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


Downhill	men	women
Giant Slalom	men	women
Slalom	men	women

The men's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 31 January on the Col Druscie run. The course was 617 metres (2,024 ft) long with a vertical drop of 251 metres (823 ft). The first run had 79 gates, the second run had 92 gates. Fifty-seven athletes finished both runs. Twenty-three athletes were disqualified during the two runs. Twenty-nine countries were represented in this event. Austrian Toni Sailer continued his dominance at these Games by winning his second gold medal. Japanese skiier Chiharu Igaya won the silver (the only medal for Japan at these Games) and Stig Sollander from Sweden won the bronze.^[1]

1 Medalists
2 Results
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Toni Sailer Austria (AUT)	Chiharu Igaya Japan (JPN)	Stig Sollander Sweden (SWE)

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Results

Place	Alpine skier	1st run	2nd run	Total	Difference
1	Toni Sailer (AUT)	87.3	107.4	194.7
2	Chiharu Igaya (JPN)	90.2	108.5	198.7	+4.0
3	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 (GER)	92.3	115.2	207.5	+12.8
10	Rene 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	Ake 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 (GER)	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 (GER)	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 Hakkinen (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
	Wallace Werner (USA)	DSQ
	Paride Milianti (ITA)	DSQ
	Sandy Whirelaw (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
—	Josl Rieder (AUT)		DSQ
	Guttorm Berge (NOR)		DSQ
	Behr Sepp (GER)		DSQ
	Italo Pedroncelli (ITA)		DSQ
	Vladimir Krajnak (TCH)		DSQ
	Gueorgui Varockhin (BUL)		DSQ
	Viatcheslav Meljnikov (URS)		DSQ
	Jan Thorstensen (NOR)		DSQ

* 5 seconds penalty added. ** 10 seconds penalty added.

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