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1962 World Figure Skating Championships

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1962 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 14 – 17
Season:1962
Location:Prague, Czechoslovakia
Venue:Sportovní hala ČSTV
Champions
Men's singles:
Canada Donald Jackson
Ladies' singles:
Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra
Pairs:
Canada Maria Jelinek
and Otto Jelinek
Ice dance:
Czechoslovakia Eva Romanová
and Pavel Roman
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The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

The 1962 competitions for men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance took place from March 14 to 17 at the Sportovní hala ČSTV in Prague, Czechoslovakia.[1] The Figure Skating World Championships in Prague were originally planned for 1961, but were cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548, which killed everyone on board the plane, including the entire US figure skating team.

East Germany participated in the World Figure Skating Championships for the first time.

This competition is best remembered for Donald Jackson's come-from-behind victory in the men's event with a tour-de-force free skating that included the first triple lutz jump ever landed in competition as well as a triple salchow jump and 20 other double and single jumps, including jumps in opposite directions and jumps with variations in arm position or delayed rotation. Jackson received 7 perfect 6.0 scores for this performance.[2]

Prague hometown favorites Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman won the dance event - breaking the British domination of this discipline - and Canadians Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek were the winners in the pairs. As children, the Jelineks had defected from Czechoslovakia with their parents after the post-war Communist takeover, and there were significant fears for their safety in returning to their home country. The "official" story that had been circulated at the time of the previous year's planned competition was that they were merely of Czech descent.[3] The Jelineks' chief competitors, 1960 runners-up Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, were forced to withdraw from the competition after colliding on side-by-side jumps during their program,[4] and the silver medal was won by Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Czechoslovakia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada2114
2 Czechoslovakia*1102
3 Netherlands1001
4 France0112
5 Soviet Union0101
6 Austria0011
 West Germany0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Results

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Men

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Rank Name Points Places
1 Canada Donald Jackson 2277.1 13
2 Czechoslovakia Karol Divín 2255.9 17
3 France Alain Calmat 2200.7 25
4 Canada Donald McPherson 2172.3 37
5 West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer 2094.0 54
6 United States Monty Hoyt 2059.1 59
7 Austria Emmerich Danzer 2033.8 68
8 United States Scott Allen 2002.8 81
9 Austria Peter Jonas 2005.5 82
10 Japan Nobuo Satō 1984.7 92
11 East Germany Bodo Bockenauer 97
12 United Kingdom Robin Jones 101
13 West Germany Sepp Schönmetzler 109
14 Soviet Union Valeriy Meshkov 1895.7 117
15 Norway Per Kjølberg 137
16 Hungary Károly Újlaky 1832.4 142
17 France Robert Dureville 149
18 France Alain Trouillet 159

Judges:

  • East Germany Ernst K. Bauch
  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • France Jeanine Donnier-Blanc
  • Czechoslovakia Milan Duchón
  • Soviet Union Georgiy Felitsyn
  • Canada Norman V. S. Gregory
  • Hungary A. Koutny
  • West Germany Adolf Walker
  • Austria Franz Wojtanowskyj

Ladies

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Rank Name Points Places
1 Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra 2350.0 9
2 Canada Wendy Griner 2273.2 21
3 Austria Regine Heitzer 2218.3 39
4 Canada Petra Burka 2219.7 42
5 United States Barbara Roles 2200.9 52
6 France Nicole Hassler 2172.0 64
7 Czechoslovakia Jana Mrázková 2151.8 71
8 Austria Karin Frohner 2144.6 79
9 Japan Miwa Fukuhara 2137.0 81
10 United States Lorraine Hanlon 2103.0 98
11 United Kingdom Jacqueline Harbord 101
12 Austria Helli Sengstschmid 101
13 Czechoslovakia Eva Grožajová 105
14 Switzerland Franziska Schmidt 108
15 West Germany Karin Gude 122
16 United States Victoria Fisher 148
17 Sweden Ann-Margreth Frei 159
18 Italy Sandra Brugnera 161
19 Hungary Helga Zöllner 1968.7 166
20 Soviet Union Tatyana Nemtsova 1952.2 174
21 East Germany Gabriele Seyfert 178

Judges:

  • East Germany Ernst K. Bauch
  • France Jeanine Donnier-Blanc
  • United States M. Drake
  • Czechoslovakia H. Dudová
  • Netherlands Paul Engelfriet
  • Austria Martin Felsenreich
  • Hungary A. Koutny
  • Canada Melville Rogers
  • West Germany Adolf Walker

Pairs

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Rank Name Points Places
1 Canada Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek 102.2 15
2 Soviet Union Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 102.1 16.5
3 West Germany Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel 100.1 25.5
4 Canada Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell 93.3 45
5 Czechoslovakia Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba 95.1 52.5
6 Canada Gertrude Desjardins / Maurice Lafrance 92.3 59.5
7 Switzerland Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner 91.0 63.5
8 United States Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen 90.2 70.5
9 East Germany Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer 89.0 73.5
10 United States Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill 87.4 73.5
11 United Kingdom Valerie Hunt / Peter Burrows 81.5
12 Austria Diana Hinko / Bernhard Henhappel 107.5
13 Japan Mieko Ōiwa / Yutaka Dōke 113
WD West Germany Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler DNF

Judges:

Ice dance

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Rank Name Points Places
1 Czechoslovakia Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman 318.5 15
2 France Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel 315.8 26
3 Canada Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan 316.8 23
4 United Kingdom Linda Shearman / Michael Phillips 310.2 42
5 Canada Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby 311.0 45
6 Canada Donna Mitchell / John Mitchell 306.4 55.5
7 United States Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen 306.6 57
8 United States Yvonne Littlefield / Peter Betts 303.0 64.5
9 United Kingdom Mary Parry / Roy Mason 297.2 77
10 Hungary Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi 281.3 99
11 West Germany Helga Burkhardt / Hannes Burkhardt 108
12 Italy Olga Gilardi / Germano Ceccattini 114
13 Switzerland Marlyse Fornachon / Charly Pichard 116
14 France Armelle Flichy / Pierre Brun 119
15 Austria Christel Trebesiner / Georg Felsinger 131
16 West Germany Gabriele Rauch / Rudi Matysik 142
17 Japan Keiko Kaneko / Mikio Takeuchi 143

Judges:

  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • United States M. Drake
  • Canada Norman V. S. Gregory
  • Hungary Ferenc Kertész
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • France L. Lauret
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala
  • West Germany Hermann Wollersen

References

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  1. ^ "První medaile uděleny". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 15 March 1962. p. 4. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. ^ Beverley Smith, Figure Skating: A Celebration, ISBN 0-7710-2819-9
  3. ^ Henry Jelinek, Jr. and Ann Pinchot, On Thin Ice
  4. ^ "Champions of the World", Skating magazine, June 1963

Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU