1962 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1962 1962 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship March 14 17 1962 Prague, Czechoslovakia Sportovní hala ČSTV Canada 1957 Donald Jackson Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra Canada 1957 Maria Jelinekand Otto Jelinek Czechoslovakia Eva Romanováand Pavel Roman 1960 World Championships 1963 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 1962 competitions for men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance took place from March 14 to 17 at the Sportovní hala ČSTV in Prague, Czechoslovakia.15 March 1962 První medaile uděleny 4 https://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1962/3/15/4.png Rudé právo Prague cs 4 September 2024 The Figure Skating World Championships in Prague were originally planned for 1961, but were cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548, which killed everyone on board the plane, including the entire US figure skating team. East Germany participated in the World Figure Skating Championships for the first time. This competition is best remembered for Donald Jackson's come-from-behind victory in the men's event with a tour-de-force free skating that included the first triple lutz jump ever landed in competition as well as a triple salchow jump and 20 other double and single jumps, including jumps in opposite directions and jumps with variations in arm position or delayed rotation. Jackson received 7 perfect 6.0 scores for this performance.Beverley Smith, Figure Skating: A Celebration, 0-7710-2819-9 Prague hometown favorites Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman won the dance event - breaking the British domination of this discipline - and Canadians Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek were the winners in the pairs. As children, the Jelineks had defected from Czechoslovakia with their parents after the post-war Communist takeover, and there were significant fears for their safety in returning to their home country. The "official" story that had been circulated at the time of the previous year's planned competition was that they were merely of Czech descent.Henry Jelinek, Jr. and Ann Pinchot, On Thin Ice The Jelineks' chief competitors, 1960 runners-up Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, were forced to withdraw from the competition after colliding on side-by-side jumps during their program,"Champions of the World", Skating magazine, June 1963 and the silver medal was won by Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov. Medal table TCH flagcountry 2 1 1 CAN 1957 1 1 0 yes 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Results Men Rank Name Points Places 1 Canada 1957 Donald Jackson 2277.1 13 2 Czechoslovakia Karol Divín 2255.9 17 3 France Alain Calmat 2200.7 25 4 Canada 1957 Donald McPherson 2172.3 37 5 West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer 2094.0 54 6 USA Monty Hoyt 2059.1 59 7 Austria Emmerich Danzer 2033.8 68 8 USA Scott Allen 2002.8 81 9 Austria Peter Jonas 2005.5 82 10 Japan 1870 Nobuo Satō 1984.7 92 11 East Germany Bodo Bockenauer 97 12 UK Robin Jones 101 13 West Germany Sepp Schönmetzler 109 14 USSR Valeriy Meshkov 1895.7 117 15 Norway Per Kjølberg 137 16 Hungary Károly Újlaky 1832.4 142 17 France Robert Dureville 149 18 France Alain Trouillet 159 Judges: East Germany Ernst K. Bauch UK Pamela Davis France Jeanine Donnier-Blanc Czechoslovakia Milan Duchoň USSR Georgiy Felitsyn Canada 1957 Norman V. S. Gregory Hungary A. Koutny West Germany Adolf Walker Austria Franz Wojtanowskyj Ladies Rank Name Points Places 1 Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra 2350.0 9 2 Canada 1957 Wendy Griner 2273.2 21 3 Austria Regine Heitzer 2218.3 39 4 Canada 1957 Petra Burka 2219.7 42 5 USA Barbara Roles 2200.9 52 6 France Nicole Hassler 2172.0 64 7 Czechoslovakia Jana Mrázková 2151.8 71 8 Austria Karin Frohner 2144.6 79 9 Japan 1870 Miwa Fukuhara 2137.0 81 10 USA Lorraine Hanlon 2103.0 98 11 UK Jacqueline Harbord 101 12 Austria Helli Sengstschmid 101 13 Czechoslovakia Eva Grožajová 105 14 Switzerland Franziska Schmidt 108 15 West Germany Karin Gude 122 16 USA Victoria Fisher 148 17 Sweden Ann-Margreth Frei 159 18 Italy Sandra Brugnera 161 19 Hungary Helga Zöllner 1968.7 166 20 USSR Tatyana Nemtsova 1952.2 174 21 East Germany Gabriele Seyfert 178 Judges: East Germany Ernst K. Bauch France Jeanine Donnier-Blanc USA M. Drake Czechoslovakia Helena Dudová Netherlands Paul Engelfriet Austria Martin Felsenreich Hungary A. Koutny Canada 1957 Melville Rogers West Germany Adolf Walker Pairs Rank Name Points Places 1 Canada 1957 Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek 102.2 15 2 USSR Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 102.1 16.5 3 West Germany Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel 100.1 25.5 4 Canada 1957 Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell 93.3 45 5 Czechoslovakia Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba 95.1 52.5 6 Canada 1957 Gertrude Desjardins / Maurice Lafrance 92.3 59.5 7 Switzerland Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner 91.0 63.5 8 USA Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen 90.2 70.5 9 East Germany Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer 89.0 73.5 10 USA Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill 87.4 73.5 11 UK Valerie Hunt / Peter Burrows 81.5 12 Austria Diana Hinko / Bernhard Henhappel 107.5 13 Japan 1870 Mieko Ōiwa / Yutaka Dōke 113 WD West Germany Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler DNF Judges: East Germany Ernst K. Bauch Switzerland Jean Creux UK Pamela Davis USA M. Drake Austria Hans Meixner Canada 1957 Melville Rogers Czechoslovakia Věra Spurná USSR Tatyana Tolmachova West Germany Adolf Walker Ice dance Rank Name Points Places 1 Czechoslovakia Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman 318.5 15 2 France Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel 315.8 26 3 Canada 1957 Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan 316.8 23 4 UK Linda Shearman / Michael Phillips 310.2 42 5 Canada 1957 Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby 311.0 45 6 Canada 1957 Donna Mitchell / John Mitchell 306.4 55.5 7 USA Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen 306.6 57 8 USA Yvonne Littlefield / Peter Betts 303.0 64.5 9 UK Mary Parry / Roy Mason 297.2 77 10 Hungary Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi 281.3 99 11 West Germany Helga Burkhardt / Hannes Burkhardt 108 12 Italy Olga Gilardi / Germano Ceccattini 114 13 Switzerland Marlyse Fornachon / Charly Pichard 116 14 France Armelle Flichy / Pierre Brun 119 15 Austria Christel Trebesiner / Georg Felsinger 131 16 West Germany Gabriele Rauch / Rudi Matysik 142 17 Japan 1870 Keiko Kaneko / Mikio Takeuchi 143 Judges: UK Pamela Davis USA M. Drake Canada 1957 Norman V. S. Gregory Hungary Ferenc Kertész Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer France L. Lauret Austria Hans Meixner Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala West Germany Hermann Wollersen References Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia Category:Sports competitions in Prague Category:1960s in Prague World Figure Skating Championships