Ski jumping at the VII Olympic Winter Games
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Venue | Trampolino Olimpico | ||||||||||||
Dates | February 5 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 51 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning Score | 227.0 | ||||||||||||
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Antti Hyvärinen | Finland | ||
Aulis Kallakorpi | Finland | ||
Harry Glaß | United Team of Germany |
Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 5 February The competition took place at the Trampolino Olimpico Italia with a K-Point of 72m.
Both Finland, which led the medal table, and the unified Germany team won their first Olympic medals in ski jumping.
Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games. The Soviet Union made its Olympic ski jumping debut.
Sports-Reference - 1956 Olympics - Ski jumping