The two-man bobsleigh results at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. The competition was held on Friday and Saturday, 27 and 28 January 1956.
Medallists Italy ILamberto Dalla CostaGiacomo ContiItaly IIEugenio MontiRenzo AlveràSwitzerland IMax AngstHarry Warburton
Results Rank Team Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Final Gold Italy I Lamberto Dalla Costa & Giacomo Conti 1:22.00 1:22.45 1:22.95 1:22.74 5:30.14 Silver Italy II Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà 1:22.73 1:22.53 1:23.37 1:22.82 5:31.45 Bronze Switzerland I Max Angst & Harry Warburton 1:24.71 1:23.81 1:24.27 1:24.67 5:37.46 4 Spain II Alfonso de Portago & Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca 1:24.81 1:23.77 1:24.03 1:24.99 5:37.60 5 USA I Waightman Washbond & Piet Biesiadecki 1:24.82 1:24.15 1:24.78 1:24.41 5:38.16 6 USA II Arthur Tyler & Edgar Seymour 1:25.41 1:23.77 1:24.44 1:26.46 5:40.08 7 Switzerland II Franz Kapus & Heinrich Angst 1:24.74 1:24.50 1:24.70 1:26.17 5:40.11 8 Germany II Andreas Ostler & Hans Hohenester 1:24.63 1:24.89 1:25.07 1:25.54 5:41.34 9 Germany I Hans Rösch & Lorenz Nieberl 1:26.92 1:24.08 1:25.21 1:25.13 5:41.34 10 Great Britain II Stuart Parkinson & Christopher Williams 1:25.63 1:24.53 1:26.73 1:25.94 5:42.83 11 Great Britain I Clifford Schellenberg & John Rainforth 1:24.52 1:26.57 1:25.88 1:26.39 5:43.36 12 Austria I Paul Aste & Heinrich Isser 1:26.32 1:25.82 1:26.61 1:25.22 5:43.97 13 Belgium I Marcel Leclef & Albert Casteleyns 1:27.30 1:25.93 1:25.60 1:25.98 5:44.81 14 Romania I Heinrich Enea & Mărgărit Blăgescu 1:26.51 1:26.83 1:26.44 1:26.44 5:46.22 15 Austria II Karl Wagner & Adolf Tonn 1:26.15 1:27.06 1:26.73 1:26.35 5:46.29 16 Poland II Stefan Ciapała & Aleksander Habala 1:27.70 1:26.49 1:26.24 1:25.92 5:46.35 17 Sweden I Olle Axelsson & Tryggve Sundström 1:27.15 1:27.82 1:26.01 1:25.67 5:46.65 18 Romania II Constantin Dragomir & Gheorghe Moldoveanu 1:27.22 1:26.42 1:27.57 1:28.95 5:50.16 19 Poland I Aleksy Konieczny & Zbigniew Skowroński 1:27.21 1:27.23 1:27.87 1:28.54 5:50.85 20 Norway II Arne Røgden & Odd Solli 1:27.57 1:26.90 1:28.81 1:29.05 5:52.33 – Norway I Reidar Alveberg & Arnold Dyrdahl DNF – Sweden II Sven Erbs & Walter Aronson DNF – France I André Robin & Lucien Grosso DNF – France II André Donnet & Serge Giacchini DNF – Liechtenstein I Moritz Heidegger & Weltin Wolfinger DNF
References
External links 1956 bobsleigh two-man results