1956 Winter Olympics / Figure Skating
Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics |
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venue | Cortina d'Ampezzo |
Competition venue | Stadio del ghiaccio |
Nations | 15th |
Athletes | 59 (27 , 32 ) |
date | January 29 to February 2, 1956 |
decisions | 3 |
← Oslo 1952 |
At the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956 , three competitions were held in figure skating . The venue was the Stadio del Ghiaccio , which had a seating capacity of 15,000.
Balance sheet
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Austria | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
3 | Canada | - | 1 | - | 1 |
4th | Hungary | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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Men's | Hayes Alan Jenkins | Ronald Robertson | David Jenkins |
Ladies | Tenley Albright | Carol Hot | Ingrid Wendl |
Couples | Sissy Black / Kurt Oppelt | Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | Marianna Nagy / László Nagy |
Results
- K = freestyle
- P = compulsory
- Pz = place number
- Pts = points
Men's
space | country | athlete | P | K | Pz | Pt. |
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1 | United States | Hayes Alan Jenkins | 1 | 2 | 13 | 166.43 |
2 | United States | Ronald Robertson | 2 | 1 | 16 | 165.79 |
3 | United States | David Jenkins | 3 | 3 | 27 | 162.82 |
4th | FRA | Alain Giletti | 4th | 4th | 37 | 159.63 |
5 | TCH | Karol Divin | 5 | 3 | 49.5 | 154.25 |
6th | GBR | Michael Booker | 6th | 6th | 53.5 | 154.26 |
7th | AUT | Norbert Felsinger | 7th | 8th | 67 | 150.55 |
8th | CAN | Charles Snelling | 9 | 7th | 67 | 150.42 |
9 | FRA | Alain Calmat | 8th | 9 | 77 | 148.35 |
10 | EUA | Tilo Gutzeit | 10 | 11 | 90 | 141.08 |
11 | SUI | François Pache | 11 | 10 | 95 | 139.39 |
12 | SUI | Hans Müller | 12 | 12 | 112 | 135.28 |
13 | OUT | Allan Ganter | 13 | 14th | 114 | 132.41 |
14th | ESP | Dario Villalba | 14th | 16 | 128 | 127.30 |
15th | FIN | Kalle Tuulos | 15th | 15th | 137 | 124.50 |
16 | OUT | Charles Keeble | 16 | 13 | 137 | 123.93 |
Date: February 1st
The performances were judged by nine judges.
Hayes Alan Jenkins succeeded his successful compatriot Richard Button after the Olympic Games in 1952 and has remained undefeated since then. So he went to Cortina as the undisputed favorite and won the gold medal. However, the decision was tighter than expected. Jenkins' compatriot Ronald Robertson , known for his strengths in jumps and pirouettes, won the freestyle. In the end, Robertson was less than a point and three places behind Jenkins. The bronze medal went to Jenkins' brother David Jenkins , who in turn succeeded his brother after the Olympic Games and became Olympic champion four years later. The USA thus occupied the entire podium in the men's competition. This was the second time in the Olympic history of figure skating after 1908 , when Sweden won all medals in the men's competition. For the first time in the Olympic history of figure skating, a podium remained without European participation. The best European was the French Alain Giletti in fourth.
Ladies
space | country | sportswoman | P | K | Pz | Pt. |
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1 | United States | Tenley Albright | 1 | 1 | 12.0 | 169.67 |
2 | United States | Carol Hot | 2 | 2 | 21.0 | 168.02 |
3 | AUT | Ingrid Wendl | 3 | 5 | 39.0 | 159.44 |
4th | GBR | Yvonne Sugden | 4th | 9 | 53.0 | 156.62 |
5 | AUT | Hanna Eigel | 5 | 4th | 52.0 | 157.15 |
6th | CAN | Carole Jane Pachl | 6th | 8th | 73.0 | 154.74 |
7th | AUT | Hanna Walter | 8th | 7th | 83.5 | 153.89 |
8th | United States | Catherine Machado | 10 | 3 | 86.5 | 153.48 |
9 | CAN | Ann Johnston | 7th | 10 | 94.0 | 152.56 |
10 | EUA | Rosel Pettinger | 11 | 6th | 101.0 | 152.04 |
11 | GBR | Erica Batchelor | 9 | 12 | 116.0 | 149.67 |
12 | NED | Sjoukje Dijkstra | 12 | 15th | 140.0 | 145.80 |
13 | NED | Joan Haanappel | 14th | 11 | 145.5 | 145.85 |
14th | GBR | Dianne Peach | 13 | 13 | 151.0 | 144.75 |
15th | ITA | Fiorella Negro | 16 | 14th | 168.5 | 142.31 |
16 | SUI | Karin Borner | 15th | 16 | 171.0 | 141.69 |
17th | FRA | Maryvonne Huet | 17th | 19th | 194.0 | 138.30 |
18th | SUI | Alice Fischer | 18th | 20th | 203.0 | 137.69 |
19th | SWE | Alice Lundström | 19th | 18th | 206.0 | 136.34 |
20th | TCH | Jindra Kramperová | 21st | 17th | 209.0 | 136.67 |
21st | ITA | Manuela Angeli | 20th | 21st | 222.0 | 133.51 |
Date: February 2
The performances were judged by eleven judges.
Couples
space | country | Pair | Pz | Pt. |
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1 | AUT | Sissy Black / Kurt Oppelt | 14.0 | 11.31 |
2 | CAN | Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | 16.0 | 11.32 |
3 | HUN | Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | 32.0 | 11.03 |
4th | EUA | Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel | 35.5 | 10.98 |
5 | United States | Carole Ann Ormaca / Robin Greiner | 56.0 | 10.71 |
6th | CAN | Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | 54.5 | 10.74 |
7th | United States | Lucille Ash / Sully Kothman | 59.5 | 10.63 |
8th | TCH | Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal | 68.5 | 10.53 |
9 | AUT | Elisabeth Ellend / Konrad Lienert | 77.0 | 10.38 |
10 | GBR | Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles | 88.0 | 10.00 |
11 | GBR | Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward | 93.0 | 9.86 |
Date: February 3rd
The performances were judged by nine judges.
Web links
- Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )