Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating. It was final time figure skating at the Olympics took place on an outdoor rink.
Medal summary Men's singles Ladies' singles Pair skating
Participating nations
Medal table
Results Men Rank Name Nation CF FS Points Places 1 Hayes Alan Jenkins 12166.4313 2 Ronald Robertson 21165.7916 3 David Jenkins 33162.8227 4 Alain Giletti 44159.6337 5 Karol Divín 55154.2549.5 6 Michael Booker 66154.2653.5 7 Norbert Felsinger 78150.5567 8 Charles Snelling 97150.4267 9 Alain Calmat 89148.3577 10 Tilo Gutzeit 1011141.0890 11 François Pache 1110139.3995 12 Hans Müller 1212135.28112 13 Allan Ganter 1314132.41114 14 Darío Villalba 1416127.30128 15 Kalle Tuulos 1515124.50137 16 Charles Keeble 1613123.93137
Referee: Werner Rittberger
Assistant referee: Walter S. Powell
Judges: Sydney R. Croll Hans Meixler Ralph S. McCreath Emil Skákala Gérard Rodrigues Henriques Adolf Walker Pauline Barrajo H. Kendall Kelley Jean Kreuz
Ladies Rank Name Nation CF FS Points Places 1 Tenley Albright 11169.6712 2 Carol Heiss 22168.0221 3 Ingrid Wendl 35159.4439 4 Yvonne Sugden 49156.6253 5 Hanna Eigel 54157.1552 6 Carole Jane Pachl 68154.7473 7 Hanna Walter 87153.8983.5 8 Catherine Machado 103153.4886.5 9 Ann Johnston 710152.5694 10 Rosi Pettinger 116152.04101 11 Erica Batchelor 912149.67116 12 Sjoukje Dijkstra 1215145.80140 13 Joan Haanappel 1411145.85145.5 14 Dianne Carol Peach 1313144.75151 15 Fiorella Negro 1614142.31168.5 16 Karin Borner 1516141.69171 17 Maryvonne Huet 1719138.30194 18 Alice Fischer 1820137.69203 19 Alice Lundström 1918136.34206 20 Jindra Kramperová 2117136.67209 21 Manuela Angeli 2021133.51222
Referee: Adolf Rosdol
Assistant referee: Ercole Cattaneo
Judges: Sydney R. Croll Oscar Madol Ralph S. McCreath Josef Dědič Gérard Rodrigues Henriques Adolf Walker Mollie Phillips Mario Verdi Charlotte Benedict Stieber H. Kendall Kelley Jean Creux
Pairs Rank Name Nation Points Places 1 Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt 11.3114 2 Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden 11.3216 3 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 11.0332 4 Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel 10.9835.5 5 Carole Ann Ormaca / Robin Greiner 10.7156 6 Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul 10.7454.5 7 Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann 10.6359.5 8 Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal 10.5368.5 9 Elisabeth Ellend / Konrad Lienert 10.3877 10 Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles 10.0088 11 Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward 9.8693
Referees Referee: Gustavus F.C. Witt Assistant referee: Marcel Nicaise
Judges Sydney R. Croll (Australia) Hans Meixner (Austria) Ralph S. McCreath (Canada ) Emil Skákala (Czechoslovakia) Rudolf A. Marx (Germany) H. Kendall Kelley (United States) Pamela Davis (United Kingdom) Zoltán Balász (Hungary) Jean Creux (Switzerland)
References
External links Official Olympic report Results at sports-reference.com results