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Figure Skating at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games:

Men's Singles

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Host City: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Venue(s): Ice Stadium, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Date Started: January 29, 1956
Date Finished: February 1, 1956
Format: Each judge ranked each skater by Ordinal Placement from first through last place. The Ordinal Placement for each judge was based on Total Points awarded by that judge to the skaters. The points were based on 60% for Compulsory Figures and 40% for Free Skating, with the tiebreaker for each judge being Compulsory Figure Points. Final placement was determined by a Majority Placement rule. Thus, if a skater was ranked first by a majority of the judges, that skater was placed first overall, and the process was repeated for each place. If no absolute majority for a place existed, the tiebreakers were, in order: 1) Total Ordinals, 2) Total Points, 3) Compulsory Figure Points.

Gold: USA Hayes Alan Jenkins
Silver: USA Ronnie Robertson
Bronze: USA David Jenkins

Summary

After Dick Button’s retirement from the amateur ranks, Hayes Jenkins took over as the leading male figure skater, winning the world title in 1953, 1954 and 1955. The US skaters dominated the men’s figure skating at the World Championships in this period, allowing the Europeans only two bronze medals, Carlo Fassi of Italy in 1953 and the French youngster Alain Giletti in 1954.

Hayes Jenkins was as usual the best skater in the compulsory part of the event. His teammate Ronnie Robertson, an excellent spinner and jumper, was the best skater in the free skating, but Jones succeeded in winning the gold medal, closely followed by Robertson. Hayes younger brother David Jenkins (19) made the day for the Jenkins’ family by winning the bronze medal ahead of Alain Giletti of France, European Champion since 1954.

If there ever was a boy star in figure skating, Alain Giletti must be a strong candidate. He won his first national senior championship in 1951, aged 11, placing 7 at the 1952 Games aged 12 and taking his first of 5 European titles in 1954, aged 14.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal MP TO TP
1 Hayes Alan Jenkins 22 United States USA Gold 6×1+ 13.0 1,497.95
2 Ronnie Robertson 18 United States USA Silver 8×2+ 16.0 1,492.15
3 David Jenkins 19 United States USA Bronze 7×3+ 27.0 1,465.41
4 Alain Giletti 16 France FRA 6×4+ 37.0 1,436.75
6 Karol Divín 19 Czechoslovakia TCH 5×5+ 49.5 1,388.26
5 Michael Booker 18 Great Britain GBR 7×6+ 53.5 1,388.38
7 Norbert Felsinger 16 Austria AUT 5×7+ 71.0 1,355.01
8 Charles Snelling 18 Canada CAN 6×8+ 67.0 1,353.80
9 Alain Calmat 15 France FRA 7×9+ 77.0 1,335.19
10 Tilo Gutzeit 17 Germany GER 5×10+ 90.0 1,269.80
11 François Pache 23 Switzerland SUI 9×11+ 95.0 1,254.20
12 Hans Müller 24 Switzerland SUI 6×12+ 112.0 1,217.52
13 Allan Ganter 17 Australia AUS 8×13+ 114.0 1,191.72
14 Darío Villalba 16 Spain ESP 7×14+ 128.0 1,145.70
15 Kalle Tuulos 25 Finland FIN 6×15+ 137.0 1,120.58
16 Charles Keeble 22 Australia AUS 5×15+ 137.0 1,115.39