United States at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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United States at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  USA
NOC United States Olympic Committee
At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors 67 (57 men, 10 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer James Bickford (bobsleigh)
Medals
Rank: 6		 Gold
2		 Silver
3		 Bronze
2		 Total
7
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The United States competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Medalists

American figure skaters swept the men's singles competition, taking all three medals.

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Hayes Alan Jenkins Figure skating Men's singles
 Gold Tenley Albright Figure skating Ladies' singles
 Silver Ronald Robertson Figure skating Men's singles
 Silver Carol Heiss Figure skating Ladies' singles
 Silver United States men's national ice hockey team
Wendell Anderson   Willard Ikola   John Pettroske
Wellington Burtnett   John Matchefts   Kenneth Purpur
Eugene Campbell   John Mayasich   Don Rigazio
Gordon Christian   Daniel McKinnon   Richard Rodenheiser
Bill Cleary   Richard Meredith   Ed Sampson
Richard Dougherty   Weldon Olson
Ice hockey Men's competition
 Bronze Charles Butler
William Dodge
James Lamy
Arthur Tyler		 Bobsleigh Four-man
 Bronze David Jenkins Figure skating Men's singles

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marvin Melville Downhill DSQ –
Bill Beck DSQ –
Ralph Miller DSQ –
Buddy Werner 3:05.8 11
Buddy Werner Giant Slalom 3:21.5 21
Brooks Dodge 3:16.4 15
Tom Corcoran 3:16.0 14
Ralph Miller 3:15.8 13
Buddy Werner Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ –
Tom Corcoran 1:37.1 27 2:04.2 16 3:41.3 19
Ralph Miller 1:34.0 18 2:13.8 (+0:05) 26 3:47.8 22
Brooks Dodge 1:27.6 3 1:54.2 8 3:21.8 4
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dorothy Surgenor Downhill 2:01.5 38
Penny Pitou 1:58.9 34
Andrea Mead-Lawrence 1:55.2 30
Gladys Werner 1:49.6 10
Betsy Snite Giant Slalom DSQ –
Penny Pitou 2:10.4 34
Gladys Werner 2:04.0 22
Andrea Mead-Lawrence 1:58.3 4
Penny Pitou Slalom 1:26.2 33 1:16.3 27 2:42.5 31
Gladys Werner 1:13.9 28 1:16.2 26 2:30.1 27
Andrea Mead-Lawrence 1:10.5 27 1:15.3 25 2:25.8 25
Dorothy Surgenor 1:09.1 25 1:08.2 22 2:17.3 20

Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 Waightman Washbond
Piet Biesiadecki		 Two-man 1:24.82 8 1:24.15 7 1:24.78 7 1:24.41 3 5:38.16 5
USA-2 Arthur Tyler
Edgar Seymour		 Two-man 1:25.41 9 1:23.77 3 1:24.44 5 1:26.46 17 5:40.08 6
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 Arthur Tyler
William Dodge
Charles Butler
James Lamy		 Four-man 1:17.75 3 1:17.87 3 1:18.25 3 1:18.52 3 5:12.39 3rd
USA-2 James Bickford
Donald Jacques
Lawrence McKillip
Hubert Miller		 Four-man 1:20.97 17 1:22.47 20 1:21.22 16 1:20.50 11 5:25.16 19

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Male skiers Marvin Crawford, Larry Damon, Lynn Levy, Theodore Farwell, and Mack Miller represented the United States in cross-country skiing.[1][2]

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Larry Damon 57:18 51
Mack Miller 56:08 41
30 km Buck Levy 2'10:56 50
Mack Miller 2'00:38 38
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Theodore Farwell
Mack Miller
Larry Damon
Marvin Crawford		 2'32:04 12

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
David Jenkins 3 3 162.82 27 3rd
Ronald Robertson 2 1 165.79 16 2nd
Hayes Alan Jenkins 1 2 166.43 13 1st
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Catherine Machado 10 3 153.48 86.5 8
Carol Heiss 2 2 168.02 21 2nd
Tenley Albright 1 1 169.67 12 1st
Pairs
Athletes Points Places Rank
Lucille Ash
Sully Kothman		 10.63 59.5 7
Carole Ann Ormaca
Robin Greiner		 10.71 56 5

Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Group B

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Czechoslovakia 2 2 0 0 12 6 4
2  United States 2 1 1 0 7 4 2
3  Poland 2 0 2 0 3 12 0
  • Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA
  • USA 4-0 Poland

Games for 1st-6th places

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 25 5 10
2nd  United States 5 4 1 0 26 12 8
3  Canada 5 3 2 0 23 11 6
4  Sweden 5 1 3 1 10 17 3
5  Czechoslovakia 5 1 4 0 20 30 2
6  Germany 5 0 4 1 6 35 1
  • USA 7-2 Germany (UTG)
  • USA 4-1 Canada
  • USA 6-1 Sweden
  • USSR 4-0 USA
  • USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia

Leading scorers

Rk Team GP G A Pts
6th United States John Mayasich 7 7 3 10
Silver:
 United States
Willard Ikola
Don Rigazio
Richard Rodenheiser
Daniel McKinnon
Ed Sampson
John Matchefts
Richard Meredith
Dick Dougherty
Ken Purpur
John Mayasich
Bill Cleary
Wellington Burtnett
Wendell Anderson
Gene Campbell
Gordon Christian
Weldon Olson
John Petroske

Nordic combined pictogram.svg Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Buck Levy Individual 60.0 61.0 162.0 36 1'05:42 203.600 33 365.600 35
Theodore Farwell 60.5 61.0 173.5 33 1'01:21 220.500 22 394.000 30
Charles Tremblay 64.0 64.5 182.0 30 1'07:40 196.000 34 378.000 34
Marvin Crawford 69.5 69.5 196.5 17 1'02:24 216.400 26 412.900 23

Ski jumping pictogram.svg Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Willis Olson Normal hill 65.0 84.5 45 69.5 90.0 34 174.5 43
Dick Rahoi 71.5 86.0 42 78.0 fall 72.0 50 158.0 51
Roy Sherwood 71.5 94.0 31 68.0 89.0 38 183.0 36
Art Devlin 74.0 98.5 24 72.5 96.0 23 194.5 21

Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Don McDermott 43.2 25
Ken Henry 42.8 17
Johny Werket 42.4 11
Bill Carow 41.8 6
1500 m Don McDermott 2:18.6 37
Gene Sandvig 2:17.1 30
Johnny Werket 2:16.1 25
Pat McNamara 2:15.2 20
5000 m Chuck Burke 8:47.4 43
Art Longsjo 8:40.0 40
Gene Sandvig 8:25.5 31
Pat McNamara 8:10.6 17
10,000 m Pat McNamara 17:45.6 27

References

  1. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5ZISAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rvYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3255,295620
  2. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/winter/1956/CCS/
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