Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, the six alpine skiing events were held from Friday, 27 January to Friday, 3 February.[1][2] Toni Sailer of Austria won all three men's events to become the first alpine ski racer to win three gold medals in a single Olympics.The races were held at the adjacent Tofana, except for the men's giant slalom, which was held at Monte Faloria.During the Olympics from 1956 through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS for the combined event.The combined returned as a separate event at the World Championships in 1982 and at the Olympics in 1988.
TofanaFaloriaCortina d'Ampezzo1956 Winter Olympicsalpine skiingToni SailerAustriaJean-Claude Killymen's giant slalomMonte Faloriamen's downhilldetailsRaymond FellaySwitzerlandAnderl MoltererWalter SchusterChiharu IgayaStig SollanderSwedenMadeleine BerthodFrieda DänzerLucille WheelerCanadaOssi ReichertUnited Team of GermanyPutzi FrandlThea HochleitnerRenée ColliardRegina SchöpfYevgeniya SidorovaSoviet UnionWinter OlympicsWorld Championshipsgiant slalomcombinedCharles BozonAsle SjåstadGino BurriniDownhillSlalomGiuliana Chenal-MinuzzoDorothea HochleitnerBorghild NiskinJosefine FrandlBobsleighCross‑country skiingFigure skatingIce hockeyNordic combinedSki jumpingSpeed skatingAlpine skiing at the Winter OlympicsList of medalistsList of venuesFIS Alpine World Ski Championships1931 Mürren1932 Cortina d'Ampezzo1933 Innsbruck1934 St. Moritz1935 Mürren1936 Innsbruck1937 Chamonix1938 Engelberg1939 Zakopane1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo1948 St. Moritz1950 Aspen1952 Oslo1954 Åre1958 Badgastein1960 Squaw Valley1962 Chamonix1964 Innsbruck1966 Portillo1968 Grenoble1970 Val Gardena1972 Sapporo1974 St. Moritz1976 Innsbruck1978 Garmisch-Partenkirchen1980 Lake Placid1982 Schladming1985 Bormio1987 Crans-Montana1989 Vail1991 Saalbach1993 Morioka1996 Sierra Nevada1997 Sestriere1999 Vail2001 St. Anton2003 St. Moritz2005 Bormio2007 Åre2009 Val d'Isère2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen2013 Schladming2015 Vail/Beaver Creek2017 St. Moritz2019 Åre2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo2023 Courchevel-Méribel2025 Saalbach-HinterglemmList of alpine skiing world champions