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1959 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1959

Field	Value
title	1959 World Figure Skating Championships
comptype	ISU Championship
skatingseason	1959
location	US Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
venue	Broadmoor Ice Palace
championmen	US David Jenkins
championladies	US Carol Heiss
championpairs	Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul
championdance	UK Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones
previouscomp	1958 World Championships
nextcomp	1960 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 1959 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

Medal table

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Age	Points	Places	CF	FS	Total	4	5
1	US David Jenkins	22	183.65	7	2	688.1	1	597.5	1285.6
2	Canada Donald Jackson	18	178.07	18	4	662.2	2	584.3	1246.5
3	US Tim Brown	19	179.91	19	1	694.9	5	543.5	1238.4
France Alain Giletti	19	175.22	26	3	666.3	3	560.3	1226.6
Czechoslovakia Karol Divín	23	166.05	42	6	615.9	4	546.5	1162.4
West Germany Tilo Gutzeit	21	163.37	52	8	608.8	7	534.8	1143.6
France Alain Calmat	18	162.20	53	7	614.4	9	521.0	1135.4
US Bradley Lord	19	161.70	56	9	605.8	8	526.1	1131.9
Austria Norbert Felsinger	19	161.34	56.5	5	617.7	10	511.7	1129.4
Canada Edward Collins	18	161.34	61.5	11	590.7	6	538.7	1129.4
US Robert Brewer	19		71	10	604.1
UK David Clements	19		84	13	522.7
Switzerland Hubert Köpfler	23		91	12	593.9

Judges:

France P. Baron
UK Pamela Davis
Switzerland Karl Enderlin
Canada Donald Gilchrist
West Germany Theo Klemm
Austria Edwin Kucharz
US R. Sackett

Ladies

Rank	Name	Age	Points	Places	CF	FS	Total	4	5
1	US Carol Heiss	19	194.05	7	1	771.9	1	586.5	1358.4
2	Austria Hanna Walter	19	175.01	20	2	698.4	6	526.7	1225.1
3	Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra	17	174.74	24	3	667.2	3	556.0	1223.2
West Germany Ina Bauer	19	170.54	30	6	633.3	2	560,5	1193.8
US Barbara Roles	17	171.55	31	4	680.1	7	520.8	1200.9
US Lynn Finnegan		166.65	40	7	628.9	4	537.5	1166.6
Austria Regine Heitzer	15	160.65	54	9	608.7	8	515.9	1124.6
US Nancy Heiss		161.58	56	8	621.9	10	509.2	1131.1
Italy Anna Galmarini	16	161.01	60	10	592.3	5	534.8	1127.1
Canada Sandra Tewkesbury	17	156.74	78	13	563.5	9	515.7	1079.2
Canada Margaret Crosland	19	151.72	82	11	575.5	13	486.6	1062.1
Canada Sonia Snelling		150.31	82	14	554.6	11	497.6	1052.2
Italy Carla Tichatschek	18	150.10	82	15	556.7	12	494.0	1050.7
Japan Yūko Araki		148.71	89	12	561.0	14	480.0	1041.0
Netherlands Joan Haanappel	18	DNF		5	633.6

Judges:

Italy Grazia Barcellona
Netherlands Charlotte Benedict-Stieber
UK Pamela Davis
Canada P. Devine
West Germany Theo Klemm
US Alex Krupy
Austria Oskar Madl

Pairs

Rank	Name	Places
1	Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul	9
2	West Germany Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler	19
3	US Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington	35.5
Canada Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek	37
West Germany Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel	40.5
US Maribel Owen / Dudley Richards	50
US Gayle Freed / Karl Freed	59
Austria Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl	72

Judges:

Italy Grazia Barcellona
France P. Baron
Netherlands Charlotte Benedict-Stieber
UK Pamela Davis
Switzerland Karl Enderlin
Canada Donald Gilchrist
West Germany Theo Klemm
Austria Oskar Madl
US R. Sackett

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Places
1	UK Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones	6
2	US Andree Anderson / Donald Jacoby	12
3	Canada Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan	14
US Margie Ackles / Charles Phillips	25
Canada Ann Martin / Edward Collins	28
France Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel	30
UK Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson	33
Canada Svata Staroba / Mirek Staroba	38
US Judy Lamar / Ronald Ludington	39

Judges:

Canada P. Devine
UK Alexander Gordon
US Harold Hartshorne
Austria Edwin Kucharz
France Jacqueline Meudec

Sources

Result List provided by the ISU

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