1958 World Figure Skating Championships

1958 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 13 – 15
Season:1958
Location:France Paris, France
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 1958 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 13 to 15 in Paris, France. It was the first time that a team from the Soviet Union entered the competition.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2114
2 Canada1113
3 Great Britain1001
4 Austria0112
5 Czechoslovakia0101
6 France*0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Results

Men

Rank Name Points Places
1 United States David Jenkins 1745.2 9
2 United States Tim Brown 1684.4 28
3 France Alain Giletti 1682.7 26
4 Canada Donald Jackson 1641.0 44
5 France Alain Calmat 1621.4 46
6 Czechoslovakia Karol Divín 1607.0 61
7 West Germany Tilo Gutzeit 63
8 United Kingdom Michael Booker 87
9 Canada Edward Collins 90
10 United States Robert Brewer 91
11 Canada Charles Snelling 95
12 United States Thomas Moore 97
13 Austria Norbert Felsinger 97
14 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 124
15 West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer 130
16 Austria Peter Jonas 152
17 Soviet Union Lev Mikhaylov 1423.0 156
18 Switzerland François Pache 162
19 Norway Per Kjølberg 164
20 Soviet Union Valentin Zakharov 1376.9 180
21 Soviet Union Igor Persiantsev 1355.5 187
22 Australia William Cherrell 188
23 Australia Charles Keeble 207

Judges:

  • Soviet Union Aleksey Andrianov
  • France P. Baron
  • Switzerland E. Fenner
  • Austria Martin Felsenreich
  • Czechoslovakia B. Srbová
  • Canada Nigel Stephens
  • United States Harold G. Storke
  • West Germany E. Usemann
  • United Kingdom J. Wilson

Ladies

Rank Name Points Places
1 United States Carol Heiss 1780.6 9
2 Austria Ingrid Wendl 1679.0 19
3 Austria Hanna Walter 1596.6 41.5
4 West Germany Ina Bauer 1577.8 47
5 United Kingdom Diana Peach 1562.2 56
6 United States Nancy Heiss 1583.2 68
7 United Kingdom Patricia Pauley 79.5
8 Netherlands Joan Haanappel 83
9 United States Carol Wanek 86
10 United States Claralyn Lewis 89
11 Austria Karin Frohner 106
12 Austria Regine Heitzer 108
13 Canada Margaret Crosland 111
14 France Dany Rigoulot 114
15 Canada Sonia Snelling 116
16 Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra 127
17 Czechoslovakia Jindra Kramperová 131
18 France Corinne Altmann 169
19 West Germany Petra Damm 174
20 Italy Carla Tichatschek 186
21 Italy Anna Galmarini 193
22 France Nicole Erdos 200
23 France Nicole Hassler 202
24 Switzerland Liliane Crosa 215
25 Australia Lois Thomson 216
26 Switzerland Rita Müller 222
27 Norway Grete Borgen 239
28 Norway Karin Dehle 248
29 Sweden Gunhild Frylén 260

Judges:

  • Italy Bruno Bonfiglio
  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • United States M. Drake
  • Switzerland E. Fenner
  • West Germany V. P. Gross
  • Canada G. D. Jeffery
  • Austria Oskar Madl
  • France Gérard Rodriguez-Henriques
  • Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala

Pairs

Rank Name Points Places
1 Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul 101.6 10
2 Czechoslovakia Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal 97.6 26
3 Canada Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek 95.9 28
4 United Kingdom Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles 94.2 41
5 United States Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington 93.6 48
6 West Germany Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 93.4 48.5
7 Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 64.5
8 Soviet Union Nina Zhuk / Stanislav Zhuk 89.5 78.5
9 United States Mary Watson / John Jarmon 78.5
10 Austria Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert 84
11 Hungary Eszter Jurek / Miklós Kucharovits 98.5
12 United Kingdom Carolyn Krau / Rodney Ward 102
13 Soviet Union Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 119
14 Sweden Agneta Wale / Kristian Wale 119
15 Norway Ingeborg Nilsson / Reidar Børjeson 133.5

Judges:

  • Soviet Union Aleksey Andrianov
  • Italy Bruno Bonfiglio
  • Poland Jadwiga Dąbrowska-Mętlewicz
  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • Austria Martin Felsenreich
  • Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala
  • Canada Nigel Stephens
  • United States Harold G. Storke
  • West Germany E. Usemann

Ice dance

Rank Name Points Places
1 United Kingdom June Markham / Courtney Jones 330.84 9
2 Canada Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan 313.96 25
3 United States Andree Anderson / Donald Jacoby 310.42 35
4 United Kingdom Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson 308.92 37
5 United Kingdom Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby 307.69 39
6 France Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel 306.97 46
7 Canada Beverly Orr / Hugh Smith 61
8 United States Claire O'Neil / John Bejshak 72
9 Austria Lucia Zorn / Rudolf Zorn 96
10 West Germany Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet 98
11 Netherlands Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink 99
12 France Annick de Trentinian / Jacques Mer 102
13 Italy Adriana Giuggiolini / Germano Ceccattini 108
14 West Germany Petra Steigerwald / Hannes Burkhardt 128
15 Italy Ludovica Boccacci / Giancarlo Sioli 131
16 Italy Maria Toncelli / Vinicio Toncelli 138

Judges:

  • United Kingdom Pauline L. Barrajo
  • United States M. Drake
  • Netherlands B. M. Haanappel
  • Canada G. D. Jeffery
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • France Jacqueline Meudec
  • West Germany Hermann Schiechtl
  • Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala
  • Italy C. Somasca-Bianchi

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU