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1968 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | February 27 – March 3 |
Season: | 1967–68 |
Location: | Geneva, Switzerland |
Venue: | Patinoire des Vernets |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Emmerich Danzer | |
Ladies' singles: Peggy Fleming | |
Pairs: Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov | |
Ice dance: Diane Towler / Bernard Ford | |
Previous: 1967 World Championships | |
Next: 1969 World Championships |
The 1968 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland from February 27 to March 3. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The ISU representative was John R. Shoemaker from the USA and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták from Hungary.
On the ladies' singles skating Peggy Fleming finished first in the CF and in the FS too, before Gabriele Seyfert. The South African Margaret Betts finished on the last place in both program. On the pair skating Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov finished first also in the SP and in the FS, before Tatyana Zhuk and Aleksandr Gorelik. On the ice dance competition Diane Towler and Bernard Ford won in the CD and FD too.
* Host nation (Switzerland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
3 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Rank | Name | Points | Places |
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1 | Emmerich Danzer | 2195.2 | 12 |
2 | Timothy Wood | 2180.9 | 15 |
3 | Patrick Péra | 2090.1 | 38 |
4 | Scott Allen | 2095.1 | 38 |
5 | Gary Visconti | 2086.1 | 41 |
6 | Ondrej Nepela | 2052.5 | 52 |
7 | Jay Humphry | 2047.3 | 57 |
8 | Peter Krick | 1989.4 | 79 |
9 | Sergey Chetverukhin | 1978.1 | 83 |
10 | David McGillivray | 1963.7 | 93 |
11 | Günter Zöller | 94 | |
12 | Philippe Pélissier | 106 | |
13 | Michael Williams | 117 | |
14 | Tsuguhiko Kodzuka | 128 | |
15 | Marian Filc | 133 | |
16 | Giordano Abbondati | 142 | |
17 | Reinhard Ketterer | 154 | |
18 | Günter Anderl | 162 | |
19 | Jenő Ébert | 167 | |
20 | Daniel Höner | 179 |
Judges:
Rank | Name | Points | Places |
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1 | Peggy Fleming | 2269.7 | 9 |
2 | Gabriele Seyfert | 2179.8 | 19 |
3 | Hana Mašková | 2121.3 | 29 |
4 | Beatrix Schuba | 2094.1 | 35 |
5 | Kumiko Ōkawa | 2054.2 | 46 |
6 | Albertina Noyes | 2025.5 | 59 |
7 | Karen Magnussen | 2016.6 | 62 |
8 | Zsuzsa Almássy | 1985.7 | 74 |
9 | Janet Lynn | 1961.5 | 89 |
10 | Yelena Shcheglova | 1954.5 | 89 |
11 | Monika Feldmann | 94 | |
12 | Patricia Dodd | 107 | |
13 | Linda Carbonetto | 117 | |
14 | Marie Víchová | 133 | |
15 | Elisabeth Nestler | 139 | |
16 | Charlotte Walter | 148 | |
17 | Martina Clausner | 147 | |
18 | Kazumi Yamashita | 156 | |
19 | Haruko Ishida | 158 | |
20 | Sonja Morgenstern | 183 | |
21 | Mary-Ellen Holland | 186 | |
22 | Margaret Betts | 198 |
Judges:
Rank | Name | Points | Places |
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1 | Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov | 315.9 | 9 |
2 | Tatyana Zhuk / Aleksandr Gorelik | 311.2 | 19 |
3 | Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman | 304.3 | 31 |
4 | Tamara Moskvina / Aleksey Mishin | 303.6 | 35 |
5 | Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther | 299.0 | 48 |
6 | Gudrun Hauss / Walter Häfner | 295.0 | 54 |
7 | Bohunka Šrámková / Jan Šrámek | 293.9 | 58 |
8 | Sandi Sweitzer / Roy Wagelein | 290.2 | 72 |
9 | Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer | 286.7 | 80 |
10 | Liana Drahová / Peter Bartosiewicz | 279.4 | 98 |
11 | Alicia Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley | 99 | |
12 | Marianne Streifler / Herbert Wiesinger | 110 | |
13 | Betty McKilligan / John McKilligan | 118 | |
14 | Brigitte Weise / Michael Brychy | 128 | |
15 | Mónika Szabó / Péter Szabó | 129 | |
16 | Janina Poremska / Piotr Szczypa | 136 | |
17 | Glenda O'Shea / Brian O'Shea | 153 | |
WD | Margot Glockshuber / Wolfgang Danne | DNF |
Judges:
Rank | Name | Points | Places |
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1 | Diane Towler / Bernard Ford | 332.9 | 9 |
2 | Yvonne Suddick / Malcolm Cannon | 319.8 | 24 |
3 | Janet Sawbridge / Jon Lane | 319.7 | 24 |
4 | Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky | 311.8 | 40 |
5 | Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin | 310.9 | 43 |
6 | Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov | 307.9 | 49 |
7 | Vicki Camper / Eugene Heffron | 298.3 | 65 |
8 | Angelika Buck / Erich Buck | 291.4 | 78 |
9 | Joni Graham / Don Phillips | 289.0 | 82 |
10 | Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger | 285.0 | 85 |
11 | Edit Mató / Károly Csanádi | 101 | |
12 | Milena Tůmová / Josef Pešek | 111 | |
13 | Donna Taylor / Bruce Lennie | 112 | |
14 | Susanna Carpani / Sergio Pirelli | 124 | |
15 | Claude Couste / Jean-Pierre Noullet | 133 |
Judges:
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