Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Figure skating at the VII Winter Olympics | |
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![]() Lucille Ash and Sully Kothman at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | |
Type: | Olympic Games |
Champions | |
Men's singles: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Pairs: ![]() | |
Previous: 1952 Winter Olympics | |
Next: 1960 Winter Olympics |
Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics | ||
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Singles | men | ladies |
Pairs | mixed | |
Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating.[1]
Medal summary
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles |
Hayes Alan Jenkins![]() |
Ronnie Robertson![]() |
David Jenkins![]() |
Ladies' singles |
Tenley Albright![]() |
Carol Heiss![]() |
Ingrid Wendl![]() |
Pair skating |
Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt ![]() |
Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden ![]() |
Marianna Nagy / László Nagy ![]() |
Results
[edit]Men
[edit]Rank | Name | Nation | CF | FS | Points | Places |
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1 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 166.43 | 13 |
2 | Ronald Robertson | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 165.79 | 16 |
3 | David Jenkins | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 162.82 | 27 |
4 | Alain Giletti | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 159.63 | 37 |
5 | Karol Divín | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 154.25 | 49.5 |
6 | Michael Booker | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 154.26 | 53.5 |
7 | Norbert Felsinger | ![]() |
7 | 8 | 150.55 | 67 |
8 | Charles Snelling | ![]() |
9 | 7 | 150.42 | 67 |
9 | Alain Calmat | ![]() |
8 | 9 | 148.35 | 77 |
10 | Tilo Gutzeit | ![]() |
10 | 11 | 141.08 | 90 |
11 | François Pache | ![]() |
11 | 10 | 139.39 | 95 |
12 | Hans Müller | ![]() |
12 | 12 | 135.28 | 112 |
13 | Allan Ganter | ![]() |
13 | 14 | 132.41 | 114 |
14 | Darío Villalba | ![]() |
14 | 16 | 127.30 | 128 |
15 | Kalle Tuulos | ![]() |
15 | 15 | 124.50 | 137 |
16 | Charles Keeble | ![]() |
16 | 13 | 123.93 | 137 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
Sydney R. Croll
Hans Meixler
Ralph S. McCreath
Emil Skákala
Gérard Rodrigues Henriques
Adolf Walker
Pauline Barrajo
H. Kendall Kelley
Jean Kreuz
Ladies
[edit]Rank | Name | Nation | CF | FS | Points | Places |
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1 | Tenley Albright | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 169.67 | 12 |
2 | Carol Heiss | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 168.02 | 21 |
3 | Ingrid Wendl | ![]() |
3 | 5 | 159.44 | 39 |
4 | Yvonne Sugden | ![]() |
4 | 9 | 156.62 | 53 |
5 | Hanna Eigel | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 157.15 | 52 |
6 | Carole Jane Pachl | ![]() |
6 | 8 | 154.74 | 73 |
7 | Hanna Walter | ![]() |
8 | 7 | 153.89 | 83.5 |
8 | Catherine Machado | ![]() |
10 | 3 | 153.48 | 86.5 |
9 | Ann Johnston | ![]() |
7 | 10 | 152.56 | 94 |
10 | Rosi Pettinger | ![]() |
11 | 6 | 152.04 | 101 |
11 | Erica Batchelor | ![]() |
9 | 12 | 149.67 | 116 |
12 | Sjoukje Dijkstra | ![]() |
12 | 15 | 145.80 | 140 |
13 | Joan Haanappel | ![]() |
14 | 11 | 145.85 | 145.5 |
14 | Beth Peach | ![]() |
13 | 13 | 144.75 | 151 |
15 | Fiorella Negro | ![]() |
16 | 14 | 142.31 | 168.5 |
16 | Karin Borner | ![]() |
15 | 16 | 141.69 | 171 |
17 | Maryvonne Huet | ![]() |
17 | 19 | 138.30 | 194 |
18 | Alice Fischer | ![]() |
18 | 20 | 137.69 | 203 |
19 | Alice Lundström | ![]() |
19 | 18 | 136.34 | 206 |
20 | Jindra Kramperová | ![]() |
21 | 17 | 136.67 | 209 |
21 | Manuela Angeli | ![]() |
20 | 21 | 133.51 | 222 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
Sydney R. Croll
Oscar Madol
Ralph S. McCreath
Josef Dědič
Gérard Rodrigues Henriques
Adolf Walker
Mollie Phillips
Mario Verdi
Charlotte Benedict Stieber
H. Kendall Kelley
Jean Creux
Pairs
[edit]Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
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1 | Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | ![]() |
11.31 | 14 |
2 | Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | ![]() |
11.32 | 16 |
3 | Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | ![]() |
11.03 | 32 |
4 | Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel | ![]() |
10.98 | 35.5 |
5 | Carole Ann Ormaca / Robin Greiner | ![]() |
10.71 | 56 |
6 | Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | ![]() |
10.74 | 54.5 |
7 | Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann | ![]() |
10.63 | 59.5 |
8 | Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal | ![]() |
10.53 | 68.5 |
9 | Elisabeth Ellend / Konrad Lienert | ![]() |
10.38 | 77 |
10 | Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles | ![]() |
10.00 | 88 |
11 | Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward | ![]() |
9.86 | 93 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
Sydney R. Croll
Hans Meixner
Ralph S. McCreath
Emil Skákala
Rudolf A. Marx
H. Kendall Kelley
Pamela Davis
Zoltán Balász
Jean Creux
References
[edit]- ^ "Figure Skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official Olympic report
- Results at sports-reference.com
- results