Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Pair skating
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 Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, the host city for the Games.[1]
Results
Source:[2]
Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | ![]() |
11.31 | 14 |
2 | Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | ![]() |
11.32 | 16 |
3 | Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | ![]() |
11.03 | 32 |
4 | Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel | ![]() |
10.98 | 35.5 |
5 | Carole Ann Ormaca / Robin Greiner | ![]() |
10.71 | 56 |
6 | Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | ![]() |
10.74 | 54.5 |
7 | Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann | ![]() |
10.63 | 59.5 |
8 | Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal | ![]() |
10.53 | 68.5 |
9 | Elisabeth Ellend / Konrad Lienert | ![]() |
10.38 | 77 |
10 | Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles | ![]() |
10.00 | 88 |
11 | Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward | ![]() |
9.86 | 93 |
See also
References
- ^ "Figure Skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics: Pairs, Mixed". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 676
External links
- Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956). VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report (PDF). Cortina d'Ampezzo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
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