Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Figure skating at the VII Winter Olympics | |
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Type: | Olympic Games |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Hayes Alan Jenkins | |
Ladies' singles: Tenley Albright | |
Pairs: Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | |
Previous: 1952 Winter Olympics | |
Next: 1960 Winter Olympics |
Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics | ||
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Singles | men | ladies |
Pairs | mixed | |
At the 1956 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested.
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles |
Hayes Alan Jenkins United States |
Ronnie Robertson United States |
David Jenkins United States |
Ladies' singles |
Tenley Albright United States |
Carol Heiss United States |
Ingrid Wendl Austria |
Pair skating |
Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt Austria |
Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden Canada |
Marianna Nagy / László Nagy Hungary |
Results
Men
Rank | Name | Nation | CF | FS | Points | Places |
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1 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | United States | 1 | 2 | 166.43 | 13 |
2 | Ronald Robertson | United States | 2 | 1 | 165.79 | 16 |
3 | David Jenkins | United States | 3 | 3 | 162.82 | 27 |
4 | Alain Giletti | France | 4 | 4 | 159.63 | 37 |
5 | Karol Divín | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 5 | 154.25 | 49.5 |
6 | Michael Booker | Great Britain | 6 | 6 | 154.26 | 53.5 |
7 | Norbert Felsinger | Austria | 7 | 8 | 150.55 | 67 |
8 | Charles Snelling | Canada | 9 | 7 | 150.42 | 67 |
9 | Alain Calmat | France | 8 | 9 | 148.35 | 77 |
10 | Tilo Gutzeit | United Team of Germany | 10 | 11 | 141.08 | 90 |
11 | François Pache | Switzerland | 11 | 10 | 139.39 | 95 |
12 | Hans Müller | Switzerland | 12 | 12 | 135.28 | 112 |
13 | Allan Ganter | Australia | 13 | 14 | 132.41 | 114 |
14 | Darío Villalba | Spain | 14 | 16 | 127.30 | 128 |
15 | Kalle Tuulos | Finland | 15 | 15 | 124.50 | 137 |
16 | Charles Keeble | Australia | 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
Rank | Name | Nation | CF | FS | Points | Places |
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1 | Tenley Albright | United States | 1 | 1 | 169.67 | 12 |
2 | Carol Heiss | United States | 2 | 2 | 168.02 | 21 |
3 | Ingrid Wendl | Austria | 3 | 5 | 159.44 | 39 |
4 | Yvonne Sugden | Great Britain | 4 | 9 | 156.62 | 53 |
5 | Hanna Eigel | Austria | 5 | 4 | 157.15 | 52 |
6 | Carole Jane Pachl | Canada | 6 | 8 | 154.74 | 73 |
7 | Hanna Walter | Austria | 8 | 7 | 153.89 | 83.5 |
8 | Catherine Machado | United States | 10 | 3 | 153.48 | 86.5 |
9 | Ann Johnston | Canada | 7 | 10 | 152.56 | 94 |
10 | Rosi Pettinger | United Team of Germany | 11 | 6 | 152.04 | 101 |
11 | Erica Batchelor | Great Britain | 9 | 12 | 149.67 | 116 |
12 | Sjoukje Dijkstra | Netherlands | 12 | 15 | 145.80 | 140 |
13 | Joan Haanappel | Netherlands | 14 | 11 | 145.85 | 145.5 |
14 | Diana Peach | Great Britain | 13 | 13 | 144.75 | 151 |
15 | Fiorella Negro | Italy | 16 | 14 | 142.31 | 168.5 |
16 | Karin Borner | Switzerland | 15 | 16 | 141.69 | 171 |
17 | Maryvonne Huet | France | 17 | 19 | 138.30 | 194 |
18 | Alice Fischer | Switzerland | 18 | 20 | 137.69 | 203 |
19 | Alice Lundström | Sweden | 19 | 18 | 136.34 | 206 |
20 | Jindra Kramperová | Czechoslovakia | 21 | 17 | 136.67 | 209 |
21 | Manuela Angeli | Italy | 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
Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
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1 | Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | Austria | 11.31 | 14 |
2 | Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | Canada | 11.32 | 16 |
3 | Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | Hungary | 11.03 | 32 |
4 | Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel | United Team of Germany | 10.98 | 35.5 |
5 | Carole Ann Ormaca / Robin Greiner | United States | 10.71 | 56 |
6 | Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | Canada | 10.74 | 54.5 |
7 | Lucille Ash / Sully Kothman | United States | 10.63 | 59.5 |
8 | Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal | Czechoslovakia | 10.53 | 68.5 |
9 | Elisabeth Ellend / Konrad Lienert | Austria | 10.38 | 77 |
10 | Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles | Great Britain | 10.00 | 88 |
11 | Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward | Great Britain | 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
External links
- Official Olympic report
- Results at sports-reference.com
- results