Australia at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Australia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors	10 in 3 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1896 1900 1904 1908* 1912* 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 * with New Zealand as Australasia
Winter Games
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Intercalated Games
1906

Australia competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the third time at the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Australia sent 10 athletes (8 men, 2 women) that competed in alpine skiing, figure skating and speed skating.

Colin Hickey's 7th place in both 500 and 1000 metre speed skating would be Australia's best result until the 1976 Winter Olympics, where Colin Coates came 6th in 10000 metre speed skating.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final/Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Bill Day	Downhill	N/A				4:02.0	+1:09.8	35
	Giant slalom	N/A				3:56.9	+56.8	61
	Slalom	1:22.1	32	Did not finish
Tony Aslangul	Giant slalom	N/A				4:09.0	+1:08.9	69
	Slalom	Did not finish
Frank Prihoda	Giant slalom	N/A				4:31.2	+1:39.0	80
	Slalom	2:54.3	60	2:43.2	51	5:37.5	+2:22.8	54
James Walker	Giant slalom	N/A				5:21.0	+2:20.9	84

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Athlete(s)	Event	CF	FS	TO	Points	Rank
Allan Ganter	Men's	13	13	114	1191.72	13
Charles Keeble		16	14	137	1115.39	16

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Colin Hickey	500 m	41.9	7
	1500 m	2:11.8	7
	5000 m	8:10.0	14
	10000 m	17:45.6	27

See also

• Australia at the Winter Olympics

External links

• Australia NOC
• Olympic Winter Institute of Australia

References

• "Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester ISBN 0-949853-05-4 (suspected errata listed in Errata/0949853054)

• "2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" PDF file

• "The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee ISBN 0-7022-3425-7 (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)

• "Winter Olympic Representatives 1924 - 2002" Ice Skating Australia