Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

Men's slalom; at the VII Olympic Winter Games
	240px Medalists Sollander, Sailer, and Igaya
Venue	Col Druscié, Tofana; Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date	31 January 1956
Competitors	88 from 29 nations
Winning time	3:14.7
Medalists
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Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Downhill	men	women
Giant Slalom	men	women
Slalom	men	women

The men's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on the Col Druscié run on Tuesday, 31 January. The course length was 617 metres (2,024 ft) with a vertical drop of 251 m (823 ft); the first run had 79 gates and the second had 92 gates. Fifty-seven athletes finished both runs and 23 were disqualified during the first run, and eight during the second. Twenty-nine countries were represented and Toni Sailer of Austria won the second of his three gold medals at these Games. Chiharu Igaya won the silver (the only medal for of Japan at these Games) and Stig Sollander of Sweden took the bronze. ^[1]

U.S. head coach Robert Sheehan filed a protest that Igaya straddled a gate on the second run, a five-second penalty at the time. Although backed up by the Swedish coach, an infraction was not called and after hours of deliberation, Igaya was awarded the silver medal.^[2]

Results

Place	Alpine skier	1st run	2nd run	Total	Difference
	Toni Sailer (AUT)	87.3	107.4	194.7
	Chiharu Igaya (JPN)	90.2	108.5	198.7	+4.0
	Stig Sollander (SWE)	89.2	111.0	200.2	+5.5
4	Brooks Dodge (USA)	87.6	114.2	201.8	+7.1
5	Georges Schneider (SUI)	89.0	113.6	202.6	+7.9
6	Gerard Pasquier (FRA)	91.0	113.6	204.6	+9.9
7	Charles Bozon (FRA)	92.3	113.9	206.2	+11.5
8	Bernard Perret (FRA)	91.7	114.6	206.3	+11.6
9	Beni Obermueller (GER)	92.3	115.2	207.5	+12.8
10	Rene Rey (SUI)	94.1	113.6	207.7	+13.0
11	Raymond Fellay (SUI)	92.8	119.3	212.1	+17.4
12	Othmar Schneider (AUT)	95.8	120.0	215.8	+21.1
13	Gueorgui Dimitrov (BUL)	95.2	120.7	215.9	+21.2
14	Ake Nilsson (SWE)	99.8	117.5	217.3	+22.6
15	Olle Dalman (SWE)	94.2	118.4*	217.6	+22.9
16	Jan Ciaptak-Gasienica (POL)	93.8	126.5	220.0	+25.3
17	Guido Ghedina (ITA)	92.6	128.1	220.7	+26.0
18	Asle Sjåstad (NOR)	96.4	124.5	220.9	+26.2
19	Thomas Corcoran (USA)	97.1	124.2	221.3	+26.6
20	Hans Andresen (NOR)	95.0	126.8	221.8	+27.1
21	Evzen Cermak (TCH)	97.5	125.3	222.8	+28.1
22	Ralph Miller (USA)	94.0	128.8*	227.8	+33.1
23	Andrzej Roj-Gasienica (POL)	110.6	125.2	235.8	+41.1
24	Victor Talianov (URS)	109.2	126.9	236.1	+41.4
25	Karl Zillibiller (GER)	96.6	138.6*	240.2	+45.5
26	Eysteinn Thordarson (ISL)	104.7	135.6	240.3	+45.6
27	Bruno Burrini (ITA)	96.2	144.2	240.4	+45.7
28	Ludvig Dornik (YUG)	109.3	133.4	242.7	+48.0
29	Jaroslav Bogdalek (TCH)	120.4	126.9	247.3	+52.6
30	Aleksandr Filatov (URS)	93.5	151.0*	249.5	+54.8
31	22x20px Luis Arias (ESP)	111.7	141.1	252.8	+58.1
32	Petar Anguelov (BUL)	109.1	147.1	256.2	+1:01.5
33	Susumu Sugiyama (JPN)	111.0	146.0	257.0	+1:02.3
34	Rochus Wagner (GER)	108.7	143.7*	257.4	+1:02.7
35	22x20px Franz Beck (LIE)	124.0	133.8	257.8	+1:03.1
36	Kurt Hennrich (TCH)	113.3	140.2	258.5	+1:03.8
37	Einar Kristjansson (ISL)	110.0	148.6	258.6	+1:03.9
38	Adrien Duvillard (FRA)	87.5	161.4**	258.9	+1:04.2
39	Nicolae Pandrea (ROM)	112.9	141.2*	259.1	+1:04.4
40	Kalevi Hakkinen (FIN)	113.8	140.4*	259.2	+1:04.5
41	Gheorghe Cristoloveanu (ROM)	125.6	135.4	261.0	+1:06.3
42	Franc Cvenkelj (YUG)	118.3	148.6	266.9	+1:12.2
43	Joze Ilija (YUG)	137.5	142.3	279.8	+1:26.1
44	Vicente Vera (CHI)	127.8	159.9	287.7	+1:34.0
45	22x20px Theodore Sele (LIE)	136.7	151.1	287.8	+1:34.1
46	Denis Feron (BEL)	132.5	157.0	289.5	+1:36.8
47	Noel Harrison (GBR)	129.7*	156.0	290.7	+1:37.0
48	Peter Seilern (GBR)	128.0	166.7	294.7	+1:41.0
49	22x20px Ewald Eberle (LIE)	142.2	159.6	301.8	+1:48.1
50	22x20px André Bertrand (CAN)	162.8	140.0	302.8	+1:49.1
51	Arturo Hammersley (CHI)	150.7	152.2	302.9	+1:49.2
52	22x20px Jaime Talens (ESP)	145.7	158.5	304.2	+1:50.5
53	22x20px Leopold Schadler (LIE)	144.1	165.8	309.9	+1:56.2
54	Frank Prihoda (AUS)	174.3	163.2	337.5	+2:23.8
55	Mahmoud Beiglou (IRI)	171.7*	174.6	351.3	+2:37.6
56	22x20px Luis Molne (ESP)	165.5	187.5	353.0	+2:39.3
57	Ibrahim Geagea (LIB)	169.7	198.9	368.6	+2:54.9
—	Martin Julien (SUI)	DSQ
	Andreas Molterer (AUT)	DSQ
	Buddy Werner (USA)	DSQ
	Paride Milianti (ITA)	DSQ
	Sandy Whirelaw (GBR)	DSQ
	Hans Olofsson (SWE)	DSQ
	Jan Zarycki (POL)	DSQ
	Pentti Alemen (FIN)	DSQ
	Stefan Kristjansson (ISL)	DSQ
	Osman Yuce (TUR)	DSQ
	Juri Sharkov (URS)	DSQ
	Muzzaffer Demirhan (TUR)	DSQ
	William Day (AUS)	DSQ
	Mahmut Eroglu (TUR)	DSQ
	22x20px Francisco Viladomat (ESP)	DSQ
	Rene Farwig-Guillen (BOL)	DSQ
	Aris Vatimbella (GRE)	DSQ
	Reza Bazargan (IRI)	DSQ
	Jean Kairouz (LIB)	DSQ
	Benik Amirian (IRI)	DSQ
	Peter Torrens (GBR)	DSQ
	Anthony Aslungal (AUS)	DSQ
	Zeki Samiloglu (TUR)	DSQ
—	Josl Rieder (AUT)		DSQ
	Guttorm Berge (NOR)		DSQ
	Sepp Behr (GER)		DSQ
	Italo Pedroncelli (ITA)		DSQ
	Vladimir Krajnak (TCH)		DSQ
	Gueorgui Varockhin (BUL)		DSQ
	Viatcheslav Meljnikov (URS)		DSQ
	Jan Thorstensen (NOR)		DSQ