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Flagbearers for 1956 Winter Olympics

Opening Ceremony

Edition NOC Athlete Discipline Notes #
1956 Winter Olympics Australia Volunteer Official Team could not decide on flagbearer so it was carried by a young Italian athlete.
1956 Winter Olympics Austria Toni Sailer Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics Belgium ?
1956 Winter Olympics Bolivia René Farwig Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics Bulgaria ?
1956 Winter Olympics Canada Norris Bowden Figure Skating
1956 Winter Olympics Chile ?
1956 Winter Olympics Czechoslovakia Václav Bubník Ice Hockey
1956 Winter Olympics Finland Antti Hyvärinen Ski Jumping
1956 Winter Olympics France James Couttet Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics Germany Anderl Ostler Bobsleigh
1956 Winter Olympics Great Britain Stuart Parkinson Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics Greece Alexandros Vouxinos Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics Hungary István Erdélyi Official
1956 Winter Olympics Iceland Valdimar Örnólfsson Alpine Skiing Did not compete
1956 Winter Olympics Islamic Republic of Iran Simon Farzami Official
1956 Winter Olympics Italy Tito Tolin Ski Jumping
1956 Winter Olympics Japan Hiroshi Yoshizawa Nordic Combined
1956 Winter Olympics Lebanon ?
1956 Winter Olympics Liechtenstein Eduard, Baron von Falz-Fein Official
1956 Winter Olympics Netherlands Kees Broekman Speed Skating
1956 Winter Olympics Norway Sverre Stenersen Cross Country Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics Poland Tadeusz Kwapień Cross Country Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics Republic of Korea ?
1956 Winter Olympics Romania ?
1956 Winter Olympics Soviet Union Oleg Goncharenko Speed Skating
1956 Winter Olympics Spain Luis Arias Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics Sweden Bror Östman Ski Jumping
1956 Winter Olympics Switzerland Georges Schneider Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics Türkiye ?
1956 Winter Olympics United States Jim Bickford, Jr. Bobsleigh
1956 Winter Olympics Yugoslavia ?

Closing Ceremony

Edition NOC Athlete Discipline Notes #
1956 Winter Olympics Australia ?
1956 Winter Olympics Austria ?
1956 Winter Olympics Belgium ?
1956 Winter Olympics Bolivia ?
1956 Winter Olympics Bulgaria ?
1956 Winter Olympics Canada André Bertrand Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics Chile ?
1956 Winter Olympics Czechoslovakia ?
1956 Winter Olympics Finland – Official Flag carried by an Italian student.
1956 Winter Olympics France ?
1956 Winter Olympics Germany ?
1956 Winter Olympics Great Britain ?
1956 Winter Olympics Greece ?
1956 Winter Olympics Hungary ?
1956 Winter Olympics Iceland ?
1956 Winter Olympics Islamic Republic of Iran ?
1956 Winter Olympics Italy ?
1956 Winter Olympics Japan ?
1956 Winter Olympics Lebanon ?
1956 Winter Olympics Liechtenstein ?
1956 Winter Olympics Netherlands ?
1956 Winter Olympics Norway ?
1956 Winter Olympics Poland ?
1956 Winter Olympics Republic of Korea ?
1956 Winter Olympics Romania ?
1956 Winter Olympics Soviet Union ?
1956 Winter Olympics Spain ?
1956 Winter Olympics Sweden ?
1956 Winter Olympics Switzerland François Pache Figure Skating
1956 Winter Olympics Türkiye ?
1956 Winter Olympics United States ?
1956 Winter Olympics Yugoslavia ?