- Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Games 
Flag of Czechoslovakia – Flag bearersIOC code TCH At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo Competitors 41 (35 men, 6 women) in 7 sports Flag bearer Vlastimil Bubník (ice hockey) Medals Gold
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Contents
Alpine skiingMain article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics- Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Jaroslav Bogdálek Downhill DSQ – Vladimír Krajňák DSQ – Evžen Čermák 3:18.0 17 Kurt Hennrich 3:01.5 7 Vladimír Krajňák Giant Slalom 3:31.0 38 Kurt Hennrich 3:30.4 36 Evžen Čermák 3:27.7 32 Jaroslav Bogdálek 3:27.3 31 Vladimír Krajňák Slalom n/a ? DSQ – DSQ – Jaroslav Bogdálek 2:00.4 44 2:06.9 22 4:07.3 29 Kurt Hennrich 1:58.3 (+0:05) 42 2:20.2 31 4:18.5 36 Evžen Čermák 1:37.5 28 2:05.3 19 3:42.8 21 
Cross-country skiingMain article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 15 km Jaroslav Cardal 56:12 42 Josef Prokeš 55:05 36 Ilja Matouš 52:04 13 30 km Jaroslav Cardal 1'51:05 18 Josef Prokeš 1'50:49 16 Ilja Matouš 1'48:12 10 - Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race Time Rank Emil Okuliár
Vlastimil Melich
Josef Prokeš
Ilja Matouš2'24:54 8 - Women
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 10 km Eva Paulusová-Benešová 43:42 28 Olga Krasilová 43:10 25 Libuše Patočková 41:52 19 Eva Lauermanová 41:04 14 - Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race Time Rank Eva Paulusová-Benešová
Libuše Patočková
Eva Lauermanová1'14:19 6 
Figure skatingMain article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics- Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank Karol Divín 5 5 154.25 49.5 5 - Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank Jindriska Kramperova 21 17 136.67 209 20 - Pairs
Athletes Points Places Rank Věra Suchánková
Zdeněk Doležal10.53 68.5 8 
Ice hockeyMain article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter OlympicsGroup B
Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.
Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts 1 
Czechoslovakia2 2 0 0 12 6 4 2 
United States2 1 1 0 7 4 2 3 
Poland2 0 2 0 3 12 0 - Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA
- Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland
Games for 1st-6th places
Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts 1 
Soviet Union5 5 0 0 25 5 10 2 United States5 4 1 0 26 12 8 3 
Canada5 3 2 0 23 11 6 4 
Sweden5 1 3 1 10 17 3 5 Czechoslovakia5 1 4 0 20 30 2 6 
Germany5 0 4 1 6 35 1 - Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
- Sweden 5-0 Czechoslovakia
- USSR 7-4 Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovakia 9-3 Germany (UTG)
- USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia
Leading scorers
Rk Team GP G A Pts 8th Vlastimil Bubník7 5 4 9 Contestants
Jan Vodička
Ján Jendek
Karel Gut
Jan Kasper
Václav Bubník
Jaromír Bünter
Slavomír Bartoň
Vlastimil Bubník
Bronislav Danda
Zdeněk Návrat
František Vaněk
Bohumil Prošek
Miroslav Kluc
Stanislav Bacílek
Vladimír Zábrodský
Otto Cimrman
Václav Pantůček
Nordic combinedMain article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter OlympicsEvents:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank Vlastimil Melich Individual 62.0 65.0 183.5 28 57:18 236.100 4 419.600 18 Josef Nüsser 68.0 65.5 189.5 25 59:28 227.800 13 417.300 22 Vítězslav Lahr 68.0 67.0 193.0 22 57:39 234.800 5 427.800 12 
Ski jumpingMain article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter OlympicsAthlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank Jáchym Bulín Normal hill 71.5 93.5 34 70.5 92.5 30 186.0 29 Mojmír Stuchlík 74.0 98.5 24 74.0 89.0 38 187.5 28 
Speed skatingMain article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 500 m Jaroslav Doubek 43.6 30 Vladimír Kolář 43.5 28 Bohumil Jauris 42.8 17 1500 m Jaroslav Doubek 2:19.2 39 Vladimír Kolář 2:16.5 27 Bohumil Jauris 2:13.6 15 5000 m Vladimír Kolář 8:08.9 13 10,000 m Bohumil Jauris 17:38.4 26 Vladimír Kolář 17:16.9 14 References
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com
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