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1957 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 26 – March 2
Season:1957
Location:United States Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
Venue:Broadmoor Ice Palace
Champions
Men's singles:
United States David Jenkins
Ladies' singles:
United States Carol Heiss
Pairs:
Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul
Ice dance:
United Kingdom June Markham / Courtney Jones
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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 1957 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 26 to March 2 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States*2114
2 Canada1124
3 Great Britain1001
4 Austria0112
5 West Germany0101
Totals (5 entries)44412

Results

Men

Rank Name Places
1 United States David Jenkins 7
2 United States Tim Brown 16
3 Canada Charles Snelling 22
4 France Alain Giletti 33
5 United States Thomas Moore 35
6 Austria Norbert Felsinger 41
7 Canada Donald Jackson 49
8 United States Robert Brewer 58
9 France Alain Calmat 59
10 United Kingdom Michael Booker 66
11 West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer 81
12 Switzerland Hubert Köpfler 83
13 Japan Yukio Nishikura 90
14 Japan Hideo Sugita 98
15 Japan Kazuo Ōhashi 105
16 Australia Charles Keeble 111
17 Australia William Cherrell 117

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 United States Carol Heiss 7
2 Austria Hanna Eigel 17
3 Austria Ingrid Wendl 21
4 Canada Yarmila Pachl 27
5 United States Claralyn Lewis 40
6 Austria Hanna Walter 43
7 United States Joan Schenke 63
8 United States Nancy Heiss 71
9 United Kingdom Erica Batchelor 75
10 Canada Karen Dixon 75
11 West Germany Ina Bauer 79
12 Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra 84
13 Netherlands Joan Haanappel 87
14 Canada Margaret Crosland 87
15 Austria Ilse Musyl 89
16 Italy Emma Giardini 104
17 Japan Junko Ueno 118
18 Italy Carla Tichatschek 128
19 Japan Yūko Araki 132
20 Switzerland Alice Fischer 137

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul 8
2 West Germany Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel 16.5
3 Canada Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek 17.5
4 United States Nancy Rouillard / Ronald Ludington 31
5 United Kingdom Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles 32

Judges:

Ice dance

Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom June Markham / Courtney Jones 5
2 Canada Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan 11
3 United States Sharon McKenzie / Bert Wright 16
4 United States Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso 22
5 United Kingdom Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby 27
6 United Kingdom Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson 29
7 United States Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel 35
8 Canada Beverly Orr / Hugh Smith 39
9 West Germany Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch 42
10 France Christiane Elien / Claude Lambert 51
11 Austria Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera 53

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