Olympic games cortina 1956

VII WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

The VII Winter Olympic Games, also known as Cortina ‘56, were held in Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy) from the 26th January to the 5th February 1956. They were the first Olympic Games ever in Italy. A memorable event. Cortina and the Dolomites, thanks to the Olympics in 1956 reached the hearts of people from all over the world.

The overture ceremony, filmed for the first time by the RAI cameras (the main Italian public broadcaster), was attended by the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Gronchi and Sophia Loren, the godmother of the event.

To the seventh Olympic winter Games Cortina 1956 participated 821 athletes, (132 sportswomen and 689 sportsmen) coming from 32 different countries. All the games took place in ten different sports facilities. The figure ice skating competitions were held in the ice stadium. Whereas the Alpine skiing took place on four different ski tracks: Canalone, Col Drusciè, Ilio Colli e Olimpia, and the speed skating races were located in the charming surroundings: the Misurina lake..

The final medal table marks the triumph of the Soviet athletes, who came back home with seven gold medals, three silver medals and six bronze medals, before Austria which won four gold medals among which three of them gained by Toni Sailer, winner of all alpine skiing competitions (downhill, giant and slalom skiing). Sweden ranked third in the medal table (two gold medals, four silver medals and four bronze medals) ahead of Finland, the United States, Switzerland and Norway.

Italy 65 athletes’ delegation participated to the VII Cortina winter Olympic Games 1956, including 12 sportswomen. Italy closed this home edition, for the first time in history, ranking eighth in the medal table, with three medals, one gold medal and two silver medals, all in the bobsleigh competitions.

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