1956 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1956 April 2020 1956 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship February 16 19 1956 West Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany US 1912 Hayes Alan Jenkins US 1912 Carol Heiss Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt UK Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas 1955 World Championships 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 FRG flagcountry 2 2 1 USA 1912 1 0 1 0 1 0 CAN 1921 0 0 1 yes 1 1 1 Results Men Rank Name Places 1 US 1912 Hayes Jenkins 10 2 US 1912 Ronald Robertson 17 3 US 1912 David Jenkins 28 4 Canada 1921 Charles Snelling 42 5 UK Michael Booker 48 6 Czechoslovakia Karol Divín 48 7 France Alain Calmat 65 8 Austria Norbert Felsinger 71 9 West Germany Tilo Gutzeit 77 10 Switzerland François Pache 91 11 Australia Allan Ganter 109 12 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 111 13 Switzerland Hans Müller 113 14 Austria Hanno Ströher 115 15 Spain 1945 Darío Villalba 137 16 Australia Charles Keeble 142 WD West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer DNS Judges: West Germany K. Beyer Australia Sydney R. Croll Austria H. Deistler Switzerland Emile Finsterwald US 1912 H. Kendall Kelley Canada 1921 Ralph McCreath UK Mollie Phillips France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques Czechoslovakia B. Srbová Ladies Rank Name Places 1 US 1912 Carol Heiss 13 2 US 1912 Tenley Albright 14 3 Austria Ingrid Wendl 33 4 UK Yvonne Sugden 37 5 Austria Hanna Eigel 48 6 US 1912 Catherine Machado 49 7 Austria Hanna Walter 71 8 UK Erica Batchelor 72 9 Canada 1921 Ann Johnston 72 10 US 1912 Mary Dorsey 97 11 Netherlands Joan Haanappel 103 12 UK Diana Peach 107 13 Italy Fiorella Negro 128 14 Italy Emma Giardini 130 15 Czechoslovakia Jindra Kramperová 131 16 Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra 144 17 Switzerland Karin Borner 155 18 Austria Ilse Musyl 161 19 Switzerland Alice Fischer 168 20 West Germany Ina Bauer 171 21 Czechoslovakia Jana Dočekalová 175 Judges: Italy Ercole Cattaneo US 1912 Otto Dallmayr UK Pamela Davis Switzerland Emile Finsterwald West Germany V. P. Gross Austria Ernst Labin Canada 1921 Ralph McCreath France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques Czechoslovakia B. Srbová Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt 14 2 Canada 1921 Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden 15 3 West Germany Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel 30 4 US 1912 Carole Ormaca / Robin Greiner 34 5 Canada 1921 Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul 42.5 6 US 1912 Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann 68.5 7 UK Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles 70 8 Austria Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert 74.5 9 UK Carolyn Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward 75.5 10 West Germany Eva Neeb / Karl Probst 80.5 11 Australia Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bower 88.5 Judges: UK Pauline L. Barrajo West Germany K. Beyer Italy Ercole Cattaneo Australia Sydney R. Croll US 1912 Otto Dallmayr Switzerland Emile Finsterwald Canada 1921 Ralph McCreath Czechoslovakia B. Srbová Austria Franz Wojtanowskyj Ice dance Rank Name Places 1 UK Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas 7 2 UK June Markham / Courtney Jones 15 3 UK Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby 29 4 US 1912 Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso 37 5 France Fanny Besson / Jean Guhel 38 6 US 1912 Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel 39 7 US 1912 Sidney Arnold / Franklin Nelson 47 8 West Germany Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch 49 9 Canada 1921 Lindis Johnston / Jeffrey Johnston 74.5 10 West Germany Gerda Wohlgemuth / Hannes Burkhardt 76.5 11 Austria Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera 77 12 Italy Bona Giammona / Giancarlo Sioli 82 13 Austria Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn 88 14 Netherlands Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink 91 15 Italy Adriana Giuggiolini / Germano Ceccattini 94 16 West Germany Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet 109 17 Italy Maria Locatelli / Vinicio Toncelli 117 Judges: Italy P. Farinet Switzerland A. Jobin US 1912 H. Kendall Kelley France Henri Meudec West Germany Hermann Schiechtl UK D. Ward Austria Franz Wojtanowskyj Sources Result List provided by the ISU Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by West Germany Category:Sports competitions in Bavaria World Figure Skating Championships Category:Sport in Garmisch-Partenkirchen World Figure Skating Championships, 1956