World Figure Skating Championships 1959

World Figure Skating Championships 1959
50th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Venue:	Colorado Springs , USA
Gold medalist
Men's:	David Jenkins (3)
Women:	Carol Heiss (4)
Couples:	Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul (3)
Ice dance:	Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones
World figure skating championships
1958 ◄ 1959 ► 1960

The 50th World Figure Skating Championships took place in Colorado Springs ( United States ).

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	David Jenkins	United States
2	Donald Jackson	Canada
3	Tim Brown	United States
4th	Alain Giletti	France
5	Karol Divin	Czechoslovakia
6th	Tilo Gutzeit	BR Germany
7th	Alain Calmat	France
8th	Bradley Lord	United States
9	Norbert Felsinger	Austria
10	Edward Collins	Canada
11	Robert Brewer	United States
12	David Clements	United Kingdom
13	Hubert Köpfler	Switzerland

Judges were:

• E. Kucharz Austria 
• Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• Fr Baron France 
• Theo Klemm BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• M. Enderlin Switzerland 
• R. Sackett United States 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Carol Hot	United States
2	Hanna Walter	Austria
3	Sjoukje Dijkstra	Netherlands
4th	Ina Bauer	BR Germany
5	Barbara Roles	United States
6th	Lynn Finnegan	United States
7th	Regine Heitzer	Austria
8th	Nancy Hot	United States
9	Anna Galmarini	Italy
10	Sandra Tewkesbury	Canada
11	Margaret Crosland	Canada
12	Sonja Snelling	Canada
13	Carla Tichatschek	Italy
14th	Yuko Araki	Japan
	Joan Haanappel (Z)	Netherlands

• Z = withdrawn

Judges were:

• Oscar Madl Austria 
• P. Devine Canada 
• Theo Klemm BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Grazia Barcellona Italy 
• Benedict-Stieber Netherlands 
• A. Krupy United States 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul	Canada
2	Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler	BR Germany
3	Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington	United States
4th	Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek	Canada
5	Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel	BR Germany
6th	Maribel Owen / Dudley Richards	United States
7th	Gayle Freed / Karl Freed	United States
8th	Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl	Austria

Judges were:

• Oscar Madl Austria 
• Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• Fr Baron France 
• Theo Klemm BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Grazia Barcellona Italy 
• Benedict-Stieber Netherlands 
• M. Enderlin Switzerland 
• R. Sackett United States 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country
1	Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones	United Kingdom
2	Andree Anderson / Donald Jacoby	United States
3	Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan	Canada
4th	Margie Ackles / Charles Phillips	United States
5	Ann Martin / Edward Collins	Canada
6th	Christiane Guhel / Jean Paul Guhel	France
7th	Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson	United Kingdom
8th	Svata Staroba / Mirek Staroba	Canada
9	Judy Lamar / Ronald Ludington	United States

Judges were:

• Edwin Kucharz Austria 
• P. Devine Canada 
• J. Meudec France 
• ADC Cordon United Kingdom 
• Harold Hartshorne United States 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	2	1	2	5
2	Canada	1	1	1	3
3	United Kingdom	1	-	-	1
4th	BR Germany	-	1	-	1
	Austria	-	1	-	1
6th	Netherlands	-	-	1	1

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• 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).