1955 World Figure Skating Championships

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1955 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 15 – 18
Season:1955
Location: Flag of Austria.svg Vienna, Austria
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Hayes Alan Jenkins
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tenley Albright
Pairs:
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden
Ice dance:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy
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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.

Contents

The 1955 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 15th to 18th in Vienna, Austria.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Austria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 2215
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1113
3Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 1001
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria*0112
5Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Results

Men

RankNamePlaces
1 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Hayes Jenkins 11
2 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ronald Robertson 16
3 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg David Jenkins 28
4 Flag of France.svg Alain Giletti 37
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karol Divín 58
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Booker 58
7 Flag of Austria.svg Norbert Felsinger 60
8 Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Charles Snelling 69
9 Flag of France.svg Alain Calmat 79
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hugh Graham 79
11 Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg István Szenes 103
12 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hans Müller 114
13 Flag of Germany.svg Tilo Gutzeit 114
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Tuck 119

Judges:

Ladies

RankNamePointsPlaces
1 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tenley Albright 190.969
2 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Carol Heiss 180.3128
3 Flag of Austria.svg Hanna Eigel 179.7829
4 Flag of Austria.svg Ingrid Wendl 178.4641
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Erica Batchelor 177.5643
6 Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Yarmila Pachl 175.1658
7 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Patricia Firth 174.4959
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Yvonne Sugden 174.5964
9 Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Ann Johnston 172.5177
10 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Catherine Machado 169.4387
11 Flag of Germany.svg Rosi Pettinger 161.98105
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dawn Hunter 158.42121
13 Flag of Austria.svg Ilse Musyl 157.99126
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dagmar Řeháková 157.89129
15 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joan Haanappel 156.06138
16 Flag of Italy.svg Fiorella Negro 161.98141
17 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alice Fischer 153.37158.5
18 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslava Náchodská 153.03162
19 Flag of France.svg Maryvonne Huet 152.54162.5
20 Flag of Germany.svg Erika Rücker 150.66175
21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sjoukje Dijkstra 151.57176
WD Flag of Austria.svg Hanna Walter DNS

Judges:

Pairs

RankNamePointsPlaces
1 Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden 10.8817.5
2 Flag of Austria.svg Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt 10.8217.5
3 Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 10.5728
4 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Carole Ormaca / Robin Greiner 10.2746
5 Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul 10.0865
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal 10.0666.5
7 Flag of Germany.svg Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel 10.0168.5
8 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann 10.0270.5
9 Flag of Germany.svg Alice Zettel / Klaus Loichinger 9.9670.5
10 Flag of Austria.svg Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert 9.8282.5
11 Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg Éva Szöllősi / Gábor Vida 9.7883
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vivien Higson / Robert Hudson 9.7987.5

Judges:

Ice dance

RankNamePointsPlaces
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy 37.097
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas 36.5214
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barbara Radford / Raymond Lockwood 35.2921
4 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel 34.2328
5 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso 34.1134
6 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Phyllis Forney / Martin Forney 33.2343
7 Flag of France.svg Fanny Besson / Jean Guhel 50
8 Flag of Germany.svg Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch 69
9 Flag of Austria.svg Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn 31.2069
10 Flag of Italy.svg Bona Giammona / Giancarlo Sioli 75
11 Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Lindis Johnston / Jeffrey Johnston 77
12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink 80
13 Flag of France.svg Claude Weinstein / Claude Lambert 83
14 Flag of Austria.svg Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera 30.3384
15 Flag of Austria.svg Luise Lehner / Georg Lenitz 28.38104

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