World Figure Skating Championships 1968

World Figure Skating Championships 1968
58th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	February 27 - March 3, 1968
Venue:	Geneva , Switzerland
Gold medalist
Men's:	Emmerich Danzer (3)
Women:	Peggy Fleming (3)
Couples:	Lyudmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov (4)
Ice dance:	Diane Towler & Bernard Ford (3)
World figure skating championships
1967 ◄ 1968 ► 1969

The 58th World Figure Skating Championships took place from February 27 to March 3, 1968 in Geneva ( Switzerland ).

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Emmerich Danzer	Austria
2	Tim Wood	United States
3	Patrick Péra	France
4th	Scott Allen	United States
5	Gary Visconti	United States
6th	Ondrej Nepela	Czechoslovakia
7th	Jay Humphry	Canada
8th	Peter Krick	BR Germany
9	Sergei Cheetverukhin	Soviet Union
10	David McGillivray	Canada
11	Günter Zöller	GDR
12	Philippe Pelissier	France
13	Michael Williams	United Kingdom
14th	Tsuguhiko Kozuka	Japan
15th	Marian Filc	Czechoslovakia
16	Giordano Abbondati	Italy
17th	Reinhard Ketterer	BR Germany
18th	Günter Anderl	Austria
19th	Jenö Ébert	Hungary
20th	Daniel Höner	Switzerland

• Referee: Karl Enderlin Switzerland 
• Assistant referee: János Zsigmondy BR Germany 

Judges were:

• Franz Heinlein Austria 
• William E. Lewis Canada 
• Miroslav Hansenöhrl Czechoslovakia 
• Néri Valdes France 
• Helga von Wiecki GDR 
• Eva Neeb BR Germany 
• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 
• Masao Hasegawa Japan 
• Yvonne S. McGowan United States 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Peggy Fleming	United States
2	Gabriele Seyfert	GDR
3	Hana Mašková	Czechoslovakia
4th	Beatrix Schuba	Austria
5	Kumiko Ōkawa	Japan
6th	Albertina Noyes	United States
7th	Karen Magnussen	Canada
8th	Zsuzsa Almássy	Hungary
9	Janet Lynn	United States
10	Elena Shcheglova	Soviet Union
11	Monika Feldmann	BR Germany
12	Patricia Ann Dodd	United Kingdom
13	Linda Carbonetto	Canada
14th	Marie Vichová	Czechoslovakia
15th	Elisabeth Nestler	Austria
16	Charlotte Walter	Switzerland
17th	Martina Clausner	GDR
18th	Kazumi Yamashita	Japan
19th	Haruko Ishida	Japan
20th	Sonja Morgenstern	GDR
21st	Mary-Ellen Holland	Australia
22nd	Margaret Betts	South Africa

• Referee Josef Dědič Czechoslovakia 
• Assistant Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 

Judges were:

• Sydney R. Croll Australia 
• Hans Kutschera Austria 
• Joan Maclagan Canada 
• Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia 
• Carla Listing GDR 
• Pamela Peat United Kingdom 
• Ferenc Kertész Hungary 
• Haruo Konno Japan 
• Edith M. Shoemaker United States 

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	Tamara Moskwina / Alexei Mishin	Soviet Union
5	Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther	GDR
6th	Gudrun Hauss / Walter Häfner	BR Germany
7th	Bohunka Sramkova / Jan Sramek	Czechoslovakia
8th	Sandi Sweitzer / Roy Wagelein	United States
9	Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer	GDR
10	Liana Drahová / Peter Bartosiewicz	Czechoslovakia
11	JoJo Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley	United States
12	Marianne Streifler / Herbert Wiesinger	BR Germany
13	Betty McKilligan / John McKilligan	Canada
14th	Brigitte Weise / Michael Brychcy	GDR
15th	Mona Szabo / Peter Szabo	Switzerland
16	Janina Poremska / Piotr Sczypa	Poland
17th	Glenda O'Shea / Brian O'Shea	South Africa
	Margot Glockshuber / Wolfgang Danne (Z)	BR Germany

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Alexander Gordon
• Assistant arbitrator: Jakob Biedermann Switzerland 

Judges were:

• William E. Lewis Canada 
• Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia 
• Carla Listing GDR 
• Wilhelm Kahle BR Germany 
• Pamela Peat United Kingdom 
• Oskar Schubert Poland 
• Rolf J. Steinmann Switzerland 
• Sergei Vasiliev Soviet Union 
• Yvonne S. McGowan United States 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country
1	Diane Towler / Bernard Ford	United Kingdom
2	Yvonne Suddick / Malcolm Cannon	United Kingdom
3	Janet Sawbridge / Jon Lane	United Kingdom
4th	Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky	United States
5	Irina Grischkowa / Viktor Ryschkin	Soviet Union
6th	Lyudmila Pachomowa / Alexander Gorschkow	Soviet Union
7th	Vicki Camper / Eugen Heffron	United States
8th	Angelika Buck / Erich Buck	BR Germany
9	Joni Graham / Don Phillips	Canada
10	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	GDR
11	Edith Mató / Karl Csanadi	Hungary
12	Milena Tůmová / Josef Pešek	Czechoslovakia
13	Donna Taylor / Bruce Lennie	Canada
14th	Susanna Carpani / Sergio Pirelli	Italy
15th	Claude Couste / Jean-Pierre Noullet	France

• Referee: Henri Meudec France 
• Assistant Referee : Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia 

Judges were:

• Frances Gunn Canada 
• Miroslav Hasenöhrl Czechoslovakia 
• Lysiane Lauret France 
• Terese Birch GDR 
• Willi Wernz BR Germany 
• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 
• Ferenc Kertész Hungary 
• Margrit Rellstab Switzerland 
• Edith M. Shoemaker United States 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United Kingdom	1	1	1	3
	United States	1	1	1	3
3	Soviet Union	1	1	-	2
3	Austria	1	-	-	1
4th	GDR	-	1	-	1
5	Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	1
	France	-	-	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).