Australia at the 1956 Winter Olympics
| Australia at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | AUS |
| NOC | Australian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
| Competitors | 8 in 3 sports |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Australia sent a delegation to compete at the 1956 Winter Olympics from the 26 January to 5 February 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This was the nation's third appearance at the Winter Olympic Games with their last appearance being in 1952.
Australia delegation consisted of eight competitors in three sports. Australia competed in alpine skiing, figure skating and speed skating. Australia best result from the 1960 Games was a seventh-place finish from Colin Hickey in the men's 500 metres and men's 1500 metres speed skating. This performance also was Australia's best result until the 1976 Winter Olympics, where Colin Coates came sixth in men's 10000 metres speed skating.
Background
[edit]The Australian Olympic Committee was formed on 1 January 1895 with the nation making their debut at the first Olympics in Athens with Teddy Flack being the first representative of the nation.[1][2] This was the nation's third appearance at an Winter Olympics. It was also the 15th overall Olympics that Australia had sent a delegation in.[3] The 1956 Winter Olympics was held at Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy and took place from the 26 January to 6 February: a total of 821 athletes competed from 32 nations.[4] The Australian delegation consist of eight athletes, five in the alpine skiing, two in the figure skating and one in the speedskating.[5]
Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final/Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
| Bill Day | Downhill | — | 4:02.0 | +1:09.8 | 35 | |||
| Giant slalom | — | 3:56.9 | +56.8 | 61 | ||||
| Slalom | Did not finish | |||||||
| Tony Aslangul | Giant slalom | — | 4:09.0 | +1:08.9 | 69 | |||
| Slalom | Did not finish | |||||||
| Frank Prihoda | Giant slalom | — | 4:31.2 | +1:39.0 | 80 | |||
| Slalom | 2:54.3 | 60 | 2:43.2 | 51 | 5:37.5 | +2:22.8 | 54 | |
| James Walker | Giant slalom | — | 5:21.0 | +2:20.9 | 84 | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Christine Davy | Downhill | 2:01.6 | 39 | ||||
| Christine Davy | Giant slalom | 2:17.3 | 37 | ||||
| Christine Davy | Slalom | 1:26.1 | 32 | 1:21.5 | 29 | 2:47.6 | 33 |
Figure skating
[edit]| Athlete(s) | Event | CF | FS | TO | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Ganter | Men's | 13 | 13 | 114 | 1191.72 | 13 |
| Charles Keeble | 16 | 14 | 137 | 1115.39 | 16 |
Speed skating
[edit]| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Colin Hickey | 500 m | 41.9 | 7 |
| 1500 m | 2:11.8 | 7 | |
| 5000 m | 8:10.0 | 14 | |
| 10000 m | 17:45.6 | 27 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Australia". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Australia at the 1896 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Australia". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Australia at the 1956 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "VII Giochi Olimpici Invernali - Rapporto ufficiale" (PDF). COMITATO OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO. LA84 Foundation. 1956. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Australia NOC
- Olympic Winter Institute of Australia
- "Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester ISBN 0-949853-05-4 (suspected errata listed in Errata/0949853054)
- "2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" PDF file
- "The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee ISBN 0-7022-3425-7 (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)
- "Winter Olympic Representatives 1924 - 2002" Ice Skating Australia