Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
| Women's downhill at the VII Olympic Winter Games
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Mt. Tofana, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
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| Date | 1 February 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 44 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:40.7 | ||||||||||||
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Madeleine Berthod |
 Switzerland
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Frieda Dänzer |
Switzerland
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Lucile Wheeler |
 Canada
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The women's downhill event at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 1 February on Mt. Tofana. The course was 1.552 kilometres (0.96 miles) in length with a vertical drop of 502 metres (1,647 ft) and twenty control gates. The Swiss took the top two spots; Madeleine Berthod won the gold and Frieda Dänzer took the silver, and Lucile Wheeler of Canada won the bronze. Forty-four women from sixteen countries finished the race.
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Wednesday, 1 February 1956
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