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Top 10 Standings

National medal standings are not recognized by the IOC. The unofficial point totals are based on 3 points for a gold medal, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze. Total medals are in parentheses.

		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Pts
1	USSR (16)	7	3	6	33
2	Austria (11)	4	3	4	22
3	Sweden (10)	2	4	4	18
4	Finland (7)	3	3	1	16
5	Switzerland (6)	3	2	1	14
	USA (7)	2	3	2	14
7	Norway (4)	2	1	1	9
8	Italy (3)	1	2	0	7
9	Germany (2)	1	0	1	4
	Canada (3)	0	1	2	4

1956 Olympics

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