1955 World Figure Skating 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.

1955 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 15 – 18
Season:1955
Location:Austria Vienna, Austria
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Hayes Alan Jenkins
Ladies' singles:
United States Tenley Albright
Pairs:
Canada Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy
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The 1955 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 15th to 18th in Vienna, Austria.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Austria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States2215
2  Great Britain1113
3  Canada1001
4  Austria*0112
5  Hungary0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Results

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Rank Name Places
1   Hayes Jenkins 11
2   Ronald Robertson 16
3   David Jenkins 28
4   Alain Giletti 37
5   Karol Divín 58
6   Michael Booker 58
7   Norbert Felsinger 60
8   Charles Snelling 69
9   Alain Calmat 79
10   Hugh Graham 79
11   István Szenes 103
12   Hans Müller 114
13   Tilo Gutzeit 114
14   Brian Tuck 119

Judges:

Ladies

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Rank Name Points Places
1   Tenley Albright 190.96 9
2   Carol Heiss 180.31 28
3   Hanna Eigel 179.78 29
4   Ingrid Wendl 178.46 41
5   Erica Batchelor 177.56 43
6   Yarmila Pachl 175.16 58
7   Patricia Firth 174.49 59
8   Yvonne Sugden 174.59 64
9   Ann Johnston 172.51 77
10   Catherine Machado 169.43 87
11   Rosi Pettinger 161.98 105
12   Dawn Hunter 158.42 121
13   Ilse Musyl 157.99 126
14   Dagmar Řeháková 157.89 129
15   Joan Haanappel 156.06 138
16   Fiorella Negro 161.98 141
17   Alice Fischer 153.37 158.5
18   Miroslava Náchodská 153.03 162
19   Maryvonne Huet 152.54 162.5
20   Erika Rücker 150.66 175
21   Sjoukje Dijkstra 151.57 176
WD   Hanna Walter DNS

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Pairs

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Rank Name Points Places
1   Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden 10.88 17.5
2   Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt 10.82 17.5
3   Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 10.57 28
4   Carole Ormaca / Robin Greiner 10.27 46
5   Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul 10.08 65
6   Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal 10.06 66.5
7   Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel 10.01 68.5
8   Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann 10.02 70.5
9   Alice Zettel / Klaus Loichinger 9.96 70.5
10   Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert 9.82 82.5
11   Éva Szöllősi / Gábor Vida 9.78 83
12   Vivien Higson / Robert Hudson 9.79 87.5

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Ice dance

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Rank Name Points Places
1   Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy 37.09 7
2   Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas 36.52 14
3   Barbara Radford / Raymond Lockwood 35.29 21
4   Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel 34.23 28
5   Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso 34.11 34
6   Phyllis Forney / Martin Forney 33.23 43
7   Fanny Besson / Jean Guhel 50
8   Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch 69
9   Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn 31.20 69
10   Bona Giammona / Giancarlo Sioli 75
11   Lindis Johnston / Jeffrey Johnston 77
12   Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink 80
13   Claude Weinstein / Claude Lambert 83
14   Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera 30.33 84
15   Luise Lehner / Georg Lenitz 28.38 104

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Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU