Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics consisted of one event held on 5 February[1] The competition took place at the Trampolino Olimpico Italia with a K-Point of 72m.

[2][3] [1] Both Finland, which led the medal table, and the unified Germany team won their first Olympic medals in ski jumping.

[1] [1] Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Cortina Games.

The Soviet Union made its Olympic ski jumping debut.

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