1957 World Figure Skating 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 1957 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 26 to March 2 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

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
Pair skating:
Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul
Ice dance:
United Kingdom June Markham / Courtney Jones
Previous:
1956 World Championships
Next:
1958 World Championships

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 Jenkins7
2 United States Tim Brown16
3 Canada Charles Snelling22
4 France Alain Giletti33
5 United States Thomas Moore35
6 Austria Norbert Felsinger41
7 Canada Donald Jackson49
8 United States Robert Brewer58
9 France Alain Calmat59
10 United Kingdom Michael Booker66
11 West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer81
12 Switzerland Hubert Köpfler83
13 Japan Yukio Nishikura90
14 Japan Hideo Sugita98
15 Japan Kazuo Ōhashi105
16 Australia Charles Keeble111
17 Australia William Cherrell117

Judges:

  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • Canada P. Devine
  • United States H. Janes
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Austria Walter Malek
  • West Germany Rudolf A. Marx
  • France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 United States Carol Heiss7
2 Austria Hanna Eigel17
3 Austria Ingrid Wendl21
4 Canada Yarmila Pachl27
5 United States Claralyn Lewis40
6 Austria Hanna Walter43
7 United States Joan Schenke63
8 United States Nancy Heiss71
9 United Kingdom Erica Batchelor75
10 Canada Karen Dixon75
11 West Germany Ina Bauer79
12 Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra84
13 Netherlands Joan Haanappel87
14 Canada Margaret Crosland87
15 Austria Ilse Musyl89
16 Italy Emma Giardini104
17 Japan Junko Ueno118
18 Italy Carla Tichatschek128
19 Japan Yūko Araki132
20 Switzerland Alice Fischer137

Judges:

  • Italy Bruno Bonfiglio
  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • West Germany Rudolf A. Marx
  • Canada J. A. McKechnie
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • United States Harold G. Storke

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 Canada Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul8
2 West Germany Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel16.5
3 Canada Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek17.5
4 United States Nancy Rouillard / Ronald Ludington31
5 United Kingdom Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles32

Judges:

  • Italy Bruno Bonfiglio
  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • United States H. Janes
  • West Germany Rudolf A. Marx
  • Canada J. A. McKechnie
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques

Ice dance

Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom June Markham / Courtney Jones5
2 Canada Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan11
3 United States Sharon McKenzie / Bert Wright16
4 United States Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso22
5 United Kingdom Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby27
6 United Kingdom Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson29
7 United States Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel35
8 Canada Beverly Orr / Hugh Smith39
9 West Germany Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch42
10 France Christiane Elien / Claude Lambert51
11 Austria Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera53

Judges:

  • Canada P. Devine
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Austria Walter Malek
  • United States John R. Shoemaker
  • United Kingdom D. Ward

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU
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