The men's alpine skiing downhill event of the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was held on Friday, 3 February, at 11:00 a.m. The starting elevation on the Olimpia - Tofana run was above sea level and the course length was , with a vertical drop of and just fifteen control gates.
Defending Olympic champion Zeno Colò of Italy had retired two years earlier and defending world champion Christian Pravda of Austria did not participate.
It was the final alpine event of the games and the third straight victory for Toni Sailer of Austria.Cortina 1956 Olympic Winter Games Report - page 595 His average speed was , with an average vertical descent rate of .
It was the third appearance of the downhill event at the Winter Games, which debuted in 1948. Seventy-five alpine skiers from 27 nations competed.
Results Friday, 3 February 1956 Place Bib Competitor Time Difference 14 2:52.2 — 25 2:55.7 +3.5 20 2:56.2 +4.0 4 21 2:57.1 +4.9 5 7 2:59.8 +7.6 6 11 3:00.2 +8.0 7 46 3:01.5 +9.3 8 17 3:01.9 +9.7 9 23 3:02.4 +10.2 10 9 3:05.4 +13.2 11 4 3:05.8 +13.6 12 31 3:07.7 +15.5 13 16 3:08.0 +15.8 14 35 3:08.8 +16.6 15 12 3:09.3 +17.1 16 32 3:16.6 +24.4 17 38 3:18.0 +25.8 18 62 3:18.1 +25.9 19 29 3:21.6 +29.4 20 1 3:22.2 +30.0 21 15 3:26.5 +34.3 22 55 3:28.5 +36.3 23 50 3:29.2 +37.0 24 60 3:30.0 +37.8 25 33 3:31.2 +39.0 26 58 3:36.8 +44.6 27 48 3:38.5 +46.3 28 44 3:39.1 +46.9 29 36 3:41.1 +48.9 30 87 3:41.4 +49.2 31 84 3:46.5 +54.3 32 42 3:50.4 +58.2 33 63 3:52.2 +1:00.0 34 45 4:00.7 +1:08.5 35 54 4:02.0 +1:09.8 36 53 4:02.1 +1:09.9 37 91 4:08.9 +1:16.7 38 89 4:16.6 +1:24.4 39 72 4:22.0 +1:29.8 40 85 4:23.7 +1:31.5 41 79 4:25.4 +1:33.2 42 69 4:33.1 +1:40.9 43 81 4:57.6 +2:05.4 44 77 5:02.7 +2:10.5 45 73 5:15.8 +2:23.6 46 90 5:44.2 +2:52.0 47 92 8:03.2 +5:11.0 — 2 DSQ 3 DSQ 5 DSQ 6 DSQ 8 DSQ 10 DSQ 13 DSQ 18 DSQ 22 DSQ 24 DSQ 30 DSQ 37 DSQ 39 DSQ 43 DSQ 47 DSQ 49 DSQ 51 DSQ 56 DSQ 57 DSQ 59 DSQ 61 DSQ 64 DSQ 65 DSQ 71 DSQ 74 DSQ 80 DSQ 86 DSQ 93 DSQ
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External links Official Olympic Report Olympic Results