World Figure Skating Championships 1960

World Figure Skating Championships 1960
51st event
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	1-5 March 1960
Venue:	Vancouver , Canada
Gold medalist
Men's:	Alain Giletti
Women:	Carol Heiss (5)
Couples:	Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul (4)
Ice dance:	Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones (2)
World figure skating championships
1959 ◄ 1960 ► 1962

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

Judges were:

• F. Wojtanowskyj Austria 
• E. Lewis Canada 
• Gérard Rodriguez-Henriques France 
• Adolf Walker BR Germany 
• GS Yates United Kingdom 
• E. Finsterwald Switzerland 
• HG Storke United States 

Ladies

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

Judges were:

• Martin Felsenreich Austria 
• WE Lewis Canada 
• Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia 
• Gérard Rodriguez-Henriques France 
• Theo Klemm BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• G. De Mori Italy 
• L. Benedict-Stieber Netherlands 
• HG Storke United States 

Couples

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

Judges were:

• F. Wojtanowskyj Austria 
• WE Lewis Canada 
• Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia 
• Theo Klemm BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• G. De Mori Italy 
• L. Benedict-Stieber Netherlands 
• E. Finsterwald Switzerland 
• HG Storke United States 

Ice dance

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

Judges were:

• A. McKechnie Canada 
• Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia 
• J. Meudec France 
• Hermann Schiechtl BR Germany 
• LC Seagrave United Kingdom 
• E. Finsterwald Switzerland 
• JR Shoemaker United States 

Medal table

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

swell

• World figure skating championships 1960–1969 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1960–1969 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1960–1969 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1960–1969 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on August 28, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English).