World Figure Skating Championships 1962

World Figure Skating Championships 1962
52nd event
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	14.-17. March 1962
Venue:	Sportovní hala , Prague , Czechoslovakia
Gold medalist
Men's:	Donald Jackson
Women:	Sjoukje Dijkstra
Couples:	Maria Jelinek & Otto Jelinek
Ice dance:	Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman
World figure skating championships
1960 ◄ 1962 ► 1963

The 52nd World Figure Skating Championships were held from March 14th to 17th, 1962 in Prague ( Czechoslovakia ). The Prague event had been planned for 1961, but was canceled because of the crash of Sabena Flight 548 , in which the entire US team was killed. For the first time, the GDR took part in a world figure skating championship.

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Donald Jackson	Canada
2	Karol Divin	Czechoslovakia
3	Alain Calmat	France
4th	Donald McPherson	Canada
5	Manfred Schnelldorfer	BR Germany
6th	Monty Hoyt	United States
7th	Emmerich Danzer	Austria
8th	Scott Allen	United States
9	Peter Jonas	Austria
10	Nobuo Sato	Japan
11	Bodo Bockenauer	GDR
12	Robin Jones	United Kingdom
13	Sepp Schönmetzler	BR Germany
14th	Valery Meshkov	Soviet Union
15th	Per Kjølberg	Norway
16	Károly Ujlaky	Hungary
17th	Robert Dureville	France
18th	Alain Trouillet	France

Judges were:

• Franz Wojtanowskyj Austria 
• N. Gregory Canada 
• Milan Duchon Czechoslovakia 
• Jeannie Donnier-Blanc France 
• EK Bauch German Democratic Republic 
• Adolf Walker BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• A. Koutny Hungary 
• Georgi Felizin Soviet Union 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Sjoukje Dijkstra	Netherlands
2	Wendy Griner	Canada
3	Regine Heitzer	Austria
4th	Petra Burka	Canada
5	Barbara Roles	United States
6th	Nicole Hassler	France
7th	Jana Mrázková	Czechoslovakia
8th	Karin Frohner	Austria
9	Miwa Fukuhara	Japan
10	Lorraine Hanlon	United States
11	Jacqueline Harbord	United Kingdom
12	Helli Sengstschmid	Austria
13	Eva Grozajová	Czechoslovakia
14th	Fränzi Schmidt	Switzerland
15th	Karin Gude	BR Germany
16	Victoria Fisher	United States
17th	Ann Margreth Frei	Sweden
18th	Sandra Brugnera	Italy
19th	Helga Zöllner	Hungary
20th	Tatiana Nemtsova	Soviet Union
21st	Gabriele Seyfert	GDR

Judges were:

• Martin Felsenreich Austria 
• Melville Rogers Canada 
• H. Dudová Czechoslovakia 
• J. Donnier-Blanc France 
• EK Bauch German Democratic Republic 
• A. Koutny Hungary 
• CP Engelfriet Netherlands 
• Adolf Walker BR Germany 
• M. Drake United States 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek	Canada
2	Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov	Soviet Union
3	Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel	BR Germany
4th	Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell	Canada
5	Milada Kubiková / Jaroslav Votruba	Czechoslovakia
6th	Gertrude Desjardins / Maurice Lafrance	Canada
7th	Gerda Johner / Ruedi Johner	Switzerland
8th	Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen	United States
9	Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer	GDR
10	Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill	United States
11	Valerie Hunt / Peter Burrows	United Kingdom
12	Diana Hinko / Bernhard Henhappel	Austria
13	Mieko Otwa / Yutaka Doke	Japan

Judges were:

• Hans Meixner Austria 
• Melville Rogers Canada 
• Vera Spurná Czechoslovakia 
• EK Bauch German Democratic Republic 
• Adolf Walker BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• J. Creux Switzerland 
• M. Drake United States 
• Tatyana Tolmacheva Soviet Union 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country
1	Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman	Czechoslovakia
2	Christiane Guhel / Jean Paul Guhel	France
3	Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan	Canada
4th	Linda Shearman / Michael Phillips	United Kingdom
5	Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby	Canada
6th	Donna Mitchell / John Mitchell	Canada
7th	Dorothy Nelson / Peter Kollen	United States
8th	Yvonne Littlefield / Peter Betts	United States
9	Mary Parry / Roy Mason	United Kingdom
10	Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi	Hungary
11	Helga Burkhardt / Hannes Burkhardt	BR Germany
12	Olga Dilardini / German Ceccattini	Italy
13	Marlise Fornachon / Charly Pichard	Switzerland
14th	Armelie Flichy / Pierre Brum	France
15th	Christl Trebesiner / Gerald Felsinger	Austria
16	Gabriele Rauch / Rudy Mathysics	BR Germany
17th	Eiko Kaneko / Mikio Takeuchi	Japan

Judges were:

• Hans Meixner Austria 
• N. Gregory Canada 
• Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia 
• L. Lauret France 
• H. Wollersen BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• Ferenc Kertész Hungary 
• Eugene Kirchhofer Switzerland 
• M. Drake United States 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Canada	2	1	1	4th
2	Czechoslovakia	1	1	-	2
3	Netherlands	1	-	-	2
4th	France	-	1	1	2
5	Soviet Union	-	1	-	1
6th	BR Germany	-	-	1	1
	Austria	-	-	1	1

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• 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).