1966 Blue Swords

The 1966 Blue Swords (German: Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) was an international senior-level figure skating competition organized in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. East German national champion Günter Zöller won the first of his four consecutive Blue Swords titles, defeating Czechoslovakia's Marian Filc and West Germany's Reinhard Ketterer. East Germans swept the ladies' and pairs' podiums, led by Gabriele Seyfert, who won her fourth straight gold medal at the event, and Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther. Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger won gold ahead of the Soviet Union's Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov and British duo Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw.

1966 Blue Swords
Date:	8 December – 10 December 1966
Season:	1966-1967
Location:	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Champions
Men's singles:  Günter Zöller (GDR)
Ladies' singles:  Gabriele Seyfert (GDR)
Pair skating:  Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther (GDR)
Ice dance:  Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger (GDR)
Previous: 1965 Blue Swords
Next: 1967 Blue Swords

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Günter Zöller	East Germany
2	Marian Filc	Czechoslovakia
3	Reinhard Ketterer	West Germany
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Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Gabriele Seyfert	East Germany
2	Martina Clausner	East Germany
3	Beate Richter	East Germany
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Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther	East Germany
2	Renate Rössler / Klaus Wasserfuhr	East Germany
3	Marianne Mirmsecker / Peter Göbel	East Germany
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Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	East Germany
2	Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov	Soviet Union
3	Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw	United Kingdom
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