Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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At the 1956 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Hayes Alan Jenkins United States (USA)	Ronnie Robertson United States (USA)	David Jenkins United States (USA)
Ladies	Tenley Albright United States (USA)	Carol Heiss United States (USA)	Ingrid Wendl Austria (AUT)
Pairs	Sissy Schwarz and Kurt Oppelt Austria (AUT)	Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden Canada (CAN)	Marianna Nagy and László Nagy Hungary (HUN)

References

• Official Olympic Report

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