1962 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.

1962 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 14 – 17
Season:1962
Location:Prague, Czechoslovakia
Champions
Men's singles:
Donald Jackson
Ladies' singles:
Sjoukje Dijkstra
Pair skating:
Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek
Ice dance:
Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman
Previous:
1960 World Championships
Next:
1963 World Championships

The 1962 competitions for men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance took place from March 14 to 17 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The Figure Skating World Championships in Prague were originally planned for 1961, but were cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548, which killed everyone on board the plane, including the entire US figure skating team.

East Germany participated in the World Figure Skating Championships for the first time.

This competition is best remembered for Donald Jackson's come-from-behind victory in the men's event with a tour-de-force free skating that included the first triple lutz jump ever landed in competition as well as a triple salchow jump and 20 other double and single jumps, including jumps in opposite directions and jumps with variations in arm position or delayed rotation. Jackson received 7 perfect 6.0 scores for this performance.[1]

Prague hometown favorites Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman won the dance event - breaking the British domination of this discipline - and Canadians Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek were the winners in the pairs. As children, the Jelineks had defected from Czechoslovakia with their parents after the post-war Communist takeover, and there were significant fears for their safety in returning to their home country. The "official" story that had been circulated at the time of the previous year's planned competition was that they were merely of Czech descent.[2] The Jelineks' chief competitors, 1960 runners-up Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, were forced to withdraw from the competition after colliding on side-by-side jumps during their program,[3] and the silver medal was won by Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov.

Results

Men
Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Donald Jackson Canada2277.113
2 Karol Divín Czechoslovakia2255.917
3 Alain Calmat France2200.725
4 Donald McPherson Canada2172.337
5 Manfred Schnelldorfer West Germany2094.054
6 Monty Hoyt United States2059.159
7 Emmerich Danzer Austria2033.868
8 Scott Allen United States2002.882
9 Peter Jonas Austria2005.581
10 Nobuo Sato Japan1984.792
11 Bodo Bockenauer East Germany97
12 Robin Jones United Kingdom101
13 Sepp Schönmetzler West Germany109
14 Valeri Meshkov Soviet Union1895.7117
15 Per Kjølberg Norway137
16 Karoly Ujlaky Hungary1832.4142
17 Robert Dureville France149
18 Alain Trouillet France159

Judges:

Ladies
Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Sjoukje Dijkstra Netherlands2350.09
2 Wendy Griner Canada2273.221
3 Regine Heitzer Austria2218.342
4 Petra Burka Canada2219.739
5 Barbara Ann Pursley-Roles United States2200.952
6 Nicole Hassler France2172.064
7 Jana Mrázková Czechoslovakia2151.871
8 Karin Frohner Austria2144.679
9 Miwa Fukuhara Japan2137.081
10 Lorraine Hanlon United States2103.0105
11 Jacqueline Harbord United Kingdom101
12 Helli Sengstschmid Austria98
13 Eva Grožajová Czechoslovakia101
14 Fränzi Schmidt  Switzerland108
15 Karin Gude West Germany122
16 Victoria Fisher United States148
17 Ann-Margreth Frei Sweden161
18 Sandra Brugnera Italy159
19 Helga Zöllner Hungary1968.7166
20 Tatiana Nemtsova Soviet Union1952.2174
21 Gabriele Seyfert East Germany178

Judges:

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek Canada102.215
2 Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov Soviet Union102.116.5
3 Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel West Germany100.125.5
4 Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell Canada93.345
5 Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba Czechoslovakia95.152.5
6 Gertrude Desjardins / Maurice Lafrance Canada92.359.5
7 Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner  Switzerland91.063.5
8 Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen United States90.270.5
9 Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer East Germany89.073.5
10 Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill United States87.481.5
11 Valerie Hunt / Peter Burrows United Kingdom73.5
12 Diana Hinko / Bernhard Henhappel Austria107.5
13 Mieko Otwa / Yutaka Doke Japan113
WD Marika Kilius / Hans Jurgen Baumler West GermanyDNF

Judges:

Ice dance
Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman Czechoslovakia318.515
2 Christiane Guhel / Jean Paul Guhel France315.826
3 Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan Canada316.823
4 Linda Shearman / Michael Phillips United Kingdom310.242
5 Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby Canada311.045
6 Donna Mitchell / John Mitchell Canada306.457
7 Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen United States306.655.5
8 Yvonne Littlefield / Peter Betts United States303.064.5
9 Mary Parry / Roy Mason United Kingdom297.277
10 Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi Hungary281.399
11 Helga Burkhardt / Hannes Burkhardt West Germany108
12 Olga Gilardi / Germano Ceccattini Italy119
13 Marlise Fornachon / Charly Pichard  Switzerland114
14 Armelie Flichy / Pierre Brum France116
15 Christel Trebesiner / Gerald Felsinger Austria131
16 Gabriele Rauch / Rudy Mathysik West Germany142
17 Eiko Kaneko / Mikio Takeuchi Japan143

Judges:

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References
  1. Beverley Smith, Figure Skating: A Celebration, ISBN 0-7710-2819-9
  2. Henry Jelinek, Jr. and Ann Pinchot, On Thin Ice
  3. "Champions of the World", Skating magazine, June 1963

Sources
  • Result List provided by the ISU
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