1960 World Figure Skating Championships

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1960 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 1 – 5
Season:1960
Location: Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of France.svg Alain Giletti
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Carol Heiss
Pairs:
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul
Ice dance:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 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.

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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

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada *1304
2Flag of France.svg  France 1023
3Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg  United States 1012
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1001
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0101
6Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Results

Men

RankNamePlaces
1 Flag of France.svg Alain Giletti 9
2 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Donald Jackson 12
3 Flag of France.svg Alain Calmat 23
4 Flag of Austria.svg Norbert Felsinger 30
5 Flag of Germany.svg Tilo Gutzeit 39
6 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Bradley Lord [1] 47
7 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Schnelldorfer 52
8 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Donald McPherson 49
9 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Gregory Kelley [1] 55
10 Flag of Austria.svg Peter Jonas 78
11 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Louis Stong 80
12 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Nobuo Satō 87
13 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hubert Köpfler 90
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Jones 94
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Clements 101
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Spencer 106
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg William Cherrell 119

Judges:

Ladies

RankNamePlaces
1 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Carol Heiss 9
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sjoukje Dijkstra 19
3 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Barbara Roles 26
4 Flag of Austria.svg Regine Heitzer 44
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joan Haanappel 48
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Mrázková 61
7 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Wendy Griner 61
8 Flag of Austria.svg Karin Frohner 75
9 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Laurence Owen [1] 76
10 Flag of Italy.svg Anna Galmarini 89
11 Flag of France.svg Dany Rigoulot 103
12 Flag of France.svg Nicole Hassler 115
13 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Sonia Snelling 112
14 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Miwa Fukuhara 122
15 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Shirra Kenworthy 137
16 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Junko Ueno 145
17 Flag of Germany.svg Bärbel Martin 151
18 Flag of Germany.svg Ursel Barkey 162
19 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fränzi Schmidt 171
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carolyn Krau 176
21 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Liliane Crosa 185
22 Flag of Italy.svg Carla Tichatschek 190
23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Beverly Helmore 209
24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mary Wilson 214

Judges:

Pairs

RankNamePlaces
1 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul 9
2 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek 21
3 Flag of Germany.svg Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 24
4 Flag of Germany.svg Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel 42
5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nina Zhuk / Stanislav Zhuk 53
6 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington 59
7 Flag of Austria.svg Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl 67.5
8 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 68
9 Flag of Germany.svg Rita Blumenberg / Werner Mensching 77.5
10 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Maribel Owen [1] / Dudley Richards [1] 90
11 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell 92
12 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Ila Hadley [1] / Ray Hadley [1] 99

Judges:

Ice dance

RankNamePlaces
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones 7
2 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan 16
3 Flag of France.svg Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel 22
4 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Margie Ackles / Charles Phillips 25
5 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Marilyn Meeker / Larry Pierce [1] 39
6 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Ann Martin / Gilles Vanasse 46
7 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Svata Staroba / Mirek Staroba 52
8 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Yvonne Littlefield / Roger Campbell [1] 52
9 Flag of Germany.svg Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet 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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