# Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 5 February The competition took place at the Trampolino Olimpico Italia with a K-Point of 72m.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (2 entries) | Totals (2 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Both Finland, which led the medal table, and the unified Germany team won their first Olympic medals in ski jumping.

### Events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual details | Antti Hyvärinen Finland | 227.0 | Aulis Kallakorpi Finland | 225.0 | Harry Glaß United Team of Germany | 224.5 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total |
| | Antti Hyvärinen | Finland | 111.5 | 115.5 | 227.0 |
| | Aulis Kallakorpi | Finland | 114.5 | 110.5 | 225.0 |
| | Harry Glaß | United Team of Germany | 115.0 | 109.5 | 224.5 |
| 4 | Max Bolkart | United Team of Germany | 111.5 | 111.0 | 222.5 |
| 5 | Sven Pettersson | Sweden | 109.5 | 110.5 | 220.0 |
| 6 | Andreas Däscher | Switzerland | 108.0 | 111.5 | 219.5 |
| 7 | Eino Kirjonen | Finland | 107.5 | 111.5 | 219.0 |
| 8 | Werner Lesser | United Team of Germany | 105.0 | 105.0 | 210.0 |
| 9 | Sverre Stallvik | Norway | 104.5 | 103.5 | 208.0 |
| 10 | Hemmo Silvennoinen | Finland | 102.5 | 105.0 | 207.5 |
| 11 | Arne Hoel | Norway | 104.5 | 102.0 | 206.5 |
| 12 | Sepp Bradl | Austria | 104.5 | 101.0 | 205.5 |
| 13 | Hiroshi Yoshizawa | Japan | 106.5 | 98.5 | 205.0 |
| 14 | Bror Östman | Sweden | 102.5 | 102.0 | 204.5 |
| 15 | Walter Habersatter | Austria | 102.0 | 99.5 | 201.5 |
| 16 | Nikolay Shamov | Soviet Union | 103.0 | 98.0 | 201.0 |
| 16 | Władysław Tajner | Poland | 98.0 | 103.0 | 201.0 |
| 18 | Asbjørn Osnes | Norway | 102.0 | 97.5 | 199.5 |
| 19 | Rudolf Schweinberger | Austria | 100.0 | 99.0 | 199.0 |
| 20 | Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel | Poland | 102.0 | 96.5 | 198.5 |
| 21 | Art Devlin | United States | 98.5 | 96.0 | 194.5 |
| 22 | Jože Zidar | Yugoslavia | 99.5 | 94.5 | 194.0 |
| 23 | Albin Rogelj | Yugoslavia | 94.0 | 98.5 | 192.5 |
| 24 | Janez Polda | Yugoslavia | 96.5 | 95.0 | 191.5 |
| 25 | Roman Gąsienica Sieczka | Poland | 101.5 | 88.0 | 189.5 |
| 26 | Sepp Kleisl | United Team of Germany | 95.0 | 94.0 | 189.0 |
| 27 | Jacques Charland | Canada | 94.5 | 93.5 | 188.0 |
| 28 | Mojmír Stuchlík | Czechoslovakia | 98.5 | 89.0 | 187.5 |
| 29 | Jáchym Bulín | Czechoslovakia | 93.5 | 92.5 | 186.0 |
| 30 | K'oba Ts'akadze | Soviet Union | 107.0 | 78.0 | 185.0 |
| 30 | Józef Huczek | Poland | 95.5 | 89.5 | 185.0 |
| 30 | Otto Leodolter | Austria | 94.0 | 91.0 | 185.0 |
| 33 | Tito Tolin | Italy | 91.0 | 93.5 | 184.5 |
| 34 | Yury Moshkin | Soviet Union | 91.5 | 92.5 | 184.0 |
| 35 | Sverre Stenersen | Norway | 90.5 | 93.0 | 183.5 |
| 36 | Roy Sherwood | United States | 94.0 | 89.0 | 183.0 |
| 37 | Luigi Pennacchio | Italy | 91.0 | 89.5 | 180.5 |
| 38 | Alfredo Prucker | Italy | 88.0 | 91.5 | 179.5 |
| 39 | Koichi Sato | Japan | 91.0 | 87.5 | 178.5 |
| 40 | Conrad Rochat | Switzerland | 89.5 | 87.5 | 177.0 |
| 41 | Holger Karlsson | Sweden | 71.5 | 104.5 | 176.0 |
| 42 | Nicolae Munteanu | Romania | 85.0 | 90.0 | 175.0 |
| 43 | Willis Olson | United States | 84.5 | 90.0 | 174.5 |
| 44 | Erik Styf | Sweden | 102.5 | 66.5 | 169.0 |
| 45 | Francis Perret | Switzerland | 86.0 | 82.5 | 168.5 |
| 46 | Richard Rabasa | France | 84.5 | 83.0 | 167.5 |
| 46 | André Monnier | France | 82.5 | 85.0 | 167.5 |
| 48 | Enzo Perin | Italy | 83.5 | 80.5 | 164.0 |
| 48 | Régis Robert Rey | France | 82.0 | 82.0 | 164.0 |
| 50 | Janez Gorišek | Yugoslavia | 81.5 | 80.5 | 162.0 |
| 51 | Dick Rahoi | United States | 86.0 | 72.0 | 158.0 |

## Participating NOCs

Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. The Soviet Union made its Olympic ski jumping debut.
* Austria (4)
* Canada (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Finland (4)
* France (3)
* United Team of Germany (4)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (2)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (4)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (3)
* United States (4)
* Yugoslavia (4)