World Figure Skating Championships 1955

World Figure Skating Championships 1955
46th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	15-18 February 1955
Venue:	Vienna , Austria
Gold medalist
Men's:	Hayes Alan Jenkins (3)
Women:	Tenley Albright (2)
Couples:	Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden (2)
Ice dance:	Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy (4)
World figure skating championships
1954 ◄ 1955 ► 1956

The 46th World Figure Skating Championships took place from February 15 to 18, 1955 in Vienna ( Austria ).

Jean Westwood and Lawrence Demmy won the ice dance title for the fourth time in a row.

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Hayes Alan Jenkins	United States
2	Ronald Robertson	United States
3	David Jenkins	United States
4th	Alain Giletti	France
5	Karol Divin	Czechoslovakia
6th	Michael Booker	United Kingdom
7th	Norbert Felsinger	Austria
8th	Charles Snelling	Canada
9	Alain Calmat	France
10	Hugh Graham	United Kingdom
11	István Szenes	Hungary
12	Hans Müller	Switzerland
13	Tilo Gutzeit	BR Germany
14th	Brian Edward Tuck	United Kingdom

Judges were:

• Oscar Madl Austria 
• Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• V. Koudelka Czechoslovakia 
• Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques France 
• Adolf Walker BR Germany 
• ADC Cordon United Kingdom 
• Elemér Terták Hungary 
• J. Creux Switzerland 
• R. Sackett United States 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Tenley Albright	United States
2	Carol Hot	United States
3	Hanna Eigel	Austria
4th	Ingrid Wendl	Austria
5	Erica Batchelor	United Kingdom
6th	Carole Jane Pachl	Canada
7th	Patricia Firth	United States
8th	Yvonne Sugden	United Kingdom
9	Ann Johnston	Canada
10	Catherine Machado	United States
11	Rosi Pettinger	BR Germany
12	Dawn Hunter	Australia
13	Use Musyl	Austria
14th	Dagmar Lerchová-Řeháková	Czechoslovakia
15th	Joan Haanappel	Netherlands
16	Fiorella Negro	Italy
17th	Alice Fischer	Switzerland
18th	Miroslava Nachodská	Czechoslovakia
19th	Maryvonne Huet	France
20th	Erika Rucker	BR Germany
21st	Sjoukje Dijkstra	Netherlands
	Hanna Walter (Z)	Austria

• Z = withdrawn

Judges were:

• Edwin Kucharz Austria 
• Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• Jozef Dedic Czechoslovakia 
• G. Rodrigues-Henriques France 
• F. Handel FR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• M. Verdi Italy 
• J. Creux Switzerland 
• A. Krunoy United States 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden	Canada
2	Sissy Black / Kurt Oppelt	Austria
3	Marianna Nagy / László Nagy	Hungary
4th	Carole Ann Ormaca / Robert Greiner	United States
5	Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul	Canada
6th	Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal	Czechoslovakia
7th	Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel	BR Germany
8th	Lucille Ash / Sully Kothman	United States
9	Alice Zettel / Claus Loichinger	BR Germany
10	Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert	Austria
11	Eva Szőllősy / Gabor Vida	Hungary
12	Vivian Higson / Robert Hudson	United Kingdom

Judges were:

• F. Wojtanowskyj Austria 
• Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• V. Koudelka Czechoslovakia 
• F. Handel FR Germany 
• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 
• Elemér Terták Hungary 
• M. Verdi Italy 
• J. Creux Switzerland 
• A. Krunoy United States 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country
1	Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy	United Kingdom
2	Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas	United Kingdom
3	Barbara Radford / Raymond Lockwood	United Kingdom
4th	Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel	United States
5	Joan Zamboni / Ronland Junso	United States
6th	Phyllis Forney / Martin Forney	United States
7th	Fanny Besson / Jean Paul Guhel	France
8th	Sigrid Knacke / Günther Koch	BR Germany
9	Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn	Austria
10	Bona Giammona / Giancarlo Sioli	Italy
11	Lindis Johnston / Jeffrey Johnston	Canada
12	Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink	Netherlands
13	Claude Weinstein / Claude Lambert	France
14th	Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera	Austria
15th	Luise Lehner / Georg Lenitz	Austria

Judges were:

• Hans Meixner Austria 
• A. Voordeckers Belgium 
• Henri Meudec France 
• PL Borrajo United Kingdom 
• László Szollás Hungary 
• P. Farinet Italy 
• R. Sackett United States 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	2	2	1	5
2	United Kingdom	1	1	1	3
3	Canada	1	-	-	1
4th	Austria	-	1	1	2
5	Hungary	-	-	1	1

swell

• World figure skating championships 1950–1959 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1950–1959 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1950–1959 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1952–1959 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English).