Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Pair skating

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Pair skating
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Dates3-4 February
Competitors22 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt
 Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marianna Nagy / László Nagy
 Hungary
← 1952
1960 →

The figure skating pairs competition 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  Austria 11.31 14
2 Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden  Canada 11.32 16
3 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy  Hungary 11.03 32
4 Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel  United Team of Germany 10.98 35.5
5
Carole Ann Ormaca / Robin Greiner
 United States 10.71 56
6 Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul  Canada 10.74 54.5
7 Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann  United States 10.63 59.5
8 Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal  Czechoslovakia 10.53 68.5
9
Elisabeth Ellend / Konrad Lienert
 Austria 10.38 77
10 Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles  Great Britain 10.00 88
11
Patricia Krau / Rodney Ward
 Great Britain 9.86 93

See also

References

  1. ^ "Figure Skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics: Pairs, Mixed". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 676

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