World Figure Skating Championships 1969

World Figure Skating Championships 1969
59th event
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	February 25 - March 2, 1969
Venue:	Colorado Springs , USA
Gold medalist
Men's:	Tim Wood
Women:	Gabriele Seyfert
Couples:	Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanow
Ice dance:	Diane Towler & Bernard Ford (4)
World figure skating championships
1968 ◄ 1969 ► 1970

The 59th World Figure Skating Championships took place from February 25 to March 2, 1969 in Colorado Springs ( USA ).

Results

• P = compulsory
• PT = compulsory dance
• K = freestyle
• KP = freestyle program
• G = total
• B = rating

Men's

space	athlete	country	P	K	G	B.
1	Tim Wood	United States	1	1	2894.5	9
2	Ondrej Nepela	Czechoslovakia	2	6th	2703.3	22nd
3	Patrick Péra	France	3	5	2684.6	27
4th	Gary Visconti	United States	4th	4th	2622.4	45
5	John Misha Petkevich	United States	7th	2	2623.4	47
6th	Jay Humphry	Canada	5	3	2652.1	41
7th	Günter Zöller	GDR	6th	10	2544.9	68
8th	Sergei Cheetverukhin	Soviet Union	8th	9	2531.6	72
9	Marian Filc	Czechoslovakia	9	7th	2497.9	83
10	David McGillivray	Canada	13	8th	2482.7	87
11	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	12	11	2434.8	97
12	Philippe Pelissier	France	11	13	2405.9	106
13	Tsuguhiko Kozuka	Japan	14th	14th	2355.6	123
14th	Jacques Mrozek	France	16	12	?	122
15th	Günther Anderl	Austria	15th	16	2319.1	134
16	Reinhard Ketterer	BR Germany	17th	15th	2278.4	142
17th	Klaus Grimmelt	BR Germany	18th	17th	2222.0	152
	Haig Oundjian	United Kingdom	10			Z

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Josef Dědič Czechoslovakia 
• Assistant Referee : Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 

Judge:

• Benjamin T. Wright United States 
• Walter Malek Austria 
• Jeanine Donnier-Blanc France 
• Milan Duchón Czechoslovakia 
• Dorothy Leamen Canada 
• Wilhelm Kahle BR Germany 
• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 
• Konstantin Licharew Soviet Union 
• Helga von Wiecki GDR 

Replacement judge:

• Rolf J. Steinmann Switzerland 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	K	G	B.
1	Gabriele Seyfert	GDR	2	1	2795.5	9
2	Beatrix Schuba	Austria	1	6th	2709.4	24
3	Zsuzsa Almássy	Hungary	3	4th	2704.6	27
4th	Julie Lynn Holmes	United States	4th	2	2696.2	33
5	Janet Lynn	United States	5	5	2663.4	44
6th	Linda Carbonetto	Canada	9	3	2616.0	53
7th	Elisabeth Nestler	Austria	6th	7th	2572.8	62
8th	Patricia Dodd	United Kingdom	7th	14th	2495.1	89
9	Eileen Zillmer	BR Germany	8th	12	2487.8	91
10	Elena Shcheglova	Soviet Union	12	8th	2492.3	87
11	Kazumi Yamashita	Japan	13	10	2472.1	96
12	Elisabeth Mikula	Austria	10	11	2471.8	102
13	Rita Trapanese	Italy	11	13	2461.2	105
14th	Galina Grschibovskaya	Soviet Union	16	9	2400.6	127
15th	Charlotte Walter	Switzerland	14th	15th	2379.0	131
16	Keiko Miyagawa	Japan	17th	16	2266.8	144
17th	Janet Black	Australia	18th	17th	2108.1	153
	Sonja Morgenstern	GDR	15th			Z
	Hana Mašková	Czechoslovakia				Z
	Vanessa Jackson	South Africa				Z

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Major Elemér Terták Hungary 
• Assistant Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 

Judges were:

• Ardelle K. Sanderson United States 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Dagmar Řeháková Czechoslovakia 
• Ludwig Gassner Austria 
• Kinuko Ueno Japan 
• Donald B. Cruikshank Canada 
• Henrik Hajós Hungary 
• Michele Beltrami Italy 
• Hans Fuchs BR Germany 

Replacement judge:

• Rolf J. Steinmann Switzerland 

Couples

space	athlete	country	P	KP	G	B.
1	Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanow	Soviet Union	1	1	421.1	9
2	Tamara Moskwina / Alexei Mishin	Soviet Union	3	2	410.9	23
3	Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov	Soviet Union	2	3	410.5	26th
4th	Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman	United States	4th	5	405.0	36
5	Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther	GDR	5	6th	400.0	46
6th	Alicia Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley	United States	7th	4th	398.7	50
7th	Gudrun Hauss / Walter Häfner	BR Germany	6th	7th	388.6	63
8th	Melissa Militano / Mark Militano	United States	10	8th	374.1	75
9	Brunhilde Baßler / Eberhard Rausch	BR Germany	8th	9	362.8	82
10	Anna Ford / Richard Stephens	Canada	9	10	363.5	90
11	Mona Szabo / Pierre Szabo	France	11	11	357.5	94
12	Linda Bernard / Raymond Wilson	United Kingdom	13	12	344.2	109
13	Evelyne Schneider / Wilhelm Bietak	Austria	14th	13		116
	Liana Drahová / Peter Bartosiewicz	Czechoslovakia	12			Z

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Karl Enderlin Switzerland 
• Assistant Referee: Henry M. Beatty United States 

Judges were:

• Nonna Nestegina Soviet Union 
• Benjamin T. Wright United States 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 
• Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia 
• Hans Fuchs BR Germany 
• Dorothy Leamen Canada 
• Monique Georgelin France 
• Ludwig Gassner Austria 
• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 

Replacement judge:

• Rolf J. Steinmann Switzerland 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	PT	K	G	B.
1	Diane Towler / Bernard Ford	United Kingdom	1	1	259.8	7th
2	Lyudmila Pachomowa / Alexander Gorschkow	Soviet Union	2	2	252.0	16
3	Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky	United States	3	3	250.7	24
4th	Janet Sawbridge / Jon Lane	United Kingdom	4th	4th	246.9	27
5	Angelika Buck / Erich Buck	BR Germany	5	5	244.6	32
6th	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	GDR	6th	6th	234.5	45
7th	Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw	United Kingdom	7th	7th	232.3	51
8th	Dana Holanová / Jaromir Holan	Czechoslovakia	8th	8th	225.8	63
9	Debbie Gerken / Raymond Tiedemann	United States	9	13	224.0	67.5
10	Joan Bitterman / Brad Hislop	United States	10	10	220.9	74.5
11	Donna Taylor / Bruce Lennie	Canada	11	9	223.8	72.5
12	Mary Church / Tom Falls	Canada	13	12	218.2	84.5
13	Ilona Borecz / István Sugár	Hungary	12	14th	214.1	88
14th	Tatiana Woitjuk / Vyacheslav Shigalin	Soviet Union	14th	11	217.9	83
15th	Edeltraud Rotty / Joachim Iglowstein	BR Germany	15th	15th	201.7	105

• Referee: Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom 
• Assistant Referee: H. Kendall Kelley United States 

Judges were:

• Robert S. Hudson United Kingdom 
• Mabel Graham United States 
• Eugen Romminger BR Germany 
• Barbara Lane Canada 
• Walter Malek Austria 
• Milan Cuchón Czechoslovakia 
• Henrik Hajós Hungary 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	1	2	1	4th
2	United States	1	-	1	2
3	GDR	1	-	-	1
	United Kingdom	1	-	-	1
5	Austria	-	1	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	-	1	-	1
7th	France	-	-	1	1
	Hungary	-	-	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).