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: Hayes Alan Jenkins | |
Ladies' singles: Carol Heiss | |
Pair skating: Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | |
Ice dance: Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas | |
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 | United States | 10 |
2 | Ronald Robertson | United States | 17 |
3 | David Jenkins | United States | 28 |
4 | Charles Snelling | Canada | 42 |
5 | Michael Booker | United Kingdom | 48 |
6 | Karol Divín | Czechoslovakia | 48 |
7 | Alain Calmat | France | 65 |
8 | Norbert Felsinger | Austria | 71 |
9 | Tilo Gutzeit | West Germany | 77 |
10 | François Pache | Switzerland | 91 |
11 | Allan Ganter | Australia | 109 |
12 | Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | West Germany | 111 |
13 | Hans Müller | Switzerland | 113 |
14 | Austria | 115 | |
15 | Darío Villalba | Spain | 137 |
16 | Charles Keeble | Australia | 142 |
WD | Manfred Schnelldorfer | West Germany |
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 |
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1 | Carol Heiss | United States | 13 |
2 | Tenley Albright | United States | 14 |
3 | Ingrid Wendl | Austria | 33 |
4 | Yvonne Sugden | United Kingdom | 37 |
5 | Hanna Eigel | Austria | 49 |
6 | Catherine Machado | United States | 48 |
7 | Hanna Walter | Austria | 71 |
8 | Erica Batchelor | United Kingdom | 72 |
9 | Ann Johnston | Canada | 72 |
10 | United States | 97 | |
11 | Joan Haanappel | Netherlands | 103 |
12 | Diana Peach | United Kingdom | 107 |
13 | Fiorella Negro | Italy | 128 |
14 | Italy | 130 | |
15 | Jindra Kramperová | Czechoslovakia | 131 |
16 | Sjoukje Dijkstra | Netherlands | 144 |
17 | Karin Borner | Switzerland | 155 |
18 | Austria | 161 | |
19 | Alice FIscher | Switzerland | 168 |
20 | Ina Bauer | West Germany | 171 |
21 | Jana Dočekalová | Czechoslovakia | 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 |
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1 | Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | Austria | 14 |
2 | Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | Canada | 15 |
3 | Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel | West Germany | 30 |
4 | Carole Ann Ormaca / Robin Greiner | United States | 34 |
5 | Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | Canada | 42.5 |
6 | Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann | United States | 68.5 |
7 | Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles | United Kingdom | 70 |
8 | Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert | Austria | 74.5 |
9 | Carolyn Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward | United Kingdom | 75.5 |
10 | Eva Neeb / Karl Probst | West Germany | 80.5 |
11 | Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bower | Australia | 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 |
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1 | Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas | United Kingdom | 7 |
2 | June Markham / Courtney Jones | United Kingdom | 15 |
3 | Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby | United Kingdom | 29 |
4 | Joan Zamboni / | United States | 37 |
5 | / Jean Paul Guhel | France | 39 |
6 | Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | United States | 38 |
7 | Sidney Arnold / Franklin Nelson | United States | 47 |
8 | / | West Germany | 49 |
9 | / | Canada | 74.5 |
10 | / | West Germany | 82 |
11 | / | Austria | 76.5 |
12 | / | Italy | 77 |
13 | / | Austria | 88 |
14 | / | Netherlands | 91 |
15 | / | Italy | 94 |
16 | / | West Germany | 109 |
17 | / | Italy | 117 |
Judges:
- 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