1959 World Figure Skating Championships
{{Short description|Annual figure skating competition held in 1959}}
{{No footnotes|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 1959 World Figure Skating Championships
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| comptype = ISU Championship
| startdate =
| enddate =
| skatingseason = 1959
| location = {{flagicon|US|1912}} Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
| host =
| venue = Broadmoor Ice Palace
| prizemoney =
| defendmen =
| defendladies =
| defendpairs =
| defenddance =
| defendsynchro =
| championmen = {{flagicon|US|1912}} David Jenkins
| championladies = {{flagicon|US|1912}} Carol Heiss
| championpairs = {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul
| championdance = {{flagicon|UK}} Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones
| championsynchro =
| previouscomp = 1958 World Championships
| nextcomp = 1960 World 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.
The 1959 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
Medal table
{{Medals table
| host = USA
| flag_template = flagcountry
| gold_USA = 2 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 2 | name_USA ={{flagcountry|USA|1912}} | host_USA = yes
| gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 1 | name_CAN ={{flagcountry|CAN|1957}}
| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0
| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1
| gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 1 | bronze_FRG = 0
| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0
}}
Results
=Men=
| class="wikitable" | ||||||||
| Rank
! Name ! Age ! Points ! Places ! colspan=2 | CF ! colspan=2 | FS ! Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=gold
| align=center | 1 | {{flagicon|US|1912}} David Jenkins | 22 | 183.65 | 7 | 2 | 688.1 | 1 | 597.5 | 1285.6 |
| bgcolor=silver
| align=center | 2 | {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Donald Jackson | 18 | 178.07 | 18 | 4 | 662.2 | 2 | 584.3 | 1246.5 |
| bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | 3 | {{flagicon|US|1912}} Tim Brown | 19 | 179.91 | 19 | 1 | 694.9 | 5 | 543.5 | 1238.4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|France}} Alain Giletti || 19 || 175.22 || 26 || 3 || 666.3 || 3 || 560.3 || 1226.6 | ||||||||
| 5
| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Karol Divín || 23 || 166.05 || 42 || 6 || 615.9 || 4 || 546.5 || 1162.4 | ||||||||
| 6
| {{flagicon|West Germany}} Tilo Gutzeit || 21 || 163.37 || 52 || 8 || 608.8 || 7 || 534.8 || 1143.6 | ||||||||
| 7
| {{flagicon|France}} Alain Calmat || 18 || 162.20 || 53 || 7 || 614.4 || 9 || 521.0 || 1135.4 | ||||||||
| 8
| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Bradley Lord || 19 || 161.70 || 56 || 9 || 605.8 || 8 || 526.1 || 1131.9 | ||||||||
| 9
| {{flagicon|Austria}} Norbert Felsinger ||19 || 161.34 || 56.5 || 5 || 617.7 || 10 || 511.7 || 1129.4 | ||||||||
| 10
| {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Edward Collins || 18 || 161.34 || 61.5 || 11 || 590.7 || 6 || 538.7 || 1129.4 | ||||||||
| 11
| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Robert Brewer || 19 || || 71 || 10 || 604.1 || || || | ||||||||
| 12
| {{flagicon|UK}} David Clements || 19 || || 84 || 13 || 522.7 || || || | ||||||||
| 13
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Hubert Köpfler || 23 || || 91 || 12 || 593.9 || || || |
Judges:
- {{flagicon|France}} P. Baron
- {{flagicon|UK}} Pamela Davis
- {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Karl Enderlin
- {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Donald Gilchrist
- {{flagicon|West Germany}} Theo Klemm
- {{flagicon|Austria}} Edwin Kucharz
- {{flagicon|US|1912}} R. Sackett
=Ladies=
| class="wikitable" | ||||||||
| Rank
! Name ! Age ! Points ! Places ! colspan=2 | CF ! colspan=2 | FS ! Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=gold
| align=center | 1 | {{flagicon|US|1912}} Carol Heiss | 19 | 194.05 | 7 | 1 | 771.9 | 1 | 586.5 | 1358.4 |
| bgcolor=silver
| align=center | 2 | {{flagicon|Austria}} Hanna Walter | 19 | 175.01 | 20 | 2 | 698.4 | 6 | 526.7 | 1225.1 |
| bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | 3 | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Sjoukje Dijkstra | 17 | 174.74 | 24 | 3 | 667.2 | 3 | 556.0 | 1223.2 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|West Germany}} Ina Bauer || 19 || 170.54 || 30 || 6 || 633.3 || 2 || 560,5 || 1193.8 | ||||||||
| 5
| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Barbara Roles || 17 || 171.55 || 31 || 4 || 680.1 || 7 || 520.8 || 1200.9 | ||||||||
| 6
| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Lynn Finnegan || || 166.65 || 40 || 7 || 628.9 || 4 || 537.5 || 1166.6 | ||||||||
| 7
| {{flagicon|Austria}} Regine Heitzer || 15 || 160.65 || 54 || 9 || 608.7 || 8 || 515.9 || 1124.6 | ||||||||
| 8
| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Nancy Heiss || || 161.58 || 56 || 8 || 621.9 || 10 || 509.2 || 1131.1 | ||||||||
| 9
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Anna Galmarini || 16 || 161.01 || 60 || 10 || 592.3 || 5 || 534.8 || 1127.1 | ||||||||
| 10
| {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Sandra Tewkesbury || 17 || 156.74 || 78 || 13 || 563.5 || 9 || 515.7 || 1079.2 | ||||||||
| 11
| {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Margaret Crosland || 19 || 151.72 || 82 || 11 || 575.5 || 13 || 486.6 || 1062.1 | ||||||||
| 12
| {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Sonia Snelling || || 150.31 || 82 || 14 || 554.6 || 11 || 497.6 || 1052.2 | ||||||||
| 13
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Carla Tichatschek || 18 || 150.10 || 82 || 15 || 556.7 || 12 || 494.0 || 1050.7 | ||||||||
| 14
| {{flagicon|Japan|1870}} Yūko Araki || || 148.71 || 89 || 12 || 561.0 || 14 || 480.0 || 1041.0 | ||||||||
| WD
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Joan Haanappel || 18 || DNF || || 5 || 633.6 || || || |
Judges:
- {{flagicon|Italy}} Grazia Barcellona
- {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Charlotte Benedict-Stieber
- {{flagicon|UK}} Pamela Davis
- {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} P. Devine
- {{flagicon|West Germany}} Theo Klemm
- {{flagicon|US|1912}} Alex Krupy
- {{flagicon|Austria}} Oskar Madl
=Pairs=
| class="wikitable" | |
| Rank
! Name ! Places | |
|---|---|
| bgcolor=gold
| align=center | 1 | {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | 9 |
| bgcolor=silver
| align=center | 2 | {{flagicon|West Germany}} Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | 19 |
| bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | 3 | {{flagicon|US|1912}} Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington | 35.5 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek || 37 | |
| 5
| {{flagicon|West Germany}} Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel || 40.5 | |
| 6
| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Maribel Owen / Dudley Richards || 50 | |
| 7
| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Gayle Freed / Karl Freed || 59 | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|Austria}} Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl || 72 |
Judges:
- {{flagicon|Italy}} Grazia Barcellona
- {{flagicon|France}} P. Baron
- {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Charlotte Benedict-Stieber
- {{flagicon|UK}} Pamela Davis
- {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Karl Enderlin
- {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Donald Gilchrist
- {{flagicon|West Germany}} Theo Klemm
- {{flagicon|Austria}} Oskar Madl
- {{flagicon|US|1912}} R. Sackett
=Ice dance=
| class="wikitable" | |
| Rank
! Name ! Places | |
|---|---|
| bgcolor=gold
| align=center | 1 | {{flagicon|UK}} Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones | 6 |
| bgcolor=silver
| align=center | 2 | {{flagicon|US|1912}} Andree Anderson / Donald Jacoby | 12 |
| bgcolor=cc9966
| align=center | 3 | {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan | 14 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Margie Ackles / Charles Phillips || 25 | |
| 5
| {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Ann Martin / Edward Collins || 28 | |
| 6
| {{flagicon|France}} Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel || 30 | |
| 7
| {{flagicon|UK}} Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson || 33 | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Svata Staroba / Mirek Staroba || 38 | |
| 9
| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Judy Lamar / Ronald Ludington || 39 |
Judges:
- {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} P. Devine
- {{flagicon|UK}} Alexander Gordon
- {{flagicon|US|1912}} Harold Hartshorne
- {{flagicon|Austria}} Edwin Kucharz
- {{flagicon|France}} Jacqueline Meudec
Sources
- Result List provided by the ISU
{{World Figure Skating Championships}}
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