1956 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.
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 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 | Hanno Ströher | ![]() | 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 - Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
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 | ![]() | 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 | Mary Ann Dorsey | ![]() | 97 |
11 | Joan Haanappel | ![]() | 103 |
12 | Diana Peach | ![]() | 107 |
13 | Fiorella Negro | ![]() | 128 |
14 | Emma Giardini | ![]() | 130 |
15 | Jindra Kramperová | ![]() | 131 |
16 | Sjoukje Dijkstra | ![]() | 144 |
17 | Karin Borner | ![]() | 155 |
18 | Ilse Musyl | ![]() | 161 |
19 | Alice FIscher | ![]() | 168 |
20 | Ina Bauer | ![]() | 171 |
21 | Jana Dočekalová | ![]() | 175 |
Judges:
- Ralph S. McCreath
Canada - P. Gross
West Germany - Pamela Davis
United Kingdom - Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
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 | ![]() | 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 |
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1 | Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas | ![]() | 7 |
2 | June Markham / Courtney Jones | ![]() | 15 |
3 | Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby | ![]() | 29 |
4 | Joan Zamboni / Ronland Junso | ![]() | 37 |
5 | Fanny Besson / Jean Paul Guhel | ![]() | 39 |
6 | Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | ![]() | 38 |
7 | Sidney Arnold / Franklin Nelson | ![]() | 47 |
8 | Sigrid Knacke / Günther Koch | ![]() | 49 |
9 | Lindis Johnston / Jeffery Johnston | ![]() | 74.5 |
10 | Gerda Wohlgemuth / Hannes Burkhardt | ![]() | 82 |
11 | Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera | ![]() | 76.5 |
12 | Bona Giammona / Giancarlo Sioli | ![]() | 77 |
13 | Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn | ![]() | 88 |
14 | Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink | ![]() | 91 |
15 | Adriana Giuggiolini / Germano Ceccattini | ![]() | 94 |
16 | Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet | ![]() | 109 |
17 | Maria Grazia Locatelli / Vinicio Toncelli | ![]() | 117 |
Judges:
- Hermann Schiechtl
West Germany - D. Ward
United Kingdom - Henri Meudec
France - P. Farinet
Italy - F. Wojtanowskyj
Austria - A. Jobin
Switzerland - H. Kendall Kelley
United States
Sources
- Result List provided by the ISU
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