Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Two-man

Bobsleigh at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Two-man men
Four-man men

The two-man bobsleigh results at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. The competition was held on Friday, January 27, 1956, and on Saturday, January 28, 1956.

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Italy (ITA)
Italy I
Lamberto Dalla Costa
Giacomo Conti
 Italy (ITA)
Italy II
Eugenio Monti
Renzo Alverà
 Switzerland (SUI)
Switzerland I
Max Angst
Harry Warburton

Results

Rank Team Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Final
Gold  Italy (ITA) Italy I Lamberto Dalla Costa & Giacomo Conti 1:22.00 1:22.45 1:22.95 1:22.74 5:30.14
Silver  Italy (ITA) Italy II Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà 1:22.73 1:22.53 1:23.37 1:22.82 5:31.45
Bronze  Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Max Angst & Harry Warburton 1:24.71 1:23.81 1:24.27 1:24.67 5:37.46
4  Spain (ESP) 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  United States (USA) USA I Waightman Washbond & Piet Biesiadecki 1:24.82 1:24.15 1:24.78 1:24.41 5:38.16
6  United States (USA) USA II Arthur Tyler & Edgar Seymour 1:25.41 1:23.77 1:24.44 1:26.46 5:40.08
7  Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II Franz Kapus & Heinrich Angst 1:24.74 1:24.50 1:24.70 1:26.17 5:40.11
8  Germany (GER) Germany II Andreas Ostler & Hans Hohenester 1:24.63 1:24.89 1:25.07 1:25.54 5:41.34
9  Germany (GER) Germany I Hans Rösch & Lorenz Nieberl 1:26.92 1:24.08 1:25.21 1:25.13 5:41.34
10  Great Britain (GBR) 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 (GBR) Great Britain I Clifford Schellenberg & John Rainforth 1:24.52 1:26.57 1:25.88 1:26.39 5:43.36
12  Austria (AUT) Austria I Paul Aste & Heinrich Isser 1:26.32 1:25.82 1:26.61 1:25.22 5:43.97
13  Belgium (BEL) Belgium I Marcel Leclef & Albert Casteleyns 1:27.30 1:25.93 1:25.60 1:25.98 5:44.81
14  Romania (ROU) Romania I Heinrich Enea & Mărgărit Blăgescu 1:26.51 1:26.83 1:26.44 1:26.44 5:46.22
15  Austria (AUT) Austria II Karl Wagner & Adolf Tonn 1:26.15 1:27.06 1:26.73 1:26.35 5:46.29
16  Poland (POL) Poland II Stefan Ciapała & Aleksander Habala 1:27.70 1:26.49 1:26.24 1:25.92 5:46.35
17  Sweden (SWE) Sweden I Olle Axelsson & Tryggve Sundström 1:27.15 1:27.82 1:26.01 1:25.67 5:46.65
18  Romania (ROU) Romania II Constantin Dragomir & Gheorghe Moldoveanu 1:27.22 1:26.42 1:27.57 1:28.95 5:50.16
19  Poland (POL) Poland I Aleksy Konieczny & Zbigniew Skowroński 1:27.21 1:27.23 1:27.87 1:28.54 5:50.85
20  Norway (NOR) Norway II Arne Røgden & Odd Solli 1:27.57 1:26.90 1:28.81 1:29.05 5:52.33
 Norway (NOR) Norway I Reidar Alveberg & Arnold Dyrdahl DNF
 Sweden (SWE) Sweden II Sven Erbs & Walter Aronson DNF
 France (FRA) France I André Robin & Lucien Grosso DNF
 France (FRA) France II André Donnert & Serge Giacchini DNF
 Liechtenstein (LIE) Liechtenstein I Moritz Heidegger & Weltin Wolfinger DNF

References

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