1956 Winter Olympics

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Winter Olympic Games multi-sport event

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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1960 Winter Olympics → precededBy → 1956 Winter Olympics ⓘ
VIII Olympic Winter Games → previousEvent → 1956 Winter Olympics ⓘ