Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the VII Winter Olympics
Type: Olympic Games
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Hayes Alan Jenkins
Ladies' singles:
United States Tenley Albright
Pair skating:
Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt
Previous:
1952 Winter Olympics
Next:
1960 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Individual   men   ladies
Pairs mixed

At the 1956 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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
1 Hayes Alan Jenkins United States 12166.4313
2 Ronald Robertson United States 21165.7916
3 David Jenkins United States 33162.8227
4 Alain Giletti France 44159.6337
5 Karol Divín Czechoslovakia 55154.2549.5
6 Michael Booker Great Britain 66154.2653.5
7 Norbert Felsinger Austria 78150.5567
8 Charles Snelling Canada 97150.4267
9 Alain Calmat France 89148.3577
10 Tilo Gutzeit Germany 1011141.0890
11 François Pache Switzerland 1110139.3995
12 Hans Müller Switzerland 1212135.28112
13 Allan Ganter Australia 1314132.41114
14 Darío Villalba Spain 1416127.30128
15 Kalle Tuulos Finland 1515124.50137
16 Charles Keeble Australia 1613123.93137

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Ladies

Rank Name Nation CF FS Points Places
1 Tenley Albright United States 11169.6712
2 Carol Heiss United States 22168.0221
3 Ingrid Wendl Austria 35159.4439
4 Yvonne Sugden Great Britain 49156.6253
5 Hanna Eigel Austria 54157.1552
6 Carole Jane Pachl Canada 68154.7473
7 Hanna Walter Austria 87153.8983.5
8 Catherine Machado United States 103153.4886.5
9 Ann Johnston Canada 710152.5694
10 Rosi Pettinger Germany 116152.04101
11 Erica Batchelor Great Britain 912149.67116
12 Sjoukje Dijkstra Netherlands 1215145.80140
13 Joan Haanappel Netherlands 1411145.85145.5
14 Beth Peach Great Britain 1313144.75151
15 Fiorella Negro Italy 1614142.31168.5
16 Karin Borner Switzerland 1516141.69171
17 Maryvonne Huet France 1719138.30194
18 Alice Fischer Switzerland 1820137.69203
19 Alice Lundström Sweden 1918136.34206
20 Jindra Kramperova Czechoslovakia 2117136.67209
21 Manuela Angeli Italy 2021133.51222

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Pairs

Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt Austria 11.3114
2 Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden Canada 11.3216
3 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy Hungary 11.0332
4 Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel Germany 10.9835.5
5 Carole Ann Ormaca / Robin Greiner United States 10.7156
6 Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul Canada 10.7454.5
7 Lucille Ash / Sully Kothman United States 10.6359.5
8 Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal Czechoslovakia 10.5368.5
9 Elisabeth Ellend / Konrad Lienert Austria 10.3877
10 Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles Great Britain 10.0088
11 Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward Great Britain 9.8693

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