Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Pair skating

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]

Pair skating at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Dates	3-4 February
Competitors	22 from 11 nations
Medalists
Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt  Austria Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden  Canada Marianna Nagy / László Nagy  Hungary
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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

• Olympic Games portal

• List of IOC country codes
• 1956 Winter Olympics

References

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

External links

• Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956). VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report (PDF). Cortina d'Ampezzo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)