United States at the 1956 Winter Olympics
# United States at the 1956 Winter Olympics

The United States competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

As Squaw Valley would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, an American segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

## Medalists

American figure skaters swept the men's singles competition, taking all three medals. The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Hayes Alan Jenkins | Figure skating | Men's singles | February 1 |
| Gold | Tenley Albright | Figure skating | Ladies' singles | February 2 |
| Silver | Ronald Robertson | Figure skating | Men's singles | February 1 |
| Silver | Carol Heiss | Figure skating | Ladies' singles | February 2 |
| Silver | United States men's national ice hockey team Wendell AndersonWellington BurtnettEugene CampbellGordon ChristianBill ClearyRichard DoughertyWillard IkolaJohn MatcheftsJohn MayasichDaniel McKinnonRichard MeredithWeldon OlsonJack PetroskeKenneth PurpurDon RigazioRichard RodenheiserEd Sampson | Ice hockey | Men's tournament | February 4 |
| Bronze | David Jenkins | Figure skating | Men's singles | February 1 |
| Bronze | Charles Butler William Dodge James Lamy Arthur Tyler | Bobsleigh | Four-man | February 4 |

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Figure skating | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Ice hockey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobsleigh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |

Medals by gender :

| Gender | | | | Total | Percentage |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Male | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 71.4% |
| Female | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28.6% |
| Total | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 100% |

## Alpine skiing

Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Bill Beck | Downhill | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Marvin Melville | Downhill | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Ralph Miller | Downhill | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Buddy Werner | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 3:05.8 | 11 |
| Tom Corcoran | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 3:16.0 | 14 |
| Brooks Dodge | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 3:16.4 | 15 |
| Ralph Miller | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 3:15.8 | 13 |
| Buddy Werner | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 3:21.5 | 21 |
| Tom Corcoran | Slalom | 1:37.1 | 27 | 2:04.2 | 16 | 3:41.3 | 19 |
| Brooks Dodge | Slalom | 1:27.6 | 3 | 1:54.2 | 8 | 3:21.8 | 4 |
| Ralph Miller | Slalom | 1:34.0 | 18 | 2:13.8 | 26 | 3:47.8 | 22 |
| Buddy Werner | Slalom | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Andrea Mead Lawrence | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:55.2 | 30 |
| Penny Pitou | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:58.9 | 34 |
| Dorothy Surgenor | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:01.5 | 38 |
| Gladys Werner | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:49.6 | 10 |
| Andrea Mead Lawrence | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:58.3 | 4 |
| Penny Pitou | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:10.4 | 34 |
| Betsy Snite | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Gladys Werner | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:04.0 | 22 |
| Andrea Mead Lawrence | Slalom | 1:10.5 | 27 | 1:15.3 | 25 | 2:25.8 | 25 |
| Penny Pitou | Slalom | 1:26.2 | 33 | 1:16.3 | 27 | 2:42.5 | 31 |
| Dorothy Surgenor | Slalom | 1:09.1 | 25 | 1:08.2 | 22 | 2:17.3 | 20 |
| Gladys Werner | Slalom | 1:13.9 | 28 | 1:16.2 | 26 | 2:30.1 | 27 |

## Bobsleigh

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Arthur Tyler Edgar Seymour | Two-man | 1:25.41 | 9 | 1:23.77 | 3 | 1:24.44 | 5 | 1:26.46 | 17 | 5:40.08 | 6 |
| Waightman Washbond Piet Biesiadecki | Two-man | 1:24.82 | 8 | 1:24.15 | 7 | 1:24.78 | 7 | 1:24.41 | 3 | 5:38.16 | 5 |
| James Bickford Donald Jacques Lawrence McKillip Hubert Miller | Four-man | 1:20.97 | 17 | 1:22.47 | 20 | 1:21.22 | 16 | 1:20.50 | 11 | 5:25.16 | 19 |
| Arthur Tyler William Dodge Charles Butler James Lamy | Four-man | 1:17.75 | 3 | 1:17.87 | 3 | 1:18.25 | 3 | 1:18.52 | 3 | 5:12.39 | |

## Cross-country skiing

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Larry Damon | Men's 15 km | 57:18 | 51 |
| Mack Miller | Men's 15 km | 56:08 | 41 |
| Buck Levy | Men's 30 km | 2:10:56 | 50 |
| Mack Miller | Men's 30 km | 2:00:38 | 38 |
| Marvin Crawford Larry Damon Theodore Farwell Mack Miller | Men's 4 × 10 km relay | 2:32:04 | 12 |

## Figure skating

Individual

| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank |
| David Jenkins | Men's singles | 3 | 3 | 162.82 | 27 | |
| Hayes Alan Jenkins | Men's singles | 1 | 2 | 166.43 | 13 | |
| Ronald Robertson | Men's singles | 2 | 1 | 165.79 | 16 | |
| Tenley Albright | Ladies' singles | 1 | 1 | 169.67 | 12 | |
| Carol Heiss | Ladies' singles | 2 | 2 | 168.02 | 21 | |
| Catherine Machado | Ladies' singles | 10 | 3 | 153.48 | 86.5 | 8 |

Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Lucille Ash Sully Kothmann | Pairs | 10.63 | 59.5 | 7 |
| Carole Ann Ormaca Robin Greiner | Pairs | 10.71 | 56 | 5 |

## Ice hockey

Summary

| Team | Event | First round | First round | First round | Consolation round | Consolation round | Consolation round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| United States men | Men's tournament | Czechoslovakia L 3–4 | Poland W 4–0 | 2 Q | Bye | Bye | Bye | Germany W 7–2 | Canada W 4–1 | Sweden W 6–1 | Soviet Union L 0–4 | Czechoslovakia W 9–4 | |

First round Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |

* Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA
* USA 4-0 Poland

Medal round

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 8 |
| 3 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 2 |
| 6 | Germany | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1 |

* USA 7-2 Germany (UTG)
* USA 4-1 Canada
* USA 6-1 Sweden
* USSR 4-0 USA
* USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia

## Nordic combined

| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Marvin Crawford | Individual | 97.5 | 99.0 | 196.5 | 17 | 1:02:24 | 216.400 | 26 | 412.900 | 23 |
| Theodore Farwell | Individual | 88.5 | 85.0 | 173.5 | 33 | 1:01:21 | 220.500 | 22 | 394.000 | 30 |
| Buck Levy | Individual | 80.5 | 81.5 | 162.0 | 36 | 1:05:42 | 203.600 | 33 | 365.600 | 35 |
| Charles Tremblay | Individual | 91.0 | 91.0 | 182.0 | 30 | 1:07:40 | 196.000 | 34 | 378.000 | 34 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Art Devlin | Normal hill | 74.0 | 98.5 | 24 | 72.5 | 96.0 | 23 | 194.5 | 21 |
| Willis Olson | Normal hill | 65.0 | 84.5 | 45 | 69.5 | 90.0 | 34 | 174.5 | 43 |
| Dick Rahoi | Normal hill | 71.5 | 86.0 | 42 | 78.0 fall | 72.0 | 50 | 158.0 | 51 |
| Roy Sherwood | Normal hill | 71.5 | 94.0 | 31 | 68.0 | 89.0 | 38 | 183.0 | 36 |

## Speed skating

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bill Carow | 500 m | 41.8 | 6 |
| Ken Henry | 500 m | 42.8 | 17 |
| Don McDermott | 500 m | 43.2 | 25 |
| Johnny Werket | 500 m | 42.4 | 11 |
| Don McDermott | 1500 m | 2:18.6 | 37 |
| Pat McNamara | 1500 m | 2:15.2 | 20 |
| Gene Sandvig | 1500 m | 2:17.1 | 30 |
| Johnny Werket | 1500 m | 2:16.1 | 25 |
| Chuck Burke | 5000 m | 8:47.4 | 43 |
| Art Longsjo | 5000 m | 8:40.0 | 40 |
| Pat McNamara | 5000 m | 8:10.6 | 17 |
| Gene Sandvig | 5000 m | 8:25.5 | 31 |
| Pat McNamara | 10,000 m | 17:45.6 | 27 |
