Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
| Men's downhill at the VII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
 Alpine skiing | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olimpia - Tofana Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | |||||||||
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| Date | 3 February 1956 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 75 from 27 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:52.2 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Men's Downhill | |
|---|---|
| Location | Olimpia - Tofana |
| Vertical | 902 m (2,959 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,282 m (7,487 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,380 m (4,528 ft) |
| Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant Slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
The men's alpine skiing downhill event of the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was held on Friday, 3 February, at 11:00 a.m.. The starting elevation on the Olimpia - Tofana run was 2,282 m (7,487 ft) above sea level and the course length was 3.461 kilometres (2.151 miles), with a vertical drop of 902 m (2,959 ft) and just 15 control gates.
It was the final alpine event of the games and the third straight victory for Toni Sailer of Austria.[1] His average speed was 72.355 km/h (44.96 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.238 m/s (17.19 ft/s).
It was the third appearance of the downhill event at the Winter Games, which debuted in 1948. Seventy-five alpine skiers from 27 nations competed.
Results
Friday, 3 February 1956
| Place | No. | Competitor | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 14 |  Toni Sailer (AUT) | 2:52.2 | |
 | 25 |  Raymond Fellay (SUI) | 2:55.7 | +3.5 |
 | 20 | Anderl Molterer (AUT) | 2:56.2 | +4.0 |
| 4 | 21 | Roger Staub (SUI) | 2:57.1 | +4.9 |
| 5 | 7 |  Hans-Peter Lanig (EUA) | 2:59.8 | +7.6 |
| 6 | 11 |  Gino Burrini (ITA) | 3:00.2 | +8.0 |
| 7 | 46 |  Kurt Hennrich (TCH) | 3:01.5 | +9.3 |
| 8 | 17 |  Charles Bozon (FRA) | 3:01.9 | +9.7 |
| 9 | 23 | Bruno Burrini (ITA) | 3:02.4 | +10.2 |
| 10 | 9 |  Stig Sollander (SWE) | 3:05.4 | +13.2 |
| 11 | 4 |  Buddy Werner (USA) | 3:05.8 | +13.6 |
| 12 | 31 | Sepp Behr (EUA) | 3:07.7 | +15.5 |
| 13 | 16 | Hans Forrer (SUI) | 3:08.0 | +15.8 |
| 14 | 35 |  Asle Sjåstad (NOR) | 3:08.8 | +16.6 |
| 15 | 12 |  Andrzej Gąsienica Roj (POL) | 3:09.3 | +17.1 |
| 16 | 32 | .svg.png){kind=small} Aleksandr Filatov (URS) | 3:16.6 | +24.4 |
| 17 | 38 | Evžen Čermák (TCH) | 3:18.0 | +25.8 |
| 18 | 62 | .svg.png){kind=small} Georgi Dimitrov (BUL) | 3:18.1 | +25.9 |
| 19 | 29 | Karl Zillibiller (EUA) | 3:21.6 | +29.4 |
| 20 | 1 | Pepi Schwaiger (EUA) | 3:22.2 | +30.0 |
| 21 | 15 | Viktor Taliyanov (URS) | 3:26.5 | +34.3 |
| 22 | 55 |  Franc Cvenkelj (YUG) | 3:28.5 | +36.3 |
| 23 | 50 |  Kalevi Häkkinen (FIN) | 3:29.2 | +37.0 |
| 24 | 60 | Georgi Varoshkin (BUL) | 3:30.0 | +37.8 |
| 25 | 33 |  André Bertrand (CAN) | 3:31.2 | +39.0 |
| 26 | 58 |  Franz Beck (LIE) | 3:36.8 | +44.6 |
| 27 | 48 | Petar Ivanov Angelov (BUL) | 3:38.5 | +46.3 |
| 28 | 44 |  Susumu Sugiyama (JPN) | 3:39.1 | +46.9 |
| 29 | 36 | Ludvig Dornig (YUG) | 3:41.1 | +48.9 |
| 30 | 87 |  Charlach Mackintosh (GBR) | 3:41.4 | +49.2 |
| 31 | 84 | .svg.png){kind=small} Nicolae Pandrea (ROU) | 3:46.5 | +54.3 |
| 32 | 42 | Lars Mattsson (SWE) | 3:50.4 | +58.2 |
| 33 | 63 |  Muzaffer Demirhan (TUR) | 3:52.2 | +1:00.0 |
| 34 | 45 | Nigel Gardner (GBR) | 4:00.7 | +1:08.5 |
| 35 | 54 |  Bill Day (AUS) | 4:02.0 | +1:09.8 |
| 36 | 53 | .svg.png){kind=small} Francisco Viladomat (ESP) | 4:02.1 | +1:09.9 |
| 37 | 91 | Luis Molné (ESP) | 4:08.9 | +1:16.7 |
| 38 | 89 | .svg.png){kind=small} Denis Feron (BEL) | 4:16.6 | +1:24.4 |
| 39 | 72 | .svg.png){kind=small} Mahmoud Beiglou (IRI) | 4:22.0 | +1:29.8 |
| 40 | 85 | Leopold Schädler (LIE) | 4:23.7 | +1:31.5 |
| 41 | 79 |  Vicente Vera (CHI) | 4:25.4 | +1:33.2 |
| 42 | 69 |  Ibrahim Geagea (LIB) | 4:33.1 | +1:40.9 |
| 43 | 81 | Jean Keyrouz (LIB) | 4:57.6 | +2:05.4 |
| 44 | 77 | Benik Amirian (IRI) | 5:02.7 | +2:10.5 |
| 45 | 73 | Max von Hohenlohe (LIE) | 5:15.8 | +2:23.6 |
| 46 | 90 | .svg.png){kind=small} Aris Vatimbellas (GRE) | 5:44.2 | +2:52.0 |
| 47 | 92 | Khristos Papageorgiou (GRE) | 8:03.2 | +5:11.0 |
| — | 2 | Josl Rieder (AUT) | DSQ | |
| 3 | Ralph Miller (USA) | DSQ | ||
| 5 | Lino Zecchini (ITA) | DSQ | ||
| 6 | William Beck (USA) | DSQ | ||
| 8 | Walter Schuster (AUT) | DSQ | ||
| 10 | Chiharu Igaya (JPN) | DSQ | ||
| 13 | René Collet (FRA) | DSQ | ||
| 18 | Adrien Duvillard (FRA) | DSQ | ||
| 22 | André Simond (FRA) | DSQ | ||
| 24 | Andreas Ruedi (SUI) | DSQ | ||
| 30 | Jan Zarycki (POL) | DSQ | ||
| 37 | Paride Milianti (ITA) | DSQ | ||
| 39 | Marvin Melville (USA) | DSQ | ||
| 43 | Kåre Opdal (NOR) | DSQ | ||
| 47 | Vladimír Krajňák (TCH) | DSQ | ||
| 49 | Trygve Berge (NOR) | DSQ | ||
| 51 | Sergey Shustov (URS) | DSQ | ||
| 56 | Osman Yüce (TUR) | DSQ | ||
| 57 | Jože Ilija (YUG) | DSQ | ||
| 59 | Jaroslav Bogdálek (TCH) | DSQ | ||
| 61 | Pentti Alonen (FIN) | DSQ | ||
| 64 | Gheorghe Cristoloveanu (ROU) | DSQ | ||
| 65 | Gennady Chertishchev (URS) | DSQ | ||
| 71 | Robin Brock-Hollinshead (GBR) | DSQ | ||
| 74 | Herman Kindle (LIE) | DSQ | ||
| 80 | Jaime Talens (ESP) | DSQ | ||
| 86 | Reza Bazargan (IRI) | DSQ | ||
| 93 | Douglas Mackintosh (GBR) | DSQ |
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