At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, the six alpine skiing events were held from Friday, 27 January to Friday, 3 February.

Toni Sailer of Austria won all three men's events to become the first alpine ski racer to win three gold medals in a single Olympics. The feat has been repeated once, by Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.

The races were held at the adjacent Tofana, except for the men's giant slalom, which was held at Monte Faloria. The men's downhill was the final event.

Medal summary Men's events Downhill 2:52.2 2:55.7 2:56.2 Giant Slalom 3:00.1 3:06.3 3:07.2 Slalom 3:14.7 3:18.7 3:20.2 Source:

Women's events Downhill 1:40.7 1:45.4 1:45.9 Giant Slalom 1:56.5 1:57.8 1:58.2 Slalom 1:52.3 1:55.4 1:56.7 Source:

Participating nations

Medal table

Course information Date Race StartElevation FinishElevation VerticalDrop CourseLength AverageGradientFri  3-Feb Downhill - men        Wed  1-Feb Downhill - women        Sun 29-Jan Giant Slalom - men        Fri 27-Jan Giant Slalom - women        Tue 31-Jan Slalom - men        Mon 30-Jan Slalom - women         Source:

World championships From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom, the combined event was dropped for 1950 and 1952, but returned as a World Championship event in 1954 as a "paper race" which used the results from the three events. During the Olympics from 1956 through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS for the combined event. The combined returned as a separate event at the World Championships in 1982 and at the Olympics in 1988.

Combined

Men's Combined MedalAthlete   Points  DHGSSL Toni Sailer (AUT) 0.00 Charles Bozon (FRA) 12.65 8 5 7 Stig Sollander (SWE) 16.92 10 16 4   Raymond Fellay (SUI)   18.39 27 11 5 Asle Sjåstad (NOR) 27.25 14 22 18 6 Gino Burrini (ITA) 30.43 6 10 27 Downhill: 3 February, Giant Slalom: 29 January, Slalom: 31 January

Women's Combined MedalAthlete   Points  DHGSSL    Madeleine Berthod (SUI) 9.85 4 17    Frieda Dänzer (SUI) 11.19 11 10 Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo (ITA) 12.31 4 13 4 4 Dorothea Hochleitner (AUT) 12.79 7 125 Borghild Niskin (NOR) 13.80 9 7 11 Josefine Frandl (AUT) 13.80 13 5 Downhill: 1 February, Giant Slalom: 27 January, Slalom: 30 January

References

External links International Olympic Committee results database FIS-Ski.com – results – 1956 Olympics – Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy FIS-Ski.com – results – 1956 World Championships – Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy