1959 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1959 April 2020 1959 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship 1959 US 1912 Colorado Springs, Colorado USA Broadmoor Ice Palace US 1912 David Jenkins US 1912 Carol Heiss Canada 1957 Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul UK Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones 1958 World Championships 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 USA flagcountry 2 1 2 USA 1912 yes 1 1 1 CAN 1957 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 Results Men Rank Name Age Points Places CF FS Total 1 US 1912 David Jenkins 22 183.65 7 2 688.1 1 597.5 1285.6 2 Canada 1957 Donald Jackson 18 178.07 18 4 662.2 2 584.3 1246.5 3 US 1912 Tim Brown 19 179.91 19 1 694.9 5 543.5 1238.4 4 France Alain Giletti 19 175.22 26 3 666.3 3 560.3 1226.6 5 Czechoslovakia Karol Divín 23 166.05 42 6 615.9 4 546.5 1162.4 6 West Germany Tilo Gutzeit 21 163.37 52 8 608.8 7 534.8 1143.6 7 France Alain Calmat 18 162.20 53 7 614.4 9 521.0 1135.4 8 US 1912 Bradley Lord 19 161.70 56 9 605.8 8 526.1 1131.9 9 Austria Norbert Felsinger 19 161.34 56.5 5 617.7 10 511.7 1129.4 10 Canada 1957 Edward Collins 18 161.34 61.5 11 590.7 6 538.7 1129.4 11 US 1912 Robert Brewer 19 71 10 604.1 12 UK David Clements 19 84 13 522.7 13 Switzerland Hubert Köpfler 23 91 12 593.9 Judges: France P. Baron UK Pamela Davis Switzerland Karl Enderlin Canada 1957 Donald Gilchrist West Germany Theo Klemm Austria Edwin Kucharz US 1912 R. Sackett Ladies Rank Name Age Points Places CF FS Total 1 US 1912 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 4 West Germany Ina Bauer 19 170.54 30 6 633.3 2 560,5 1193.8 5 US 1912 Barbara Roles 17 171.55 31 4 680.1 7 520.8 1200.9 6 US 1912 Lynn Finnegan 166.65 40 7 628.9 4 537.5 1166.6 7 Austria Regine Heitzer 15 160.65 54 9 608.7 8 515.9 1124.6 8 US 1912 Nancy Heiss 161.58 56 8 621.9 10 509.2 1131.1 9 Italy Anna Galmarini 16 161.01 60 10 592.3 5 534.8 1127.1 10 Canada 1957 Sandra Tewkesbury 17 156.74 78 13 563.5 9 515.7 1079.2 11 Canada 1957 Margaret Crosland 19 151.72 82 11 575.5 13 486.6 1062.1 12 Canada 1957 Sonia Snelling 150.31 82 14 554.6 11 497.6 1052.2 13 Italy Carla Tichatschek 18 150.10 82 15 556.7 12 494.0 1050.7 14 Japan 1870 Yūko Araki 148.71 89 12 561.0 14 480.0 1041.0 WD Netherlands Joan Haanappel 18 DNF 5 633.6 Judges: Italy Grazia Barcellona Netherlands Charlotte Benedict-Stieber UK Pamela Davis Canada 1957 P. Devine West Germany Theo Klemm US 1912 Alex Krupy Austria Oskar Madl Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Canada 1957 Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul 9 2 West Germany Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 19 3 US 1912 Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington 35.5 4 Canada 1957 Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek 37 5 West Germany Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel 40.5 6 US 1912 Maribel Owen / Dudley Richards 50 7 US 1912 Gayle Freed / Karl Freed 59 8 Austria Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl 72 Judges: Italy Grazia Barcellona France P. Baron Netherlands Charlotte Benedict-Stieber UK Pamela Davis Switzerland Karl Enderlin Canada 1957 Donald Gilchrist West Germany Theo Klemm Austria Oskar Madl US 1912 R. Sackett Ice dance Rank Name Places 1 UK Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones 6 2 US 1912 Andree Anderson / Donald Jacoby 12 3 Canada 1957 Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan 14 4 US 1912 Margie Ackles / Charles Phillips 25 5 Canada 1957 Ann Martin / Edward Collins 28 6 France Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel 30 7 UK Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson 33 8 Canada 1957 Svata Staroba / Mirek Staroba 38 9 US 1912 Judy Lamar / Ronald Ludington 39 Judges: Canada 1957 P. Devine UK Alexander Gordon US 1912 Harold Hartshorne Austria Edwin Kucharz France Jacqueline Meudec Sources Result List provided by the ISU Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by the United States World Figure Skating Championships Category:Sports competitions in Colorado Springs, Colorado Category:1950s in Colorado Springs, Colorado World Figure Skating Championships