1956 Winter Olympics - Participating Nations

Participating Nations

A total of 32 nations sent athletes to Cortina d'Ampezzo. Along with the Soviet Union, Bolivia and Iran competed at the Winter Games for the first time. Korea, Liechtenstein, and Turkey returned after having missed the 1952 Winter Olympics, while Argentina, Denmark, New Zealand, and Portugal did not compete at these Games, after having participated in the previous edition. Athletes from West Germany (FRG) and East Germany (GDR) competed together as the United Team of Germany, an arrangement that would continue for the following two Olympiads.

Below is the list of participating nations, with the number of competitors indicated in brackets:

  • Australia (10)
  • Austria (66)
  • Belgium (6)
  • Bolivia (1)
  • Bulgaria (7)
  • Canada (37)
  • Chile (4)
  • Czechoslovakia (41)
  • Finland (34)
  • France (37)
  • Great Britain (45)
  • Greece (3)
  • Germany (75)
  • Hungary (2)
  • Iran (4)
  • Iceland (8)
  • Italy (79)
  • Japan (10)
  • South Korea (4)
  • Lebanon (3)
  • Liechtenstein (8)
  • Netherlands (8)
  • Norway (51)
  • Poland (53)
  • Romania (20)
  • Spain (14)
  • Switzerland (61)
  • Sweden (68)
  • Turkey (6)
  • United States (74)
  • Soviet Union (67)
  • Yugoslavia (18)

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