1959 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.

1959 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Season:	1959
Location:	Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
Venue:	Broadmoor Ice Palace
Champions
Men's singles: David Jenkins
Ladies' singles: Carol Heiss
Pairs: Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul
Ice dance: Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones
Previous: 1958 World Championships
Next: 1960 World Championships

The 1959 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States*	2	1	2	5
2	Canada	1	1	1	3
3	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
4	Austria	0	1	0	1
	West Germany	0	1	0	1
6	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Age	Points	Places	CF		FS		Total
1	David Jenkins	22	183.65	7	2	688.1	1	597.5	1285.6
2	Donald Jackson	18	178.07	18	4	662.2	2	584.3	1246.5
3	Tim Brown	19	179.91	19	1	694.9	5	543.5	1238.4
4	Alain Giletti	19	175.22	26	3	666.3	3	560.3	1226.6
5	Karol Divín	23	166.05	42	6	615.9	4	546.5	1162.4
6	Tilo Gutzeit	21	163.37	52	8	608.8	7	534.8	1143.6
7	Alain Calmat	18	162.20	53	7	614.4	9	521.0	1135.4
8	Bradley Lord	19	161.70	56	9	605.8	8	526.1	1131.9
9	Norbert Felsinger	19	161.34	56.5	5	617.7	10	511.7	1129.4
10	Edward Collins	18	161.34	61.5	11	590.7	6	538.7	1129.4
11	Robert Brewer	19		71	10	604.1
12	David Clements	19		84	13	522.7
13	Hubert Köpfler	23		91	12	593.9

Judges:

• P. Baron
• Pamela Davis
• Karl Enderlin
• Donald Gilchrist
• Theo Klemm
• Edwin Kucharz
• R. Sackett

Ladies

Rank	Name	Age	Points	Places	CF		FS		Total
1	Carol Heiss	19	194.05	7	1	771.9	1	586.5	1358.4
2	Hanna Walter	19	175.01	20	2	698.4	6	526.7	1225.1
3	Sjoukje Dijkstra	17	174.74	24	3	667.2	3	556.0	1223.2
4	Ina Bauer	19	170.54	30	6	633.3	2	560,5	1193.8
5	Barbara Roles	17	171.55	31	4	680.1	7	520.8	1200.9
6	Lynn Finnegan		166.65	40	7	628.9	4	537.5	1166.6
7	Regine Heitzer	15	160.65	54	9	608.7	8	515.9	1124.6
8	Nancy Heiss		161.58	56	8	621.9	10	509.2	1131.1
9	Anna Galmarini	16	161.01	60	10	592.3	5	534.8	1127.1
10	Sandra Tewkesbury	17	156.74	78	13	563.5	9	515.7	1079.2
11	Margaret Crosland	19	151.72	82	11	575.5	13	486.6	1062.1
12	Sonia Snelling		150.31	82	14	554.6	11	497.6	1052.2
13	Carla Tichatschek	18	150.10	82	15	556.7	12	494.0	1050.7
14	Yūko Araki		148.71	89	12	561.0	14	480.0	1041.0
WD	Joan Haanappel	18	DNF		5	633.6

Judges:

• Grazia Barcellona
• Charlotte Benedict-Stieber
• Pamela Davis
• P. Devine
• Theo Klemm
• Alex Krupy
• Oskar Madl

Pairs

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

Judges:

• Grazia Barcellona
• P. Baron
• Charlotte Benedict-Stieber
• Pamela Davis
• Karl Enderlin
• Donald Gilchrist
• Theo Klemm
• Oskar Madl
• R. Sackett

Ice dance

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

Judges:

• P. Devine
• Alexander Gordon
• Harold Hartshorne
• Edwin Kucharz
• Jacqueline Meudec

Sources

• Result List provided by the ISU