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 1 Hayes 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 DNS
Judges: K. Beyer Sydney R. Croll H. Deistler Emile Finsterwald H. Kendall Kelley Ralph McCreath Mollie Phillips Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques B. Srbová
Ladies Rank Name Places 1 Carol Heiss 13 2 Tenley Albright 14 3 Ingrid Wendl 33 4 Yvonne Sugden 37 5 Hanna Eigel 48 6 Catherine Machado 49 7 Hanna Walter 71 8 Erica Batchelor 72 9 Ann Johnston 72 10 Mary 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: Ercole Cattaneo Otto Dallmayr Pamela Davis Emile Finsterwald V. P. Gross Ernst Labin Ralph McCreath Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques B. Srbová
Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt 14 2 Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden 15 3 Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel 30 4 Carole 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: Pauline L. Barrajo K. Beyer Ercole Cattaneo Sydney R. Croll Otto Dallmayr Emile Finsterwald Ralph McCreath B. Srbová Franz Wojtanowskyj
Ice dance Rank Name Places 1 Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas 7 2 June Markham / Courtney Jones 15 3 Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby 29 4 Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso 37 5 Fanny Besson / Jean Guhel 38 6 Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel 39 7 Sidney Arnold / Franklin Nelson 47 8 Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch 49 9 Lindis Johnston / Jeffrey Johnston 74.5 10 Gerda Wohlgemuth / Hannes Burkhardt 76.5 11 Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera 77 12 Bona Giammona / Giancarlo Sioli 82 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 Locatelli / Vinicio Toncelli 117
Judges: P. Farinet A. Jobin H. Kendall Kelley Henri Meudec Hermann Schiechtl D. Ward Franz Wojtanowskyj
Sources Result List provided by the ISU