a look back at 1956 winter Olympics

the 1956 winter Olympics were in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy and were held from Janyary 26 - February 5.  32 nations were at these games.  these games were the first to be televised.  other highlights has 1.  Toni Sailer of Austria became the first person to sweep all three alpine skiing events in a single games. 2.  figure skating was held outdoors for the last time. 3.  the Soviet Union took hockey gold for the first time, having to beat the U.S. (silver) and Canada (bronze) in the final round to claim it. (there was no playoff round as of yet).  Canada won 3 medals (1s, 2b). tomorrow - the 1960 games.  here is the logo for these ones.