title: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Two-man
text: # Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Two-man
  
  The two-man bobsleigh results at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. The competition was held on Friday and Saturday, 27 and 28 January 1956.
  
  ## Medallists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Italy (ITA) Italy I Lamberto Dalla Costa Giacomo Conti | Italy (ITA) Italy II Eugenio Monti Renzo Alverà | Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Max Angst Harry Warburton |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Team | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Italy (ITA) Italy I | Lamberto Dalla Costa & Giacomo Conti | 1:22.00 | 1:22.45 | 1:22.95 | 1:22.74 | 5:30.14 |
  | Silver | Italy (ITA) Italy II | Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà | 1:22.73 | 1:22.53 | 1:23.37 | 1:22.82 | 5:31.45 |
  | Bronze | Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I | Max Angst & Harry Warburton | 1:24.71 | 1:23.81 | 1:24.27 | 1:24.67 | 5:37.46 |
  | 4 | Spain (ESP) Spain II | Alfonso de Portago & Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca | 1:24.81 | 1:23.77 | 1:24.03 | 1:24.99 | 5:37.60 |
  | 5 | United States (USA) USA I | Waightman Washbond & Piet Biesiadecki | 1:24.82 | 1:24.15 | 1:24.78 | 1:24.41 | 5:38.16 |
  | 6 | United States (USA) USA II | Arthur Tyler & Edgar Seymour | 1:25.41 | 1:23.77 | 1:24.44 | 1:26.46 | 5:40.08 |
  | 7 | Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II | Franz Kapus & Heinrich Angst | 1:24.74 | 1:24.50 | 1:24.70 | 1:26.17 | 5:40.11 |
  | 8 | United Team of Germany (EUA) Germany II | Andreas Ostler & Hans Hohenester | 1:24.63 | 1:24.89 | 1:25.07 | 1:25.54 | 5:41.34 |
  | 9 | United Team of Germany (EUA) Germany I | Hans Rösch & Lorenz Nieberl | 1:26.92 | 1:24.08 | 1:25.21 | 1:25.13 | 5:41.34 |
  | 10 | Great Britain (GBR) Great Britain II | Stuart Parkinson & Christopher Williams | 1:25.63 | 1:24.53 | 1:26.73 | 1:25.94 | 5:42.83 |
  | 11 | Great Britain (GBR) Great Britain I | Clifford Schellenberg & John Rainforth | 1:24.52 | 1:26.57 | 1:25.88 | 1:26.39 | 5:43.36 |
  | 12 | Austria (AUT) Austria I | Paul Aste & Heinrich Isser | 1:26.32 | 1:25.82 | 1:26.61 | 1:25.22 | 5:43.97 |
  | 13 | Belgium (BEL) Belgium I | Marcel Leclef & Albert Casteleyns | 1:27.30 | 1:25.93 | 1:25.60 | 1:25.98 | 5:44.81 |
  | 14 | Romania (ROU) Romania I | Heinrich Enea & Mărgărit Blăgescu | 1:26.51 | 1:26.83 | 1:26.44 | 1:26.44 | 5:46.22 |
  | 15 | Austria (AUT) Austria II | Karl Wagner & Adolf Tonn | 1:26.15 | 1:27.06 | 1:26.73 | 1:26.35 | 5:46.29 |
  | 16 | Poland (POL) Poland II | Stefan Ciapała & Aleksander Habala | 1:27.70 | 1:26.49 | 1:26.24 | 1:25.92 | 5:46.35 |
  | 17 | Sweden (SWE) Sweden I | Olle Axelsson & Tryggve Sundström | 1:27.15 | 1:27.82 | 1:26.01 | 1:25.67 | 5:46.65 |
  | 18 | Romania (ROU) Romania II | Constantin Dragomir & Gheorghe Moldoveanu | 1:27.22 | 1:26.42 | 1:27.57 | 1:28.95 | 5:50.16 |
  | 19 | Poland (POL) Poland I | Aleksy Konieczny & Zbigniew Skowroński | 1:27.21 | 1:27.23 | 1:27.87 | 1:28.54 | 5:50.85 |
  | 20 | Norway (NOR) Norway II | Arne Røgden & Odd Solli | 1:27.57 | 1:26.90 | 1:28.81 | 1:29.05 | 5:52.33 |
  | – | Norway (NOR) Norway I | Reidar Alveberg & Arnold Dyrdahl | | | | | DNF |
  | – | Sweden (SWE) Sweden II | Sven Erbs & Walter Aronson | | | | | DNF |
  | – | France (FRA) France I | André Robin & Lucien Grosso | | | | | DNF |
  | – | France (FRA) France II | André Donnet & Serge Giacchini | | | | | DNF |
  | – | Liechtenstein (LIE) Liechtenstein I | Moritz Heidegger & Weltin Wolfinger | | | | | DNF |
  