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Alpine Skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics |  | ||||
| Medalists - Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956: | |||||
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Renee Colliard |  |
SUI | ||
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Regina Schöpf |  |
AUT | ||
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Yevgenya Sidorova |  |
URS | ||
| Facts - Women's Slalom - Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 | |||||
 | Venue: Tofana di Mezzo | ||||
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Participants: 48 athletes participated in the event. | ||||
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Schedule: The final took place on Monday, January 30, 1956. | ||||
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Format: Each skier ran two races down the slalom course. In the slalom event the skiers had to pass a number of gates marked with poles. In slalom the gates were placed much closer than in the giant slalom event and the skiers had to make quicker and shorter turns. The Gold Medal winner was the athlete with the best total time for the two races.
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| These facts about Women's Slalom - Alpine Skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo is based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
