1956
26.01-05.02.1956. Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
7th Winter Olympic
Games
27.01.1956.
Giant Slalom,
women at 11h
29.01.1956.
Giant Slalom,
men at 10h
30.01.1956.
Slalom, women
at
11h
31.01.1956.
Slalom, men
at
10:30
01.02.1956.
Downhill, women
at 11:30
01.02.1956.
Alpine
Combined, women*
03.02.1956.
Downhill, men at 11h
03.02.1956.
Alpine
Combined, men*
Major races
of 1956.
* Alpine
Combined event counted for the World Championships only,
so no olympic medals were awarded for this event. The
results of all
three disciplines (Downhill, Slalom, Giant Slalom) were
translated into
points, and then added together to decide the winner of the
Combined event.