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.[1][2]

Nordic Combined
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
VenueTrampolino Olimpico (ski jumping)
Lo Stadio della neve (cross-country skiing)
Dates29–31 January 1956
Competitors36 from 12 nations
Winning Score457.95
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sverre Stenersen  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bengt Eriksson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Franciszek Gąsienica Groń  Poland
← 1952
1960 →

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 edit

Medal table edit

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Norway1001
2  Sweden0101
3  Poland0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Franciszek Gąsienica Groń's bronze medal was the first, and as of 2010, only, medal for Poland in nordic combined.

Events edit

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

Individual edit

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.[1]

Rank Name Country Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3 Total Rank Time Points Rank
  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 edit

Twelve nations participated in nordic combined at the Cortina Games. The Soviet Union made their Olympic nordic combined debut.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "VII Giochi Olimpici Invernali - Rapporto ufficiale" (PDF). COMITATO OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO. LA84 Foundation. 1956. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "Nordic Combined at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

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