1956 World Figure Skating Championships

1956 World Figure Skating Championships
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
Pairs:
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.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (West Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2215
2 Great Britain1113
3 Austria1012
4 Canada0101
5 West Germany*0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

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:

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:

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:

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
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