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World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...

is an annual

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sanctioned by the

International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Net ...

in which

figure skaters Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

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

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Results

Men

Judges: * S. R. Croll * Ralph S. McCreath * K. Beyer *

Mollie Phillips Mollie Doreen Phillips OBE (27 July 1907 – 15 December 1994) was a British figure skater and Olympic judge. She is regarded as a pioneer in the sport. Phillips was the first woman to carry a national flag at the opening ceremony of an Olympic ...

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* H. Deistler * E. Finsterwald * B. Srbová * H. K. Kelley

Ladies

Judges: * Ralph S. McCreath * P. Gross * Pamela Davis *

Ercole Cattaneo Ercole Cattaneo (3 December 1906 – 26 July 1978) was an Italian figure skater. He competed in the pairs event at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympisch ...

* E. Labin * E. Finsterwald * B. Srbová * O. Dallmayr

Pairs

Judges: * S. R. Croll * Ralph S. McCreath * K. Beyer * P. L. Barrajo *

* F. Wojtanowskyj * E. Finsterwald * B. Srbová * O. Dallmayr

Ice dancing

Judges: *

Hermann Schiechtl Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, Mis ...

* D. Ward * Henri Meudec * P. Farinet * F. Wojtanowskyj * A. Jobin * H. Kendall Kelley

Sources

* Result List provided by the ISU {{ISU Championships Figure skating World Figure Skating Championships

International figure skating competitions hosted by West Germany Sports competitions in Bavaria February 1956 sports events in Europe Sport in Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1950s in Bavaria