1962 World Figure Skating Championships
1962 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | March 14 – 17 |
Season: | 1962 |
Location: | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Champions | |
Men's singles: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Pair skating: ![]() | |
Ice dance: ![]() | |
Previous: 1960 World Championships | |
Next: 1963 World Championships |
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 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. 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 United States 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.[1]
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.[2] 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,[3] and the silver medal was won by Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov.
Results[]
Men[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
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1 | Donald Jackson | ![]() |
2277.1 | 13 |
2 | Karol Divín | ![]() |
2255.9 | 17 |
3 | Alain Calmat | ![]() |
2200.7 | 25 |
4 | Donald McPherson | ![]() |
2172.3 | 37 |
5 | Manfred Schnelldorfer | ![]() |
2094.0 | 54 |
6 | Monty Hoyt | ![]() |
2059.1 | 59 |
7 | Emmerich Danzer | ![]() |
2033.8 | 68 |
8 | Scott Allen | ![]() |
2002.8 | 82 |
9 | Peter Jonas | ![]() |
2005.5 | 81 |
10 | Nobuo Sato | ![]() |
1984.7 | 92 |
11 | Bodo Bockenauer | ![]() |
97 | |
12 | Robin Jones | ![]() |
101 | |
13 | Sepp Schönmetzler | ![]() |
109 | |
14 | Valeri Meshkov | ![]() |
1895.7 | 117 |
15 | Per Kjølberg | ![]() |
137 | |
16 | ![]() |
1832.4 | 142 | |
17 | Robert Dureville | ![]() |
149 | |
18 | ![]() |
159 |
Judges:
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Austria
- N. Gregory
Canada
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Czechoslovakia
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France
- E. K. Bauch
East Germany
-
West Germany
-
United Kingdom
- A. Koutny
Hungary
-
Soviet Union
Ladies[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
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1 | Sjoukje Dijkstra | ![]() |
2350.0 | 9 |
2 | Wendy Griner | ![]() |
2273.2 | 21 |
3 | Regine Heitzer | ![]() |
2218.3 | 42 |
4 | Petra Burka | ![]() |
2219.7 | 39 |
5 | Barbara Ann -Roles | ![]() |
2200.9 | 52 |
6 | Nicole Hassler | ![]() |
2172.0 | 64 |
7 | Jana Mrázková | ![]() |
2151.8 | 71 |
8 | Karin Frohner | ![]() |
2144.6 | 79 |
9 | Miwa Fukuhara | ![]() |
2137.0 | 81 |
10 | Lorraine Hanlon | ![]() |
2103.0 | 105 |
11 | Jacqueline Harbord | ![]() |
101 | |
12 | Helli Sengstschmid | ![]() |
98 | |
13 | Eva Grožajová | ![]() |
101 | |
14 | Fränzi Schmidt | ![]() |
108 | |
15 | ![]() |
122 | ||
16 | ![]() |
148 | ||
17 | Ann-Margreth Frei | ![]() |
161 | |
18 | Sandra Brugnera | ![]() |
159 | |
19 | Helga Zöllner | ![]() |
1968.7 | 166 |
20 | Tatiana Nemtsova | ![]() |
1952.2 | 174 |
21 | Gabriele Seyfert | ![]() |
178 |
Judges:
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Austria
- Melville Rogers
Canada
- H. Dudová
Czechoslovakia
- J. Donnier-Blanc
France
- E. K. Bauch
East Germany
- A. Koutny
Hungary
- C. P. Engelfriet
Netherlands
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West Germany
- M. Drake
United States
Pairs[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek | ![]() |
102.2 | 15 |
2 | Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov | ![]() |
102.1 | 16.5 |
3 | Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel | ![]() |
100.1 | 25.5 |
4 | Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell | ![]() |
93.3 | 45 |
5 | Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba | ![]() |
95.1 | 52.5 |
6 | / | ![]() |
92.3 | 59.5 |
7 | Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner | ![]() |
91.0 | 63.5 |
8 | Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen | ![]() |
90.2 | 70.5 |
9 | Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer | ![]() |
89.0 | 73.5 |
10 | Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill | ![]() |
87.4 | 81.5 |
11 | / | ![]() |
73.5 | |
12 | Diana Hinko / | ![]() |
107.5 | |
13 | / | ![]() |
113 | |
WD | Marika Kilius / Hans Jurgen Baumler | ![]() |
DNF |
Judges:
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Austria
- Melville Rogers
Canada
-
Czechoslovakia
- E. K. Bauch
East Germany
-
West Germany
-
United Kingdom
- J. Creux
Switzerland
- M. Drake
United States
- Tatiana Tolmacheva
Soviet Union
Ice dance[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
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1 | Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman | ![]() |
318.5 | 15 |
2 | Christiane Guhel / Jean Paul Guhel | ![]() |
315.8 | 26 |
3 | Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan | ![]() |
316.8 | 23 |
4 | Linda Shearman / Michael Phillips | ![]() |
310.2 | 42 |
5 | Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby | ![]() |
311.0 | 45 |
6 | / | ![]() |
306.4 | 57 |
7 | Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen | ![]() |
306.6 | 55.5 |
8 | Yvonne Littlefield / Peter Betts | ![]() |
303.0 | 64.5 |
9 | Mary Parry / Roy Mason | ![]() |
297.2 | 77 |
10 | Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi | ![]() |
281.3 | 99 |
11 | / | ![]() |
108 | |
12 | / | ![]() |
119 | |
13 | / | ![]() |
114 | |
14 | / | ![]() |
116 | |
15 | / | ![]() |
131 | |
16 | / | ![]() |
142 | |
17 | / | ![]() |
143 |
Judges:
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Austria
- N. Gregory
Canada
-
Czechoslovakia
- L. Lauret
France
- H. Wollersen
West Germany
-
United Kingdom
-
Hungary
-
Switzerland
- M. Drake
United States
References[]
Sources[]
- Result List provided by the ISU
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1962 in figure skating
- Figure skating in Czechoslovakia
- 1962 in Czechoslovak sport
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia
- Sports competitions in Prague
- 1960s in Prague
- March 1962 sports events in Europe