Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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| Ski jumping at the VII Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Trampolino Olimpico | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 5 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 51 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning Score | 227.0 | ||||||||||||
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Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 5 February[1] The competition took place at the Trampolino Olimpico Italia with a K-Point of 72m.[2]
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Finland (FIN) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  United Team of Germany (EUA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Both Finland, which led the medal table, and the unified Germany team won their first Olympic medals in ski jumping.
Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Normal hill individual |
Antti Hyvärinen Finland |
227.0 | Aulis Kallakorpi Finland |
225.0 | Harry Glaß United Team of Germany |
224.5 |
Results
Participating NOCs
Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. The Soviet Union made its Olympic ski jumping debut.
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References
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