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Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

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Men's slalom
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Medalists Sollander, Sailer, and Igaya
VenueCol Druscié, Tofana
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date31 January 1956
Competitors89 from 29 nations
Winning time3:14.7
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Toni Sailer  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chiharu Igaya  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stig Sollander  Sweden
← 1952
1960 →

The men's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on the Col Druscié run on Tuesday, 31 January. The course length was 617 metres (2,024 ft) with a vertical drop of 251 m (823 ft); the first run had 79 gates and the second had 92 gates. Fifty-seven athletes finished both runs and 23 were disqualified during the first run, and eight during the second. Twenty-nine countries were represented and Toni Sailer of Austria won the second of his three gold medals at these Games. Chiharu Igaya won the silver (the only medal for of Japan at these Games) and Stig Sollander of Sweden took the bronze.[1][2]

U.S. head coach Robert Sheehan filed a protest that Igaya straddled a gate on the second run, a five-second penalty at the time. Although backed up by the Swedish coach, an infraction was not called and after hours of deliberation, Igaya was awarded the silver medal.[3]

Results

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Place Alpine skier 1st run 2nd run Total Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Toni Sailer (AUT) 87.3 107.4 194.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Chiharu Igaya (JPN) 90.2 108.5 198.7 +4.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Stig Sollander (SWE) 89.2 111.0 200.2 +5.5
4  Brooks Dodge (USA) 87.6 114.2 201.8 +7.1
5  Georges Schneider (SUI) 89.0 113.6 202.6 +7.9
6  Gerard Pasquier (FRA) 91.0 113.6 204.6 +9.9
7  Charles Bozon (FRA) 92.3 113.9 206.2 +11.5
8  Bernard Perret (FRA) 91.7 114.6 206.3 +11.6
9  Beni Obermueller (EUA) 92.3 115.2 207.5 +12.8
10  René Rey (SUI) 94.1 113.6 207.7 +13.0
11  Raymond Fellay (SUI) 92.8 119.3 212.1 +17.4
12  Othmar Schneider (AUT) 95.8 120.0 215.8 +21.1
13  Gueorgui Dimitrov (BUL) 95.2 120.7 215.9 +21.2
14  Åke Nilsson (SWE) 99.8 117.5 217.3 +22.6
15  Olle Dalman (SWE) 94.2 118.4* 217.6 +22.9
16  Jan Ciaptak-Gasienica (POL) 93.8 126.5 220.0 +25.3
17  Guido Ghedina (ITA) 92.6 128.1 220.7 +26.0
18  Asle Sjåstad (NOR) 96.4 124.5 220.9 +26.2
19  Thomas Corcoran (USA) 97.1 124.2 221.3 +26.6
20  Hans Andresen (NOR) 95.0 126.8 221.8 +27.1
21  Evzen Cermak (TCH) 97.5 125.3 222.8 +28.1
22  Ralph Miller (USA) 94.0 128.8* 227.8 +33.1
23  Andrzej Roj-Gasienica (POL) 110.6 125.2 235.8 +41.1
24  Victor Talianov (URS) 109.2 126.9 236.1 +41.4
25  Karl Zillibiller (EUA) 96.6 138.6* 240.2 +45.5
26  Eysteinn Thordarson (ISL) 104.7 135.6 240.3 +45.6
27  Bruno Burrini (ITA) 96.2 144.2 240.4 +45.7
28  Ludvig Dornik (YUG) 109.3 133.4 242.7 +48.0
29  Jaroslav Bogdalek (TCH) 120.4 126.9 247.3 +52.6
30  Aleksandr Filatov (URS) 93.5 151.0* 249.5 +54.8
31  Luis Arias (ESP) 111.7 141.1 252.8 +58.1
32  Petar Anguelov (BUL) 109.1 147.1 256.2 +1:01.5
33  Susumu Sugiyama (JPN) 111.0 146.0 257.0 +1:02.3
34  Rochus Wagner (EUA) 108.7 143.7* 257.4 +1:02.7
35  Franz Beck (LIE) 124.0 133.8 257.8 +1:03.1
36  Kurt Hennrich (TCH) 113.3 140.2 258.5 +1:03.8
37  Einar Kristjansson (ISL) 110.0 148.6 258.6 +1:03.9
38  Adrien Duvillard (FRA) 87.5 161.4** 258.9 +1:04.2
39  Nicolae Pandrea (ROM) 112.9 141.2* 259.1 +1:04.4
40  Kalevi Häkkinen (FIN) 113.8 140.4* 259.2 +1:04.5
41  Gheorghe Cristoloveanu (ROM) 125.6 135.4 261.0 +1:06.3
42  Franc Cvenkelj (YUG) 118.3 148.6 266.9 +1:12.2
43  Joze Ilija (YUG) 137.5 142.3 279.8 +1:26.1
44  Vicente Vera (CHI) 127.8 159.9 287.7 +1:34.0
45  Theodore Sele (LIE) 136.7 151.1 287.8 +1:34.1
46  Denis Feron (BEL) 132.5 157.0 289.5 +1:36.8
47  Noel Harrison (GBR) 129.7* 156.0 290.7 +1:37.0
48  Peter Seilern (GBR) 128.0 166.7 294.7 +1:41.0
49  Ewald Eberle (LIE) 142.2 159.6 301.8 +1:48.1
50  André Bertrand (CAN) 162.8 140.0 302.8 +1:49.1
51  Arturo Hammersley (CHI) 150.7 152.2 302.9 +1:49.2
52  Jaime Talens (ESP) 145.7 158.5 304.2 +1:50.5
53  Leopold Schadler (LIE) 144.1 165.8 309.9 +1:56.2
54  Frank Prihoda (AUS) 174.3 163.2 337.5 +2:23.8
55  Mahmoud Beiglou (IRI) 171.7* 174.6 351.3 +2:37.6
56  Luis Molne (ESP) 165.5 187.5 353.0 +2:39.3
57  Ibrahim Geagea (LIB) 169.7 198.9 368.6 +2:54.9
 Martin Julien (SUI) DSQ
 Andreas Molterer (AUT) DSQ
 Buddy Werner (USA) DSQ
 Paride Milianti (ITA) DSQ
 Sandy Whitelaw (GBR) DSQ
 Hans Olofsson (SWE) DSQ
 Jan Zarycki (POL) DSQ
 Pentti Alemen (FIN) DSQ
 Stefan Kristjansson (ISL) DSQ
 Osman Yuce (TUR) DSQ
 Juri Sharkov (URS) DSQ
 Muzzaffer Demirhan (TUR) DSQ
 William Day (AUS) DSQ
 Mahmut Eroglu (TUR) DSQ
 Francisco Viladomat (ESP) DSQ
 Rene Farwig-Guillen (BOL) DSQ
 Aris Vatimbella (GRE) DSQ
 Reza Bazargan (IRI) DSQ
 Jean Kairouz (LIB) DSQ
 Benik Amirian (IRI) DSQ
 Peter Torrens (GBR) DSQ
 Anthony Aslungal (AUS) DSQ
 Zeki Samiloglu (TUR) DSQ
 Sergio Navarrete (CHI) DNF
 Josl Rieder (AUT) DSQ
 Guttorm Berge (NOR) DSQ
 Sepp Behr (EUA) DSQ
 Italo Pedroncelli (ITA) DSQ
 Vladimir Krajnak (TCH) DSQ
 Gueorgui Varockhin (BUL) DSQ
 Vyacheslav Melnikov (URS) DSQ
 Jan Thorstensen (NOR) DSQ

* 5 seconds penalty added.
** 10 seconds penalty added.
Source:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report" (PDF). Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano. LA84 Foundation. 1956. pp. 164–174, 594–595. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. ^ Smits, Ted (February 1, 1956). "Dartmouth's Igaya 2nd despite heated protest". Lewiston (ME) Daily Sun. Associated Press. p. 8.