World Figure Skating Championships 1956

World Figure Skating Championships 1956
47th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	16. – 19. February 1956
Venue:	Garmisch-Partenkirchen , FR Germany
Gold medalist
Men's:	Hayes Alan Jenkins (4)
Women:	Carol Hot
Couples:	Sissy Schwarz & Kurt Oppelt
Ice dance:	Pamela Weight & Paul Thomas
World figure skating championships
1955 ◄ 1956 ► 1957

The 47th World Figure Skating Championships took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( Germany ) from February 16-19, 1956 .

Hayes Alan Jenkins won his last of four consecutive titles, while his future wife Carol Heiss won her first of five consecutive titles.

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Hayes Alan Jenkins	United States
2	Ronald Robertson	United States
3	David Jenkins	United States
4th	Charles Snelling	Canada
5	Michael Booker	United Kingdom
6th	Karol Divin	Czechoslovakia
7th	Alain Calmat	France
8th	Norbert Felsinger	Austria
9	Tilo Gutzeit	BR Germany
10	François Pache	Switzerland
11	Allan Ganter	Australia
12	Hans-Jürgen Bäumler	BR Germany
13	Hans Müller	BR Germany
14th	Hanno Ströher	Austria
15th	Dario Villalba	Spain
16	Charles Keeble	Australia
	Manfred Schnelldorfer (Z)	BR Germany

• Z = withdrawn

Judges were:

• SR Croll Australia 
• Ralph McCreath Canada 
• K. Beyer BR Germany 
• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 
• Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques France 
• H. Deistler Austria 
• E. Finsterwald Switzerland 
• B. Srbová Czechoslovakia 
• HK Kelley United States 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Carol Hot	United States
2	Tenley Albright	United States
3	Ingrid Wendl	Austria
4th	Yvonne Sugden	United Kingdom
5	Hanna Eigel	Austria
6th	Catherine Machado	United States
7th	Hanna Walter	Austria
8th	Erica Batchelor	United Kingdom
9	Ann Johnston	Canada
10	Mary Ann Dorsey	United States
11	Joan Haanappel	Netherlands
12	Diana Carol Peach	United Kingdom
13	Fiorella Negro	Italy
14th	Emma Giardini	Italy
15th	Jindra Kramperová	Czechoslovakia
16	Sjoukje Dijkstra	Netherlands
17th	Karin Borner	Switzerland
18th	Use Musyl	Austria
19th	Alice Fischer	Switzerland
20th	Ina Bauer	BR Germany
21st	Jana Dočekalová	Czechoslovakia

Judges were:

• Ralph McCreath Canada 
• P. Gross BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques France 
• Ercole Cattaneo Italy 
• E. Lab in Austria 
• E. Finsterwald Switzerland 
• B. Srbová Czechoslovakia 
• O. Dallmayr United States 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Sissy Black / Kurt Oppelt	Austria
2	Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden	Canada
3	Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel	BR Germany
4th	Carole Ann Ormaca / Robert Greiner	United States
5	Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul	Canada
6th	Lucille Ash / Sully Kothman	United States
7th	Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles	United Kingdom
8th	Liesel Ellend / Konrad Lienert	Austria
9	Carolyn Patricia Krau / Hodney Ward	United Kingdom
10	Eva Neeb / Karl Probst	BR Germany
11	Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bower	Australia

Judges were:

• SR Croll Australia 
• Ralph McCreath Canada 
• K. Beyer BR Germany 
• PL Barrajo United Kingdom 
• Ercole Cattaneo Italy 
• F. Wojtanowskyj Austria 
• E. Finsterwald Switzerland 
• B. Srbová Czechoslovakia 
• O. Dallmayr United States 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country
1	Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas	United Kingdom
2	June Markham / Courtney Jones	United Kingdom
3	Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby	United Kingdom
4th	Joan Zamboni / Ronland Junso	United States
5	Fanny Besson / Jean Paul Guhel	France
6th	Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel	United States
7th	Sidney Arnold / Franklin Nelson	United States
8th	Sigrid Knacke / Günther Koch	BR Germany
9	Lindis Johnston / Jeffery Johnston	Canada
10	Gerda Wohlgemuth / Hannes Burckhardt	BR Germany
11	Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera	Austria
12	Bona Giammona / Giancarlo Sioli	Italy
13	Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn	Austria
14th	Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink	Netherlands
15th	Adriana Giuggiolini / Germano Ceccattini	Italy
16	Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet	BR Germany
17th	Maria Grazia Locatelli / Vinicio Toncelli	Italy

Judges were:

• Hermann Schiechtl BR Germany 
• D. Ward United Kingdom 
• Henri Meudec France 
• P. Farinet Italy 
• F. Wojtanowskyj Austria 
• A. Job in Switzerland 
• H. Kendall Kelley United States 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	2	2	1	5
2	United Kingdom	1	1	1	3
3	Austria	1	-	1	2
4th	Canada	-	1	-	1
5	BR Germany	-	-	1	1

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• World figure skating championships 1950–1959 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1950–1959 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1950–1959 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1952–1959 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English).