# Great Britain at the 1956 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Douglas Mackintosh | Downhill | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Robin Brock-Hollinshead | Downhill | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Nigel Gardner | Downhill | | | | | 4:00.7 | 34 |
| Charlach Mackintosh | Downhill | | | | | 3:41.4 | 30 |
| Robin Hooper | Giant Slalom | | | | | 4:02.2 | 66 |
| Noel Harrison | Giant Slalom | | | | | 4:00.1 | 64 |
| Nigel Gardner | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:51.8 | 58 |
| Sandy Whitelaw | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:49.4 | 56 |
| Peter Torrens | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Sandy Whitelaw | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Noel Harrison | Slalom | 2:14.7 (+0:05) | 50 | 2:36.0 | 45 | 4:50.7 | 47 |
| Peter Seilern | Slalom | 2:08.0 | 48 | 2:46.7 | 53 | 4:54.7 | 48 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jeanne Sandford | Downhill | | | | | 2:15.1 | 43 |
| Renate Holmes | Downhill | | | | | 2:05.0 | 41 |
| Zandra Nowell | Downhill | | | | | 1:59.0 | 35 |
| Jeanne Sandford | Giant Slalom | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:39.8 | 42 |
| Renate Holmes | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:19.0 | 38 |
| Adeline Pryor | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:03.1 | 21 |
| Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore | Slalom | 1:54.4 | 39 | 1:26.0 | 32 | 3:20.4 | 35 |
| Adeline Pryor | Slalom | 1:35.2 | 37 | DNS | – | DNF | – |
| Renate Holmes | Slalom | 1:15.0 | 31 | 1:40.9 | 35 | 2:55.9 | 34 |
| Zandra Nowell | Slalom | 57.5 | 5 | 1:28.3 | 33 | 2:25.8 | 25 |

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| GBR-1 | Clifford Schellenberg John Rainforth | Two-man | 1:24.52 | 3 | 1:26.57 | 16 | 1:25.88 | 11 | 1:26.39 | 15 | 5:43.36 | 11 |
| GBR-2 | Stuart Parkinson Christopher Williams | Two-man | 1:25.63 | 10 | 1:24.53 | 9 | 1:26.73 | 16 | 1:25.94 | 11 | 5:42.83 | 10 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| GBR-1 | Keith Schellenberg Rollo Brandt Ralph Raffles John Rainforth | Four-man | 1:21.39 | 19 | 1:18.73 | 6 | 1:20.42 | 10 | 1:21.58 | 16 | 5:22.12 | 12 |
| GBR-2 | Stuart Parkinson John Read Christopher Williams Rodney Mann | Four-man | 1:20.72 | 15 | 1:19.92 | 11 | 1:22.51 | 19 | 1:20.58 | 12 | 5:23.73 | 17 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Aubrey Fielder | 59:59 | 60 |
| 15 km | John Moore | 59:31 | 58 |
| 15 km | Andrew Morgan | 59:27 | 57 |
| 15 km | Maurice Gover | 58:58 | 56 |
| 30 km | Thomas Cairney | 2'13:41 | 51 |
| 30 km | James Spencer | 2'10:32 | 49 |
| 30 km | John Moore | 2'08:58 | 47 |
| 30 km | Andrew Morgan | 2'03:55 | 45 |
| 50 km | Richard Aylmer | 4'11:40 | 30 |
| 50 km | Toby Graham | 3'48:17 | 29 |
| 50 km | Thomas Cairney | 3'44:54 | 28 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Andrew Morgan James Spencer Aubrey Fielder Maurice Gover | 2'38:44 | 14 |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Michael Booker | 6 | 6 | 154.26 | 53.5 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Dianne Peach | 13 | 13 | 144.75 | 151 | 14 |
| Erica Batchelor | 9 | 12 | 149.67 | 116 | 11 |
| Yvonne Sugden | 4 | 9 | 156.62 | 53 | 4 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
| Patricia Krau Rodney Ward | 9.86 | 93 | 11 |
| Joyce Coates Anthony Holles | 10.00 | 88 | 10 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | John Hearn | 45.9 | 45 |
| 500 m | Alex Connell | 45.2 | 44 |
| 500 m | Johnny Cronshey | 42.9 | 21 |
| 1500 m | Alex Connell | 2:23.0 | 50 |
| 1500 m | John Hearn | 2:17.5 | 33 |
| 1500 m | Johnny Cronshey | 2:15.0 | 19 |
| 5000 m | Alex Connell | 8:42.5 | 42 |
| 5000 m | John Hearn | 8:21.4 | 26 |
| 5000 m | Johnny Cronshey | 8:10.1 | 15 |
| 10,000 m | John Hearn | 17:27.6 | 20 |
| 10,000 m | Johnny Cronshey | 17:05.6 | 11 |