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Flagbearers for 1956 Winter Olympics

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Opening Ceremony

Edition	NOC	Athlete	Discipline	Notes	#
1956 Winter Olympics	Austria	Toni Sailer	Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics	Bolivia	René Farwig	Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics	Canada	Norris Bowden	Figure Skating
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	Bobsleigh
1956 Winter Olympics	Greece	Alexandros Vouxinos	Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics	Hungary	István Erdélyi	—
1956 Winter Olympics	Iceland	Valdimar Örnólfsson	Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics	Islamic Republic of Iran	Simon Farzami	—
1956 Winter Olympics	Italy	Tito Tolin	Ski Jumping
1956 Winter Olympics	Japan	Hiroshi Yoshizawa	Nordic Combined
1956 Winter Olympics	Liechtenstein	Eduard, Baron von Falz-Fein	—
1956 Winter Olympics	Netherlands	Kees Broekman	Speed Skating
1956 Winter Olympics	Norway	Sverre Stenersen	Ski Jumping
1956 Winter Olympics	Poland	Tadeusz Kwapień	Cross Country Skiing
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	United States	Jim Bickford, Jr.	Bobsleigh

Closing Ceremony

Edition	NOC	Athlete	Discipline	Notes	#
1956 Winter Olympics	Canada	André Bertrand	Alpine Skiing
1956 Winter Olympics	Switzerland	François Pache	Figure Skating