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The Men's figure skating competition at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place at the Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The competition was held on 29 January and 1 February 1956. Sixteen men from eleven countries participated in the competition. The event was dominated by the American skaters who swept the medals. Hayes Jenkins and his brother, David Jenkins, won gold and bronze respectively.〔Findling and Pelle (1996), p. 261〕 ==Competition== The event was held outdoors at the Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the host city for the Games. This would be the last time that the figure skating events were held outdoors at an Olympic Games.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Sports Reference LLC )〕 The Ice Stadium was the focal point of the Games. It was used not only for figure skating but also for the opening and closing ceremonies.〔Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), pp. 124–133〕 The stadium was built to accommodate 6,000–7,000 people.〔 Temporary seating was added for the figure skating competition that swelled the stadium's capacity to 14,000 people.〔Findling and Pelle (1996), p. 260〕 The ladies' competition was the first figure skating event held at the Games. It was followed by the men's competition and then the pairs. Ice dancing was not contested as it had yet to become an Olympic sport in 1956.〔Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), pp. 662–677〕 The competition was broken down into two disciplines. The first was a compulsory figures competition, which counted for 60% of the score. This was held on 29 January under near-perfect ice conditions. After a nervous start on the first figure, Hayes Jenkins recovered to hold a narrow lead over his teammate Ronald Robertson at the end of the day, with David Jenkins only slightly behind.〔Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 663〕〔"The Olympics: 1956", ''Skating'' magazine, March 1960〕 The second discipline was a free skating program, which counted for 40% of the final score. This final program was performed on 1 February.〔 Due to the very cold weather, the ice was extremely hard, causing some of the competitors to skate cautiously. Hayes Jenkins' program, skated to the music "Scheherazade", included jumps and spins blended with connecting steps and choreography. Robertson's program emphasized showmanship with crowd-pleasing jumps and spins, but had less connecting choreography. Robertson narrowly won the free skating with six first places, but Hayes Jenkins' lead from the compulsory figures held up to give him the gold medal. David Jenkins struggled with the hard ice and fell twice in his program, but held his position after the figures to take the bronze medal.〔 David Jenkins went on to win the gold medal in the men's competition at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. Hayes Jenkins retired from competitive skating after the 1956 season, and later married Carol Heiss who was the women's silver medalist at the 1956 Games and gold medalist at the 1960 Games.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's singles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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