1956 European Figure Skating Championships

The 1956 European Figure Skating Championships were held on January 19–21, 1956 in Paris, France. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles,^[1] ladies' singles,^[2] pair skating,^[3] and ice dancing.^[4] It was the first time Soviet skaters competed internationally since the Russian Revolution.^[5]

1956 European Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	January 19 – 21
Season:	1955–56
Location:	Paris, France
Champions
Men's singles: Alain Giletti
Ladies' singles: Ingrid Wendl
Pairs: Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt
Ice dance: Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas
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Results

Men

Rank	Name	Places
1	Alain Giletti
2	Michael Booker
3	Karol Divín
4	Alain Calmat
5	Tilo Gutzeit
6	Norbert Felsinger
7	François Pache
8	István Szenes
9	Brian Tuck
10	Manfred Schnelldorfer
11	Hans Müller
12	Igor Persiantsev
13	Hanno Ströher
14	Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
15	Lev Mikhaylov
16	Valentin Zakharov

Ladies

Rank	Name	Places
1	Ingrid Wendl
2	Yvonne Sugden
3	Erica Batchelor
4	Rosi Pettinger
5	Hanna Walter
6	Dianne Peach
7	Sjoukje Dijkstra
8	Joan Haanappel
9	Erika Rücker
10	Ilse Musyl
11	Emma Giardini
12	Alice Fischer
13	Ina Bauer
14	Jindra Kramperová
15	Karin Borner
16	Jana Dočekalová
17	Miloslava Tumová
18	Gilberte Naboudet
19	Corinne Altman
20	Milena Kladrubská
21	Michèle Allard

Pairs

Rank	Name	Places
1	Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt
2	Marianna Nagy / László Nagy	23[6]
3	Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel
4	Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles
5	Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal
6	Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert
7	Éva Szöllősi / Gábor Vida
8	Lidiya Gerasimova / Yuriy Kiselov
9	Carolyn Krau / Rodney Ward
10	Eva Neeb / Karl Probst
11	Maya Belenkaya / Igor Moskvin
12	Susy Holstein / Willy Wahl
13	Vera Kuhrüber / Horst Kuhrüber
14	Colette Tarozzi / Jean Vives

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Places
1	Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas
2	June Markham / Courtney Jones
3	Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby
4	Fanny Besson / Jean Guhel
5	Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch
6	Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink
7	Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera
8	Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn
9	Gerda Wohlgemuth / Hannes Burkhardt
10	Adriana Giuggiolini / Germano Ceccattini
11	Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet
12	Maria Locatelli / Vinico Toncelli
13	Olga Cilardini / Gianfranco Canepa