en United States at the 1956 Winter Olympics

United States at the
1956 Winter Olympics
United States at the; 1956 Winter Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors	67 (57 men, 10 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	James Bickford (bobsleigh)
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 7
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The United States competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Medalists

American figure skaters swept the men's singles competition, taking all three medals. The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Hayes Alan Jenkins	Figure skating	Men's singles	February 1
Gold	Tenley Albright	Figure skating	Women's singles	February 2
Silver	Ronald Robertson	Figure skating	Men's singles	February 1
Silver	Carol Heiss	Figure skating	Women's singles	February 2
Silver	United States men's national ice hockey team Wendell Anderson Wellington Burtnett Eugene Campbell Gordon Christian Bill Cleary Richard Dougherty Willard Ikola John Matchefts John Mayasich Daniel McKinnon Richard Meredith Weldon Olson Jack Petroske Kenneth Purpur Don Rigazio Richard Rodenheiser Ed Sampson	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	February 4
Bronze	David Jenkins	Figure skating	Men's singles	February 1
Bronze	Charles Butler William Dodge James Lamy Arthur Tyler	Bobsleigh	Four-man	February 4

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Figure skating	2	2	1	5
Ice hockey	0	1	0	1
Bobsleigh	0	0	1	1
Total	2	3	2	7

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Male	1	2	2	5	71.4%
Female	1	1	0	2	28.6%
Total	2	3	2	7	100%

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bill Beck	Downhill	—				DSQ
Marvin Melville						DSQ
Ralph Miller						DSQ
Buddy Werner						3:05.8	11
Tom Corcoran	Giant slalom	—				3:16.0	14
Brooks Dodge						3:16.4	15
Ralph Miller						3:15.8	13
Buddy Werner						3:21.5	21
Tom Corcoran	Slalom	1:37.1	27	2:04.2	16	3:41.3	19
Brooks Dodge		1:27.6	3	1:54.2	8	3:21.8	4
Ralph Miller		1:34.0	18	2:13.8	26	3:47.8	22
Buddy Werner		DSQ

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrea Mead Lawrence	Downhill	—				1:55.2	30
Penny Pitou						1:58.9	34
Dorothy Surgenor						2:01.5	38
Gladys Werner						1:49.6	10
Andrea Mead Lawrence	Giant slalom	—				1:58.3	4
Penny Pitou						2:10.4	34
Betsy Snite						DSQ
Gladys Werner						2:04.0	22
Andrea Mead Lawrence	Slalom	1:10.5	27	1:15.3	25	2:25.8	25
Penny Pitou		1:26.2	33	1:16.3	27	2:42.5	31
Dorothy Surgenor		1:09.1	25	1:08.2	22	2:17.3	20
Gladys Werner		1:13.9	28	1:16.2	26	2:30.1	27

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arthur Tyler Edgar Seymour	Two-man	1:25.41	9	1:23.77	3	1:24.44	5	1:26.46	17	5:40.08	6
Waightman Washbond Piet Biesiadecki	Two-man	1:24.82	8	1:24.15	7	1:24.78	7	1:24.41	3	5:38.16	5
James Bickford Donald Jacques Lawrence McKillip Hubert Miller	Four-man	1:20.97	17	1:22.47	20	1:21.22	16	1:20.50	11	5:25.16	19
Arthur Tyler William Dodge Charles Butler James Lamy	Four-man	1:17.75	3	1:17.87	3	1:18.25	3	1:18.52	3	5:12.39

Cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Larry Damon	Men's 15 km	57:18	51
Mack Miller	Men's 15 km	56:08	41
Buck Levy	Men's 30 km	2:10:56	50
Mack Miller	Men's 30 km	2:00:38	38
Marvin Crawford Larry Damon Theodore Farwell Mack Miller	Men's 4 × 10 km relay	2:32:04	12

Figure skating

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
David Jenkins	Men's singles	3	3	162.82	27
Hayes Alan Jenkins		1	2	166.43	13
Ronald Robertson		2	1	165.79	16
Tenley Albright	Ladies' singles	1	1	169.67	12
Carol Heiss		2	2	168.02	21
Catherine Machado		10	3	153.48	86.5	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Points	Places	Rank
Lucille Ash Sully Kothmann	Pairs	10.63	59.5	7
Carole Ann Ormaca Robin Greiner	Pairs	10.71	56	5

Ice hockey

Summary

Team	Event	First round			Consolation round			Medal round
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Czechoslovakia L 3–4	Poland W 4–0	2 Q	Bye			Germany W 7–2	Canada W 4–1	Sweden W 6–1	Soviet Union L 0–4	Czechoslovakia W 9–4

First round
Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	12	6	4
2	United States	2	1	1	7	4	2
3	Poland	2	0	2	3	12	0

Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA
USA 4-0 Poland

Medal round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	25	5	10
2	United States	5	4	1	0	26	12	8
3	Canada	5	3	2	0	23	11	6
4	Sweden	5	1	3	1	10	17	3
5	Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	0	20	30	2
6	Germany	5	0	4	1	6	35	1

USA 7-2 Germany (UTG)
USA 4-1 Canada
USA 6-1 Sweden
USSR 4-0 USA
USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Marvin Crawford	Individual	97.5	99.0	196.5	17	1:02:24	216.400	26	412.900	23
Theodore Farwell		88.5	85.0	173.5	33	1:01:21	220.500	22	394.000	30
Buck Levy		80.5	81.5	162.0	36	1:05:42	203.600	33	365.600	35
Charles Tremblay		91.0	91.0	182.0	30	1:07:40	196.000	34	378.000	34

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Art Devlin	Normal hill	74.0	98.5	24	72.5	96.0	23	194.5	21
Willis Olson		65.0	84.5	45	69.5	90.0	34	174.5	43
Dick Rahoi		71.5	86.0	42	78.0 fall	72.0	50	158.0	51
Roy Sherwood		71.5	94.0	31	68.0	89.0	38	183.0	36

Speed skating

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bill Carow	500 m	41.8	6
Ken Henry		42.8	17
Don McDermott		43.2	25
Johnny Werket		42.4	11
Don McDermott	1500 m	2:18.6	37
Pat McNamara		2:15.2	20
Gene Sandvig		2:17.1	30
Johnny Werket		2:16.1	25
Chuck Burke	5000 m	8:47.4	43
Art Longsjo		8:40.0	40
Pat McNamara		8:10.6	17
Gene Sandvig		8:25.5	31
Pat McNamara	10,000 m	17:45.6	27

References

Official Olympic Reports
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com