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1968 World Figure Skating Championships

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1968 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 27 – March 3
Season:1967–68
Location:Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland
Venue:Patinoire des Vernets
Champions
Men's singles:
Austria Emmerich Danzer
Ladies' singles:
United States Peggy Fleming
Pairs:
Soviet Union Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Diane Towler / Bernard Ford
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The 1968 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland from February 27 to March 3. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The ISU representative was John R. Shoemaker from the USA and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták from Hungary.

On the ladies' singles skating Peggy Fleming finished first in the CF and in the FS too, before Gabriele Seyfert. The South African Margaret Betts finished on the last place in both program. On the pair skating Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov finished first also in the SP and in the FS, before Tatyana Zhuk and Aleksandr Gorelik. On the ice dance competition Diane Towler and Bernard Ford won in the CD and FD too.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain1113
 United States1113
3 Soviet Union1102
4 Austria1001
5 East Germany0101
6 Czechoslovakia0011
 France0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Results

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Men

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Rank Name Points Places
1 Austria Emmerich Danzer 2195.2 12
2 United States Timothy Wood 2180.9 15
3 France Patrick Péra 2090.1 38
4 United States Scott Allen 2095.1 38
5 United States Gary Visconti 2086.1 41
6 Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela 2052.5 52
7 Canada Jay Humphry 2047.3 57
8 West Germany Peter Krick 1989.4 79
9 Soviet Union Sergey Chetverukhin 1978.1 83
10 Canada David McGillivray 1963.7 93
11 East Germany Günter Zöller 94
12 France Philippe Pélissier 106
13 United Kingdom Michael Williams 117
14 Japan Tsuguhiko Kodzuka 128
15 Czechoslovakia Marian Filc 133
16 Italy Giordano Abbondati 142
17 West Germany Reinhard Ketterer 154
18 Austria Günter Anderl 162
19 Hungary Jenő Ébert 167
20 Switzerland Daniel Höner 179

Judges:

Ladies

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Rank Name Points Places
1 United States Peggy Fleming 2269.7 9
2 East Germany Gabriele Seyfert 2179.8 19
3 Czechoslovakia Hana Mašková 2121.3 29
4 Austria Beatrix Schuba 2094.1 35
5 Japan Kumiko Ōkawa 2054.2 46
6 United States Albertina Noyes 2025.5 59
7 Canada Karen Magnussen 2016.6 62
8 Hungary Zsuzsa Almássy 1985.7 74
9 United States Janet Lynn 1961.5 89
10 Soviet Union Yelena Shcheglova 1954.5 89
11 West Germany Monika Feldmann 94
12 United Kingdom Patricia Dodd 107
13 Canada Linda Carbonetto 117
14 Czechoslovakia Marie Víchová 133
15 Austria Elisabeth Nestler 139
16 Switzerland Charlotte Walter 148
17 East Germany Martina Clausner 147
18 Japan Kazumi Yamashita 156
19 Japan Haruko Ishida 158
20 East Germany Sonja Morgenstern 183
21 Australia Mary-Ellen Holland 186
22 South Africa Margaret Betts 198

Judges:

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

Pairs

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Rank Name Points Places
1 Soviet Union Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 315.9 9
2 Soviet Union Tatyana Zhuk / Aleksandr Gorelik 311.2 19
3 United States Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman 304.3 31
4 Soviet Union Tamara Moskvina / Aleksey Mishin 303.6 35
5 East Germany Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther 299.0 48
6 West Germany Gudrun Hauss / Walter Häfner 295.0 54
7 Czechoslovakia Bohunka Šrámková / Jan Šrámek 293.9 58
8 United States Sandi Sweitzer / Roy Wagelein 290.2 72
9 East Germany Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer 286.7 80
10 Czechoslovakia Liana Drahová / Peter Bartosiewicz 279.4 98
11 United States Alicia Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley 99
12 West Germany Marianne Streifler / Herbert Wiesinger 110
13 Canada Betty McKilligan / John McKilligan 118
14 East Germany Brigitte Weise / Michael Brychy 128
15 Switzerland Mónika Szabó / Péter Szabó 129
16 Poland Janina Poremska / Piotr Szczypa 136
17 South Africa Glenda O'Shea / Brian O'Shea 153
WD West Germany Margot Glockshuber / Wolfgang Danne DNF
  • Referee: United Kingdom Alexander Gordon
  • Assistant Referee: Switzerland Jakob Biedermann

Judges:

  • Czechoslovakia Gerhardt Bubník
  • West Germany Wilhelm Kahle
  • Canada William Lewis
  • East Germany Carla Listing
  • United States Yvonne S. McGowan
  • United Kingdom Pamela Peat
  • Poland Oskar Schubert
  • Switzerland Rolf J. Steinmann
  • Soviet Union Sergey Vasilyev

Ice dance

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Rank Name Points Places
1 United Kingdom Diane Towler / Bernard Ford 332.9 9
2 United Kingdom Yvonne Suddick / Malcolm Cannon 319.8 24
3 United Kingdom Janet Sawbridge / Jon Lane 319.7 24
4 United States Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky 311.8 40
5 Soviet Union Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin 310.9 43
6 Soviet Union Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov 307.9 49
7 United States Vicki Camper / Eugene Heffron 298.3 65
8 West Germany Angelika Buck / Erich Buck 291.4 78
9 Canada Joni Graham / Don Phillips 289.0 82
10 East Germany Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger 285.0 85
11 Hungary Edit Mató / Károly Csanádi 101
12 Czechoslovakia Milena Tůmová / Josef Pešek 111
13 Canada Donna Taylor / Bruce Lennie 112
14 Italy Susanna Carpani / Sergio Pirelli 124
15 France Claude Couste / Jean-Pierre Noullet 133
  • Referee: France Henri Meudec
  • Assistant Referee: Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala

Judges:

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

Sources

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  • Result list provided by the ISU