| | Event type
Slalom, Men
| Date | 31 January 1956 — 10:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Col Drusciè, Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
| Participants | 89 from 29 countries | |
| Format | Two runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Gates: 79 Length: 617 m Start Altitude: 1748 m Vertical Drop: 251 m | |
Two days after his gold medal in the giant slalom, Toni Sailer won his second Alpine gold medal in the slalom, showing his dominance by posting the fastest time on each of the two runs. He would eventually win the gold medal by a full four seconds, Japan’s Chiharu Igaya placing second. Igaya was the first Asian to win an Alpine skiing medal, or a Winter Olympic medal, although he had trained in the United States while a student at Dartmouth College. In 1982 Igaya would be named an IOC Member, eventually becoming a Vice-President of the IOC and serving 12 years on the Executive Board. Sweden’s Stig Sollander, who had been third in the combined at the 1954 World Championships, also placed third here. Fourth place went to American Brooks Dodge, the closest a US male Alpine skier had yet come to an Olympic medal.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Toni Sailer |  AUT | 3:14.7 | 1:27.3 (1) | 1:47.4 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 7 | Chiharu Igaya |  JPN | 3:18.7 | 1:30.2 (6) | 1:48.5 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 9 | Stig Sollander |  SWE | 3:20.2 | 1:29.2 (5) | 1:51.0 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 21 | Brooks Dodge, Jr. |  USA | 3:21.8 | 1:27.6 (3) | 1:54.2 (8) | |||
| 5 | 3 | Georges Schneider |  SUI | 3:22.6 | 1:29.0 (4) | 1:53.6 (=4) | |||
| 6 | 1 | Gérard Pasquier |  FRA | 3:24.6 | 1:31.0 (7) | 1:53.6 (=4) | |||
| 7 | 14 | Charles Bozon | FRA | 3:26.2 | 1:32.3 (=10) | 1:53.9 (7) | |||
| 8 | 12 | Bernard Perret | FRA | 3:26.3 | 1:31.7 (8) | 1:54.6 (9) | |||
| 9 | 6 | Beni Obermüller |  GER | 3:27.5 | 1:32.3 (=10) | 1:55.2 (10) | |||
| 10 | 24 | René Rey | SUI | 3:27.7 | 1:34.1 (19) | 1:53.6 (=4) | |||
| 11 | 32 | Raymond Fellay | SUI | 3:32.1 | 1:32.8 (13) | 1:59.3 (12) | |||
| 12 | 8 | Othmar Schneider | AUT | 3:35.8 | 1:35.8 (23) | 2:00.0 (13) | |||
| 13 | 56 | Georgi Dimitrov |  BUL | 3:35.9 | 1:35.2 (22) | 2:00.7 (14) | |||
| 14 | 35 | Åke Nilsson | SWE | 3:37.3 | 1:39.8 (29) | 1:57.5 (11) | |||
| 15 | 26 | Olle Dalman | SWE | 3:37.6 | 1:34.2 (20) | 2:03.4 (15) | |||
| 16 | 20 | Jan Gąsienica Ciaptak |  POL | 3:40.0 | 1:33.8 (17) | 2:06.2 (20) | |||
| 17 | 36 | Guido Ghedina |  ITA | 3:40.7 | 1:32.6 (12) | 2:08.1 (24) | |||
| 18 | 42 | Asle Sjåstad |  NOR | 3:40.9 | 1:36.4 (25) | 2:04.5 (17) | |||
| 19 | 16 | Tom Corcoran | USA | 3:41.3 | 1:37.1 (27) | 2:04.2 (16) | |||
| 20 | 55 | Hans Magnus Andresen | NOR | 3:41.8 | 1:35.0 (21) | 2:06.8 (21) | |||
| 21 | 39 | Evžen Čermák |  TCH | 3:42.8 | 1:37.5 (28) | 2:05.3 (19) | |||
| 22 | 11 | Ralph Miller, Jr. | USA | 3:47.8 | 1:34.0 (18) | 2:13.8 (=26) | |||
| 23 | 33 | Andrzej Gąsienica Roj | POL | 3:55.8 | 1:50.6 (37) | 2:05.2 (18) | |||
| 24 | 22 | Viktor Talyanov |  URS | 3:56.1 | 1:49.2 (34) | 2:06.9 (=22) | |||
| 25 | 40 | Karl Zillibiller | GER | 4:00.2 | 1:36.6 (26) | 2:23.6 (34) | |||
| 26 | 31 | Eysteinn Þórðarson |  ISL | 4:00.3 | 1:44.7 (30) | 2:15.6 (29) | |||
| 27 | 25 | Bruno Burrini | ITA | 4:00.4 | 1:36.2 (24) | 2:24.2 (35) | |||
| 28 | 105 | Ludvig Dornig |  YUG | 4:02.7 | 1:49.3 (35) | 2:13.4 (25) | |||
| 29 | 29 | Jaroslav Bogdálek | TCH | 4:07.3 | 2:00.4 (44) | 2:06.9 (=22) | |||
| 30 | 30 | Aleksandr Filatov | URS | 4:09.5 | 1:33.5 (16) | 2:36.0 (=45) | |||
| 31 | 64 | Luis Arias |  ESP | 4:12.8 | 1:51.7 (39) | 2:21.1 (32) | |||
| 32 | 70 | Petar Ivanov Angelov | BUL | 4:16.2 | 1:49.1 (33) | 2:27.1 (39) | |||
| 33 | 41 | Susumu Sugiyama | JPN | 4:17.0 | 1:51.0 (38) | 2:26.0 (37) | |||
| 34 | 57 | Rochus Wagner | GER | 4:17.4 | 1:48.7 (32) | 2:28.7 (42) | |||
| 35 | 63 | Franz Beck |  LIE | 4:17.8 | 2:04.0 (45) | 2:13.8 (=26) | |||
| 36 | 79 | Kurt Hennrich | TCH | 4:18.5 | 1:58.3 (=42) | 2:20.2 (31) | |||
| 37 | 66 | Einar Kristjánsson | ISL | 4:18.6 | 1:50.0 (36) | 2:28.6 (=40) | |||
| 38 | 19 | Adrien Duvillard | FRA | 4:18.9 | 1:27.5 (2) | 2:51.4 (54) | |||
| 39 | 71 | Nicolae Pandrea |  ROU | 4:19.1 | 1:52.9 (40) | 2:26.2 (38) | |||
| 40 | 75 | Kalevi Häkkinen |  FIN | 4:19.2 | 1:53.8 (41) | 2:25.4 (36) | |||
| 41 | 72 | Gheorghe Cristoloveanu | ROU | 4:21.0 | 2:05.6 (46) | 2:15.4 (28) | |||
| 42 | 73 | Franc Cvenkelj | YUG | 4:26.9 | 1:58.3 (=42) | 2:28.6 (=40) | |||
| 43 | 69 | Jože Ilija | YUG | 4:39.8 | 2:17.5 (52) | 2:22.3 (33) | |||
| 44 | 87 | Vicente Vera |  CHI | 4:47.7 | 2:07.8 (47) | 2:39.9 (50) | |||
| 45 | 81 | Theodor Sele | LIE | 4:47.8 | 2:16.7 (51) | 2:31.1 (43) | |||
| 46 | 76 | Denis Feron |  BEL | 4:49.5 | 2:12.5 (49) | 2:37.0 (47) | |||
| 47 | 67 | Noel Harrison |  GBR | 4:50.7 | 2:14.7 (50) | 2:36.0 (=45) | |||
| 48 | 90 | Peter Seilern | GBR | 4:54.7 | 2:08.0 (48) | 2:46.7 (53) | |||
| 49 | 91 | Ewald Eberle | LIE | 5:01.8 | 2:22.2 (53) | 2:39.6 (49) | |||
| 50 | 34 | André Bertrand |  CAN | 5:02.8 | 2:42.8 (57) | 2:20.0 (30) | |||
| 51 | 74 | Arturo Hammersley | CHI | 5:02.9 | 2:30.7 (56) | 2:32.2 (44) | |||
| 52 | 88 | Jaime Talens | ESP | 5:04.2 | 2:25.7 (55) | 2:38.5 (48) | |||
| 53 | 106 | Leopold Schädler | LIE | 5:09.9 | 2:24.1 (54) | 2:45.8 (52) | |||
| 54 | 99 | Frank Prihoda |  AUS | 5:37.5 | 2:54.3 (60) | 2:43.2 (51) | |||
| 55 | 89 | Mahmoud Beiglou |  IRI | 5:51.3 | 2:56.7 (61) | 2:54.6 (55) | |||
| 56 | 100 | Luis Molné | ESP | 5:53.0 | 2:45.5 (58) | 3:07.5 (56) | |||
| 57 | 102 | Ibrahim Geagea |  LBN | 6:08.6 | 2:49.7 (59) | 3:18.9 (57) | |||
| 4 | Josl Rieder | AUT | – | 1:47.0 (31) | – ( | ||||
| 10 | Guttorm Berge | NOR | – | 1:32.1 (9) | – ( | ||||
| 13 | Sepp Behr | GER | – | 1:33.3 (15) | – ( | ||||
| 23 | Italo Pedroncelli | ITA | – | – ( | – ( | ||||
| 52 | Vladimír Krajňák | TCH | – | – ( | – ( | ||||
| 65 | Georgi Varoshkin | BUL | – | – ( | – ( | ||||
| 68 | Vyacheslav Melnikov | URS | – | – ( | – ( | ||||
| 54 | Jan Thorstensen | NOR | – | 1:33.1 (14) | – ( | ||||
| 92 | Sergio Navarrete | CHI | – | – ( | – ( | ||||
| 2 | Martin Julen | SUI | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 5 | Anderl Molterer | AUT | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 27 | Buddy Werner | USA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 37 | Paride Milianti | ITA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 47 | Sandy Whitelaw | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 48 | Hans Olofsson | SWE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 49 | Jan Zarycki | POL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 50 | Pentti Alonen | FIN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 51 | Stefán Kristjánsson | ISL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 53 | Osman Yüce |  TUR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 58 | Yury Sharkov | URS | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 62 | Muzaffer Demirhan | TUR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 77 | Bill Day | AUS | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 78 | Mahmut Eroğlu | TUR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 80 | Francisco Viladomat | ESP | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 82 | René Farwig |  BOL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 93 | Aris Vatimpella |  GRE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 97 | Reza Bazargan | IRI | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 98 | Jean Keyrouz | LBN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 94 | Benik Amirian | IRI | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 96 | Peter Torrens | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 104 | Tony Aslangul | AUS | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 107 | Zeki Şamiloğlu | TUR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 38 | Józef Marusarz | POL | – | – | – | ||||
| 83 | Valdimar Örnólfsson | ISL | – | – | – | ||||
| 95 | Alexandros Vouxinos | GRE | – | – | – | ||||
| 101 | Christos Papageorgiou | GRE | – | – | – | ||||
| 103 | Jimmy Walker | AUS | – | – | – | ||||
| 108 | Georges Gereidi | LBN | – | – | – |