| 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]
Source:[2]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11.31 | 14 | |||
| 2 | 11.32 | 16 | |||
| 3 | 11.03 | 32 | |||
| 4 | 10.98 | 35.5 | |||
| 5 | 10.71 | 56 | |||
| 6 | 10.74 | 54.5 | |||
| 7 | 10.63 | 59.5 | |||
| 8 | 10.53 | 68.5 | |||
| 9 | 10.38 | 77 | |||
| 10 | 10.00 | 88 | |||
| 11 | 9.86 | 93 |