1956 Winter Olympics / Figure Skating

Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competition venue	Stadio del ghiaccio
Nations	15th
Athletes	59 (27 , 32 )
date	January 29 to February 2, 1956
decisions	3
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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
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
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.
1	United States	Hayes Alan Jenkins	01	02	013	166.43
2	United States	Ronald Robertson	02	01	016	165.79
3	United States	David Jenkins	03	03	027	162.82
4th	FRA	Alain Giletti	04th	04th	037	159.63
5	TCH	Karol Divin	05	03	49.5	154.25
6th	GBR	Michael Booker	06th	06th	53.5	154.26
7th	AUT	Norbert Felsinger	07th	08th	067	150.55
8th	CAN	Charles Snelling	09	07th	067	150.42
9	FRA	Alain Calmat	08th	09	077	148.35
10	EUA	Tilo Gutzeit	10	11	090	141.08
11	SUI	François Pache	11	10	095	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.
1	United States	Tenley Albright	01	01	012.0	169.67
2	United States	Carol Hot	02	02	021.0	168.02
3	AUT	Ingrid Wendl	03	05	039.0	159.44
4th	GBR	Yvonne Sugden	04th	09	053.0	156.62
5	AUT	Hanna Eigel	05	04th	052.0	157.15
6th	CAN	Carole Jane Pachl	06th	08th	073.0	154.74
7th	AUT	Hanna Walter	08th	07th	083.5	153.89
8th	United States	Catherine Machado	10	03	086.5	153.48
9	CAN	Ann Johnston	07th	10	094.0	152.56
10	EUA	Rosel Pettinger	11	06th	101.0	152.04
11	GBR	Erica Batchelor	09	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.
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	09.86

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 )