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1957 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1957


Annual figure skating competition held in 1957

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title1957 World Figure Skating Championships
comptypeISU Championship
startdateFebruary 26
enddateMarch 2
skatingseason1957
locationUS Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
venueBroadmoor Ice Palace
championmenUS David Jenkins
championladiesUS Carol Heiss
championpairsCanada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul
championdanceUK June Markham / Courtney Jones
previouscomp1956 World Championships
nextcomp1958 World Championships

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. The 1957 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 26 to March 2 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

Medal table

Results

Men

RankNamePlaces4567891011121314151617
1US David Jenkins7
2US Tim Brown16
3Canada Charles Snelling22
France Alain Giletti33
US Thomas Moore35
Austria Norbert Felsinger41
Canada Donald Jackson49
US Robert Brewer58
France Alain Calmat59
UK Michael Booker66
West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer81
Switzerland Hubert Köpfler83
Japan Yukio Nishikura90
Japan Hideo Sugita98
Japan Kazuo Ōhashi105
Australia Charles Keeble111
Australia William Cherrell117

Judges:

  • UK Pamela Davis
  • Canada P. Devine
  • US H. Janes
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Austria Walter Malek
  • West Germany Rudolf A. Marx
  • France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques

Ladies

RankNamePlaces4567891011121314151617181920
1US Carol Heiss7
2Austria Hanna Eigel17
3Austria Ingrid Wendl21
Canada Yarmila Pachl27
US Claralyn Lewis40
Austria Hanna Walter43
US Joan Schenke63
US Nancy Heiss71
UK Erica Batchelor75
Canada Karen Dixon75
West Germany Ina Bauer79
Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra84
Netherlands Joan Haanappel87
Canada Margaret Crosland87
Austria Ilse Musyl89
Italy Emma Giardini104
Japan Junko Ueno118
Italy Carla Tichatschek128
Japan Yūko Araki132
Switzerland Alice Fischer137

Judges:

  • Italy Bruno Bonfiglio
  • UK Pamela Davis
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • West Germany Rudolf A. Marx
  • Canada J. A. McKechnie
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • US Harold G. Storke

Pairs

RankNamePlaces45
1Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul8
2West Germany Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel16.5
3Canada Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek17.5
US Nancy Rouillard / Ronald Ludington31
UK Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles32

Judges:

  • Italy Bruno Bonfiglio
  • UK Pamela Davis
  • US H. Janes
  • West Germany Rudolf A. Marx
  • Canada J. A. McKechnie
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques

Ice dance

RankNamePlaces4567891011
1UK June Markham / Courtney Jones5
2Canada Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan11
3US Sharon McKenzie / Bert Wright16
US Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso22
UK Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby27
UK Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson29
US Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel35
Canada Beverly Orr / Hugh Smith39
West Germany Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch42
France Christiane Elien / Claude Lambert51
Austria Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera53

Judges:

  • Canada P. Devine
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Austria Walter Malek
  • US John R. Shoemaker
  • UK D. Ward

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU
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