Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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Figure skating 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 ...
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1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from ...
took place at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating.


Medal summary


Results


Men

Referee: *
Werner Rittberger Werner Rittberger (born 14 July 1891 in Berlin, Germany; died 12 August 1975 in Krefeld, Germany) was a German figure skater. Rittberger invented the Loop jump in 1910. German (and most other European) figure skaters call this jump “Rittberg ...
Assistant Referee: * Walter S. Powell Judges: * Sydney R. Croll * Hans Meixler * Ralph S. McCreath * Emil Skákala * Gérard Rodrigues Henriques *
Adolf Walker Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in var ...
* Pauline Barrajo * H. Kendall Kelley * Jean Kreuz


Ladies

Referee: *
Adolf Rosdol Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in vari ...
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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 ...
Judges: * Sydney R. Croll * Oscar Madol * Ralph S. McCreath *
Josef Dědič Josef Dědič (b. 1924; d. June 19, 1993 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak figure skater and sport official. He placed 9th at the 1948 European Figure Skating Championships and retired from competitive skating in that year. In 1949, he became a ska ...
* Gérard Rodrigues Henriques *
Adolf Walker Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in var ...
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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 ...
* Mario Verdi * Charlotte Benedict Stieber * H. Kendall Kelley * Jean Creux


Pairs

Referee: * Gustavus F.C. Witt Assistant Referee: * Marcel Nicaise Judges: * Sydney R. Croll *
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* Ralph S. McCreath * Emil Skákala * Rudolf A. Marx * H. Kendall Kelley * Pamela Davis * Zoltán Balász * Jean Creux


References


External links


Official Olympic report

Results
at sports-reference.com

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