1955 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.

1955 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 15 – 18
Season:1955
Location:Vienna, Austria
Champions
Men's singles:
Hayes Alan Jenkins
Ladies' singles:
Tenley Albright
Pair skating:
Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden
Ice dance:
Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy
Previous:
1954 World Championships
Next:
1956 World Championships

The 1955 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 15th to 18th in Vienna, Austria.

Results

Men
Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Hayes Alan Jenkins United States11
2 Ronald Robertson United States16
3 David Jenkins United States28
4 Alain Giletti France37
5 Karol Divín Czechoslovakia58
6 Michael Booker United Kingdom58
7 Norbert Felsinger Austria60
8 Charles Snelling Canada69
9 Alain Calmat France79
10 Hugh Graham United Kingdom79
11 István Szenes Hungary103
12 Hans Müller  Switzerland114
13 Tilo Gutzeit West Germany114
14 Brian Edward Tuck United Kingdom119

Judges:

Ladies
Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Tenley Albright United States190.969
2 Carol Heiss United States180.3128
3 Hanna Eigel Austria179.7829
4 Ingrid Wendl Austria178.4641
5 Erica Batchelor United Kingdom177.5643
6 Carole Jane Pachl Canada175.1658
7 Patricia Firth United States174.4959
8 Yvonne Sugden United Kingdom174.5964
9 Ann Johnston Canada172.5177
10 Catherine Machado United States169.4387
11 Rosi Pettinger West Germany161.98105
12 Dawn Hunter Australia158.42121
13 Ilse Musyl Austria157.89129
14 Dagmar Lerchová-Řeháková Czechoslovakia157.99126
15 Joan Haanappel Netherlands156.06138
16 Fiorella Negro Italy161.98141
17 Alice Fischer  Switzerland153.37158.5
18 Miroslava Nachodská Czechoslovakia153.03162
19 Maryvonne Huet France152.54162.5
20 Erika Rucker West Germany150.66175
21 Sjoukje Dijkstra Netherlands151.57166
WD Hanna Walter AustriaDNF

Judges:

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden Canada10.8817.5
2 Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt Austria10.8217.5
3 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy Hungary10.5728
4 Carole Ann Ormaca / Robin Greiner United States10.2746
5 Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul Canada10.0865
6 Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal Czechoslovakia10.0666.5
7 Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel West Germany10.0168.5
8 Lucille Ash / Sully Kothmann United States9.9670.5
9 Alice Zettel / Claus Loichinger West Germany10.0270.5
10 Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert Austria9.8283
11 Eva Szőllősy / Gabor Vida Hungary9.7882.5
12 Vivien Higson / Robert Hudson United Kingdom9.7987.5

Judges:

Ice dancing
Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom37.097
2 Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas United Kingdom36.5214
3 Barbara Radford / Raymond Lockwood United Kingdom35.2921
4 Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel United States34.2328
5 Joan Zamboni / Ronland Junso United States34.1134
6 Phyllis Forney / Martin Forney United States33.2343
7 Fanny Besson / Jean Paul Guhel France50
8 Sigrid Knacke / Günther Koch West Germany69
9 Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn Austria31.2069
10 Bona Giammona / Giancarlo Sioli Italy75
11 Lindis Johnston / Jeffrey Johnston Canada77
12 Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink Netherlands84
13 Claude Weinstein / Claude Lambert France80
14 Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera Austria30.3383
15 Luise Lehner / Georg Lenitz Austria28.38104

Judges:

Sources
  • Result List provided by the ISU
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