Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 Legacy

Eight venues were used at the Olympic Winter Games Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956, five of them existing, one new, and the other two were temporary. Four of the venues are still in use.

The staging of the VII Olympic Winter Games in 1956 boosted Cortina d’Ampezzo’s reputation as an internationally renowned tourist destination and left it with facilities that continue to attract major sports competitions.

The slopes and venues from the Olympic Winter Games Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 are still used for major national and international events.

The Olympic oath was sworn by a female athlete for the very first time at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956.

Cortina d’Ampezzo owes its status as a first-rate winter sports tourist destination and host of major sporting events in no small part to the VII Olympic Winter Games, the first Olympic Games to be staged in Italy.

Refurbished on several occasions since the Games, the Olympic Ice Stadium is a centrepiece of the sporting scene in Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Accessibility to Cortina d’Ampezzo was greatly improved thanks to developments in the town’s road links and infrastructure in the years leading up to the VII Olympic Winter Games.

Still operating over 50 years after its foundation, the School of Sport continues to deliver training and education with the ultimate goal of helping Italy’s high-performance athletes achieve success.

Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 was notable for several technological developments, both off the field of play and on it.

The four runs that hosted the Alpine skiing events at Cortina d’Ampezzo remain in use today.