1956 Winter Olympics

E92297

The 1956 Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport winter event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, marking the first Winter Games to be televised internationally.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Winter Olympic Games
multi-sport event
alpineSkiingVenue Monte Faloria
Tofana
awardedAtIOCSessionCity Rome
awardedAtIOCSessionYear 1949
awardedBy International Olympic Committee
bobsleighVenue Pista Olimpica Eugenio Monti
broadcastBy CBS
European Broadcasting Union
surface form: Eurovision network

RAI
closingDate 1956-02-05
continent Europe
crossCountrySkiingVenue Cortina d'Ampezzo cross-country courses
debutNation Argentina
Bolivia
Bulgaria
Iran
South Korea
surface form: Korea

Soviet Union
Turkey
featuredSport Nordic combined
alpine skiing
bobsleigh
cross-country skiing
figure skating
ice hockey
ski jumping
speed skating
figureSkatingVenue Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio
firstTelevisedInternationally true
followedBy 1960 Winter Olympics
hostCity Cortina d'Ampezzo
hostCountry Italy
hostNation Italy
hostNationGoldMedals 1
hostNationMedalRank 8
hostNationTotalMedals 3
iceHockeyVenue Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio
lastAppearanceNation United Team of Germany
mainStadium Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio
mottoLanguage Italian
notableFor first Winter Olympics in Italy
first Winter Olympics with extensive international television coverage
numberOfAthletes 821
numberOfDisciplines 8
numberOfEvents 24
numberOfFemaleAthletes 134
numberOfMaleAthletes 687
numberOfParticipatingNations 32
numberOfSports 4
officialName VII Olympic Winter Games
olympiadNumber 7
olympicCauldronLighter Guido Caroli
olympicFlameLitIn Rome
openingDate 1956-01-26
precededBy 1952 Winter Olympics
skiJumpingVenue Trampolino Olimpico Italia
televisionCoverageRegion Europe
North America
topRankedNation Soviet Union
topRankedNationGoldMedals 7
topRankedNationTotalMedals 16
usedOlympicFlame true
year 1956

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1960 Winter Olympics precededBy 1956 Winter Olympics
VIII Olympic Winter Games previousEvent 1956 Winter Olympics
1952 Winter Olympics nextEvent 1956 Winter Olympics
Cortina d'Ampezzo hostedEvent 1956 Winter Olympics
Sixten Jernberg competedIn 1956 Winter Olympics
VII Olympic Winter Games commonName 1956 Winter Olympics
United Team of Germany participatedIn 1956 Winter Olympics
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio hostedEvent 1956 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: 1956 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio significantEvent 1956 Winter Olympics
Tofana wasVenueFor 1956 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: 1956 Winter Olympics alpine skiing events
Tofana wasVenueFor 1956 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: 1956 Winter Olympics women's downhill
Tofana wasVenueFor 1956 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: 1956 Winter Olympics giant slalom
Monte Faloria wasVenueFor 1956 Winter Olympics
Trampolino Olimpico Italia notableEvent 1956 Winter Olympics