1960 World Figure Skating Championships

1960 World Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: March 1 – 5
Season: 1960
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Champions
Men's singles:
France Alain Giletti
Ladies' singles:
United States Carol Heiss
Pair skating:
Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul
Ice dancing:
United Kingdom Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones
Previous:
1959 World Championships
Next:
1962 World 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.

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.

Results

Men

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

Judges:

Ladies

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

Judges:

Pairs

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

Judges:

Ice dancing

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

Judges:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Died February 15, 1961, in the crash of Sabena Flight 548

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