1956 World Figure Skating Championships
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1956 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | February 16 – 19 |
Season: | 1956 |
Location: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany |
Champions | |
Men's singles: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Pair skating: ![]() | |
Ice dance: ![]() | |
Previous: 1955 World Championships | |
Next: 1957 World 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.
Results[]
Men[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | ![]() |
10 |
2 | Ronald Robertson | ![]() |
17 |
3 | David Jenkins | ![]() |
28 |
4 | Charles Snelling | ![]() |
42 |
5 | Michael Booker | ![]() |
48 |
6 | Karol Divín | ![]() |
48 |
7 | Alain Calmat | ![]() |
65 |
8 | Norbert Felsinger | ![]() |
71 |
9 | Tilo Gutzeit | ![]() |
77 |
10 | François Pache | ![]() |
91 |
11 | Allan Ganter | ![]() |
109 |
12 | Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | ![]() |
111 |
13 | Hans Müller | ![]() |
113 |
14 | ![]() |
115 | |
15 | Darío Villalba | ![]() |
137 |
16 | Charles Keeble | ![]() |
142 |
WD | Manfred Schnelldorfer | ![]() |
Judges:
- S. R. Croll
Australia
- Ralph S. McCreath
Canada
- K. Beyer
West Germany
- Mollie Phillips
United Kingdom
-
France
- H. Deistler
Austria
- E. Finsterwald
Switzerland
- B. Srbová
Czechoslovakia
- H. K. Kelley
United States
Ladies[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Carol Heiss | ![]() |
13 |
2 | Tenley Albright | ![]() |
14 |
3 | Ingrid Wendl | ![]() |
33 |
4 | Yvonne Sugden | ![]() |
37 |
5 | Hanna Eigel | ![]() |
49 |
6 | Catherine Machado | ![]() |
48 |
7 | Hanna Walter | ![]() |
71 |
8 | Erica Batchelor | ![]() |
72 |
9 | Ann Johnston | ![]() |
72 |
10 | ![]() |
97 | |
11 | Joan Haanappel | ![]() |
103 |
12 | Diana Peach | ![]() |
107 |
13 | Fiorella Negro | ![]() |
128 |
14 | ![]() |
130 | |
15 | Jindra Kramperová | ![]() |
131 |
16 | Sjoukje Dijkstra | ![]() |
144 |
17 | Karin Borner | ![]() |
155 |
18 | ![]() |
161 | |
19 | Alice FIscher | ![]() |
168 |
20 | Ina Bauer | ![]() |
171 |
21 | Jana Dočekalová | ![]() |
175 |
Judges:
- Ralph S. McCreath
Canada
- P. Gross
West Germany
-
United Kingdom
-
France
- Ercole Cattaneo
Italy
- E. Labin
Austria
- E. Finsterwald
Switzerland
- B. Srbová
Czechoslovakia
- O. Dallmayr
United States
Pairs[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | ![]() |
14 |
2 | Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | ![]() |
15 |
3 | Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel | ![]() |
30 |
4 | Carole Ann Ormaca / Robin Greiner | ![]() |
34 |
5 | Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | ![]() |
42.5 |
6 | Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann | ![]() |
68.5 |
7 | Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles | ![]() |
70 |
8 | Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert | ![]() |
74.5 |
9 | Carolyn Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward | ![]() |
75.5 |
10 | Eva Neeb / Karl Probst | ![]() |
80.5 |
11 | Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bower | ![]() |
88.5 |
Judges:
- S. R. Croll
Australia
- Ralph S. McCreath
Canada
- K. Beyer
West Germany
- P. L. Barrajo
United Kingdom
- Ercole Cattaneo
Italy
- F. Wojtanowskyj
Austria
- E. Finsterwald
Switzerland
- B. Srbová
Czechoslovakia
- O. Dallmayr
United States
Ice dancing[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas | ![]() |
7 |
2 | June Markham / Courtney Jones | ![]() |
15 |
3 | Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby | ![]() |
29 |
4 | Joan Zamboni / | ![]() |
37 |
5 | / Jean Paul Guhel | ![]() |
39 |
6 | Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | ![]() |
38 |
7 | Sidney Arnold / Franklin Nelson | ![]() |
47 |
8 | / | ![]() |
49 |
9 | / | ![]() |
74.5 |
10 | / | ![]() |
82 |
11 | / | ![]() |
76.5 |
12 | / | ![]() |
77 |
13 | / | ![]() |
88 |
14 | / | ![]() |
91 |
15 | / | ![]() |
94 |
16 | / | ![]() |
109 |
17 | / | ![]() |
117 |
Judges:
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West Germany
- D. Ward
United Kingdom
-
France
- P. Farinet
Italy
- F. Wojtanowskyj
Austria
- A. Jobin
Switzerland
- H. Kendall Kelley
United States
Sources[]
- Result List provided by the ISU
Categories:
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1956 in figure skating
- Figure skating in West Germany
- International figure skating competitions hosted by West Germany
- Sports competitions in Bavaria
- February 1956 sports events
- Sport in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- 1950s in Bavaria