1956 World Figure Skating Championships
1956 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | February 16th – February 19th |
Season: | 1956 |
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Champions | |
Men's singles: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Pair skating: ![]() | |
Ice dancing: ![]() | |
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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, pairs and ice dancing took place February 16 to February 19, 1956 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 were
- 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 Clifton-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 were
- 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 Kothman | ![]() | 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 were
- 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 were
- 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
References
- Result List provided by the ISU
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