1956 Winter Olympics
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The 1956 Winter Olympics was the seventh edition of the Winter Olympic Games, held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. It brought together winter sports athletes from around the world to compete in events like skiing, ice skating, and ice hockey.
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The Olympic torch of Cortina 1956 Winter Games used by Olympic Champion Zeno Colò (Italy) Private collection Fabio Ferrari The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games (Italian: VII Giochi olimpici invernali or VII Giochi olimpici d'inverno) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 (Ampezzan Ladin: Anpezo 1956), were a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956.
Cortina, which had originally been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics, beat out Montreal, Colorado Springs and Lake Placid for the right to host the 1956 Games. The Cortina Games were unique in that many of the venues were within walking distance of each other. The organising committee received financial support from the Italian government for infrastructure improvements, but the rest of the costs for the Games had to be privately financed. Consequently, the organising committee was the first to rely heavily on corporate sponsorship for funding.