1963 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.

1963 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 28 – March 3
Season:1963
Location:Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Champions
Men's singles:
Donald McPherson
Ladies' singles:
Sjoukje Dijkstra
Pair skating:
Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
Ice dance:
Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman
Previous:
1962 World Championships
Next:
1964 World Championships

The 1963 competitions for men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance took place from February 28 to March 3 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The competition was held in the open-air ice stadium, with events running as late as 1 or 2am, by which time it was very cold. This caused the ice to become hard and brittle, as well as causing discomfort to those in attendance.[1]

Perhaps due to the poor ice conditions, the men's competition was marred by many falls. Both the winner Donald McPherson and second-place finisher Alain Calmat fell on triple loop attempts, but neither Manfred Schnelldorfer nor Karol Divín, who had been placed 1-2 after the compulsory figures, performed well in the free skating.[1]

Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler won the pair competition, although some questioned whether some of their lifts, including a "triple Axel lift" (an Axel lasso lift with 3.5 rotations), were legal under the ISU rules of the time. The Canadian team of Debbi Wilkes and Guy Revell had to withdraw after Wilkes suffered a head injury in a fall while posing for press photos.[1]

Disaster also struck the American dance team Yvonne Littlefield and Peter Betts. They placed 9th in the compulsory dances, but in the free dance Betts's blade came unscrewed from the boot and they were unable to finish their program. Meanwhile, the defending champions Eva Romanová and Pavel Roman came from behind to retain title after being defeated in the compulsory dances by the British team, Linda Shearman and Michael Phillips, who had also defeated the Romans at the European Championships earlier that year.[1]

Defending champion Sjoukje Dijkstra also retained her title, building a big lead in the compulsory figures and following it with a good performance in the free skate, in which she now included a double Lutz for the first time.[1] Nicole Hassler, second in the free skate and third overall, had two strong double Axels at the end of her program.[2] The Japanese competitor Miwa Fukuhara, who finished 6th overall, included a triple salchow in her program.[1]

Results

Men
Rank Name Nation Places
1 Donald McPherson Canada18
2 Alain Calmat France22
3 Manfred Schnelldorfer West Germany22
4 Karol Divín Czechoslovakia34
5 Scott Allen United States40
6 Peter Jonas Austria59
7 Sepp Schönmetzler West Germany71
8 Donald Knight Canada79
9 Emmerich Danzer Austria80
10 Nobuo Sato Japan88
11 Monty Hoyt United States83
12 Robert Dureville France117
13 Hugo Dümler West Germany122
14 Jenő Ébert Hungary130
15 Bill Neale Canada136
16 Valeri Meshkov Soviet Union145
17 Giordano Abbondati Italy144
18 Malcolm Cannon United Kingdom159
19 Wouter Toledo Netherlands161

Judges:

Ladies
Rank Name Nation Places
1 Sjoukje Dijkstra Netherlands9
2 Regine Heitzer Austria22
3 Nicole Hassler France30
4 Wendy Griner Canada36
5 Petra Burka Canada39
6 Miwa Fukuhara Japan68
7 Inge Paul West Germany75
8 Jana Mrázková Czechoslovakia73
9 Helli Sengstschmid Austria73
10 Lorraine Hanlon United States89
11 Diana Clifton-Peach United Kingdom97
12 Ingrid Ostler Austria110
13 Karen Howland United States130
14 Fränzi Schmidt  Switzerland128
15 Eva Grožajová Czechoslovakia138
16 Ann-Margreth Frei Sweden140
17 Junko Ueno Japan147
18 Sandra Brugnera Italy161
19 Christine Haigler United States167
20 Shirra Kenworthy Canada160
21 Zsuzsa Szentmiklóssy Hungary191
22 Anne Karin Dehle Norway198
23 Tatiana Nemtsova Soviet Union204
24 Elżbieta Kościk Poland215

Judges:

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Places
1 Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler West Germany9
2 Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov Soviet Union20
3 Tatyana Zhuk / Alexander Gavrilov Soviet Union31
4 Gertrude Desjardins / Maurice Lefrance Canada31.5
5 Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba Czechoslovakia51.5
6 Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner  Switzerland58.5
7 Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill United States64
8 Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph United States66.5
9 Patty Gustafson / Pieter Kollen United States84
10 Sonja Pfersdorf / Günther Matzdorf West Germany84
11 Linda Ann Ward / Neil Carpenter Canada95
12 Gunilla Lindberg / Gunnar de Sharengrad Sweden107

Judges:

Ice dance
Rank Name Nation Places
1 Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman Czechoslovakia14
2 Linda Shearman / Michael Phillips United Kingdom15
3 Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby Canada26
4 Janet Sawbridge / David Hickinbottom United Kingdom36
5 Donna Mitchell / John Mitchell Canada47
6 Mary Parry / Roy Mason United Kingdom62
7 Sally Schantz / Stanley Urban United States66
8 Lorna Dyer / John Carrell United States71
9 Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi Hungary82
10 Carol Forrest / Kevin Lethbridge Canada93
11 Marlise Fornachon / Charly Pichard  Switzerland96
12 Armelle Flichy / Pierre Brun France120
13 Helga Burkhardt / Hannes Burkhardt West Germany116
14 Jitka Babická / Jaromír Holan Czechoslovakia117
15 Christel Trebesiner / Gerald Felsinger Austria132
16 Ghislaine Houdas / Francis Gamichon France141
17 Yvonne Littlefield / Peter Betts United States152
18 Maria Grazia Toncelli / Vinicio Toncelli Italy153

Judges:

References
  1. "Arctic Cold Chills World Championships", Skating magazine, May 1963
  2. "Informal Comments on Worlds", Skating magazine, May 1963

Sources
  • Result List provided by the ISU
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