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, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. It was the first time Soviet skaters competed internationally since the Russian Revolution.
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 23European Championships 1956. Paris, France 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
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