Great Britain at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Great Britain at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | GBR |
NOC | British Olympic Association |
in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
Competitors | 41 (31 men, 10 women) in 5 sports |
Flag bearer | Stuart Parkinson (bobsleigh) |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Douglas Mackintosh | Downhill | DSQ | – | ||||
Robin Brock-Hollinshead | DSQ | – | |||||
Nigel Gardner | 4:00.7 | 34 | |||||
Charlach Mackintosh | 3:41.4 | 30 | |||||
Robin Hooper | Giant Slalom | 4:02.2 | 66 | ||||
Noel Harrison | 4:00.1 | 64 | |||||
Nigel Gardner | 3:51.8 | 58 | |||||
Sandy Whitelaw | 3:49.4 | 56 | |||||
Peter Torrens | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
Sandy Whitelaw | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – | |
Noel Harrison | 2:14.7 (+0:05) | 50 | 2:36.0 | 45 | 4:50.7 | 47 | |
Peter Seilern | 2:08.0 | 48 | 2:46.7 | 53 | 4:54.7 | 48 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Jeanne Sandford | Downhill | 2:15.1 | 43 | ||||
Renate Holmes | 2:05.0 | 41 | |||||
Zandra Nowell | 1:59.0 | 35 | |||||
Jeanne Sandford | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | ||||
Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore | 2:39.8 | 42 | |||||
Renate Holmes | 2:19.0 | 38 | |||||
Adeline Pryor | 2:03.1 | 21 | |||||
Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore | Slalom | 1:54.4 | 39 | 1:26.0 | 32 | 3:20.4 | 35 |
Adeline Pryor | 1:35.2 | 37 | DNS | – | DNF | – | |
Renate Holmes | 1:15.0 | 31 | 1:40.9 | 35 | 2:55.9 | 34 | |
Zandra Nowell | 57.5 | 5 | 1:28.3 | 33 | 2:25.8 | 25 |
Bobsleigh
[edit]Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
GBR-1 | Clifford Schellenberg John Rainforth |
Two-man | 1:24.52 | 3 | 1:26.57 | 16 | 1:25.88 | 11 | 1:26.39 | 15 | 5:43.36 | 11 |
GBR-2 | Stuart Parkinson Christopher Williams |
Two-man | 1:25.63 | 10 | 1:24.53 | 9 | 1:26.73 | 16 | 1:25.94 | 11 | 5:42.83 | 10 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
GBR-1 | Keith Schellenberg Rollo Brandt Ralph Raffles John Rainforth |
Four-man | 1:21.39 | 19 | 1:18.73 | 6 | 1:20.42 | 10 | 1:21.58 | 16 | 5:22.12 | 12 |
GBR-2 | Stuart Parkinson John Read Christopher Williams Rodney Mann |
Four-man | 1:20.72 | 15 | 1:19.92 | 11 | 1:22.51 | 19 | 1:20.58 | 12 | 5:23.73 | 17 |
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km | Aubrey Fielder | 59:59 | 60 |
John Moore | 59:31 | 58 | |
Andrew Morgan | 59:27 | 57 | |
Maurice Gover | 58:58 | 56 | |
30 km | Thomas Cairney | 2'13:41 | 51 |
James Spencer | 2'10:32 | 49 | |
John Moore | 2'08:58 | 47 | |
Andrew Morgan | 2'03:55 | 45 | |
50 km | Richard Aylmer | 4'11:40 | 30 |
Toby Graham | 3'48:17 | 29 | |
Thomas Cairney | 3'44:54 | 28 |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Andrew Morgan James Spencer Aubrey Fielder Maurice Gover |
2'38:44 | 14 |
Figure skating
[edit]- Men
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Michael Booker | 6 | 6 | 154.26 | 53.5 | 6 |
- Women
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Dianne Peach | 13 | 13 | 144.75 | 151 | 14 |
Erica Batchelor | 9 | 12 | 149.67 | 116 | 11 |
Yvonne Sugden | 4 | 9 | 156.62 | 53 | 4 |
- Pairs
Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
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Patricia Krau Rodney Ward |
9.86 | 93 | 11 |
Joyce Coates Anthony Holles |
10.00 | 88 | 10 |
Speed skating
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | John Hearn | 45.9 | 45 |
Alex Connell | 45.2 | 44 | |
Johnny Cronshey | 42.9 | 21 | |
1500 m | Alex Connell | 2:23.0 | 50 |
John Hearn | 2:17.5 | 33 | |
Johnny Cronshey | 2:15.0 | 19 | |
5000 m | Alex Connell | 8:42.5 | 42 |
John Hearn | 8:21.4 | 26 | |
Johnny Cronshey | 8:10.1 | 15 | |
10,000 m | John Hearn | 17:27.6 | 20 |
Johnny Cronshey | 17:05.6 | 11 |