Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Four-man
The four-man bobsleigh results at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The competition was held on Friday and Saturday, 3 and 4 February 1956.[1]
Medallists
Results
Rank
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Team
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Athletes
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Run 1
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Run 2
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Run 3
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Run 4
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Final
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Gold
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Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I
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Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst
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1:18.00
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1:17.19
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1:17.09
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1:18.16
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5:10.44
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Silver
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Italy (ITA) Italy II
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Eugenio Monti, Ulrico Girardi, Renzo Alverà, & Renato Mocellini
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1:17.69
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1:17.97
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1:18.13
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1:18.31
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5:12.10
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Bronze
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United States (USA) USA I
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Arthur Tyler, William Dodge, Charles Butler, & James Lamy
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1:17.75
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1:17.87
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1:18.25
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1:18.52
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5:12.39
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4
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Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II
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Max Angst, Aby Gartmann, Harry Warburton, & Rolf Gerber
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1:17.41
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1:17.85
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1:18.68
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1:20.33
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5:14.27
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5
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Italy (ITA) Italy I
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Dino De Martin, Giovanni De Martin, Giovanni Tabacchi, & Carlo Da Prà
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1:18.10
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1:18.65
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1:18.50
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1:19.41
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5:14.66
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6
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United Team of Germany (EUA) Germany I
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Hans Rösch, Michael Pössinger, Lorenz Nieberl, & Sylvester Wackerle
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1:18.61
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1:19.04
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1:19.43
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1:20.94
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5:18.02
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7
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Austria (AUT) Austria II
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Kurt Loserth, Wilfried Thurner, Karl Schwarzböck, & Frank Dominik
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1:19.37
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1:19.12
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1:20.08
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1:19.72
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5:18.29
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8
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United Team of Germany (EUA) Germany II
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Franz Schelle, Jakob Nirschl, Hans Henn, & Edmund Koller
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1:19.03
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1:18.84
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1:19.31
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1:21.35
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5:18.50
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9
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Spain (ESP) Spain I
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Alfonso de Portago, Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, Gonzalo Taboada, & Luis Muñoz
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1:18.87
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1:19.27
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1:21.37
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1:19.08
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5:19.49
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10
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Austria (AUT) Austria I
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Karl Wagner, Fritz Rursch, Adolf Tonn, & Heinrich Isser
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1:19.60
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1:20.74
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1:19.98
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1:20.30
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5:20.62
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11
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Norway (NOR) Norway I
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Arne Røgden, Arnold Dyrdahl, Odd Solli, & Trygve Brudevold
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1:20.96
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1:20.08
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1:20.45
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1:20.01
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5:21.50
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12
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Great Britain (GBR) Great Britain I
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Keith Schellenberg, Rollo Brandt, Ralph Raffles, & John Rainforth
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1:21.39
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1:18.73
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1:20.42
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1:21.58
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5:22.12
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13
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Sweden (SWE) Sweden II
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Kjell Holmström, Sven Erbs, Walter Aronson, & Jan Lapidoth
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1:20.58
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1:20.32
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1:21.15
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1:21.13
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5:23.18
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14
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Romania (ROU) Romania I
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Heinrich Enea, Dumitru Peteu, Nicolae Moiceanu, & Mărgărit Blăgescu
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1:21.53
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1:20.58
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1:20.64
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1:20.44
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5:23.19
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15
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Poland (POL) Poland I
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Stefan Ciapała, Jerzy Olesiak, Józef Szymański, & Aleksander Habala
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1:19.95
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1:20.25
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1:21.10
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1:22.19
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5:23.49
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16
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Sweden (SWE) Sweden I
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Olle Axelsson, Ebbe Wallén, Sune Skagerling, & Gunnar Åhs
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1:18.95
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1:19.98
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1:22.75
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1:21.86
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5:23.54
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17
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Great Britain (GBR) Great Britain II
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Stuart Parkinson, John Read, Christopher Williams, & Rodney Mann
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1:20.72
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1:19.92
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1:22.51
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1:20.58
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5:23.73
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18
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France (FRA) France I
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André Robin, Pierre Bouvier, Jacques Panciroli, & Lucien Grosso
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1:20.00
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1:21.25
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1:20.95
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1:21.63
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5:23.83
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19
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United States (USA) USA II
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James Bickford, Donald Jacques, Lawrence McKillip, & Hubert Miller
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1:20.97
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1:22.47
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1:21.22
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1:20.50
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5:25.16
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20
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Romania (ROU) Romania II
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Constantin Dragomir, Vasile Panait, Ion Staicu, & Gheorghe Moldoveanu
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1:21.21
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1:21.22
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1:22.37
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1:23.03
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5:27.83
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21
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Poland (POL) Poland II
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Aleksy Konieczny, Zygmunt Konieczny, Włodzimierz Źróbik, & Zbigniew Skowroński/Jan Dombrowski(*)
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5:28.40
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(*) NOTE: Jan Dąbrowski replaced Zbigniew Skowroński after two runs.
References
External links
- 1956 bobsleigh four-man results
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsleigh: Four-Man". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. New York: Penguin Books. p. 561.
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