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1968 World Figure Skating Championships

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.

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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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 edit

  *   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 edit

Men edit

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

Judges:

Ladies edit

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

Judges:

  •   Gerhardt Bubník
  •   Sydney R. Croll
  •   Ferenc Kertész
  •   Haruo Konno
  •   Hans Kutschera
  •   Carla Listing
  •   Joan Maclagan
  •   Pamela Peat
  •   Edith M. Shoemaker

Pairs edit

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

Judges:

  •   Gerhardt Bubník
  •   Wilhelm Kahle
  •   William Lewis
  •   Carla Listing
  •   Yvonne S. McGowan
  •   Pamela Peat
  •   Oskar Schubert
  •   Rolf J. Steinmann
  •   Sergey Vasilyev

Ice dance edit

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

Judges:

  •   Terese Birke
  •   Frances Gunn
  •   Miroslav Hasenöhrl
  •   Ferenc Kertész
  •   Lysiane Lauret
  •   Mollie Phillips
  •   Margrit Rellstab
  •   Edith M. Shoemaker
  •   Willi Wernz

Sources edit

  • Result list provided by the ISU
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