1962 World Figure Skating Championships
1962 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | March 14 – 17 |
Season: | 1962 |
Location: | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Donald Jackson | |
Ladies' singles: Sjoukje Dijkstra | |
Pair skating: Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek | |
Ice dancing: Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman | |
Previous: 1960 World Championships | |
Next: 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, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from March 14 to 17 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. 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 skate 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.[1]
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.[2] 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,[3] and the silver medal was won by Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov.
Results
Men
Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
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1 | Donald Jackson | Canada | 2277.1 | 13 |
2 | Karol Divín | Czechoslovakia | 2255.9 | 17 |
3 | Alain Calmat | France | 2200.7 | 25 |
4 | Donald McPherson | Canada | 2172.3 | 37 |
5 | Manfred Schnelldorfer | West Germany | 2094.0 | 54 |
6 | Monty Hoyt | United States | 2059.1 | 59 |
7 | Emmerich Danzer | Austria | 2033.8 | 68 |
8 | Scott Allen | United States | 2002.8 | 82 |
9 | Peter Jonas | Austria | 2005.5 | 81 |
10 | Nobuo Sato | Japan | 1984.7 | 92 |
11 | Bodo Bockenauer | East Germany | 97 | |
12 | Robin Jones | United Kingdom | 101 | |
13 | Sepp Schönmetzler | West Germany | 109 | |
14 | Valeri Meshkov | Soviet Union | 1895.7 | 117 |
15 | Per Kjølberg | Norway | 137 | |
16 | Karoly Ujlaky | Hungary | 1832.4 | 142 |
17 | Robert Dureville | France | 149 | |
18 | Alain Trouillet | France | 159 |
Judges:
- Franz Wojtanowskyj Austria
- N. Gregory Canada
- Milan Duchon Czechoslovakia
- Jeannie Donnier-Blanc France
- E. K. Bauch East Germany
- Adolf Walker West Germany
- Pamela Davis United Kingdom
- A. Koutny Hungary
- Georgi Felitsin Soviet Union
Ladies
Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
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1 | Sjoukje Dijkstra | Netherlands | 2350.0 | 9 |
2 | Wendy Griner | Canada | 2273.2 | 21 |
3 | Regine Heitzer | Austria | 2218.3 | 42 |
4 | Petra Burka | Canada | 2219.7 | 39 |
5 | Barbara Ann Pursley-Roles | United States | 2200.9 | 52 |
6 | Nicole Hassler | France | 2172.0 | 64 |
7 | Jana Mrázková | Czechoslovakia | 2151.8 | 71 |
8 | Karin Frohner | Austria | 2144.6 | 79 |
9 | Miwa Fukuhara | Japan | 2137.0 | 81 |
10 | Lorraine Hanlon | United States | 2103.0 | 105 |
11 | Jacqueline Harbord | United Kingdom | 101 | |
12 | Helli Sengstschmid | Austria | 98 | |
13 | Eva Grožajová | Czechoslovakia | 101 | |
14 | Fränzi Schmidt | Switzerland | 108 | |
15 | Karin Gude | West Germany | 122 | |
16 | Victoria Fisher | United States | 148 | |
17 | Ann-Margreth Frei | Sweden | 161 | |
18 | Sandra Brugnera | Italy | 159 | |
19 | Helga Zöllner | Hungary | 1968.7 | 166 |
20 | Tatiana Nemtsova | Soviet Union | 1952.2 | 174 |
21 | Gabriele Seyfert | East Germany | 178 |
Judges:
- Martin Felsenreich Austria
- Melville Rogers Canada
- H. Dudová Czechoslovakia
- J. Donnier-Blanc France
- E. K. Bauch East Germany
- A. Koutny Hungary
- C. P. Engelfriet Netherlands
- Adolf Walker West Germany
- M. Drake United States
Pairs
Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
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1 | Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek | Canada | 102.2 | 15 |
2 | Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov | Soviet Union | 102.1 | 16.5 |
3 | Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel | West Germany | 100.1 | 25.5 |
4 | Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell | Canada | 93.3 | 45 |
5 | Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba | Czechoslovakia | 95.1 | 52.5 |
6 | Gertrude Desjardins / Maurice Lafrance | Canada | 92.3 | 59.5 |
7 | Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner | Switzerland | 91.0 | 63.5 |
8 | Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen | United States | 90.2 | 70.5 |
9 | Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer | East Germany | 89.0 | 73.5 |
10 | Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill | United States | 87.4 | 81.5 |
11 | Valerie Hunt / Peter Burrows | United Kingdom | 73.5 | |
12 | Diana Hinko / Bernhard Henhappel | Austria | 107.5 | |
13 | Mieko Otwa / Yutaka Doke | Japan | 113 | |
WD | Marika Kilius / Hans Jurgen Baumler | West Germany | DNF |
Judges:
- Hans Meixner Austria
- Melville Rogers Canada
- Vera Spurná Czechoslovakia
- E. K. Bauch East Germany
- Adolf Walker West Germany
- Pamela Davis United Kingdom
- J. Creux Switzerland
- M. Drake United States
- Tatiana Tolmacheva Soviet Union
Ice dancing
Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
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1 | Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman | Czechoslovakia | 318.5 | 15 |
2 | Christiane Guhel / Jean Paul Guhel | France | 315.8 | 26 |
3 | Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan | Canada | 316.8 | 23 |
4 | Linda Shearman / Michael Phillips | United Kingdom | 310.2 | 42 |
5 | Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby | Canada | 311.0 | 45 |
6 | Donna Mitchell / John Mitchell | Canada | 306.4 | 57 |
7 | Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen | United States | 306.6 | 55.5 |
8 | Yvonne Littlefield / Peter Betts | United States | 303.0 | 64.5 |
9 | Mary Parry / Roy Mason | United Kingdom | 297.2 | 77 |
10 | Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi | Hungary | 281.3 | 99 |
11 | Helga Burkhardt / Hannes Burkhardt | West Germany | 108 | |
12 | Olga Gilardi / Germano Ceccattini | Italy | 119 | |
13 | Marlise Fornachon / Charly Pichard | Switzerland | 114 | |
14 | Armelie Flichy / Pierre Brum | France | 116 | |
15 | Christel Trebesiner / Gerald Felsinger | Austria | 131 | |
16 | Gabriele Rauch / Rudy Mathysik | West Germany | 142 | |
17 | Eiko Kaneko / Mikio Takeuchi | Japan | 143 |
Judges:
- Hans Meixner Austria
- N. Gregory Canada
- Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia
- L. Lauret France
- H. Wollersen West Germany
- Pamela Davis United Kingdom
- Ferenc Kertész Hungary
- Eugene Kirchhofer Switzerland
- M. Drake United States
References
Sources
- Result List provided by the ISU