Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, the six alpine skiing events were held from Friday, 27 January to Friday, 3 February. Toni Sailer of Austria won all three men's events to become the first alpine ski racer to win three gold medals in a single Olympics. The feat has been repeated once, by Jean-Claude Killy in 1968. The races were held at the adjacent Tofana, except for the men's giant slalom, which was held at Monte Faloria. The men's downhill was the final event. From 1948 through 1980, the alpine
Denmark at the 1968 Winter Olympics having sent three athletes to the first modern Olympics in 1896. Since then, the only Summer Olympic Games they have missed is the 1904 Summer Olympics. Denmark first competed at the Winter Olympics at the 1948 Winter Olympics. Grenoble was accordingly their fifth time participating in the Winter Olympics. Denmark has won at least one medal in every Summer Olympics they have participated in, but won a medal in the Winter Olympics only once, in 1998 at Nagano in the sport of curling. The 1968 Winter Olympics were held from 6–18 February 1968; a total of 1,158 athletes competed representing