# Italy at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Italy was the host nation for the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. It was the first time that Italy had hosted the Olympic Games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Lamberto Dalla Costa Giacomo Conti | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
| Silver | Eugenio Monti Renzo Alverà | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
| Silver | Eugenio Monti Ulrico Girardi Renzo Alverà Renato Mocellini | Bobsleigh | Four-man |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Paride Milianti | Downhill | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Lino Zecchini | Downhill | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Bruno Burrini | Downhill | | | | | 3:02.4 | 9 |
| Gino Burrini | Downhill | | | | | 3:00.2 | 6 |
| Bruno Burrini | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:23.1 | 25 |
| Dino Pompanin | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:22.4 | 24 |
| Guido Ghedina | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:15.6 | 11 |
| Gino Burrini | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:12.3 | 10 |
| Paride Milianti | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Italo Pedroncelli | Slalom | n/a | ? | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Bruno Burrini | Slalom | 1:36.2 | 24 | 2:24.2 | 35 | 4:00.4 | 27 |
| Guido Ghedina | Slalom | 1:32.6 | 12 | 2:08.1 | 24 | 3:40.7 | 17 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Vera Schenone | Downhill | | | | | 1:59.2 | 36 |
| Anna Pellissier | Downhill | | | | | 1:49.7 | 11 |
| Carla Marchelli | Downhill | | | | | 1:47.7 | 6 |
| Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo | Downhill | | | | | 1:47.3 | 4 |
| Vera Schenone | Giant Slalom | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Maria Grazia Marchelli | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:05.2 | 28 |
| Anna Pellissier | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:02.4 | 17 |
| Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:01.5 | 13 |
| Cristina Ebner | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Vera Schenone | Slalom | 1:05.1 | 21 | 1:32.1 | 34 | 2:37.2 | 29 |
| Anna Pellissier | Slalom | 1:01.2 | 16 | 1:05.3 | 19 | 2:06.5 | 16 |
| Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo | Slalom | 56.9 | 3 | 59.9 | 11 | 1:56.8 | 4 |

## 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 |
| ITA-1 | Lamberto Dalla Costa Giacomo Conti | Two-man | 1:22.0 | 1 | 1:22.45 | 1 | 1:22.95 | 1 | 1:22.74 | 1 | 5:30.14 | |
| ITA-2 | Eugenio Monti Renzo Alverà | Two-man | 1:22.73 | 2 | 1:22.53 | 2 | 1:23.37 | 2 | 1:22.82 | 2 | 5:31.45 | |
| 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 |
| ITA-1 | Dino De Martin Giovanni De Martin Giovanni Tabacchi Carlo Da Prà | Four-man | 1:18.10 | 5 | 1:18.65 | 5 | 1:18.50 | 4 | 1:19.41 | 4 | 5:14.66 | 5 |
| ITA-2 | Eugenio Monti Ulrico Girardi Renzo Alverà Renato Mocellini | Four-man | 1:17.69 | 2 | 1:17.97 | 4 | 1:18.13 | 2 | 1:18.31 | 2 | 5:12.10 | |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Innocenzo Chatrian | 53:46 | 25 |
| 15 km | Pompeo Fattor | 53:45 | 24 |
| 15 km | Federico de Florian | 52:48 | 17 |
| 15 km | Ottavio Compagnoni | 51:42 | 11 |
| 30 km | Ottavio Compagnoni | DSQ | – |
| 30 km | Camillo Zanolli | 1'54:42 | 26 |
| 30 km | Arrigo Delladio | 1'54:27 | 24 |
| 30 km | Federico de Florian | 1'49:16 | 13 |
| 50 km | Battista Mismetti | 3'23:15 | 23 |
| 50 km | Gioacchino Busin | 3'21:05 | 21 |
| 50 km | Gianni Carrara | 3'14:39 | 17 |
| 50 km | Vigilio Mich | 3'11:59 | 16 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Pompeo Fattor Ottavio Compagnoni Innocenzo Chatrian Federico de Florian | 2'23:28 | 5 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km | Anita Parmesani | 47:37 | 37 |
| 10 km | Fides Romanin | 44:17 | 31 |
| 10 km | Rita Bottero | 44:03 | 30 |
| 10 km | Ildegarda Taffra | 42:51 | 23 |

### Women's 3 x 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Fides Romanin Rita Bottero Ildegarda Taffra | 1'16:11 | 8 |

## Figure skating
### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Manuela Angeli | 20 | 21 | 133.51 | 222 | 21 |
| Fiorella Negro | 16 | 14 | 142.31 | 168.5 | 15 |

## Ice hockey
### Group A

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 1 |
* Italy 2-2 Austria
* Italy 2-2 Germany (UTG)
* Italy 1-3 Canada

### Games for 7th-10th places

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 7 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 2 |
| 10 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
* Italy 8-2 Austria
* Italy 8-3 Switzerland
* Italy 5-2 Poland
* Contestants Vittorio Bolla Giuliano Ferraris Carmine Tucci Carlo Montemurro Aldo Federici Mario Bedogni Bernardo Tomei Giovanni Furlani Giampiero Branduardi Aldo Maniacco Ernesto Crotti Giancarlo Agazzi Gianfranco Darin Reno Alberton Giulio Oberhammer Francesco Macchietto

## Nordic combined

Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Aldo Pedrana | Individual | 60.5 | 60.0 | 168.0 | 35 | 1'00:36 | 223.400 | 15 | 391.400 | 31 |
| Enzo Perin | Individual | 67.0 | 70.0 | 196.0 | 19 | 1'00:48 | 222.600 | 18 | 418.600 | 20 |
| Alfredo Prucker | Individual | 70.0 | 70.0 | 201.0 | 12 | 58:52 | 230.100 | 10 | 431.100 | 8 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Enzo Perin | Normal hill | 67.0 | 83.5 | 47 | 63.5 | 80.5 | 47 | 164.0 | 48 |
| Alfredo Prucker | Normal hill | 67.5 | 88.0 | 41 | 68.5 | 91.5 | 32 | 179.5 | 38 |
| Tito Tolin | Normal hill | 69.5 | 91.0 | 36 | 71.5 | 93.5 | 27 | 184.5 | 33 |
| Luigi Pennacchio | Normal hill | 70.5 | 91.0 | 36 | 67.5 | 89.5 | 36 | 180.5 | 37 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Guido Caroli | 43.9 | 33 |
| 500 m | Guido Citterio | 43.1 | 22 |
| 1500 m | Remo Tomasi | 2:22.2 | 48 |
| 1500 m | Guido Caroli | 2:20.0 | 42 |
| 1500 m | Guido Citterio | 2:16.5 | 27 |
| 5000 m | Remo Tomasi | 8:48.3 | 45 |
| 5000 m | Paolino Dimai | 8:48.0 | 44 |
| 5000 m | Carlo Calzà | 8:41.1 | 41 |
| 10,000 m | Carlo Calzà | 18:32.8 | 32 |