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VII GAMES - CORTINA D'AMPEZZO 1956
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Date: 26 January - 5 February.
Nations: 32.
Athletes: 820 (132 women, 688 men).
Sports: 4.
Events: 24.
Official opening of the Games by: President Giovanni Gronchi.
Olympic flame:
Guido Caroli (speed skating).
Olympic oath:
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo (skiing).
Olympic oath:
the first time in Munich in 1972.
Number of medal-winning nations: 13.
National medal total:
1. USSR 16 (7, 3, 6).
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Winter Olympic Games
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For the first time the USSR
took part in the Winter Games and won the most medals, including the
hockey gold earned in a victory over the untouchable Canadians.
For the first time the Winter Olympics were televised. For the first
time one athlete triumphed in all three Alpine events (downhill, slalom
and giant slalom). For the last time the figure skating competitions
were held outdoors.
For the first time a cross country medal was won by a non-Scandinavian.
This feat was achieved by Pavel Kolchin (USSR).
Yugoslavia participated with 16 athletes
(Alpine skiing, cross country and ski jumping) and the best-ranking was
the women’s 3 x 5km relay (Belaj, Vodenlič, Birko) with the 9th
place.
Candidate cities: Colorado Springs, Lake Placid and Montreal. |
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The most
successful athlete: Austria’s Toni Sailer (Alpine skiing) won three
gold medals |
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Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
Pts |
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USSR |
7 |
3 |
6 |
16 |
33 |
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AUSTRIA |
4 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
22 |
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SWEDEN |
2 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
18 |
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FINLAND |
3 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
16 |
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SWITZERLAND |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
14 |
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USA |
2 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
14 |
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NORWAY |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
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ITALY |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
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GERMANY |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
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CANADA |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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JAPAN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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POLAND |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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HUNGARY |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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TOTAL |
25 |
23 |
25 |
72 |
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Thirteen nations won medals. An
average number of medals won per nation was 5.5. The most successful
nation won 22.2 per cent of the total number of medals. |
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© 2005-2007. Copyright Olympic Committee of Serbia
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