Italy at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Italy at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Italy at the; 1956 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors	65 (53 men, 12 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Nilo Zandanel (ski jumping)
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Italy was the host nation for the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. It was the first time that Italy had hosted the Olympic Games.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Lamberto Dalla Costa Giacomo Conti	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Silver	Eugenio Monti Renzo Alverà	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Silver	Eugenio Monti Ulrico Girardi Renzo Alverà Renato Mocellini	Bobsleigh	Four-man

Alpine skiing[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paride Milianti	Downhill					DSQ	–
Lino Zecchini						DSQ	–
Bruno Burrini						3:02.4	9
Gino Burrini						3:00.2	6
Bruno Burrini	Giant Slalom					3:23.1	25
Dino Pompanin						3:22.4	24
Guido Ghedina						3:15.6	11
Gino Burrini						3:12.3	10
Paride Milianti	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Italo Pedroncelli		n/a	?	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Bruno Burrini		1:36.2	24	2:24.2	35	4:00.4	27
Guido Ghedina		1:32.6	12	2:08.1	24	3:40.7	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vera Schenone	Downhill					1:59.2	36
Anna Pellissier						1:49.7	11
Carla Marchelli						1:47.7	6
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo						1:47.3	4
Vera Schenone	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Maria Grazia Marchelli						2:05.2	28
Anna Pellissier						2:02.4	17
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo						2:01.5	13
Cristina Ebner	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Vera Schenone		1:05.1	21	1:32.1	34	2:37.2	29
Anna Pellissier		1:01.2	16	1:05.3	19	2:06.5	16
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo		56.9	3	59.9	11	1:56.8	4

Bobsleigh[]

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Lamberto Dalla Costa Giacomo Conti	Two-man	1:22.0	1	1:22.45	1	1:22.95	1	1:22.74	1	5:30.14
ITA-2	Eugenio Monti Renzo Alverà	Two-man	1:22.73	2	1:22.53	2	1:23.37	2	1:22.82	2	5:31.45

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Dino De Martin Giovanni De Martin Giovanni Tabacchi Carlo Da Prà	Four-man	1:18.10	5	1:18.65	5	1:18.50	4	1:19.41	4	5:14.66	5
ITA-2	Eugenio Monti Ulrico Girardi Renzo Alverà Renato Mocellini	Four-man	1:17.69	2	1:17.97	4	1:18.13	2	1:18.31	2	5:12.10

Cross-country skiing[]

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Innocenzo Chatrian	53:46	25
	Pompeo Fattor	53:45	24
	Federico de Florian	52:48	17
	Ottavio Compagnoni	51:42	11
30 km	Ottavio Compagnoni	DSQ	–
	Camillo Zanolli	1'54:42	26
	Arrigo Delladio	1'54:27	24
	Federico de Florian	1'49:16	13
50 km	Battista Mismetti	3'23:15	23
	Gioacchino Busin	3'21:05	21
	Gianni Carrara	3'14:39	17
	Vigilio Mich	3'11:59	16

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Pompeo Fattor Ottavio Compagnoni Federico de Florian	2'23:28	5

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km	Anita Parmesani	47:37	37
	Fides Romanin	44:17	31
	Rita Bottero	44:03	30
	Ildegarda Taffra	42:51	23

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Fides Romanin Rita Bottero Ildegarda Taffra	1'16:11	8

Figure skating[]

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Manuela Angeli	20	21	133.51	222	21
Fiorella Negro	16	14	142.31	168.5	15

Ice hockey[]

Group A[]

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	30	1	6
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	9	6	3
3	Italy	3	0	1	2	5	7	2
4	Austria	3	0	2	1	2	32	1

Italy 2-2 Austria
Italy 2-2 Germany (UTG)
Italy 1-3 Canada

Games for 7th-10th places[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
7	Italy	3	3	0	21	7	6
8	Poland	3	2	1	12	10	4
9	Switzerland	3	1	2	12	18	2
10	Austria	3	0	3	9	19	0

Italy 8-2 Austria
Italy 8-3 Switzerland
Italy 5-2 Poland

	Contestants Vittorio Bolla Giuliano Ferraris Carmine Tucci Carlo Montemurro Aldo Federici Mario Bedogni Bernardo Tomei Giovanni Furlani Giampiero Branduardi Aldo Maniacco Ernesto Crotti Giancarlo Agazzi Gianfranco Darin Reno Alberton Giulio Oberhammer Francesco Macchietto

Nordic combined[]

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
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aldo Pedrana	Individual	60.5	60.0	168.0	35	1'00:36	223.400	15	391.400	31
Enzo Perin		67.0	70.0	196.0	19	1'00:48	222.600	18	418.600	20
Alfredo Prucker		70.0	70.0	201.0	12	58:52	230.100	10	431.100	8

Ski jumping[]

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Enzo Perin	Normal hill	67.0	83.5	47	63.5	80.5	47	164.0	48
Alfredo Prucker		67.5	88.0	41	68.5	91.5	32	179.5	38
Tito Tolin		69.5	91.0	36	71.5	93.5	27	184.5	33
Luigi Pennacchio		70.5	91.0	36	67.5	89.5	36	180.5	37

Speed skating[]

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Guido Caroli	43.9	33
500 m	Guido Citterio	43.1	22
1500 m	Remo Tomasi	2:22.2	48
	Guido Caroli	2:20.0	42
	Guido Citterio	2:16.5	27
5000 m	Remo Tomasi	8:48.3	45
	Paolino Dimai	8:48.0	44
	Carlo Calzà	8:41.1	41
10,000 m	Carlo Calzà	18:32.8	32

v t Nations at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Africa	none
America	Bolivia Canada Chile United States
Asia	Iran Japan South Korea Lebanon
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia

Italy at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Contents

Medalists[]

Alpine skiing[]

Bobsleigh[]

Cross-country skiing[]

Figure skating[]

Ice hockey[]

Group A[]

Games for 7th-10th places[]

Nordic combined[]

Ski jumping[]

Speed skating[]

References[]