Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The women's downhill event of the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was held on Mt. Tofana on Wednesday, 1 February.

Women's downhill
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMt. Tofana,
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date1 February 1956
Competitors44 from 16 nations
Winning time1:40.7
Medalists
Madeleine Berthod  Switzerland
Frieda Dänzer  Switzerland
Lucile Wheeler  Canada
Alpine skiing at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Women's Downhill
LocationCanalone –Tofana
Vertical   502 m (1,647 ft)
Top elevation2,114 m (6,936 ft)  
Base elevation1,612 m (5,289 ft)

The Swiss took the top two spots as Madeleine Berthod won the gold and Frieda Dänzer took the silver; Lucile Wheeler of Canada was the bronze medalist. Forty-four women from sixteen countries finished the race.[1][2][3]

The race was held on the Canalone piste, with a starting elevation of 2,114 m (6,936 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 502 m (1,647 ft); the course length was 1.552 km (0.96 mi).[3] Berthoud's winning time of 100.7 seconds yielded an average speed of 55.484 km/h (34.5 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 4.985 m/s (16.4 ft/s).

Results

Wednesday, 1 February 1956
The race was started at 11:30 local time, (UTC+1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −8 °C (18 °F), and the snow condition was hard.

RankBibCompetitorTimeDifference
6 Madeleine Berthod (SUI)1:40.7—
20 Frieda Dänzer (SUI)1:45.4+4.7
4 Lucile Wheeler (CAN)1:45.9+5.2
412 Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo (ITA)1:47.3+6.6
415 Hilde Hofherr (AUT)1:47.3+6.6
61 Carla Marchelli (ITA)1:47.7+7.0
721 Dorothea Hochleitner (AUT)1:47.9+7.2
818 Josette Nevière (FRA)1:49.2+8.5
97 Borghild Niskin (NOR)1:49.5+8.8
1028 Gladys Werner (USA)1:49.6+8.9
1126 Anna Pellissier (ITA)1:49.7+9.0
1222 Trude Klecker (AUT)1:50.6+9.9
1323 Josefine Frandl (AUT)1:51.0+10.3
1451 Aleksandra Artyomenko (URS)1:51.1+10.4
1530 Eivor Berglund (SWE)1:51.6+10.9
1532 Rosmarie Reichenbach (SUI)1:51.6+10.9
1710 Barbara Grocholska (POL)1:51.7+11.0
1829 Ingrid Englund (SWE)1:51.8+11.1
1911 Maria Kowalska (POL)1:51.9+11.2
2016 Ossi Reichert (EUA)1:52.3+11.6
2114 Marysette Agnel (FRA)1:52.4+11.7
2237 Anne Heggtveit (CAN)1:53.2+12.5
2231 Carlyn Kruger (CAN)1:53.2+12.5
2425 Madeleine Front (FRA)1:53.6+12.9
252 Hedi Beeler (SUI)1:54.0+13.3
2639 Inger Jorgensen (NOR)1:54.3+13.6
279 Astrid Sandvik (NOR)1:54.4+13.7
2841 Slava Zupančič (YUG)1:54.5+13.8
2913 Hannelore Glaser (EUA)1:54.7+14.0
305 Andrea Mead Lawrence (USA)1:55.2+14.5
3152 Jakobína Jakobsdóttir (ISL)1:57.2+16.5
3219 Sonja Sperl (EUA)1:57.8+17.1
3353 Ginette Seguin (CAN)1:58.2+17.5
3447 Penny Pitou (USA)1:58.9+18.2
3550 Zandra Nowell (GBR)1:59.0+18.3
3640 Vera Schenone (ITA)1:59.2+18.5
3717 Yevgenya Sidorova (URS)1:59.8+19.1
3855 Dorothy Surgenor (USA)2:01.5+20.8
3954 Christine Davy (AUS)2:01.6+20.9
4046 Magdalena Marotineanu (ROM)2:04.0+23.3
4149 Renate Holmes (GBR)2:05.0+24.3
4238 Vivi-Anne Wassdahl (SWE)2:08.0+27.3
4345 Jeanne Sandford (GBR)2:15.1+34.4
4448 Elena Epuran (ROM)2:27.7+47.0
—3 Edith Bonlieu (FRA)INJ
8 Mirl Buchner (EUA)INJ
33 Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska (POL)INJ

Source:[3]

See also

Notes
  1. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 596
  2. "Alpine Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Women's Downhill". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 596–597

References
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