Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Pair skating

Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Individual		men		ladies
Pairs		mixed

The figure skating pairs competition at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place on 3–4 February. Austrian pair of Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt won the competition. Pairs from Canada and Hungary took second and third respectively. The pairs competition was the last figure skating event of the Olympics. It was held out doors at the Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, the host city for the Games.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt Austria (AUT)	Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden Canada (CAN)	Marianna Nagy / László Nagy Hungary (HUN)

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Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Points	Places
1	Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt	Austria	11.31	14
2	Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden	Canada	11.32	16
3	Marianna Nagy / László Nagy	Hungary	11.03	32
4	Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel	Germany	10.98	35.5
5	Carole Ann Ormaca / Robin Greiner	United States	10.71	56
6	Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul	Canada	10.74	54.5
7	Lucille Ash / Sully Kothman	United States	10.63	59.5
8	Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal	Czechoslovakia	10.53	68.5
9	Elisabeth Ellend / Konrad Lienert	Austria	10.38	77
10	Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles	Great Britain	10.00	88
11	Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward	Great Britain	9.86	93

Source:^[1]

See also

• Olympic Games
• International Olympic Committee
• List of IOC country codes
• 1956 Winter Olympics

Notes

References

• Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956). VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report (PDF). Cortina d'Ampezzo. Retrieved 2010-03-02.