8, 1956.

This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship.For World Championships Pool B matches were also played between East Germany, Norway and Belgium in Berlin.Games were held at the Stadio Olympica.

A documentary covering the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne and Stockholm. Trophy awarded for the 1956 World Championships.

The men's ice hockey tournament (women's was added in 1998) at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was the 8th Olympic Championship, also serving as the 23rd World Championships and the 34th European Championships.The tournament was held at the Olympic Ice Stadium and the Apollonio Stadium.. East and West Germany could not come to an agreement over how to formulate a … The Soviets break Canada's gold-medal monopoly in ice hockey, and win more medals than anybody else. Toni Sailer of Austria becomes the first skier to sweep all three Alpine events. Participating nations. Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Melbourne that took place Nov. 22–Dec. The 1956 Olympics were the first held in the Southern Hemisphere. Jernberg is the supreme Nordic Skier, winner of a record nine Olympic Winter Games medals in three Games beginning with the Cortina d+Ampezzo Games in 1956. In 1956, the USSR made its first appearance in the Winter Games and not only outmedaled the 32–nation field, but dethroned Canada as hockey champion.

The Melbourne Games were the 13th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. A total of 32 nations sent athletes to Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Norway at the 1956 Winter Olympics; IOC code: NOR: NOC: Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports: Website: www.idrett.no (in Norwegian): in Cortina d'Ampezzo; Competitors: 45 (37 men, 8 women) in 6 sports The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was the 8th Olympic Championship, also serving as the 23rd World Championships and the 34th European Championships.The tournament was held at the Olympic Ice Stadium and the Apollonio Stadium. Cortina d'Ampezzo was awarded the 1956 Olympic Winter Games in 1949, with the bid led … They would later host the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino and the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome. Winter 1956: Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games. A total of 32 nations sent athletes to Cortina d'Ampezzo. Canada was represented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, which would later represent Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics (silver medal). They immediately showed their strength by winning more medals than any other nation. Participating nations.