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1968 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1968
Annual figure skating competition held in 1968
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1968 World Figure Skating Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | February 27 |
| enddate | March 3 |
| skatingseason | 1967–68 |
| location | Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland |
| venue | Patinoire des Vernets |
| championmen | Austria Emmerich Danzer |
| championladies | USA Peggy Fleming |
| championpairs | USSR Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov |
| championdance | UK Diane Towler / Bernard Ford |
| previouscomp | [1967 World Championships](1967-world-figure-skating-championships) |
| nextcomp | [1969 World Championships](1969-world-figure-skating-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.
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.
Medal table
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Austria Emmerich Danzer | 2195.2 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| **2** | USA Timothy Wood | 2180.9 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| **3** | France Patrick Péra | 2090.1 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Scott Allen | 2095.1 | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
| USA Gary Visconti | 2086.1 | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela | 2052.5 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Jay Humphry | 2047.3 | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Peter Krick | 1989.4 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| USSR Sergey Chetverukhin | 1978.1 | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Canada David McGillivray | 1963.7 | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||
| East Germany Günter Zöller | 94 | |||||||||||||||||||
| France Philippe Pélissier | 106 | |||||||||||||||||||
| UK Michael Williams | 117 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Japan Tsuguhiko Kodzuka | 128 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Marian Filc | 133 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Italy Giordano Abbondati | 142 | |||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Reinhard Ketterer | 154 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Günter Anderl | 162 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary Jenő Ébert | 167 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Daniel Höner | 179 |
- Referee: Switzerland Karl Enderlin
- Assistant Referee: West Germany János Zsigmondy Judges:
- Czechoslovakia Miroslav Hasenöhrl
- Japan Masao Hasegawa
- Austria Franz Heinlein
- Canada William Lewis
- USA Yvonne S. McGowan
- West Germany Eva Neeb
- UK Mollie Phillips
- France Néri Valdes
- East Germany Helga Wiecki
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | USA Peggy Fleming | 2269.7 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| **2** | East Germany Gabriele Seyfert | 2179.8 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| **3** | Czechoslovakia Hana Mašková | 2121.3 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Beatrix Schuba | 2094.1 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan Kumiko Ōkawa | 2054.2 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Albertina Noyes | 2025.5 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Karen Magnussen | 2016.6 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary Zsuzsa Almássy | 1985.7 | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Janet Lynn | 1961.5 | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| USSR Yelena Shcheglova | 1954.5 | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Monika Feldmann | 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Patricia Dodd | 107 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Linda Carbonetto | 117 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Marie Víchová | 133 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Elisabeth Nestler | 139 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Charlotte Walter | 148 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| East Germany Martina Clausner | 147 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan Kazumi Yamashita | 156 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan Haruko Ishida | 158 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| East Germany Sonja Morgenstern | 183 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Mary-Ellen Holland | 186 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa Margaret Betts | 198 |
- Referee: Czechoslovakia Josef Dědič
- Assistant Referee: Italy Sonia Bianchetti Judges:
- Czechoslovakia Gerhardt Bubník
- Australia Sydney R. Croll
- Hungary Ferenc Kertész
- Japan Haruo Konno
- Austria Hans Kutschera
- East Germany Carla Listing
- Canada Joan Maclagan
- UK Pamela Peat
- USA Edith M. Shoemaker
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | USSR Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov | 315.9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| **2** | USSR Tatyana Zhuk / Aleksandr Gorelik | 311.2 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| **3** | USA Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman | 304.3 | 31 | |||||||||||||||
| USSR Tamara Moskvina / Aleksey Mishin | 303.6 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
| East Germany Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther | 299.0 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Gudrun Hauss / Walter Häfner | 295.0 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Bohunka Šrámková / Jan Šrámek | 293.9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA Sandi Sweitzer / Roy Wagelein | 290.2 | 72 | ||||||||||||||||
| East Germany Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer | 286.7 | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Liana Drahová / Peter Bartosiewicz | 279.4 | 98 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA Alicia Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley | 99 | |||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Marianne Streifler / Herbert Wiesinger | 110 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada Betty McKilligan / John McKilligan | 118 | |||||||||||||||||
| East Germany Brigitte Weise / Michael Brychy | 128 | |||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Mónika Szabó / Péter Szabó | 129 | |||||||||||||||||
| Poland Janina Poremska / Piotr Szczypa | 136 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Africa Glenda O'Shea / Brian O'Shea | 153 | |||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Margot Glockshuber / Wolfgang Danne | DNF |
- Referee: UK Alexander Gordon
- Assistant Referee: Switzerland Jakob Biedermann Judges:
- Czechoslovakia Gerhardt Bubník
- West Germany Wilhelm Kahle
- Canada William Lewis
- East Germany Carla Listing
- USA Yvonne S. McGowan
- UK Pamela Peat
- Poland Oskar Schubert
- Switzerland Rolf J. Steinmann
- USSR Sergey Vasilyev
Ice dance
| Rank | Name | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | UK Diane Towler / Bernard Ford | 332.9 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| **2** | UK Yvonne Suddick / Malcolm Cannon | 319.8 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| **3** | UK Janet Sawbridge / Jon Lane | 319.7 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| USA Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky | 311.8 | 40 | |||||||||||||
| USSR Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin | 310.9 | 43 | |||||||||||||
| USSR Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov | 307.9 | 49 | |||||||||||||
| USA Vicki Camper / Eugene Heffron | 298.3 | 65 | |||||||||||||
| West Germany Angelika Buck / Erich Buck | 291.4 | 78 | |||||||||||||
| Canada Joni Graham / Don Phillips | 289.0 | 82 | |||||||||||||
| East Germany Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger | 285.0 | 85 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary Edit Mató / Károly Csanádi | 101 | ||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Milena Tůmová / Josef Pešek | 111 | ||||||||||||||
| Canada Donna Taylor / Bruce Lennie | 112 | ||||||||||||||
| Italy Susanna Carpani / Sergio Pirelli | 124 | ||||||||||||||
| France Claude Couste / Jean-Pierre Noullet | 133 |
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Referee: France Henri Meudec
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Assistant Referee: Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala Judges:
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East Germany Terese Birke
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Canada Frances Gunn
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Czechoslovakia Miroslav Hasenöhrl
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Hungary Ferenc Kertész
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France Lysiane Lauret
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UK Mollie Phillips
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Switzerland Margrit Rellstab
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USA Edith M. Shoemaker
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West Germany Willi Wernz
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