Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

The women's giant slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 27 January in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. It was run on the Canalone run on Mount Tofana. The course was 1,366 metres (4,482 ft) long with a 408 metres (1,339 ft) vertical drop. There were 46 gates that the women had to navigate. Forty-four women from sixteen countries competed. German skier Ossi Reichert won the event while Austrians won silver and bronze.[1]

Alpine skiing at the
1956 Winter Olympics
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Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
Ossi Reichert
 United Team of Germany		 Josefine Frandl
 Austria		 Dorothea Hochleitner
 Austria

Source:[2]

Results
PlaceNo.CompetitorTimeDifference
14 Ossi Reichert (EUA)1:56.5—
25 Josefine Frandl (AUT)1:57.8+1.3
20 Dorothea Hochleitner (AUT)1:58.2+1.7
421 Andrea Mead Lawrence (USA)1:58.3+1.8
47 Madeleine Berthod (SUI)1:58.3+1.8
611 Lucille Wheeler (CAN)1:58.6+2.1
746 Borghild Niskin (NOR)1:59.0+2.5
817 Marysette Agnel (FRA)1:59.4+2.9
923 Regina Schöpf (AUT)2:00.6+4.1
109 Josette Neviere (FRA)2:00.8+4.3
114 Frieda Dänzer (SUI)2:00.9+4.4
1231 Marianne Seltsam (EUA)2:01.4+4.9
1316 Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo (ITA)2:01.5+5.0
1435 Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR)2:02.3+5.8
1412 Madeleine Front (FRA)2:02.3+5.8
1432 Annemarie Waser (SUI)2:02.3+5.8
1738 Anna Pellissier (ITA)2:02.4+5.9
1862 Paule Moris (FRA)2:02.5+6.0
1929 Hannelore Glaser (EUA)2:02.7+6.2
201 Maria Kowalska (POL)2:02.8+6.3
2115 Addie Pryor (GBR)2:03.1+6.6
2255 Astrid Sandvik (NOR)2:04.0+7.5
2250 Gladys Werner (USA)2:04.0+7.5
2460 Inger Jorgensen (NOR)2:04.4+7.9
2533 Ingrid Englund (SWE)2:04.5+8.0
2658 Eivor Berglund (SWE)2:04.9+8.4
2748 Mirl Buchner (EUA)2:05.0+8.5
2844 Maria Grazia Marchelli (ITA)2:05.2+8.7
2936 Anne Heggtveit (CAN)2:05.3+8.8
3087 Barbara Grocholska (POL)2:05.5+9.0
3184 Vivi-Anne Wassdahl (SWE)2:06.4+9.9
3242 Slava Zupancie (YUG)2:07.9+11.4
3363 Trude Klecker (AUT)2:08.5+12.0
3445 Penny Pitou (USA)2:10.4+13.9
3554 Maria Gasienica-Daniel (POL)2:10.9+14.4
3653 Ginette Seguin (CAN)2:16.6+20.1
3791 Christine Davy (AUS)2:17.3+20.8
3889 Susanne Holmes (GBR)2:19.0+22.5
3972 Magdalena Marotineanu (ROM)2:21.0+24.5
4085 Sidorova Evgeniya (URS)2:31.3+34.8
4179 Jakobina Jakobsdottir (ISL)2:39.4+42.9
4269 Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore (GBR)2:39.8+43.3
4381 Elena Epuran (ROM)3:20.5+1:24.0
4477 Aleksandra Artemenko (URS)4:04.5+2:08.0
 Hedi Beeler (SUI)DQ
 Carlyn Kruger (CAN)DQ
 Vera Schenone (ITA)DQ
 Jeanne Sandford (GBR)DQ
 Betsy Snite (USA)DQ

Source:[2]

See also

Notes
  1. "Alpine Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 588–589

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