1960 World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

1960 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 1 – 5
Season:1960
Location:Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Champions
Men's singles:
France Alain Giletti
Ladies' singles:
United States Carol Heiss
Pairs:
Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones
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The 1960 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from March 1 to 5 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the first time that the participants per country in each category was limited to three. This rule is kept since.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Canada*1304
2  France1023
3  United States1012
4  Great Britain1001
5  Netherlands0101
6  West Germany0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Results

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Rank Name Places
1   Alain Giletti 9
2   Donald Jackson 12
3   Alain Calmat 23
4   Norbert Felsinger 30
5   Tilo Gutzeit 39
6   Bradley Lord[1] 47
7   Manfred Schnelldorfer 52
8   Donald McPherson 49
9   Gregory Kelley[1] 55
10   Peter Jonas 78
11   Louis Stong 80
12   Nobuo Satō 87
13   Hubert Köpfler 90
14   Robin Jones 94
15   David Clements 101
16   Tim Spencer 106
17   William Cherrell 119

Judges:

Ladies

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Rank Name Places
1   Carol Heiss 9
2   Sjoukje Dijkstra 19
3   Barbara Roles 26
4   Regine Heitzer 44
5   Joan Haanappel 48
6   Jana Mrázková 61
7   Wendy Griner 61
8   Karin Frohner 75
9   Laurence Owen[1] 76
10   Anna Galmarini 89
11   Dany Rigoulot 103
12   Nicole Hassler 115
13   Sonia Snelling 112
14   Miwa Fukuhara 122
15   Shirra Kenworthy 137
16   Junko Ueno 145
17   Bärbel Martin 151
18   Ursel Barkey 162
19   Fränzi Schmidt 171
20   Carolyn Krau 176
21   Liliane Crosa 185
22   Carla Tichatschek 190
23   Beverly Helmore 209
24   Mary Wilson 214

Judges:

  •   Charlotte Benedict-Stieber
  •   Pamela Davis
  •   Martin Felsenreich
  •   Theo Klemm
  •   William Lewis
  •   Giovanni de Mori
  •   Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
  •   Emil Skákala
  •   Harold G. Storke

Pairs

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Rank Name Places
1   Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul 9
2   Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek 21
3   Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 24
4   Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel 42
5   Nina Zhuk / Stanislav Zhuk 53
6   Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington 59
7   Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl 67.5
8   Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 68
9   Rita Blumenberg / Werner Mensching 77.5
10   Maribel Owen[1] / Dudley Richards[1] 90
11   Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell 92
12   Ila Hadley[1] / Ray Hadley[1] 99

Judges:

  •   Charlotte Benedict-Stieber
  •   Pamela Davis
  •   Emile Finsterwald
  •   Theo Klemm
  •   William Lewis
  •   Giovanni de Mori
  •   Emil Skákala
  •   Harold G. Storke
  •   Franz Wojtanowskyj

Ice dance

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Rank Name Places
1   Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones 7
2   Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan 16
3   Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel 22
4   Margie Ackles / Charles Phillips 25
5   Marilyn Meeker / Larry Pierce[1] 39
6   Ann Martin / Gilles Vanasse 46
7   Svata Staroba / Mirek Staroba 52
8   Yvonne Littlefield / Roger Campbell[1] 52
9   Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet 56

Judges:

  •   Emile Finsterwald
  •   J. A. McKechnie
  •   Jacqueline Meudec
  •   Hermann Schiechtl
  •   L. C. Seagrave
  •   John R. Shoemaker
  •   Emil Skákala

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Died February 15, 1961, in the crash of Sabena Flight 548

Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU