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Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics |  | ||||
| Medalists - Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956: | |||||
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Franz Kapus |  |
SUI | ||
| Gottfried Diener | |||||
| Robert Alt | |||||
| Heinrich Angst | |||||
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Eugenio Monti |  |
ITA | ||
| Ulrico Giardi | |||||
| Renzo Alvera | |||||
| Renato Mocellini | |||||
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James Ernest Lamy |  |
USA | ||
| Arthur Tyler | |||||
| William Dodge | |||||
| Charles Butler | |||||
| Facts - Men's Four-man - Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 | |||||
 | Venue: Col Druscie | ||||
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Participants: 21 teams participated in the event. | ||||
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Schedule: The final took place on Saturday, February 4, 1956. | ||||
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Format: The bobsleigh teams consisted of a pilot, a brakeman and two crewmen. The pilot steers the sled on an ice track through twisting, high-speed turns. The competition was held over two days and consisted of four runs for each bobsleigh - two each day. The team with the fastest total time for the four runs was the winner of the Olympic gold medals.
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| This information about Men's Four-man - Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo is based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
 
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