Cortina d'Ampezzo
1956

Where?	Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
Which Olympics?	The seventh (winter)
How long was it?	From 26 January till 5 February
Joining countries:	32
Athletes:	819
Whereof women:	132

These Olympics had cost about 5 million dollar, the most of it came from the Italian football pool. But despite all fantastic provisions were there problems. Like the earlier Winter Olympics there was imported snow for a few numbers.

During the opening was gone something wrong. The last runner in the relay race with the Olympic flame, Guido Caroli (an Italian speed-skater), fell during his last round at the stadium, but fortunately the flame kept burning.

Norway had won since 1924 15 of the 18 ski-jumping-numbers. But Norway didn't had a man at the first six in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Finland had won the golden and silver medals, maybe through their new jump-technique.

Small facts:

• Guiliana Chenal-Minuzzo (she had won the bronze medal in 1952 at the downhill) was the first woman who did the Olympic oath.
• The USSR had sent for the first time athletes to the Olympic Games since 1908. So these were the first Olympics for the Russian people.
• These Olympics were the first which was broadcasted directly. Therefore were not much visitors in the stadiums.
• The GDR and FRG participated these Olympics as 1 country. However was seen the bronze medal from Harry Glass through the East Germans as the first Olympic medal for the GDR.

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