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1956 Winter Olympics medal table
List of medals won by Olympic delegations at the VII Olympic Winter Games / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, was an international multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956. A total of 821 athletes from 32 nations participated in 24 events in 4 sports across 8 disciplines.[1][2]
1956 Winter Olympics medals | ||||
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![]() Toni Sailer of Austria won the gold medals at the 1956 Winter Olympics, winning all three gold medals in men's alpine skiing | ||||
Location | Cortina d'Ampezzo, ![]() | |||
Highlights | ||||
Most gold medals | ![]() | |||
Most total medals | ![]() | |||
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![Map displaying countries that won medals during 1956 Winter Olympics](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/1956_Winter_Olympic_Games_medals_map.png/640px-1956_Winter_Olympic_Games_medals_map.png)
Legend:
represents countries that won at least one gold medal.
represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals.
represents countries that won at least one bronze medal but no gold or silver medals.
represents countries that did not win any medals.
represents entities that did not participate in the 1956 Winter Olympics.
Overall, athletes from 13 nations received one medal, and 9 of them won at least one gold medal.[3] At their debut, athletes from the Soviet Union won the most medals overall, with 16, and the most gold medals, with 7. Athletes from Austria came second in the medal table with 4 gold medals and 11 medals overall, while athletes from Finland came third with 3 gold medals and 7 medals overall. The Soviet Union's team won their nation's first Olympic gold medal and medal of any color at a Winter Games.[4] Meanwhile, teams from Poland[5] and Japan won their nations' first Olympic medals at a Winter Games.[6]
Alpine skiier Toni Sailer of Austria won the most gold medals for an individual at the Games. He won all three gold medals available in the men's alpine skiing events and became the first person to do so.[7] Cross-country skiier Sixten Jernberg of Sweden won the most overall medals for an individual at the Games, winning four medals with one gold, two silvers, and one bronze.[4]