United Team of Germany at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Germany was represented at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy by a United Team of Germany of athletes from the and, for the first time, also from the which had not joined in 1952.
The results were rather disappointing as only 2 medals were scored against emerging competition. Rosa "Ossi" Reichert won Gold at the women's giant slalom, and Harry Glaß took Bronze in the K90 individual jump.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
;Men;Women
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
;Men;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
;Women
;Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Figure skating
;Men| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Tilo Gutzeit | 10 | 11 | 141.08 | 90 | 10 |
;Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Rosel Pettinger | 11 | 6 | 152.04 | 101 | 10 |
;Pairs
| Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
| Marika Kilius Franz Ningel | 10.98 | 35.5 | 4 |
Ice hockey
Group A
Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.- Canada 4-0 Germany
- Italy 2-2 Germany
- Germany 7-0 Austria
Games for 1st-6th places
- USA 7-2 Germany
- USSR 8-0 Germany
- Canada 10-0 Germany
- Czechoslovakia 9-3 Germany
- Germany 1-1 Sweden
| Contestants Ulli Jansen Alfred Hoffmann Toni Biersack Bruno Guttowski Martin Beck Paul Ambros Karl Bierschel Kurt Sepp Markus Egen Ernst Trautwein Rudolf Pittrich Hans Huber Arthur Endress Reiner Kossmann Hans Rampf Martin Zach Günther Jochems |
Nordic combined
Events:- normal hill ski jumping
- 15 km cross-country skiing
Ski jumping