1968 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 27 – March 3
Season:1967–68
Location:Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland
Venue:Patinoire des Vernets
Champions
Men's singles:
Austria Emmerich Danzer
Ladies' singles:
United States Peggy Fleming
Pairs:
Soviet Union Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Diane Towler / Bernard Ford
Previous:
1967 World Championships
Next:
1969 World Championships

The 1968 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland from February 27 to March 3. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The ISU representative was John R. Shoemaker from the USA and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták from Hungary.

On the ladies' singles skating Peggy Fleming finished first in the CF and in the FS too, before Gabriele Seyfert. The South African Margaret Betts finished on the last place in both program. On the pair skating Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov finished first also in the SP and in the FS, before Tatyana Zhuk and Aleksandr Gorelik. On the ice dance competition Diane Towler and Bernard Ford won in the CD and FD too.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain1113
 United States1113
3 Soviet Union1102
4 Austria1001
5 East Germany0101
6 Czechoslovakia0011
 France0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Results

Men

Rank Name Points Places
1 Austria Emmerich Danzer2195.212
2 United States Timothy Wood2180.915
3 France Patrick Péra2090.138
4 United States Scott Allen2095.138
5 United States Gary Visconti2086.141
6 Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela2052.552
7 Canada Jay Humphry2047.357
8 West Germany Peter Krick1989.479
9 Soviet Union Sergey Chetverukhin1978.183
10 Canada David McGillivray1963.793
11 East Germany Günter Zöller94
12 France Philippe Pélissier106
13 United Kingdom Michael Williams117
14 Japan Tsuguhiko Kodzuka128
15 Czechoslovakia Marian Filc133
16 Italy Giordano Abbondati142
17 West Germany Reinhard Ketterer154
18 Austria Günter Anderl162
19 Hungary Jenő Ébert167
20 Switzerland Daniel Höner179

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name Points Places
1 United States Peggy Fleming2269.79
2 East Germany Gabriele Seyfert2179.819
3 Czechoslovakia Hana Mašková2121.329
4 Austria Beatrix Schuba2094.135
5 Japan Kumiko Ōkawa2054.246
6 United States Albertina Noyes2025.559
7 Canada Karen Magnussen2016.662
8 Hungary Zsuzsa Almássy1985.774
9 United States Janet Lynn1961.589
10 Soviet Union Yelena Shcheglova1954.589
11 West Germany Monika Feldmann94
12 United Kingdom Patricia Dodd107
13 Canada Linda Carbonetto117
14 Czechoslovakia Marie Víchová133
15 Austria Elisabeth Nestler139
16 Switzerland Charlotte Walter148
17 East Germany Martina Clausner147
18 Japan Kazumi Yamashita156
19 Japan Haruko Ishida158
20 East Germany Sonja Morgenstern183
21 Australia Mary-Ellen Holland186
22 South Africa Margaret Betts198

Judges:

  • Czechoslovakia Gerhardt Bubník
  • Australia Sydney R. Croll
  • Hungary Ferenc Kertész
  • Japan Haruo Konno
  • Austria Hans Kutschera
  • East Germany Carla Listing
  • Canada Joan Maclagan
  • United Kingdom Pamela Peat
  • United States Edith M. Shoemaker

Pairs

Rank Name Points Places
1 Soviet Union Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov315.99
2 Soviet Union Tatyana Zhuk / Aleksandr Gorelik311.219
3 United States Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman304.331
4 Soviet Union Tamara Moskvina / Aleksey Mishin303.635
5 East Germany Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther299.048
6 West Germany Gudrun Hauss / Walter Häfner295.054
7 Czechoslovakia Bohunka Šrámková / Jan Šrámek293.958
8 United States Sandi Sweitzer / Roy Wagelein290.272
9 East Germany Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer286.780
10 Czechoslovakia Liana Drahová / Peter Bartosiewicz279.498
11 United States Alicia Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley99
12 West Germany Marianne Streifler / Herbert Wiesinger110
13 Canada Betty McKilligan / John McKilligan118
14 East Germany Brigitte Weise / Michael Brychy128
15 Switzerland Mónika Szabó / Péter Szabó129
16 Poland Janina Poremska / Piotr Szczypa136
17 South Africa Glenda O'Shea / Brian O'Shea153
WD West Germany Margot Glockshuber / Wolfgang DanneDNF
  • Referee: United Kingdom Alexander Gordon
  • Assistant Referee: Switzerland Jakob Biedermann

Judges:

  • Czechoslovakia Gerhardt Bubník
  • West Germany Wilhelm Kahle
  • Canada William Lewis
  • East Germany Carla Listing
  • United States Yvonne S. McGowan
  • United Kingdom Pamela Peat
  • Poland Oskar Schubert
  • Switzerland Rolf J. Steinmann
  • Soviet Union Sergey Vasilyev

Ice dance

Rank Name Points Places
1 United Kingdom Diane Towler / Bernard Ford332.99
2 United Kingdom Yvonne Suddick / Malcolm Cannon319.824
3 United Kingdom Janet Sawbridge / Jon Lane319.724
4 United States Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky311.840
5 Soviet Union Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin310.943
6 Soviet Union Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov307.949
7 United States Vicki Camper / Eugene Heffron298.365
8 West Germany Angelika Buck / Erich Buck291.478
9 Canada Joni Graham / Don Phillips289.082
10 East Germany Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger285.085
11 Hungary Edit Mató / Károly Csanádi101
12 Czechoslovakia Milena Tůmová / Josef Pešek111
13 Canada Donna Taylor / Bruce Lennie112
14 Italy Susanna Carpani / Sergio Pirelli124
15 France Claude Couste / Jean-Pierre Noullet133
  • Referee: France Henri Meudec
  • Assistant Referee: Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala

Judges:

  • East Germany Terese Birke
  • Canada Frances Gunn
  • Czechoslovakia Miroslav Hasenöhrl
  • Hungary Ferenc Kertész
  • France Lysiane Lauret
  • United Kingdom Mollie Phillips
  • Switzerland Margrit Rellstab
  • United States Edith M. Shoemaker
  • West Germany Willi Wernz

Sources

  • Result list provided by the ISU
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