Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Pair skating explained

Event:Pair skating
Games:1956 Winter
Dates:3-4 February
Competitors:22
Nations:11
Longnames:yes
Gold:Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt
Goldnoc:AUT
Silver:Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden
Silvernoc:CAN
Bronze:Marianna Nagy / László Nagy
Bronzenoc:HUN
Prev:1952
Next:1960

The figure skating pairs competition at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place on 3–4 February. The 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]

RankNameNationPointsPlaces
111.3114
211.3216
311.0332
410.9835.5
510.7156
610.7454.5
710.6359.5
810.5368.5
910.3877
1010.0088
119.8693

See also

External links

Notes and References

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