Great Britain at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors41 (31 men, 10 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearerStuart Parkinson (bobsleigh)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain 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
Douglas Mackintosh Downhill DSQ –
Robin Brock-Hollinshead DSQ –
Nigel Gardner 4:00.7 34
Charlach Mackintosh 3:41.4 30
Robin Hooper Giant Slalom 4:02.2 66
Noel Harrison 4:00.1 64
Nigel Gardner 3:51.8 58
Sandy Whitelaw 3:49.4 56
Peter Torrens Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ –
Sandy Whitelaw DSQ – – – DSQ –
Noel Harrison 2:14.7 (+0:05) 50 2:36.0 45 4:50.7 47
Peter Seilern 2:08.0 48 2:46.7 53 4:54.7 48
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jeanne Sandford Downhill 2:15.1 43
Renate Holmes 2:05.0 41
Zandra Nowell 1:59.0 35
Jeanne Sandford Giant Slalom DSQ –
Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore 2:39.8 42
Renate Holmes 2:19.0 38
Adeline Pryor 2:03.1 21
Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore Slalom 1:54.4 39 1:26.0 32 3:20.4 35
Adeline Pryor 1:35.2 37 DNS – DNF –
Renate Holmes 1:15.0 31 1:40.9 35 2:55.9 34
Zandra Nowell 57.5 5 1:28.3 33 2:25.8 25

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GBR-1 Clifford Schellenberg
John Rainforth 		Two-man 1:24.52 3 1:26.57 16 1:25.88 11 1:26.39 15 5:43.36 11
GBR-2 Stuart Parkinson
Christopher Williams 		Two-man 1:25.63 10 1:24.53 9 1:26.73 16 1:25.94 11 5:42.83 10
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GBR-1 Keith Schellenberg
Rollo Brandt
Ralph Raffles
John Rainforth 		Four-man 1:21.39 19 1:18.73 6 1:20.42 10 1:21.58 16 5:22.12 12
GBR-2 Stuart Parkinson
John Read
Christopher Williams
Rodney Mann 		Four-man 1:20.72 15 1:19.92 11 1:22.51 19 1:20.58 12 5:23.73 17

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Aubrey Fielder 59:59 60
John Moore 59:31 58
Andrew Morgan 59:27 57
Maurice Gover 58:58 56
30 km Thomas Cairney 2'13:41 51
James Spencer 2'10:32 49
John Moore 2'08:58 47
Andrew Morgan 2'03:55 45
50 km Richard Aylmer 4'11:40 30
Toby Graham 3'48:17 29
Thomas Cairney 3'44:54 28
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Andrew Morgan
James Spencer
Aubrey Fielder
Maurice Gover 		2'38:44 14

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Michael Booker 6 6 154.26 53.5 6
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Dianne Peach 13 13 144.75 151 14
Erica Batchelor 9 12 149.67 116 11
Yvonne Sugden 4 9 156.62 53 4
Pairs
Athletes Points Places Rank
Patricia Krau
Rodney Ward 		9.86 93 11
Joyce Coates
Anthony Holles 		10.00 88 10

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m John Hearn 45.9 45
Alex Connell 45.2 44
Johnny Cronshey 42.9 21
1500 m Alex Connell 2:23.0 50
John Hearn 2:17.5 33
Johnny Cronshey 2:15.0 19
5000 m Alex Connell 8:42.5 42
John Hearn 8:21.4 26
Johnny Cronshey 8:10.1 15
10,000 m John Hearn 17:27.6 20
Johnny Cronshey 17:05.6 11

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