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Host City: Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956

The Winter Olympic Games were held in Corina d'Ampezzo, Italy, in 1956, between Jan 26-Feb 5. 32 Nations with 820 participants competed in 24 events.

Trivia

  • These were the first Winter Games to be televised.

  • At these Games the Soviet Union (USSR) participated in its first ever Winter Olympics, and were able to take home the most medals, including the gold medal in ice hockey.

  • Toni Sailer of Austria became the first skier to sweep all three Alpine events.

  • The U.S. made a near clean sweep five of the six medals in individual figure skating, the lone exception being Austria's Ingrid Wendl's who won a bronze.

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