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Host nation: ITA Italy
Opening date: 26 January 1956
Closing date: 5 February 1956
Olympic flame lit by Guido Caroli
Olympic oath taken by Giuliana Minuzzo Chenal
Other candidate cities: Colorado Springs (USA); Lake Placid (USA); Montreal (CAN)
Number of athletes: 821
Index of athletes
Athletes by sport
Athletes by nation
Medallists
Medallists by sport
Medallists by nation
Results
Records
Medal Table
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||
| URS | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| AUT | Austria | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| FIN | Finland | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| SUI | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| SWE | Sweden | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| USA | United States of America | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| NOR | Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| ITA | Italy | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| GER | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CAN | Canada | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| JPN | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| HUN | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| POL | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 |