Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics


at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 5 February The competition took place at the Trampolino Olimpico Italia with a K-Point of 72m.

Medal summary

Medal table

Both Finland, which led the medal table, and the unified Germany team won their first Olympic medals in ski jumping.

Events

Results

RankAthleteCountryJump 1Jump 2Total
Antti Hyvärinen111.5115.5227.0
Aulis Kallakorpi114.5110.5225.0
Harry Glaß115.0109.5224.5
4Max Bolkart111.5111.0222.5
5Sven Pettersson109.5110.5220.0
6Andreas Däscher108.0111.5219.5
7Eino Kirjonen107.5111.5219.0
8Werner Lesser105.0105.0210.0
9Sverre Stallvik104.5103.5208.0
10Hemmo Silvennoinen102.5105.0207.5
11Arne Hoel104.5102.0206.5
12Sepp Bradl104.5101.0205.5
13Hiroshi Yoshizawa106.598.5205.0
14Bror Östman102.5102.0204.5
15Walter Habersatter102.099.5201.5
16Nikolay Shamov103.098.0201.0
16Władysław Tajner98.0103.0201.0
18Asbjørn Osnes102.097.5199.5
19Rudolf Schweinberger100.099.0199.0
20Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel102.096.5198.5
21Art Devlin98.596.0194.5
22Jože Zidar99.594.5194.0
23Albin Rogelj94.098.5192.5
24Janez Polda96.595.0191.5
25Roman Gąsienica Sieczka101.588.0189.5
26Sepp Kleisl95.094.0189.0
27Jacques Charland94.593.5188.0
28Mojmír Stuchlík98.589.0187.5
29Jáchym Bulín93.592.5186.0
30K'oba Ts'akadze107.078.0185.0
30Józef Huczek95.589.5185.0
30Otto Leodolter94.091.0185.0
33Tito Tolin91.093.5184.5
34Yury Moshkin91.592.5184.0
35Sverre Stenersen90.593.0183.5
36Roy Sherwood94.089.0183.0
37Luigi Pennacchio91.089.5180.5
38Alfredo Prucker88.091.5179.5
39Koichi Sato91.087.5178.5
40Conrad Rochat89.587.5177.0
41Holger Karlsson71.5104.5176.0
42Nicolae Munteanu85.090.0175.0
43Willis Olson84.590.0174.5
44Erik Styf102.566.5169.0
45Francis Perret86.082.5168.5
46Richard Rabasa84.583.0167.5
46André Monnier82.585.0167.5
48Enzo Perin83.580.5164.0
48Régis Robert Rey82.082.0164.0
50Janez Gorišek81.580.5162.0
51Dick Rahoi86.072.0158.0

Participating NOCs

Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. The Soviet Union made its Olympic ski jumping debut.
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