1956 World Figure Skating Championships

1956 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 16 – 19
Season:1956
Location:West Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Hayes Alan Jenkins
Ladies' singles:
United States Carol Heiss
Pair skating:
Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas
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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

  *   Host nation (West Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2215
2 Great Britain1113
3 Austria1012
4 Canada0101
5 West Germany*0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Results

Men

Rank Name Places
1 United States Hayes Jenkins 10
2 United States Ronald Robertson 17
3 United States David Jenkins 28
4 Canada Charles Snelling 42
5 United Kingdom Michael Booker 48
6 Czechoslovakia Karol Divín 48
7 France Alain Calmat 65
8 Austria Norbert Felsinger 71
9 West Germany Tilo Gutzeit 77
10 Switzerland François Pache 91
11 Australia Allan Ganter 109
12 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 111
13 Switzerland Hans Müller 113
14 Austria Hanno Ströher 115
15 Spain Darío Villalba 137
16 Australia Charles Keeble 142
WD West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer DNS

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 United States Carol Heiss 13
2 United States Tenley Albright 14
3 Austria Ingrid Wendl 33
4 United Kingdom Yvonne Sugden 37
5 Austria Hanna Eigel 48
6 United States Catherine Machado 49
7 Austria Hanna Walter 71
8 United Kingdom Erica Batchelor 72
9 Canada Ann Johnston 72
10 United States Mary Dorsey 97
11 Netherlands Joan Haanappel 103
12 United Kingdom Diana Peach 107
13 Italy Fiorella Negro 128
14 Italy Emma Giardini 130
15 Czechoslovakia Jindra Kramperová 131
16 Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra 144
17 Switzerland Karin Borner 155
18 Austria Ilse Musyl 161
19 Switzerland Alice Fischer 168
20 West Germany Ina Bauer 171
21 Czechoslovakia Jana Dočekalová 175

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt 14
2 Canada Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden 15
3 West Germany Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel 30
4 United States Carole Ormaca / Robin Greiner 34
5 Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul 42.5
6 United States Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann 68.5
7 United Kingdom Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles 70
8 Austria Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert 74.5
9 United Kingdom Carolyn Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward 75.5
10 West Germany Eva Neeb / Karl Probst 80.5
11 Australia Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bower 88.5

Judges:

Ice dance

Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas 7
2 United Kingdom June Markham / Courtney Jones 15
3 United Kingdom Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby 29
4 United States Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso 37
5 France Fanny Besson / Jean Guhel 38
6 United States Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel 39
7 United States Sidney Arnold / Franklin Nelson 47
8 West Germany Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch 49
9 Canada Lindis Johnston / Jeffrey Johnston 74.5
10 West Germany Gerda Wohlgemuth / Hannes Burkhardt 76.5
11 Austria Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera 77
12 Italy Bona Giammona / Giancarlo Sioli 82
13 Austria Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn 88
14 Netherlands Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink 91
15 Italy Adriana Giuggiolini / Germano Ceccattini 94
16 West Germany Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet 109
17 Italy Maria Locatelli / Vinicio Toncelli 117

Judges:

  • Italy P. Farinet
  • Switzerland A. Jobin
  • United States H. Kendall Kelley
  • France Henri Meudec
  • West Germany Hermann Schiechtl
  • United Kingdom D. Ward
  • Austria Franz Wojtanowskyj

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU

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