# Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of one event, held from 29 January to 31 January. The ski jumping portion took place at Trampolino Olimpico, while the cross-country portion took place at Lo Stadio della neve.
Standings were determined by the combined length of 3 jumps per entrant and combined style points (best 2 out of 3), awarded by a pool of 5 international judges. The cross-country course had a vertical drop of 185 m (607 ft), a maximum climb of 150 m (490 ft) and a 420 m (1,380 ft) total climb.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Franciszek Gąsienica Groń's bronze medal was the first, and as of 2010, only, medal for Poland in nordic combined.

### Events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual details | Sverre Stenersen Norway | 455.00 | Bengt Eriksson Sweden | 437.40 | Franciszek Gąsienica Gron Poland | 436.80 |

## Individual

Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. They then raced a 15 kilometre cross-country course, with the time converted to points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal.
| Rank | Name | Country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total |
| Rank | Name | Country | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Total |
| | Sverre Stenersen | Norway | 95.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 215.0 | 2 | 56:18 | 240.00 | 1 | 455.00 |
| | Bengt Eriksson | Sweden | 108.0 | 106.0 | 99.5 | 214.0 | 3 | 1:00:36 | 223.40 | 15 | 437.40 |
| | Franciszek Gąsienica Groń | Poland | 60.0 | 101.5 | 101.5 | 203.0 | 10 | 57:55 | 233.80 | 7 | 436.80 |
| 4 | Paavo Korhonen | Finland | 97.0 | 96.5 | 99.5 | 196.5 | 17 | 56:32 | 239.10 | 2 | 435.60 |
| 5 | Arne Barhaugen | Norway | 99.0 | 98.5 | 100.0 | 199.0 | 15 | 57:11 | 236.58 | 3 | 435.58 |
| 6 | Tormod Knutsen | Norway | 89.5 | 103.5 | 99.5 | 203.0 | 10 | 58:22 | 232.00 | 9 | 435.00 |
| 7 | Nikolay Gusakov | Soviet Union | 98.0 | 102.0 | 96.5 | 200.0 | 14 | 58:17 | 232.30 | 8 | 432.30 |
| 8 | Alfredo Prucker | Italy | 101.0 | 100.0 | 95.0 | 201.0 | 12 | 58:52 | 230.10 | 10 | 431.10 |
| 9 | Eeti Nieminen | Finland | 99.5 | 105.0 | 101.0 | 206.0 | 8 | 1:00:20 | 224.40 | 14 | 430.40 |
| 10 | Leonid Fyodorov | Soviet Union | 101.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 | 201.0 | 12 | 59:17 | 228.50 | 12 | 429.50 |
| 11 | Sepp Schiffner | Austria | 105.0 | 106.5 | 104.0 | 211.5 | 4 | 1:02:02 | 217.80 | 25 | 429.30 |
| 12 | Vítězslav Lahr | Czechoslovakia | 92.0 | 98.0 | 95.0 | 193.0 | 22 | 57:39 | 234.80 | 5 | 427.80 |
| 13 | Yury Moshkin | Soviet Union | 110.5 | 83.5 | 107.0 | 217.5 | 1 | 1:04:18 | 209.10 | 30 | 426.60 |
| 14 | Kjetil Mårdalen | Norway | 93.0 | 92.5 | 96.0 | 189.0 | 26 | 57:43 | 234.50 | 6 | 423.50 |
| 15 | Aleksander Kowalski | Poland | 99.0 | 104.5 | 106.0 | 210.5 | 5 | 1:03:37 | 211.70 | 29 | 422.20 |
| 16 | Willi Egger | Austria | 102.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 | 208.0 | 7 | 1:03:00 | 214.10 | 28 | 422.10 |
| 17 | Leopold Kohl | Austria | 97.5 | 101.0 | 95.5 | 198.5 | 16 | 1:01:00 | 221.80 | 21 | 420.30 |
| 18 | Vlastimil Melich | Czechoslovakia | 88.5 | 90.5 | 93.0 | 183.5 | 28 | 57:18 | 236.10 | 4 | 419.60 |
| 19 | Helmut Böck | United Team of Germany | 97.0 | 93.0 | 91.5 | 190.0 | 24 | 59:13 | 228.70 | 11 | 418.70 |
| 20 | Enzo Perin | Italy | 97.5 | 98.5 | 95.5 | 196.0 | 19 | 1:00:48 | 222.60 | 18 | 418.60 |
| 21 | Heinz Hauser | United Team of Germany | 93.0 | 101.0 | 94.0 | 195.0 | 20 | 1:00:43 | 222.90 | 17 | 417.90 |
| 22 | Josef Nüsser | Czechoslovakia | 92.5 | 95.5 | 94.0 | 189.5 | 25 | 59:28 | 227.80 | 13 | 417.30 |
| 23 | Marvin Crawford | United States | 96.5 | 97.5 | 99.0 | 196.5 | 17 | 1:02:24 | 216.40 | 26 | 412.90 |
| 24 | Gerhard Glaß | United Team of Germany | 103.0 | 100.5 | 77.0 | 203.5 | 9 | 1:04:17 | 209.10 | 30 | 412.60 |
| 25 | Esko Jussila | Finland | 96.5 | 97.5 | 95.0 | 194.0 | 21 | 1:02:38 | 215.50 | 27 | 409.50 |
| 26 | Uno Kajak | Soviet Union | 84.0 | 92.0 | 94.5 | 186.5 | 27 | 1:00:48 | 222.60 | 18 | 409.10 |
| 27 | Irvin Servold | Canada | 91.0 | 89.0 | 87.5 | 180.0 | 31 | 1:01:44 | 219.00 | 24 | 399.00 |
| 28 | Herbert Leonhardt | United Team of Germany | 79.5 | 89.0 | 88.0 | 177.0 | 32 | 1:01:34 | 219.60 | 23 | 396.60 |
| 29 | Józef Daniel Krzeptowski | Poland | 78.0 | 87.5 | 86.0 | 173.5 | 33 | 1:00:48 | 222.60 | 18 | 396.10 |
| 30 | Theodore Farwell, Jr. | United States | 88.5 | 83.0 | 85.0 | 173.5 | 33 | 1:01:21 | 220.50 | 22 | 394.00 |
| 31 | Aldo Pedrana | Italy | 85.0 | 79.5 | 83.0 | 168.0 | 35 | 1:00:36 | 223.40 | 15 | 391.40 |
| 32 | Jan Raszka | Poland | 89.0 | 91.5 | 91.0 | 182.5 | 29 | 1:05:15 | 205.40 | 32 | 387.90 |
| 33 | Koichi Sato | Japan | 93.0 | 98.0 | 93.5 | 191.5 | 23 | 1:08:21 | 193.40 | 35 | 384.90 |
| 34 | Charles Tremblay | United States | 88.0 | 91.0 | 91.0 | 182.0 | 30 | 1:07:40 | 196.00 | 34 | 378.00 |
| 35 | Buck Levy | United States | 72.5 | 80.5 | 81.5 | 162.0 | 36 | 1:05:42 | 203.60 | 33 | 365.60 |
| - | Hiroshi Yoshizawa | Japan | 98.0 | 106.5 | 104.0 | 210.5 | 5 | DNF | DNF | - | - |

## Participating NOCs

Twelve nations participated in nordic combined at the Cortina Games. The Soviet Union made their Olympic nordic combined debut.
* Austria (3)
* Canada (1)
* Finland (3)
* United Team of Germany (4)
* Italy (3)
* Japan (2)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (4)
* Sweden (1)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* Soviet Union (4)
* United States (4)