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  • Was It Worth It?
    Despite the loutish behavior of the U.S. hockey team and the favorites' early ouster, the answer is, Yes, this was a dream of a tournament

    Golden Girls
    A talented U.S. women's hockey team showed its mettle by defeating favored Canada

    A Holy Tara
    While Michelle Kwan was all business, Tara Lipinski was determined to make friends and have fun, and she left Nagano with a cool keepsake

     
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    1956 Sweden Results
    Gold
    Winner(s) Event
    Sixten Jernberg Nordic Skiing - 50km (Classical)
    Sigvard Ericsson Speed Skating - 10,000m
    Silver
    Winner(s) Event
    Sixten Jernberg Nordic Skiing - 15km (Classical)
    Sixten Jernberg Nordic Skiing - 30km (Classical)
    Bengt Eriksson Nordic Skiing - Individual Combined
    Sigvard Ericsson Speed Skating - 5000m
    Bronze
    Winner(s) Event
    Stig Sollander Alpine Skiing - Slalom
    Sonja Edstrom Women's Nordic Skiing - 10km (Classical)
    Irma Johansson, Sonja Edstrom, Anna-Lisa Eriksson Women's Nordic Skiing - 4 X 5km Relay
    Lennart Larsson, Gunnar Samuelsson, Per-Erik Larsson, Sixten Jernberg Nordic Skiing - 4 X 10km Relay

    Information compiled by the Sports Illustrated Library


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