1956 Winter Olympics medal count

This is the full table of the medal count of the 1956 Winter Olympics. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.

1956 Winter Olympics medal count
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	USSR	7	3	6	16
2	Austria	4	3	4	11
3	Finland	3	3	1	7
4	Switzerland	3	2	1	6
5	Sweden	2	4	4	10
6	United States	2	3	2	7
7	Norway	2	1	1	4
8	Italy	1	2	0	3
9	United Team of Germany	1	0	1	2
10	Canada	0	1	2	3
11	Japan	0	1	0	1
12	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
		25	23	24	72

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