Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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{{short description|Olympic figure skating events in Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956}}

{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition

| image = Pairs figure skaters at 1956 Winter Olympics.jpg

| caption = Lucille Ash and Sully Kothman at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

| title = Figure skating at the VII Winter Olympics

| comptype = Olympic Games

| startdate =

| enddate =

| venue =

| championmen = {{flagicon|USA}} Hayes Alan Jenkins

| championladies = {{flagicon|USA}} Tenley Albright

| championpairs = {{flagicon|AUT}} Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt

| previouscomp = 1952 Winter Olympics

| nextcomp = 1960 Winter Olympics

}}

{{Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/games/35/sports/FSK |title=Figure Skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics |work=Olympedia |access-date=3 July 2020}} It was final time figure skating at the Olympics took place on an outdoor rink.{{Cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |title=Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6859-5 |location=Lanham, Maryland |page=25}}

Medal summary

{{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
Men's singles
{{DetailsLink|Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's singles}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Hayes Alan Jenkins|USA|1956 Winter}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ronnie Robertson|USA|1956 Winter}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|David Jenkins|USA|1956 Winter}}

Ladies' singles
{{DetailsLink|Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Tenley Albright|USA|1956 Winter}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Carol Heiss|USA|1956 Winter}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ingrid Wendl|AUT|1956 Winter}}

Pair skating
{{DetailsLink|Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Pair skating}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Sissy Schwarz
/ Kurt Oppelt|AUT|1956 Winter}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Frances Dafoe
/ Norris Bowden|CAN|1956 Winter}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Marianna Nagy
/ László Nagy|HUN|1956 Winter}}

Participating nations

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  • {{flagIOC|AUS|1956 Winter|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|AUT|1956 Winter|8}}
  • {{flagIOC|CAN|1956 Winter|7}}
  • {{flagIOC|TCH|1956 Winter|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|FIN|1956 Winter|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|FRA|1956 Winter|3}}
  • {{flagIOC|EUA|1956 Winter|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|GBR|1956 Winter|8}}
  • {{flagIOC|HUN|1956 Winter|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|ITA|1956 Winter|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|NED|1956 Winter|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|ESP|1956 Winter|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|SWE|1956 Winter|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|SUI|1956 Winter|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|USA|1956 Winter|10}}

{{div col end}}

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOC

| event = 1956 Winter

| team =

| gold_USA = 2 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 1

| gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 1

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0

| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 1

}}

Results

=Men=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! CF

! FS

! Points

! Places

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Hayes Alan Jenkins

{{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}}12166.4313
bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Ronald Robertson

{{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}}21165.7916
bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| David Jenkins

{{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}}33162.8227
4

| Alain Giletti || {{FlagIOC|FRA|1956 Winter}} ||4||4||159.63||37

5

| Karol Divín || {{FlagIOC|TCH|1956 Winter}} ||5||5||154.25||49.5

6

| Michael Booker || {{FlagIOC|GBR|1956 Winter}} ||6||6||154.26||53.5

7

| Norbert Felsinger || {{FlagIOC|AUT|1956 Winter}} ||7||8||150.55||67

8

| Charles Snelling || {{FlagIOC|CAN|1956 Winter}} ||9||7||150.42||67

9

| Alain Calmat || {{FlagIOC|FRA|1956 Winter}} ||8||9||148.35||77

10

| Tilo Gutzeit || {{FlagIOC|EUA|1956 Winter}} ||10||11||141.08||90

11

| François Pache || {{FlagIOC|SUI|1956 Winter}} ||11||10||139.39||95

12

| Hans Müller || {{FlagIOC|SUI|1956 Winter}} ||12||12||135.28||112

13

| Allan Ganter || {{FlagIOC|AUS|1956 Winter}} ||13||14||132.41||114

14

| Darío Villalba || {{FlagIOC|ESP|1956 Winter}} ||14||16||127.30||128

15

| Kalle Tuulos || {{FlagIOC|FIN|1956 Winter}} ||15||15||124.50||137

16

| Charles Keeble || {{FlagIOC|AUS|1956 Winter}} ||16||13||123.93||137

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Judges:

=Ladies=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! CF

! FS

! Points

! Places

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Tenley Albright

{{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}}11169.6712
bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Carol Heiss

{{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}}22168.0221
bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Ingrid Wendl

{{FlagIOC|AUT|1956 Winter}}35159.4439
4

| Yvonne Sugden || {{FlagIOC|GBR|1956 Winter}} ||4||9||156.62||53

5

| Hanna Eigel || {{FlagIOC|AUT|1956 Winter}} ||5||4||157.15||52

6

| Carole Jane Pachl || {{FlagIOC|CAN|1956 Winter}} ||6||8||154.74||73

7

| Hanna Walter || {{FlagIOC|AUT|1956 Winter}} ||8||7||153.89||83.5

8

| Catherine Machado || {{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}} ||10||3||153.48||86.5

9

| Ann Johnston || {{FlagIOC|CAN|1956 Winter}} ||7||10||152.56||94

10

| Rosi Pettinger || {{FlagIOC|EUA|1956 Winter}} ||11||6||152.04||101

11

| Erica Batchelor || {{FlagIOC|GBR|1956 Winter}} ||9||12||149.67||116

12

| Sjoukje Dijkstra || {{FlagIOC|NED|1956 Winter}} ||12||15||145.80||140

13

| Joan Haanappel || {{FlagIOC|NED|1956 Winter}} ||14||11||145.85||145.5

14

| Dianne Carol Peach{{cite web|url=https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/cortina-d-ampezzo-1956/results/figure-skating/special-figures-women|title=Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 special figures women Results - Olympic figure-skating|website=Olympic.com|access-date=2025-04-03}} || {{FlagIOC|GBR|1956 Winter}} ||13||13||144.75||151

15

| Fiorella Negro || {{FlagIOC|ITA|1956 Winter}} ||16||14||142.31||168.5

16

| Karin Borner || {{FlagIOC|SUI|1956 Winter}} ||15||16||141.69||171

17

| Maryvonne Huet || {{FlagIOC|FRA|1956 Winter}} ||17||19||138.30||194

18

| Alice Fischer || {{FlagIOC|SUI|1956 Winter}} ||18||20||137.69||203

19

| Alice Lundström || {{FlagIOC|SWE|1956 Winter}} ||19||18||136.34||206

20

| Jindra Kramperová || {{FlagIOC|TCH|1956 Winter}} ||21||17||136.67||209

21

| Manuela Angeli || {{FlagIOC|ITA|1956 Winter}} ||20||21||133.51||222

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Judges:

=Pairs=

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Points

! Places

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt

{{FlagIOC|AUT|1956 Winter}}11.3114
bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden

{{FlagIOC|CAN|1956 Winter}}11.3216
bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Marianna Nagy / László Nagy

{{FlagIOC|HUN|1956 Winter}}11.0332
4

| Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel || {{FlagIOC|EUA|1956 Winter}} ||10.98||35.5

5

| Carole Ann Ormaca / Robin Greiner || {{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}} ||10.71||56

6

| Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul || {{FlagIOC|CAN|1956 Winter}} ||10.74||54.5

7

| Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann || {{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}} ||10.63||59.5

8

| Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal || {{FlagIOC|TCH|1956 Winter}} ||10.53||68.5

9

| Elisabeth Ellend / Konrad Lienert || {{FlagIOC|AUT|1956 Winter}} ||10.38||77

10

| Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles || {{FlagIOC|GBR|1956 Winter}} ||10.00||88

11

| Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward || {{FlagIOC|GBR|1956 Winter}} ||9.86||93

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References

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