Great Britain at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC codeGBR
(GRB used at these Games)
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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