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1960 World Figure Skating Championships

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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 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.

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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Men

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

Judges:

Ladies

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

Judges:

  • Netherlands Charlotte Benedict-Stieber
  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • Austria Martin Felsenreich
  • West Germany Theo Klemm
  • Canada William Lewis
  • Italy Giovanni de Mori
  • France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
  • Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala
  • United States Harold G. Storke

Pairs

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

Judges:

  • Netherlands Charlotte Benedict-Stieber
  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
  • West Germany Theo Klemm
  • Canada William Lewis
  • Italy Giovanni de Mori
  • Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala
  • United States Harold G. Storke
  • Austria Franz Wojtanowskyj

Ice dance

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

Judges:

  • Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
  • Canada J. A. McKechnie
  • France Jacqueline Meudec
  • West Germany Hermann Schiechtl
  • United Kingdom L. C. Seagrave
  • United States John R. Shoemaker
  • Czechoslovakia 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