World Figure Skating Championships 1960

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World Figure Skating Championships 1960
51st event
Type: ISU championships
Date: 1-5 March 1960
Venue: Vancouver , Canada
Gold medalist
Men's: France Alain Giletti
Women: United States Carol Heiss (5)
Couples: Canada 1957Canada Barbara Wagner &
Robert Paul (4)
Ice dance: United Kingdom Doreen Denny &
Courtney Jones (2)
World figure skating championships
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The 51st World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 1st to 5th, 1960 in Vancouver ( Canada ). It was the second World Championships in Canada after Montreal in 1932 . For the first time, only three participants per country were allowed in each competition.

The twelve-year US winning streak ended with the victory of French Alain Giletti in the men's competition. In the women's competition, Carol Heiss won her last of five titles in a row. Canadian pair runners Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul won their last of four titles in a row.

Results

Men's

space athlete country
1 Alain Giletti FranceFrance France
2 Donald Jackson Canada 1957Canada Canada
3 Alain Calmat FranceFrance France
4th Norbert Felsinger AustriaAustria Austria
5 Tilo Gutzeit Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
6th Bradley Lord United States 49United States United States
7th Manfred Schnelldorfer Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
8th Donald McPherson Canada 1957Canada Canada
9 Gregory Kelley United States 49United States United States
10 Peter Jonas AustriaAustria Austria
11 Louis James Stong Canada 1957Canada Canada
12 Nobuo Sato JapanJapan Japan
13 Hubert Köpfler SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
14th Robin Jones United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
15th David Clements United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
16 Tim Spencer AustraliaAustralia Australia
17th William Cherrell AustraliaAustralia Australia

Judges were:

Ladies

space sportswoman country
1 Carol Hot United States 49United States United States
2 Sjoukje Dijkstra NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
3 Barbara Roles United States 49United States United States
4th Regine Heitzer AustriaAustria Austria
5 Joan Haanappel NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
6th Jana Mrázková CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
7th Wendy Griner Canada 1957Canada Canada
8th Karin Frohner AustriaAustria Austria
9 Laurence Owen United States 49United States United States
10 Anna Galmarini ItalyItaly Italy
11 Dany Rigoulot FranceFrance France
12 Nicole Hassler FranceFrance France
13 Sonja Snelling Canada 1957Canada Canada
14th Miwa Fukuhara JapanJapan Japan
15th Shirra Kenworthy Canada 1957Canada Canada
16 Junko Ueno JapanJapan Japan
17th Bärbel Martin Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
18th Ursel Barkey Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
19th Fränzi Schmidt SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
20th Carolyn Krau United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
21st Liliane Crosa SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
22nd Carla Tichatschek ItalyItaly Italy
23 Beverly Helmore AustraliaAustralia Australia
24 Mary Lynette Wilson AustraliaAustralia Australia

Judges were:

Couples

space athlete country
1 Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul Canada 1957Canada Canada
2 Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek Canada 1957Canada Canada
3 Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
4th Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
5 Nina Schuk / Stanislaw Schuk Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
6th Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington United States 49United States United States
7th Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl AustriaAustria Austria
8th Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
9 Rita Blumenberg / Werner Mensching Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
10 Maribel Owen / Dudley Richards United States 49United States United States
11 Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell Canada 1957Canada Canada
12 Ila Ray Hadley / Ray Hadley, Jr. United States 49United States United States

Judges were:

Ice dance

space athlete country
1 Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2 Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan Canada 1957Canada Canada
3 Christiane Guhel / Jean Paul Guhel FranceFrance France
4th Margie Ackles / Charles Phillips United States 49United States United States
5 Marilyn Meeker / Larry Pierce United States 49United States United States
6th Ann Martin / Gille Vanasse Canada 1957Canada Canada
7th Svata Staroba / Mirek Staroba Canada 1957Canada Canada
8th Yvonne Littlefield / Roger Campbell United States 49United States United States
9 Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany

Judges were:

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 Canada 1957Canada Canada 1 3 - 4th
2 FranceFrance France 1 - 2 3
3 United States 49United States United States 1 - 1 2
4th United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 1 - - 1
5 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands - 1 - 1
6th Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany - - 1 1

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