The ladies' slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 30 January. It was run on the Col Druscie. The course was 456 metres (1,496.1 ft) in length with a 175 metres (574.1 ft) vertical drop. There were forty-one gates on the first run and forty-five gates for the second run. Forty-eight women from sixteen countries entered in the race. Twelve women were disqualified during the two runs. Swiss

Switzerland at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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 skier Renée Colliard

Renée Colliard

Renée Colliard is a former Swiss alpine skier. At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, she became Olympic champion in Slalom.-References:...

 won gold over Austrian

Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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 Regina Schöpf

Regina Schöpf

Regina Schöpf was an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics.She was born in Seefeld, Tirol....

, who placed second, and Russian

Soviet Union at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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 Yevgeniya Sidorova

Yevgeniya Sidorova

Yevgeniya Nikolaevna Sidorova was a Soviet alpine skier who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Winter Olympics, in the 1960 Winter Olympics, and in the 1964 Winter Olympics....

who won the bronze.

Medalists

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Results

Place	Alpine skier	1st run	2nd run	Total	Difference
1		55.6	56.7	112.3
2		56.0	59.4	115.4	+3.1
3		56.9	59.8	116.7	+4.4
4		56.9	59.9	116.8	+4.6
5		60.4	57.5	117.9	+5.6
6		58.7	59.3	118.0	+5.7
6		58.9	59.1	118.0	+5.7
8		60.3	58.0	118.3	+6.0
9		58.2	60.6	118.8	+6.5
10		59.2	59.7	118.9	+6.6
11		59.0	60.0	119.0	+6.7
12		60.4	60.6	121.0	+8.7
13		61.4	60.9	122.3	+10.0
14		61.8	62.9	124.7	+12.4
15		61.9	63.2	125.1	+12.8
16		61.2	65.3	126.5	+14.2
17		64.6*	58.7	128.3	+16.0
18		73.9	61.7	135.6	+23.3
18		65.6	70.0	135.6	+23.3
20		69.1	68.2	137.3	+25.0
21		61.7	71.8*	138.5	+26.2
22		58.7	83.0	141.7	+29.4
23		74.7	67.6	142.3	+30.0
24		58.2	85.3	143.5	+31.2
25		70.5	75.3	145.8	+33.5
25		57.5	88.3	145.8	+33.5
27		73.9	76.2	150.1	+37.8
28		86.2*	59.6	150.8	+38.5
29		65.1	92.1	157.2	+44.9
30		91.0	67.2	158.2	+45.9
31		86.2	76.3	162.5	+50.2
32		95.0	68.5	163.5	+51.2
33		86.1	81.5	167.6	+55.3
34		75.0	100.9	175.9	+63.6
35		114.4	86.0	200.4	+88.1
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