Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics explained

Figure skating at the VII Winter Olympics
Comptype:	Olympic Games
Championmen:	Hayes Alan Jenkins
Championladies:	Tenley Albright
Championpairs:	Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt
Previouscomp:	1952 Winter Olympics
Nextcomp:	1960 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating.^[1]

Medal summary

Rank	CF	FS	Points	Places
1	1	2	166.43	13
2	2	1	165.79	16
3	3	3	162.82	27
4	4	4	159.63	37
5	5	5	154.25	49.5
6	6	6	154.26	53.5
7	7	8	150.55	67
8	9	7	150.42	67
9	8	9	148.35	77
10	10	11	141.08	90
11	11	10	139.39	95
12	12	12	135.28	112
13	13	14	132.41	114
14	14	16	127.30	128
15	15	15	124.50	137
16	16	13	123.93	137

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

Rank	CF	FS	Points	Places
1	1	1	169.67	12
2	2	2	168.02	21
3	3	5	159.44	39
4	4	9	156.62	53
5	5	4	157.15	52
6	6	8	154.74	73
7	8	7	153.89	83.5
8	10	3	153.48	86.5
9	7	10	152.56	94
10	11	6	152.04	101
11	9	12	149.67	116
12	12	15	145.80	140
13	14	11	145.85	145.5
14	13	13	144.75	151
15	16	14	142.31	168.5
16	15	16	141.69	171
17	17	19	138.30	194
18	18	20	137.69	203
19	19	18	136.34	206
20	21	17	136.67	209
21	20	21	133.51	222