1962 World Figure Skating Championships

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1962 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 14 – 17
Season:1962
Location: Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague, Czechoslovakia
Champions
Men's singles:
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Donald Jackson
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sjoukje Dijkstra
Pair skating:
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek
Ice dance:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman
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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 1962 competitions for men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance took place from March 14 to 17 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The Figure Skating World Championships in Prague were originally planned for 1961, but were cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548, which killed everyone on board the plane, including the entire US figure skating team.

East Germany participated in the World Figure Skating Championships for the first time.

This competition is best remembered for Donald Jackson's come-from-behind victory in the men's event with a tour-de-force free skating that included the first triple lutz jump ever landed in competition as well as a triple salchow jump and 20 other double and single jumps, including jumps in opposite directions and jumps with variations in arm position or delayed rotation. Jackson received 7 perfect 6.0 scores for this performance. [1]

Prague hometown favorites Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman won the dance event - breaking the British domination of this discipline - and Canadians Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek were the winners in the pairs. As children, the Jelineks had defected from Czechoslovakia with their parents after the post-war Communist takeover, and there were significant fears for their safety in returning to their home country. The "official" story that had been circulated at the time of the previous year's planned competition was that they were merely of Czech descent. [2] The Jelineks' chief competitors, 1960 runners-up Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, were forced to withdraw from the competition after colliding on side-by-side jumps during their program, [3] and the silver medal was won by Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Czechoslovakia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 2114
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia *1102
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1001
4Flag of France.svg  France 0112
5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 0101
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0011
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Results

Men

RankNamePointsPlaces
1 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Donald Jackson 2277.113
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karol Divín 2255.917
3 Flag of France.svg Alain Calmat 2200.725
4 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Donald McPherson 2172.337
5 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Schnelldorfer 2094.054
6 Flag of the United States.svg Monty Hoyt 2059.159
7 Flag of Austria.svg Emmerich Danzer 2033.868
8 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Allen 2002.881
9 Flag of Austria.svg Peter Jonas 2005.582
10 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Nobuo Satō 1984.792
11 Flag of East Germany.svg Bodo Bockenauer 97
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Jones 101
13 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Schönmetzler 109
14 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Meshkov 1895.7117
15 Flag of Norway.svg Per Kjølberg 137
16 Flag of Hungary.svg Károly Újlaky 1832.4142
17 Flag of France.svg Robert Dureville 149
18 Flag of France.svg Alain Trouillet 159

Judges:

Ladies

RankNamePointsPlaces
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sjoukje Dijkstra 2350.09
2 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Wendy Griner 2273.221
3 Flag of Austria.svg Regine Heitzer 2218.339
4 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Petra Burka 2219.742
5 Flag of the United States.svg Barbara Roles 2200.952
6 Flag of France.svg Nicole Hassler 2172.064
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Mrázková 2151.871
8 Flag of Austria.svg Karin Frohner 2144.679
9 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Miwa Fukuhara 2137.081
10 Flag of the United States.svg Lorraine Hanlon 2103.098
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jacqueline Harbord 101
12 Flag of Austria.svg Helli Sengstschmid 101
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Grožajová 105
14 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Franziska Schmidt 108
15 Flag of Germany.svg Karin Gude 122
16 Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Fisher 148
17 Flag of Sweden.svg Ann-Margreth Frei 159
18 Flag of Italy.svg Sandra Brugnera 161
19 Flag of Hungary.svg Helga Zöllner 1968.7166
20 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tatyana Nemtsova 1952.2174
21 Flag of East Germany.svg Gabriele Seyfert 178

Judges:

Pairs

RankNamePointsPlaces
1 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek 102.215
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 102.116.5
3 Flag of Germany.svg Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel 100.125.5
4 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell 93.345
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba 95.152.5
6 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Gertrude Desjardins / Maurice Lafrance 92.359.5
7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner 91.063.5
8 Flag of the United States.svg Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen 90.270.5
9 Flag of East Germany.svg Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer 89.073.5
10 Flag of the United States.svg Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill 87.473.5
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Valerie Hunt / Peter Burrows 81.5
12 Flag of Austria.svg Diana Hinko / Bernhard Henhappel 107.5
13 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Mieko Ōiwa / Yutaka Dōke 113
WD Flag of Germany.svg Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler DNF

Judges:

Ice dance

RankNamePointsPlaces
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman 318.515
2 Flag of France.svg Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel 315.826
3 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan 316.823
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Linda Shearman / Michael Phillips 310.242
5 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby 311.045
6 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Donna Mitchell / John Mitchell 306.455.5
7 Flag of the United States.svg Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen 306.657
8 Flag of the United States.svg Yvonne Littlefield / Peter Betts 303.064.5
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mary Parry / Roy Mason 297.277
10 Flag of Hungary.svg Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi 281.399
11 Flag of Germany.svg Helga Burkhardt / Hannes Burkhardt 108
12 Flag of Italy.svg Olga Gilardi / Germano Ceccattini 114
13 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marlyse Fornachon / Charly Pichard 116
14 Flag of France.svg Armelle Flichy / Pierre Brun 119
15 Flag of Austria.svg Christel Trebesiner / Georg Felsinger 131
16 Flag of Germany.svg Gabriele Rauch / Rudi Matysik 142
17 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Keiko Kaneko / Mikio Takeuchi 143

Judges:

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References

  1. Beverley Smith, Figure Skating: A Celebration, ISBN   0-7710-2819-9
  2. Henry Jelinek, Jr. and Ann Pinchot, On Thin Ice
  3. "Champions of the World", Skating magazine, June 1963

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