United States at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors	67 (57 men, 10 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	James Bickford (bobsleigh)
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.

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 Women's singles February 2  Silver Ronald Robertson Figure skating Men's singles February 1  Silver Carol Heiss Figure skating Women's singles February 2  Silver United States men's national ice hockey team Wendell Anderson Wellington Burtnett Eugene Campbell Gordon Christian Bill Cleary Richard Dougherty Willard Ikola John Matchefts John Mayasich Daniel McKinnon Richard Meredith Weldon Olson Jack Petroske Kenneth Purpur Don Rigazio Richard Rodenheiser Ed 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%

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		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		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		1:17.75	3	1:17.87	3	1:18.25	3	1:18.52	3	5:12.39

Individual

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

Mixed

Summary

Team	Event	First round			Consolation round			Medal round
		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			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

• Official Olympic Reports
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
• Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com