World Figure Skating Championships 1966

World Figure Skating Championships 1966
56th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	22-27 February 1966
Venue:	Davos , Switzerland
Gold medalist
Men's:	Emmerich Danzer
Women:	Peggy Fleming
Couples:	Lyudmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov (2)
Ice dance:	Diane Towler & Bernard Ford
World figure skating championships
1965 ◄ 1966 ► 1967

The 56th World Figure Skating Championships took place in Davos ( Switzerland ) from February 22nd to 27th, 1966 .

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Emmerich Danzer	Austria
2	Wolfgang Schwarz	Austria
3	Gary Visconti	United States
4th	Scott Allen	United States
5	Nobuo Sato	Japan
6th	Patrick Péra	France
7th	Donald Knight	Canada
8th	Ondrej Nepela	Czechoslovakia
9	Giordano Abbondati	Italy
10	Jay Humphry	Canada
11	Charles Snelling	Canada
12	William Chapel	United States
13	Robert Dureville	France
14th	Ralph Borghard	GDR
15th	Jeno Ebert	Hungary
16	Günter Anderl	Austria
17th	Valery Meshkov	Soviet Union
18th	Malcolm Cannon	United Kingdom
19th	Tsuguhiko Kozuka	Japan
20th	Bodo Bockenauer	BR Germany
21st	Hansjörg Studer	Switzerland

Judges were:

• John R. Shoemaker United States 
• Oskar Madl Austria 
• Néri Valdes France 
• S. Francis Canada 
• K. Minami Japan 
• Eugen Romminger BR Germany 
• Rolf Steinmann Switzerland 
• Sergei Vasiliev Soviet Union 
• Zoltán Balázs Hungary 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Peggy Fleming	United States
2	Gabriele Seyfert	GDR
3	Petra Burka	Canada
4th	Valerie Jones	Canada
5	Nicole Hassler	France
6th	Hana Mašková	Czechoslovakia
7th	Zsuzsa Almássy	Hungary
8th	Miwa Fukuhara	Japan
9	Albertina Noyes	United States
10	Kumiko Ōkawa	Japan
11	Uschi Keszler	BR Germany
12	Pamela Schneider	United States
13	Sally-Anne Stapleford	United Kingdom
14th	Elisabeth Mikula	Austria
15th	Roberta Laurent	Canada
16	Elisabeth Nestler	Austria
17th	Elena Shcheglova	Soviet Union
18th	Pia Zürcher	Switzerland
19th	Beate Richter	GDR
20th	Martina Clausner	GDR

Judges were:

• Yvonne S. McGowan United States 
• Joan McLagan Canada 
• Walter Malek Austria 
• V. Siegmund GDR 
• Kinuko Ueno Japan 
• Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques France 
• János Zsigmondi BR Germany 
• Geoffry Yates United Kingdom 
• Milan Duchón Czechoslovakia 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov	Soviet Union
2	Tatjana Schuk / Alexander Gorelik	Soviet Union
3	Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman	United States
4th	Margot Glockshuber / Wolfgang Danne	BR Germany
5	Sonja Pfersdorf / Günther Matzdorf	BR Germany
6th	Gudrun Hauss / Walter Häfner	BR Germany
7th	Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer	GDR
8th	Monique Mathys / Yves Aellig	Switzerland
9	Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther	GDR
10	Agnes Wlachowska / Peter Bartosiewicz	Czechoslovakia
11	Susan Behrens / Roy Wagelein	United States
12	Mona Szabo / Peter Szabo	Switzerland
13	Susan Huehnergard / Paul Huehnergard	Canada
14th	Gerlinde Schönbauer / Willi Bietak	Austria
15th	Maria Csorás / Lászlo Kondi	Hungary

Judges were:

• Tatyana Tolmacheva Soviet Union 
• Yvonne S. McGowan United States 
• Rolf Steinmann Switzerland 
• W Kahle BR Germany 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Hans Meixner Austria 
• S. Francis Canada 
• Klára Kozári Hungary 
• Zdenek Fikar Czechoslovakia 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country
1	Diane Towler / Bernard Ford	United Kingdom
2	Kristin Fortune / Dennis Sveum	United States
3	Lorna Dyer / John Carrell	United States
4th	Yvonne Suddick / Roger Kennerson	United Kingdom
5	Brigitte Martin / Francis Gamichon	France
6th	Janet Sawbridge / Jon Lane	United Kingdom
7th	Gabriele Rauch / Rudi Matysik	BR Germany
8th	Jitka Babická / Jaromir Holan	Czechoslovakia
9	Carole Forrest / Kevin Lethbridge	Canada
10	Lyudmila Pachomowa / Viktor Ryschkin	Soviet Union
11	Susan Urban / Stanley Urban	United States
12	Gail Snyder / Wayne Palmer	Canada
13	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	GDR
14th	Susanna Carpani / Sergio Pirelli	Italy
15th	Edith Mató / Karl Csanadi	Hungary
16	Christe Trebesiner / Herbert Rothkappl	Austria

Judges were:

• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• John R. Shoemaker United States 
• Milan Duchón Czechoslovakia 
• Dorothy Leamen Canada 
• Lysiane Lauret France 
• Klára Kozári Hungary 
• Hans Kutschera Austria 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	1	1	3	5
2	Austria	1	1	-	2
	Soviet Union	1	1	-	2
4th	United Kingdom	1	-	-	1
5	GDR	-	1	-	1
6th	Canada	-	-	1	1

Web links

• World figure skating championships 1960–1969 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 25, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1960–1969 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 25, 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 25, 2018 (English).