Kennedy Memorial Winter Games
The Kennedy Memorial Winter Games were an international multi-sport competition event held in Lake Placid, New York from January 9 to March 15, 1970. The Games were held as a tribute to John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert F. Kennedy. President Kennedy had been an advocate of physical fitness and in 1963 urged the development of programs to allow American youth to participate in international sports competitions.[1]
The program included competition in figure skating, bobsled, luge, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, and ice hockey.[1]
Figure skating[]
The figure skating events took place March 13-15, and included competitions in ladies' and men's single skating and pair skating with entrants from 10 countries. This was the first international invitational senior figure skating competition held in the United States, predating the first Skate America competition which was held in 1979.[2]
Men's results[]
| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | FP | Placings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Baldwin, Sr. |  United States |
1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Gordon McKellen | United States |
3 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Stefano Bargauan |  Italy |
2 | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | Ron Shaver |  Canada |
10 | 2 | 31 |
| 5 | Reinhard Ketterer |  West Germany |
4 | 6 | 40 |
| 6 | Jacques Mrozek |  France |
7 | 7 | 41 |
| 7 |  Austria |
5 | 9 | 48 | |
| 8 | Jozef Žídek |  Czechoslovakia |
6 | 5 | 45 |
| 9 | John Curry |  United Kingdom |
8 | 8 | 54 |
| 10 | Canada |
9 | 10 | 69 | |
| 11 | Yutaka Higuchi |  Japan |
11 | 11 | 75 |
Ladies' results[]
| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | FP | Placings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
4 | 2 | 15 | |
| 2 | Canada |
1 | 3 | 16 | |
| 3 | United States |
6 | 1 | 17 | |
| 4 | Kazumi Yamashita | Japan |
2 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Jean Scott | United Kingdom |
5 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Canada |
7 | 6 | 45 | |
| 7 | Ľudmila Bezáková | Czechoslovakia |
8 | 7 | 48 |
| 8 | Cinzia Frosio | Italy |
9 | 8 | 52 |
| 9 | West Germany |
10 | 9 | 63 | |
| WDR | Charlotte Walter |  Switzerland |
3 |
Pairs results[]
| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FP | Placings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunhilde Bassler / Eberhard Rausch | West Germany |
1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | / | Czechoslovakia |
2 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | Evelyne Scharf / Wilhelm Bietak | Austria |
3 | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | Barbara Brown / Doug Berndt | United States |
5 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | / | France |
4 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | / | United States |
6 | 7 | 46 |
| 7 | Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle | Switzerland |
7 | 6 | 45 |
| 8 | / | Canada |
8 | 8 | 55 |
| WDR | Kotoe Nagasawa / Hiroshi Nagakubo | Japan |
9 |
References[]
- 1970 in multi-sport events
- 1970 in figure skating
- Figure skating in the United States
- Figure skating at multi-sport events
- Winter multi-sport events
- 1970 in winter sports