World Figure Skating Championships 1957

World Figure Skating Championships 1957
48th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	February 26 - March 2, 1957
Venue:	Colorado Springs , USA
Gold medalist
Men's:	David Jenkins
Women:	Carol Heiss (2)
Couples:	Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul
Ice dance:	June Markham & Courtney Jones
World figure skating championships
1956 ◄ 1957 ► 1958

The 1957 World Figure Skating Championships were held from February 26 to March 2, 1957 in Colorado Springs ( USA ). It was the second world championships in the USA, after New York in 1930 .

In the men's competition, David Jenkins , the younger brother of Hayes Alan Jenkins , continued the winning streak of the Jenkins family and the USA by winning his first of three titles in a row.

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	David Jenkins	United States
2	Tim Brown	United States
3	Charles Snelling	Canada
4th	Alain Giletti	France
5	Tom Moore	United States
6th	Norbert Felsinger	Austria
7th	Donald Jackson	Canada
8th	Robert Brewer	United States
9	Alain Calmat	France
10	Michael Booker	United Kingdom
11	Manfred Schnelldorfer	BR Germany
12	Hubert Köpfler	Switzerland
13	Yukio Nishikura	Japan
14th	Hideo Sugita	Japan
15th	Kazuo Ohashi	Japan
16	Charles Keeble	Australia
17th	William Cherrell	Australia

Judges were:

• W. Malek Austria 
• P. Devine Canada 
• Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques France 
• Rudolf A. Marx BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• E. Kirschhofer Switzerland 
• H. Janes United States 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Carol Hot	United States
2	Hanna Eigel	Austria
3	Ingrid Wendl	Austria
4th	Carole Jane Pachl	Canada
5	Claralyn Lewis	United States
6th	Hanna Walter	Austria
7th	Joan tavern	United States
8th	Nancy Hot	United States
9	Erica Batchelor	United Kingdom
10	Karen Dixon	Canada
11	Ina Bauer	BR Germany
12	Sjoukje Dijkstra	Netherlands
13	Joan Haanappel	Netherlands
14th	Margaret Crosland	Canada
15th	Use Musyl	Austria
16	Emma Giardini	Italy
17th	Junko Ueno	Japan
18th	Carla Tichatschek	Italy
19th	Yuko Araki	Japan
20th	Alice Fischer	Switzerland

Judges were:

• Hans Meixner Austria 
• J. McKechnie Canada 
• Rudolf A. Marx BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Bruno Bonfiglio Italy 
• E. Kirchhofer Switzerland 
• H. Storke United States 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul	Canada
2	Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel	BR Germany
3	Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek	Canada
4th	Nancy Rouillard / Ronald Ludington	United States
5	Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles	United Kingdom

The current European champions Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal and the local silver medalists Marianna Nagy / László Nagy did not even travel to the USA because of scheduling difficulties . The Austrian representatives Ellend / Lienert could not compete because Liesl Ellend injured his ankle during training.

Judges were:

• Hans Meixner Austria 
• J. McKechnie Canada 
• G. Rodrigues-Henriques France 
• Rudolf A. Marx BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Bruno Bonfiglio Italy 
• H. Janes United States 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country
1	June Markham / Courtney Jones	United Kingdom
2	Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan	Canada
3	Sharon McKenzie / Bert Wright	United States
4th	Joan Zamboni / Ronland Junso	United States
5	Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby	United Kingdom
6th	Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson	United Kingdom
7th	Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel	United States
8th	Beverly Orr / Hugh Smith	Canada
9	Sigrid Knacke / Günther Koch	BR Germany
10	Christiane Ellen / Claude Lambert	France
11	Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera	Austria

Judges were:

• W. Malek Austria 
• P. Devine Canada 
• D. Ward United Kingdom 
• E. Kirchhofer Switzerland 
• R. Shoemaker United States 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	2	1	1	4th
2	Canada	1	1	2	4th
3	United Kingdom	1	-	-	1
4th	Austria	-	1	1	2
5	BR Germany	-	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). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ellend-Linert had to watch . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 1, 1957, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).