NOCs at the 1956 Winter Olympics
NOCs in green participated. The darker, the more participants. World map is not historically correct.
| Country | Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AUS |
Australia | 7 | 1 | 8 |
 AUT |
Austria | 50 | 10 | 60 |
 BEL |
Belgium | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 BOL |
Bolivia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 BUL |
Bulgaria | 6 | 1 | 7 |
 CAN |
Canada | 27 | 8 | 35 |
 CHI |
Chile | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 TCH |
Czechoslovakia | 35 | 6 | 41 |
 FIN |
Finland | 27 | 4 | 31 |
 FRA |
France | 25 | 7 | 32 |
 GER |
Unified Team of Germany | 52 | 11 | 63 |
 GBR |
Great Britain | 31 | 10 | 41 |
 GRE |
Greece | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 HUN |
Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 ISL |
Iceland | 6 | 1 | 7 |
 IRI |
Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 ITA |
Italy | 53 | 12 | 65 |
 JPN |
Japan | 10 | 0 | 10 |
 LBN |
Lebanon | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 LIE |
Liechtenstein | 8 | 0 | 8 |
 NED |
Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 8 |
 NOR |
Norway | 37 | 8 | 45 |
 POL |
Poland | 44 | 7 | 51 |
 KOR |
Republic of Korea | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 ROU |
Romania | 14 | 6 | 20 |
 URS |
Soviet Union | 47 | 6 | 53 |
 ESP |
Spain | 9 | 0 | 9 |
 SWE |
Sweden | 50 | 8 | 58 |
 SUI |
Switzerland | 51 | 8 | 59 |
 TUR |
Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 USA |
United States | 57 | 10 | 67 |
 YUG |
Yugoslavia | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| Total | 690 | 132 | 822 |