Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

The women's giant slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 27 January in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. It was run on the Canalone run on Mount Tofana. The course was 1,366 metres (4,482 ft) long with a 408 metres (1,339 ft) vertical drop. There were 46 gates that the women had to navigate. Forty-four women from sixteen countries competed. German skier Ossi Reichert won the event while Austrians won silver and bronze.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ossi Reichert  United Team of Germany	Josefine Frandl  Austria	Dorothea Hochleitner  Austria

Source:[2]

Results

Place	No.	Competitor	Time	Difference
	14	Ossi Reichert (EUA)	1:56.5	—
	25	Josefine Frandl (AUT)	1:57.8	+1.3
	20	Dorothea Hochleitner (AUT)	1:58.2	+1.7
4	21	Andrea Mead Lawrence (USA)	1:58.3	+1.8
4	7	Madeleine Berthod (SUI)	1:58.3	+1.8
6	11	Lucille Wheeler (CAN)	1:58.6	+2.1
7	46	Borghild Niskin (NOR)	1:59.0	+2.5
8	17	Marysette Agnel (FRA)	1:59.4	+2.9
9	23	Regina Schöpf (AUT)	2:00.6	+4.1
10	9	Josette Neviere (FRA)	2:00.8	+4.3
11	4	Frieda Dänzer (SUI)	2:00.9	+4.4
12	31	Marianne Seltsam (EUA)	2:01.4	+4.9
13	16	Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo (ITA)	2:01.5	+5.0
14	35	Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR)	2:02.3	+5.8
14	12	Madeleine Front (FRA)	2:02.3	+5.8
14	32	Annemarie Waser (SUI)	2:02.3	+5.8
17	38	Anna Pellissier (ITA)	2:02.4	+5.9
18	62	Paule Moris (FRA)	2:02.5	+6.0
19	29	Hannelore Glaser (EUA)	2:02.7	+6.2
20	1	Maria Kowalska (POL)	2:02.8	+6.3
21	15	Addie Pryor (GBR)	2:03.1	+6.6
22	55	Astrid Sandvik (NOR)	2:04.0	+7.5
22	50	Gladys Werner (USA)	2:04.0	+7.5
24	60	Inger Jorgensen (NOR)	2:04.4	+7.9
25	33	Ingrid Englund (SWE)	2:04.5	+8.0
26	58	Eivor Berglund (SWE)	2:04.9	+8.4
27	48	Mirl Buchner (EUA)	2:05.0	+8.5
28	44	Maria Grazia Marchelli (ITA)	2:05.2	+8.7
29	36	Anne Heggtveit (CAN)	2:05.3	+8.8
30	87	Barbara Grocholska (POL)	2:05.5	+9.0
31	84	Vivi-Anne Wassdahl (SWE)	2:06.4	+9.9
32	42	Slava Zupancie (YUG)	2:07.9	+11.4
33	63	Trude Klecker (AUT)	2:08.5	+12.0
34	45	Penny Pitou (USA)	2:10.4	+13.9
35	54	Maria Gasienica-Daniel (POL)	2:10.9	+14.4
36	53	Ginette Seguin (CAN)	2:16.6	+20.1
37	91	Christine Davy (AUS)	2:17.3	+20.8
38	89	Susanne Holmes (GBR)	2:19.0	+22.5
39	72	Magdalena Marotineanu (ROM)	2:21.0	+24.5
40	85	Sidorova Evgeniya (URS)	2:31.3	+34.8
41	79	Jakobina Jakobsdottir (ISL)	2:39.4	+42.9
42	69	Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore (GBR)	2:39.8	+43.3
43	81	Elena Epuran (ROM)	3:20.5	+1:24.0
44	77	Aleksandra Artemenko (URS)	4:04.5	+2:08.0
		Hedi Beeler (SUI)	DQ
		Carlyn Kruger (CAN)	DQ
		Vera Schenone (ITA)	DQ
		Jeanne Sandford (GBR)	DQ
		Betsy Snite (USA)	DQ

Source:[2]

See also

• Olympic Games
• International Olympic Committee
• List of IOC country codes
• 1956 Winter Olympics

Notes

1. "Alpine Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
2. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 588–589

References

• Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956). VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report (PDF). Cortina d'Ampezzo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2010-03-02.