Czechoslovakia at the
1956 Winter Olympics
IOC codeTCH
NOCCzechoslovak Olympic Committee
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors41 (35 men, 6 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearerVáclav Bubník (ice hockey)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Czech Republic (1994–)
 Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jaroslav Bogdálek Downhill DSQ –
Vladimír Krajňák DSQ –
Evžen Čermák 3:18.0 17
Kurt Hennrich 3:01.5 7
Vladimír Krajňák Giant Slalom 3:31.0 38
Kurt Hennrich 3:30.4 36
Evžen Čermák 3:27.7 32
Jaroslav Bogdálek 3:27.3 31
Vladimír Krajňák Slalom n/a ? DSQ – DSQ –
Jaroslav Bogdálek 2:00.4 44 2:06.9 22 4:07.3 29
Kurt Hennrich 1:58.3 (+0:05) 42 2:20.2 31 4:18.5 36
Evžen Čermák 1:37.5 28 2:05.3 19 3:42.8 21

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Jaroslav Cardal 56:12 42
Josef Prokeš 55:05 36
Ilja Matouš 52:04 13
30 km Jaroslav Cardal 1'51:05 18
Josef Prokeš 1'50:49 16
Ilja Matouš 1'48:12 10
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Emil Okuliár
Vlastimil Melich
Josef Prokeš
Ilja Matouš 		2'24:54 8
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km Eva Paulusová-Benešová 43:42 28
Olga Krasilová 43:10 25
Libuše Patočková 41:52 19
Eva Lauermanová 41:04 14
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Eva Paulusová-Benešová
Libuše Patočková
Eva Lauermanová 		1'14:19 6

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Karol Divín 5 5 154.25 49.5 5
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Jindriska Kramperova 21 17 136.67 209 20
Pairs
Athletes Points Places Rank
Věra Suchánková
Zdeněk Doležal 		10.53 68.5 8

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Group B

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

Games for 1st-6th places

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

Leading scorers

Rk Team GP G A Pts
8th Czechoslovakia Vlastimil Bubník 7 5 4 9
Contestants
Jan Vodička
Ján Jendek
Karel Gut
Jan Kasper
Václav Bubník
Jaromír Bünter
Slavomír Bartoň
Vlastimil Bubník
Bronislav Danda
Zdeněk Návrat
František Vaněk
Bohumil Prošek
Miroslav Klůc
Stanislav Bacílek
Vladimír Zábrodský
Otto Cimrman
Václav Pantůček

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Vlastimil Melich Individual 62.0 65.0 183.5 28 57:18 236.100 4 419.600 18
Josef Nüsser 68.0 65.5 189.5 25 59:28 227.800 13 417.300 22
Vítězslav Lahr 68.0 67.0 193.0 22 57:39 234.800 5 427.800 12

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Jáchym Bulín Normal hill 71.5 93.5 34 70.5 92.5 30 186.0 29
Mojmír Stuchlík 74.0 98.5 24 74.0 89.0 38 187.5 28

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Jaroslav Doubek 43.6 30
Vladimír Kolář 43.5 28
Bohumil Jauris 42.8 17
1500 m Jaroslav Doubek 2:19.2 39
Vladimír Kolář 2:16.5 27
Bohumil Jauris 2:13.6 15
5000 m Vladimír Kolář 8:08.9 13
10,000 m Bohumil Jauris 17:38.4 26
Vladimír Kolář 17:16.9 14

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