Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's Downhill
Men's Downhill
Location	Olimpia - Tofana
Vertical	902 m (2,959 ft)
Top elevation	2,282 m (7,487 ft)
Base elevation	1,380 m (4,528 ft)

Men's downhill
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Men's downhill; at the VII Olympic Winter Games
	Alpine skiing
Venue	Olimpia - Tofana; Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date	3 February 1956
Competitors	75 from 27 nations
Winning time	2:52.2
Medalists
	← 1952 1960 →

The men's alpine skiing downhill event of the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was held on Friday, 3 February, at 11:00 a.m. The starting elevation on the Olimpia - Tofana run was 2,282 m (7,487 ft) above sea level and the course length was 3.461 km (2.15 mi), with a vertical drop of 902 m (2,959 ft) and just fifteen control gates.

It was the final alpine event of the games and the third straight victory for Toni Sailer of Austria.^[1] His average speed was 72.355 km/h (45.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.238 m/s (17.2 ft/s).

It was the third appearance of the downhill event at the Winter Games, which debuted in 1948. Seventy-five alpine skiers from 27 nations competed.^[2]

Results

Friday, 3 February 1956

Place	Bib	Competitor	Time	Difference
	14	Toni Sailer (AUT)	2:52.2	—
	25	Raymond Fellay (SUI)	2:55.7	+3.5
	20	Anderl Molterer (AUT)	2:56.2	+4.0
4	21	Roger Staub (SUI)	2:57.1	+4.9
5	7	Hans-Peter Lanig (EUA)	2:59.8	+7.6
6	11	Gino Burrini (ITA)	3:00.2	+8.0
7	46	Kurt Hennrich (TCH)	3:01.5	+9.3
8	17	Charles Bozon (FRA)	3:01.9	+9.7
9	23	Bruno Burrini (ITA)	3:02.4	+10.2
10	9	Stig Sollander (SWE)	3:05.4	+13.2
11	4	Buddy Werner (USA)	3:05.8	+13.6
12	31	Sepp Behr (EUA)	3:07.7	+15.5
13	16	Hans Forrer (SUI)	3:08.0	+15.8
14	35	Asle Sjåstad (NOR)	3:08.8	+16.6
15	12	Andrzej Gąsienica Roj (POL)	3:09.3	+17.1
16	32	Aleksandr Filatov (URS)	3:16.6	+24.4
17	38	Evžen Čermák (TCH)	3:18.0	+25.8
18	62	Georgi Dimitrov (BUL)	3:18.1	+25.9
19	29	Karl Zillibiller (EUA)	3:21.6	+29.4
20	1	Pepi Schwaiger (EUA)	3:22.2	+30.0
21	15	Viktor Talyanov (URS)	3:26.5	+34.3
22	55	Franc Cvenkelj (YUG)	3:28.5	+36.3
23	50	Kalevi Häkkinen (FIN)	3:29.2	+37.0
24	60	Georgi Varoshkin (BUL)	3:30.0	+37.8
25	33	André Bertrand (CAN)	3:31.2	+39.0
26	58	Franz Beck (LIE)	3:36.8	+44.6
27	48	Petar Ivanov Angelov (BUL)	3:38.5	+46.3
28	44	Susumu Sugiyama (JPN)	3:39.1	+46.9
29	36	Ludvig Dornig (YUG)	3:41.1	+48.9
30	87	Charlach Mackintosh (GBR)	3:41.4	+49.2
31	84	Nicolae Pandrea (ROU)	3:46.5	+54.3
32	42	Lars Mattsson (SWE)	3:50.4	+58.2
33	63	Muzaffer Demirhan (TUR)	3:52.2	+1:00.0
34	45	Nigel Gardner (GBR)	4:00.7	+1:08.5
35	54	Bill Day (AUS)	4:02.0	+1:09.8
36	53	Francisco Viladomat (ESP)	4:02.1	+1:09.9
37	91	Luis Molné (ESP)	4:08.9	+1:16.7
38	89	Denis Feron (BEL)	4:16.6	+1:24.4
39	72	Mahmoud Beiglou (IRI)	4:22.0	+1:29.8
40	85	Leopold Schädler (LIE)	4:23.7	+1:31.5
41	79	Vicente Vera (CHI)	4:25.4	+1:33.2
42	69	Ibrahim Geagea (LIB)	4:33.1	+1:40.9
43	81	Jean Keyrouz (LIB)	4:57.6	+2:05.4
44	77	Benik Amirian (IRI)	5:02.7	+2:10.5
45	73	Max von Hohenlohe (LIE)	5:15.8	+2:23.6
46	90	Aris Vatimbella (GRE)	5:44.2	+2:52.0
47	92	Christos Papageorgiou (GRE)	8:03.2	+5:11.0
—	2	Josl Rieder (AUT)	DSQ
	3	Ralph Miller (USA)	DSQ
	5	Lino Zecchini (ITA)	DSQ
	6	William Beck (USA)	DSQ
	8	Walter Schuster (AUT)	DSQ
	10	Chiharu Igaya (JPN)	DSQ
	13	René Collet (FRA)	DSQ
	18	Adrien Duvillard (FRA)	DSQ
	22	André Simond (FRA)	DSQ
	24	Andreas Rüedi (SUI)	DSQ
	30	Jan Zarycki (POL)	DSQ
	37	Paride Milianti (ITA)	DSQ
	39	Marvin Melville (USA)	DSQ
	43	Kåre Opdal (NOR)	DSQ
	47	Vladimír Krajňák (TCH)	DSQ
	49	Trygve Berge (NOR)	DSQ
	51	Sergey Shustov (URS)	DSQ
	56	Osman Yüce (TUR)	DSQ
	57	Jože Ilija (YUG)	DSQ
	59	Jaroslav Bogdálek (TCH)	DSQ
	61	Pentti Alonen (FIN)	DSQ
	64	Gheorghe Cristoloveanu (ROU)	DSQ
	65	Gennady Chertishchev (URS)	DSQ
	71	Robin Brock-Hollinshead (GBR)	DSQ
	74	Hermann Kindle (LIE)	DSQ
	80	Jaime Talens (ESP)	DSQ
	86	Reza Bazargan (IRI)	DSQ
	93	Douglas Mackintosh (GBR)	DSQ