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 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Frances Dafoe | {{flagIOCmedalist|Marianna Nagy |
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 | {{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}} | 1 | 2 | 166.43 | 13 |
bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}} | 2 | 1 | 165.79 | 16 |
bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}} | 3 | 3 | 162.82 | 27 |
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 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney R. Croll
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Hans Meixler
- {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Ralph S. McCreath
- {{flagicon|TCH}} Emil Skákala
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Gérard Rodrigues Henriques
- {{flagicon|GER}} Adolf Walker
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Pauline Barrajo
- {{flagicon|USA}} H. Kendall Kelley
- {{flagicon|SUI}} Jean Kreuz
=Ladies=
class="wikitable" | |||||
Rank
! Name ! Nation ! CF ! FS ! Points ! Places | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}} | 1 | 1 | 169.67 | 12 |
bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Winter}} | 2 | 2 | 168.02 | 21 |
bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{FlagIOC|AUT|1956 Winter}} | 3 | 5 | 159.44 | 39 |
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 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney R. Croll
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Oscar Madol
- {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Ralph S. McCreath
- {{flagicon|TCH}} Josef Dědič
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Gérard Rodrigues Henriques
- {{flagicon|GER}} Adolf Walker
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Mollie Phillips
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Mario Verdi
- {{flagicon|NED}} Charlotte Benedict Stieber
- {{flagicon|USA}} H. Kendall Kelley
- {{flagicon|SUI}} Jean Creux
=Pairs=
class="wikitable" | |||
Rank
! Name ! Nation ! Points ! Places | |||
---|---|---|---|
bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{FlagIOC|AUT|1956 Winter}} | 11.31 | 14 |
bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1956 Winter}} | 11.32 | 16 |
bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1956 Winter}} | 11.03 | 32 |
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 |
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney R. Croll
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Hans Meixner
- {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Ralph S. McCreath
- {{flagicon|TCH}} Emil Skákala
- {{flagicon|GER}} Rudolf A. Marx
- {{flagicon|USA}} H. Kendall Kelley
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Pamela Davis
- {{flagicon|HUN}} Zoltán Balász
- {{flagicon|SUI}} Jean Creux
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/orw1956.pdf Official Olympic report]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054054/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1956/FSK/ Results] at sports-reference.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140302060531/http://www.winter-olympic-memories.com/html/results/jp_3d/results_top_en.htm results]
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