TWO MAN BOB Total Placing Names of Contestants Representing Time 1st Lamberto Dalla Costa Italy (#1) 5:30.14 and Giacomo Conti 2nd Eugenio Monti and Italy (# 2) 5:31.45 Renzo Alvera 3rd Max Angst and Switzerland (#1) 5:37.46 Harry Warburton 4th Alfonso DePortago and Spain 5:37.60 Vicente Sartorius 5th W . WASHBOND and UNITED STATES (#1) 5:38.16 The 1956 U. S. Winter Olympic No. 2 four-man bobsled team. P. BIESIADECKI Standing, left to right—driver James Bickford, Donald Jacques, and Hubert Miller. Kneeling, Lawrence McKillip. 6th ART TYLER and UNITED STATES (#2) 5:40.08 EDWARD SEYMOUR FOUR MAN BOB Total Placing Names of Contestants Representing Time 1st Franz Kapus, Gottfried Switzerland (# 1) 5:10.44 Diener, Robert Alt, Heinrich Angst 2nd Eugenio Monti, Ulrico Italy (# 2) 5:12.10 Girardi, Renzo Alvera, Renato Mocellini 3rd ART TYLER, UNITED STATES (#1) 5:12.39 WILLIAM DODGE, TOM BUTLER, JAMES LAMY 4th Max Angst, Albert Switzerland (#2) 5:14.27 Gartmann, Harry War- burton, Rudolf Gerber 5th Dino DeMartin, Gio- Italy (#1) 5:14.66 vanni DeMartin, Gio­ vanni Tabacchi, Carlo DaPra 6th Hans Roesch, Michael Germany (# 1) 5:18.02 Poessinger, Lorenz Nieberl, Sylvester Wackerle Other United States Placing 19th JAMES J. BICKFORD, UNITED STATES (#2) 5:25.16 DON JACQUES, LAWRENCE McKILLIP, HUBERT MILLER OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS BOBSLEDDING Francis Tyler (left) and Alan Washbond, USA bobsledding 1956 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES officials, at Cortina, Italy. TWO-MEN BOB up and down we studied the curves and Countries and teams Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 3 Lap 4 Total straightaways, discussing how each 1. Italia I (Dalla Costa - Conti) ............ 1.22.00 1.22.45 1.22.95 1.22.74 5.30.14 2. might best be taken. The drivers were Italia II (Monti - Alvera) ................ 1.22.73 1.22.53 1.23.37 1.22.82 5:31.45 3. Svizzera I (Angst - Warburton) ........ 1.24.71 1.23.81 1.24.27 1.24.67 5.37.46 trying to memorize the run so that they 4. Spagna (De Portago - Sartorius) 1.24.81 1.23.77 1.24.03 1.24.99 5.37.60 5. Stati Uniti I (Washbond-Biesiadecki) 1.24.82 1.24.15 1.24.78 1.24.41 5.38.16 could get the most out of their sleds 6. Stati Uniti II (Tyler - Seymour) ........ 1.25.41 1.23.77 1.24.44 1.26.46 5.40.08 on each trip for practice time was short 7. Svizzera II (Kapus - Angst) .............. 1.24.74 1.24.50 1.24.70 1.26.17 5.40.11 8. Germania II (Ostler - Hohenester) .... 1.24.63 1.24.89 1.25.07 1.25.54 5.40.13 with only two heats per sled a day al­ 9. Germania I (Roesch - Nieberl) ........ 1.26.92 1.24.08 1.25.21 1.25.13 5.41.34 lowed, starting at 8 a.m. There were two 10. G. Bretagna II (Parkinson-Williams) 1.25.63 1.24.53 1.26.73 1.25.94 5.42.83 11. G.Bretagna I (Shellenberg-Rainforth) 1.24.52 1.26.57 1.25.88 1.26.39 5.43.36 reasons for this ruling. First, there were 12. Austria I (Aste-Iser) ......................... 1.26.32 1.25.82 1.26.61 1.25.22 5.43.97 25 entries and, second, by 9 a.m. the 13. Belgio (Leclef - Casteleyns) .............. 1.27.30 1.25.93 1.25.60 1.25.98 5.44.81 14. Romania I (Ene - Blagescu) .............. 1.26.51 1.26.83 1.26.44 1.26.44 5.46.22 sun was so high that on clear days the 15. Austria II (Wagner - Tonn) .............. 1.26.15 1.27.06 1.26.73 1.26.35 5.46.29 ice became soft forcing the officials to 16. Polonia II (Ciapala - Habela) ............ 1.27.70 1.26.49 1.26.24 1.25.92 5.46.35 17. Svezia I (Axelson - Sundstroem) 1.27.15 1.27.82 1.26.01 1.25.67 5.46.65 close the track at 10 a.m. with all prac­ 18. Romania II (Dragomir - Moldoveanu) 1.27.22 1.26.42 1.27.57 1.28.95 5.50.16 tice over for that day. 19. Polonia I (Konieczny - Skowronski).. 1.27.21 1.27.23 1.27.87 1.28.54 5.50.85 20. Norvegia II (Roegden - Solli) ............ 1.27.57 1.26.90 1.28.81 1.29.05 5.52.33 Continued on page 251 Entered teams— n. 25; Classified— n. 20 ; Length— mt. 1700; Vertical drop-—mt. 153. 249.