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1959 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Season:1959
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 Doreen Denny / 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 1959 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States*2125
2 Canada1113
3 Great Britain1001
4 Austria0101
 West Germany0101
6 Netherlands0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Results

Men

Rank Name Places
1 United States David Jenkins 7
2 Canada Donald Jackson 18
3 United States Tim Brown 19
4 France Alain Giletti 26
5 Czechoslovakia Karol Divín 42
6 West Germany Tilo Gutzeit 52
7 France Alain Calmat 53
8 United States Bradley Lord 56
9 Austria Norbert Felsinger 56.5
10 Canada Edward Collins 61.5
11 United States Robert Brewer 71
12 United Kingdom David Clements 84
13 Switzerland Hubert Köpfler 91

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 United States Carol Heiss 7
2 Austria Hanna Walter 20
3 Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra 24
4 West Germany Ina Bauer 30
5 United States Barbara Roles 31
6 United States Lynn Finnegan 40
7 Austria Regine Heitzer 54
8 United States Nancy Heiss 56
9 Italy Anna Galmarini 60
10 Canada Sandra Tewkesbury 78
11 Canada Margaret Crosland 82
12 Canada Sonia Snelling 82
13 Italy Carla Tichatschek 82
14 Japan Yūko Araki 89
WD Netherlands Joan Haanappel DNS

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul 9
2 West Germany Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 19
3 United States Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington 35.5
4 Canada Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek 37
5 West Germany Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel 40.5
6 United States Maribel Owen / Dudley Richards 50
7 United States Gayle Freed / Karl Freed 59
8 Austria Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl 72

Judges:

Ice dance

Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones 6
2 United States Andree Anderson / Donald Jacoby 12
3 Canada Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan 14
4 United States Margie Ackles / Charles Phillips 25
5 Canada Ann Martin / Edward Collins 28
6 France Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel 30
7 United Kingdom Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson 33
8 Canada Svata Staroba / Mirek Staroba 38
9 United States Judy Lamar / Ronald Ludington 39

Judges:

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