1956  medal counts

                   Total    Gold   Silver  Bronze
Soviet Union         16       7       3       6
Austria              11       4       3       4
Sweden               10       2       4       4
Finland               7       3       3       1
United States         7       2       3       2
Switzerland           6       3       2       1
Norway                4       2       1       1
Italy                 3       1       2       0
Canada                3       0       1       2
Germany               2       1       0       1
Japan                 1       0       1       0
Hungary               1       0       0       1
Poland                1       0       0       1