0103.0201.0
18Asbjørn Osnes Norway102.097.5199.5
19Rudolf Schweinberger Austria100.099.0199.0
20Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel Poland102.096.5198.5
21Art Devlin United States98.596.0194.5
22Jože Zidar Yugoslavia99.594.5194.0
23Albin Rogelj Yugoslavia94.098.5192.5
24Janez Polda Yugoslavia96.595.0191.5
25Roman Gąsienica Sieczka Poland101.588.0189.5
26Sepp Kleisl United Team of Germany95.094.0189.0
27Jacques Charland Canada94.593.5188.0
28Mojmír Stuchlík Czechoslovakia98.589.0187.5
29Jáchym Bulín Czechoslovakia93.592.5186.0
30K'oba Ts'akadze Soviet Union107.078.0185.0
30Józef Huczek Poland95.589.5185.0
30Otto Leodolter Austria94.091.0185.0
33Tito Tolin Italy91.093.5184.5
34Yury Moshkin Soviet Union91.592.5184.0
35Sverre Stenersen Norway90.593.0183.5
36Roy Sherwood United States94.089.0183.0
37Luigi Pennacchio Italy91.089.5180.5
38Alfredo Prucker Italy88.091.5179.5
39Koichi Sato Japan91.087.5178.5
40Conrad Rochat Switzerland89.587.5177.0
41Holger Karlsson Sweden71.5104.5176.0
42Nicolae Munteanu Romania85.090.0175.0
43Willis Olson United States84.590.0174.5
44Erik Styf Sweden102.566.5169.0
45Francis Perret Switzerland86.082.5168.5
46Richard Rabasa France84.583.0167.5
46André Monnier France82.585.0167.5
48Enzo Perin Italy83.580.5164.0
48Régis Robert Rey France82.082.0164.0
50Janez Gorišek Yugoslavia81.580.5162.0
51Dick Rahoi United States86.072.0158.0

Participating NOCs

[1]

Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. The Soviet Union made its Olympic ski jumping debut.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "VII Giochi Olimpici Invernali - Rapporto ufficiale" (PDF). COMITATO OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO. LA84 Foundation. 1956. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  2. Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski jumping). "hill lengths." E-Mail to Chris Miller. 5 Jun 2006.

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