Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics

At the 1956 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested.^[1]

Bobsleigh at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Dates	27 January – 4 February 1956
Competitors	101 from 14 nations
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Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Two-man details	Italy (ITA) Italy I Lamberto Dalla Costa Giacomo Conti	Italy (ITA) Italy II Eugenio Monti Renzo Alverà	Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Max Angst Harry Warburton
Four-man details	Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Angst	Italy (ITA) Italy II Eugenio Monti Ulrico Girardi Renzo Alverà Renato Mocellini	United States (USA) USA I Arthur Tyler William Dodge Charles Thomas Butler James Lamy

Participating nations

•  Austria (9)
•  Belgium (2)
•  France (6)
•  United Team of Germany (10)
•  Great Britain (9)
•  Italy (10)
•  Liechtenstein (2)
•  Norway (5)
•  Poland (9)
•  Romania (8)
•  Spain (4)
•  Sweden (9)
•  Switzerland (8)
•  United States (11)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	1	2	0	3
2	Switzerland	1	0	1	2
3	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6