1956 Olympics

At the 1956 Winter Olympics held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. For World Championships Pool B matches were also played between East Germany, Norway and Belgium in Berlin. Games were held at the Stadio Olympica.
==Medalists==
Gold: 	Silver: 	Bronze:
Soviet UnionNikolai PuchkovGrigory MkrtychanNikolai SologubovDmitry UkolovIvan TregubovGenrikh SidorenkovAlfred KuchevskyYevgeny BabichVictor ShuvalovVsevolod BobrovYuri KrylovAlexander UvarovValentin KuzinYuri PantyukhovAlexey GuryshevNikolay KhlystovViktor Nikiforov	United StatesWillard IkolaDon RigazioRichard RodenheiserDaniel McKinnonEd SampsonJohn MatcheftsRichard MeredithDick DoughertyKen PurpurJohn MayasichBill ClearyWellington BurtnettWendell AndersonGene CampbellGordon ChristianWeldon OlsonJohn Petroske	CanadaDenis BrodeurKeith WoodallFloyd MartinHowie LeeArt HurstJohnny McKenzieJames LoganPaul KnoxDonald RopeByrle KlinckBill ColvinGerry ThébergeAlfred HorneCharlie BrookerGeorge ScholesBob WhiteKen Laufman
==Preliminary round (Pool A for WC)==
Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group earned a right to play for 1st-6th places.
===Group A===
Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1 	 	3 	3	0	0	30	1 	6
2 	 	3 	1	1	1	9 	6 	3
3 	 	3 	0	1	2	5 	7 	2
4 	 	3 	0	2	1	2 	32	1
*January 26
**Canada 4-0 Germany (UTG)
**Italy 2-2 Austria
*January 27
**Italy 2-2 Germany (UTG)
**Canada 23-0 Austria
*January 28
**Germany (UTG) 7-0 Austria
**Italy 1-3 Canada
===Group B===
Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1 	 	2 	2	0	0	12	6 	4
2 	 	2 	1	1	0	7 	4 	2
3 	 	2 	0	2	0	3 	12	0
*January 27
**Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA
*January 28
**USA 4-0 Poland
*January 29
**Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland
===Group C===
Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1 	 	2 	2	0	0	15	4 	4
2 	 	2 	1	1	0	7 	10	2
3 	 	2 	0	2	0	8 	16	0
*January 27
**USSR 5-1 Sweden
*January 28
**Sweden 6-5 Switzerland
*January 29
**USSR 10-3 Switzerland
==Final round==
===Games for 1st-6th places===
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1 	 	5 	5	0	0	25	5 	10
2 	 	5 	4	1	0	26	12	8
3 	 	5 	3	2	0	23	11	6
4 	 	5 	1	3	1	10	17	3
5 	 	5 	1	4	0	20	30	2
6 	 	5 	0	4	1	6 	35	1
*January 30
**USA 7-2 Germany (UTG)
**Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
**USSR 4-1 Sweden
*January 31
**USSR 8-0 Germany (UTG)
**Sweden 5-0 Czechoslovakia
**USA 4-1 Canada
*February 1
**USA 6-1 Sweden
*February 2
**Canada 10-0 Germany (UTG)
**USSR 7-4 Czechoslovakia
*February 3
**Czechoslovakia 9-3 Germany (UTG)
**Canada 6-2 Sweden
**USSR 4-0 USA
*February 4
**USSR 2-0 Canada
**Germany (UTG) 1-1 Sweden
**USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia
===Games for 7th-10th places===
Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7 	 	3 	3	0	0	21	7 	6
8 	 	3 	2	1	0	12	10	4
9 	 	3 	1	2	0	12	18	2
10 	 	3 	0	3	0	9 	19	0
*January 31
**Switzerland 7-4 Austria
*February 1
**Poland 6-2 Switzerland
**Italy 8-2 Austria
*February 2
**Italy 8-3 Switzerland
**Poland 4-3 Austria
*February 3
**Italy 5-2 Poland
==Leading scorers==
Rk	Team 	GP	G	A	Pts
1 	James Logan 	8 	7	5	12
1 	Paul Knox 	8 	7	5	12
3 	Vsevolod Bobrov 	7 	9	2	11
3 	Gerry Theberge 	8 	9	2	11
5 	Jack McKenzie 	8 	7	4	11
6 	John Mayasich 	7 	7	3	10
6 	Alexey Guryshev 	7 	3	3	10
8 	Vlastimil Bubník	7 	5	4	9
9 	George Scholes 	8 	5	3	8
10	Victor Shuvalov 	7 	5	2	7
==Final ranking==
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==Team Photos==
1956SovOly.jpg|Gold Soviet Union
1956USAOly.jpg|Silver United States
1956CanOly.jpg|Bronze Canada
==References==
* Jeux Olympiques d'Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956
==See Also==
*1956 Austria national ice hockey team
*1956 Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team
*1956 Germany national ice hockey team
*1956 Italy national ice hockey team
*1955-56 Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen (Canada's representative)
*1956 Poland national ice hockey team
*1956 Soviet Union national ice hockey team
*1956 Sweden national ice hockey team
*1956 Switzerland national ice hockey team
*1956 United States national ice hockey team
Category:Olympic Games
Olympics, Winter
Category:World Championships in Italy