1963 World Figure Skating Championships

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1963 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 28 – March 3
Season:1963
Location: Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Champions
Men's singles:
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Donald McPherson
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sjoukje Dijkstra
Pairs:
Flag of Germany.svg Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
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 1963 competitions for men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance took place from February 28 to March 3 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The competition was held in the open-air ice stadium, with events running as late as 1 or 2am, by which time it was very cold. This caused the ice to become hard and brittle, as well as causing discomfort to those in attendance. [1]

Perhaps due to the poor ice conditions, the men's competition was marred by many falls. Both the winner Donald McPherson and second-place finisher Alain Calmat fell on triple loop attempts, but neither Manfred Schnelldorfer nor Karol Divín, who had been placed 1-2 after the compulsory figures, performed well in the free skating. [1]

Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler won the pair competition, although some questioned whether some of their lifts, including a "triple Axel lift" (an Axel lasso lift with 3.5 rotations), were legal under the ISU rules of the time. The Canadian team of Debbi Wilkes and Guy Revell had to withdraw after Wilkes suffered a head injury in a fall while posing for press photos. [1]

Disaster also struck the American dance team Yvonne Littlefield and Peter Betts. They placed 9th in the compulsory dances, but in the free dance Betts's blade came unscrewed from the boot and they were unable to finish their program. Meanwhile, the defending champions Eva Romanová and Pavel Roman came from behind to retain title after being defeated in the compulsory dances by the British team, Linda Shearman and Michael Phillips, who had also defeated the Romans at the European Championships earlier that year. [1]

Defending champion Sjoukje Dijkstra also retained her title, building a big lead in the compulsory figures and following it with a good performance in the free skate, in which she now included a double Lutz for the first time. [1] Nicole Hassler, second in the free skate and third overall, had two strong double Axels at the end of her program. [2] The Japanese competitor Miwa Fukuhara, who finished 6th overall, included a triple salchow in her program. [1]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 1012
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1012
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1001
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1001
5Flag of France.svg  France 0112
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 0112
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0101
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0101
Totals (8 entries)44412

Results

Men

RankNamePlaces
1 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Donald McPherson 18
2 Flag of France.svg Alain Calmat 22
3 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Schnelldorfer 22
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karol Divín 34
5 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Allen 40
6 Flag of Austria.svg Peter Jonas 59
7 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Schönmetzler 71
8 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Donald Knight 79
9 Flag of Austria.svg Emmerich Danzer 80
10 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Nobuo Satō 83
11 Flag of the United States.svg Monty Hoyt 88
12 Flag of France.svg Robert Dureville 117
13 Flag of Germany.svg Hugo Dümmler 122
14 Flag of Hungary.svg Jenő Ébert 130
15 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg William Neale 136
16 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Meshkov 144
17 Flag of Italy.svg Giordano Abbondati 145
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Malcolm Cannon 159
19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wouter Toledo 161

Judges:

Ladies

RankNamePlaces
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sjoukje Dijkstra 9
2 Flag of Austria.svg Regine Heitzer 22
3 Flag of France.svg Nicole Hassler 30
4 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Wendy Griner 36
5 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Petra Burka 39
6 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Miwa Fukuhara 68
7 Flag of Germany.svg Inge Paul 73
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Mrázková 73
9 Flag of Austria.svg Helli Sengstschmid 75
10 Flag of the United States.svg Lorraine Hanlon 89
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Diana Clifton-Peach 97
12 Flag of Austria.svg Ingrid Ostler 110
13 Flag of the United States.svg Karen Howland 130
14 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Franziska Schmidt 128
15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Grožajová 138
16 Flag of Sweden.svg Ann-Margreth Frei 140
17 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Junko Ueno 147
18 Flag of Italy.svg Sandra Brugnera 160
19 Flag of the United States.svg Christine Haigler 161
20 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Shirra Kenworthy 167
21 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsuzsa Szentmiklóssy 191
22 Flag of Norway.svg Karin Dehle 198
23 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tatyana Nemtsova 204
24 Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Elżbieta Kościk 215

Judges:

Pairs

RankNamePlaces
1 Flag of Germany.svg Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 9
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 20
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tatyana Zhuk / Aleksandr Gavrilov 31
4 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Gertrude Desjardins / Maurice Lefrance 31.5
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba 51.5
6 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner 58.5
7 Flag of the United States.svg Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill 64
8 Flag of the United States.svg Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph 66.5
9 Flag of the United States.svg Patti Gustafson / Pieter Kollen 84
10 Flag of Germany.svg Sonja Pfersdorf / Günther Matzdorf 84
11 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Linda Ward / Neil Carpenter 95
12 Flag of Sweden.svg Gunilla Lindberg / Gunnar de Shàrengrad 107

Judges:

Ice dance

RankNamePlaces
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman 14
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Linda Shearman / Michael Phillips 15
3 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby 26
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Janet Sawbridge / David Hickinbottom 36
5 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Donna Mitchell / John Mitchell 47
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mary Parry / Roy Mason 62
7 Flag of the United States.svg Sally Schantz / Stanley Urban 66
8 Flag of the United States.svg Lorna Dyer / John Carrell 71
9 Flag of Hungary.svg Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi 82
10 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Carole Forrest / Kevin Lethbridge 93
11 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marlyse Fornachon / Charly Pichard 96
12 Flag of France.svg Armelle Flichy / Pierre Brun 116
13 Flag of Germany.svg Helga Burkhardt / Hannes Burkhardt 117
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jitka Babická / Jaromír Holan 120
15 Flag of Austria.svg Christel Trebesiner / Georg Felsinger 132
16 Flag of France.svg Ghislaine Houdas / Francis Gamichon 141
17 Flag of the United States.svg Yvonne Littlefield / Peter Betts 152
18 Flag of Italy.svg Maria Toncelli / Vinicio Toncelli 153

Judges:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Arctic Cold Chills World Championships", Skating magazine, May 1963
  2. "Informal Comments on Worlds", Skating magazine, May 1963

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