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1956 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1956
Annual figure skating competition held in 1956
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1956 World Figure Skating Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | February 16 |
| enddate | 19 |
| skatingseason | 1956 |
| location | West Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany |
| championmen | US Hayes Alan Jenkins |
| championladies | US Carol Heiss |
| championpairs | Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt |
| championdance | UK Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas |
| previouscomp | [1955 World Championships](1955-world-figure-skating-championships) |
| nextcomp | [1957 World Championships](1957-world-figure-skating-championships) |
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.
The 1956 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 16 to 19 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany.
Medal table
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | US Hayes Jenkins | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| **2** | US Ronald Robertson | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| **3** | US David Jenkins | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Canada Charles Snelling | 42 | |||||||||||||||
| UK Michael Booker | 48 | |||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Karol Divín | 48 | |||||||||||||||
| France Alain Calmat | 65 | |||||||||||||||
| Austria Norbert Felsinger | 71 | |||||||||||||||
| West Germany Tilo Gutzeit | 77 | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland François Pache | 91 | |||||||||||||||
| Australia Allan Ganter | 109 | |||||||||||||||
| West Germany Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | 111 | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Hans Müller | 113 | |||||||||||||||
| Austria Hanno Ströher | 115 | |||||||||||||||
| Spain Darío Villalba | 137 | |||||||||||||||
| Australia Charles Keeble | 142 | |||||||||||||||
| West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer | DNS |
Judges:
- West Germany K. Beyer
- Australia Sydney R. Croll
- Austria H. Deistler
- Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
- US H. Kendall Kelley
- Canada Ralph McCreath
- UK Mollie Phillips
- France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
- Czechoslovakia B. Srbová
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | US Carol Heiss | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| **2** | US Tenley Albright | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| **3** | Austria Ingrid Wendl | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UK Yvonne Sugden | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Hanna Eigel | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||
| US Catherine Machado | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Hanna Walter | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||
| UK Erica Batchelor | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Ann Johnston | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||
| US Mary Dorsey | 97 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands Joan Haanappel | 103 | |||||||||||||||||||
| UK Diana Peach | 107 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Italy Fiorella Negro | 128 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Italy Emma Giardini | 130 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Jindra Kramperová | 131 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra | 144 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Karin Borner | 155 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Ilse Musyl | 161 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Alice Fischer | 168 | |||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Ina Bauer | 171 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Jana Dočekalová | 175 |
Judges:
- Italy Ercole Cattaneo
- US Otto Dallmayr
- UK Pamela Davis
- Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
- West Germany V. P. Gross
- Austria Ernst Labin
- Canada Ralph McCreath
- France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
- Czechoslovakia B. Srbová
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | 14 | ||||||||
| **2** | Canada Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | 15 | ||||||||
| **3** | West Germany Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel | 30 | ||||||||
| US Carole Ormaca / Robin Greiner | 34 | |||||||||
| Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | 42.5 | |||||||||
| US Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann | 68.5 | |||||||||
| UK Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles | 70 | |||||||||
| Austria Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert | 74.5 | |||||||||
| UK Carolyn Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward | 75.5 | |||||||||
| West Germany Eva Neeb / Karl Probst | 80.5 | |||||||||
| Australia Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bower | 88.5 |
Judges:
- UK Pauline L. Barrajo
- West Germany K. Beyer
- Italy Ercole Cattaneo
- Australia Sydney R. Croll
- US Otto Dallmayr
- Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
- Canada Ralph McCreath
- Czechoslovakia B. Srbová
- Austria Franz Wojtanowskyj
Ice dance
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | UK Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| **2** | UK June Markham / Courtney Jones | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| **3** | UK Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby | 29 | ||||||||||||||
| US Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso | 37 | |||||||||||||||
| France Fanny Besson / Jean Guhel | 38 | |||||||||||||||
| US Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | 39 | |||||||||||||||
| US Sidney Arnold / Franklin Nelson | 47 | |||||||||||||||
| West Germany Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch | 49 | |||||||||||||||
| Canada Lindis Johnston / Jeffrey Johnston | 74.5 | |||||||||||||||
| West Germany Gerda Wohlgemuth / Hannes Burkhardt | 76.5 | |||||||||||||||
| Austria Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera | 77 | |||||||||||||||
| Italy Bona Giammona / Giancarlo Sioli | 82 | |||||||||||||||
| Austria Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn | 88 | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink | 91 | |||||||||||||||
| Italy Adriana Giuggiolini / Germano Ceccattini | 94 | |||||||||||||||
| West Germany Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet | 109 | |||||||||||||||
| Italy Maria Locatelli / Vinicio Toncelli | 117 |
Judges:
- Italy P. Farinet
- Switzerland A. Jobin
- US H. Kendall Kelley
- France Henri Meudec
- West Germany Hermann Schiechtl
- UK D. Ward
- Austria Franz Wojtanowskyj
Sources
- Result List provided by the ISU
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