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1966 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 22 – 27
Season:1965–66
Location:Switzerland Davos, Switzerland
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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The 1966 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Davos, Switzerland from February 22 to 27. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1135
2 Austria1102
 Soviet Union1102
4 Great Britain1001
5 East Germany0101
6 Canada0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Results

Men

Rank Name Places
1 Austria Emmerich Danzer 11
2 Austria Wolfgang Schwarz 25
3 United States Gary Visconti 28
4 United States Scott Allen 33
5 Japan Nobuo Satō 46
6 France Patrick Péra 52
7 Canada Donald Knight 66
8 Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela 82
9 Italy Giordano Abbondati 92
10 Canada Jay Humphry 100
11 Canada Charles Snelling 103
12 United States William Chapel 106
13 France Robert Dureville 106
14 East Germany Ralph Borghard 111
15 Hungary Jenő Ébert 124
16 Austria Günter Anderl 148
17 Soviet Union Valeriy Meshkov 157
18 United Kingdom Malcolm Cannon 160
19 Japan Tsuguhiko Kodzuka 168
20 East Germany Bodo Bockenauer 175
21 Switzerland Hans-Jürg Studer 185

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 United States Peggy Fleming 9
2 East Germany Gabriele Seyfert 22
3 Canada Petra Burka 23
4 Canada Valerie Jones 41
5 France Nicole Hassler 42
6 Czechoslovakia Hana Mašková 63
7 Hungary Zsuzsa Almássy 63
8 Japan Miwa Fukuhara 67
9 United States Albertina Noyes 83
10 Japan Kumiko Ōkawa 88
11 West Germany Uschi Keszler 101
12 United States Pamela Schneider 105
13 United Kingdom Sally-Anne Stapleford 115
14 Austria Elisabeth Mikula 132
15 Canada Roberta Laurent 133
16 Austria Elisabeth Nestler 148
17 Soviet Union Yelena Shcheglova 151
18 Switzerland Pia Zürcher 151
19 East Germany Beate Richter 170
20 East Germany Martina Clausner 176

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 Soviet Union Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 13
2 Soviet Union Tatyana Zhuk / Aleksandr Gorelik 14
3 United States Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman 30
4 West Germany Margot Glockshuber / Wolfgang Danne 35
5 West Germany Sonja Pfersdorf / Günther Matzdorf 46
6 West Germany Gudrun Hauss / Walter Häfner 56
7 East Germany Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer 60
8 Switzerland Monique Mathys / Yves Ällig 80.5
9 East Germany Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther 87.5
10 Czechoslovakia Agnesa Wlachovská / Peter Bartosiewicz 89
11 United States Susan Behrens / Roy Wagelein 92
12 Switzerland Mónika Szabó / Péter Szabó 104
13 Canada Susan Huehnergard / Paul Huehnergard 118
14 Austria Gerlinde Schönbauer / Wilhelm Bietak 124
15 Hungary Mária Csordás / László Kondi 131

Judges:

Ice dance

Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Diane Towler / Bernard Ford 9
2 United States Kristin Fortune / Dennis Sveum 17
3 United States Lorna Dyer / John Carrell 17
4 United Kingdom Yvonne Suddick / Roger Kennerson 27
5 France Brigitte Martin / Francis Gamichon 41
6 United Kingdom Janet Sawbridge / Jon Lane 42
7 West Germany Gabriele Rauch / Rudi Matysik 53
8 Czechoslovakia Jitka Babická / Jaromír Holan 53
9 Canada Carole Forrest / Kevin Lethbridge 59
10 Soviet Union Lyudmila Pakhomova / Viktor Ryzhkin 68
11 United States Susan Urban / Stanley Urban 79
12 Canada Gail Snyder / Wayne Palmer 91
13 East Germany Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger 92.5
14 Italy Susanna Carpani / Sergio Pirelli 94.5
15 Hungary Edit Mató / Károly Csanádi 98
16 Austria Christel Trebesiner / Herbert Rothkappel 111

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