The World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

is an annual figure skating competition

Figure skating competition

-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 sanctioned by the International Skating Union

International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...

 in which figure skaters

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 compete for the title of World Champion.

The 1958 competitions for men, ladies, pairs and ice dancing took place February 13th to February 15th, 1958 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

It was the first time that a team from the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 entered the competition.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	David Jenkins	United States	9
2	Tim Brown	United States	28
3	Alain Giletti Alain Giletti Alain Giletti is a French figure skater. He is the 1960 World champion, the 1955-1957 & 1960-1961 European champion and is a ten-time French national champion. At the age of 12, he represented France at the 1952 Winter Olympics, where he placed 7th...		26
4	Donald Jackson Donald Jackson Donald George Jackson, CM is a retired Canadian figure skater. He captured four Canadian titles and a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics...	Canada	44
5	Alain Calmat Alain Calmat Alain Calmat is a French former competitive figure skater, surgeon, and politician. He is the 1964 Olympic silver medalist, the 1965 World Champion, the 1962–1964 European Champion, and the 1958 & 1962–1965 French national champion.-Career:Calmat started skating at the age of nine...		61
6	Karol Divín Karol Divín Karol Emil Divín, born Finster, nickname "Karcsi", is a former Chechoslovak figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is the 1960 Winter Olympics silver medalist, 1958-1959 European champion and the 1962 World silver medalist...		46
7	Tilo Gutzeit Tilo Gutzeit Tilo Gutzeit is a German figure skater who represented West Germany in competition. He is the 1955 German national champion. He represented the Unified Team of Germany at the 1956 Winter Olympics, where he placed 10th, and at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where he placed 9th...		63
8	Michael Booker Michael Booker (figure skater) Michael Robert Booker is a former British figure skater who competed in men's singles. He was twice the silver medalist and once the bronze medalist at the European Figure Skating Championships...		87
9	Edward Collins Edward Collins (figure skater) Edward Collins is a former Canadian figure skater. He was the 1957-58 bronze and 1959 national silver medalist.-Results:-References:*...	Canada	90
10	Robert Brewer	United States	95
11	Charles Snelling	Canada	91
12	Tim Moore	United States	97
13	Norbert Felsinger Norbert Felsinger Norbert Felsinger is an Austrian figure skater. He won the silver medal at the 1960 European Figure Skating Championships and the bronze medal at the Europeans in 1959. He participated 1956 and 1960 at the Winter Olympics. He represented the club Wiener Eislauf Verein .-Results:-Navigation:...		97
14	Hans-Jürgen Bäumler Hans-Jürgen Bäumler Hans-Jürgen Bäumler is a German pair skater, actor, singer and television host.- Biography :...		124
15	Manfred Schnelldorfer Manfred Schnelldorfer Manfred Schnelldorfer is a German figure skater, and a World and Olympic champion.-Career:...		130
16	Peter Jonas Peter Jonas (figure skater) Peter Jonas is an Austrian figure skater. He is the 1965 European bronze medalist. He represented Austria at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where he placed 13th, and at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where he placed 7th....		152
17	Lev Mikhailov Lev Mikhailov (figure skater) Lev Fedorovich Mikhailov . was a Soviet figure skater.-Results:-Navigation:...		156
18	François Pache François Pache François Pache is a Swiss figure skater. He is a six-time Swiss national champion. He represented Switzerland at the 1952 Winter Olympics and at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He placed 9th in the men's event in 1952 and 11th in 1956.-Competitive highlights:-References:* *...		164
19	Per Kjølberg		162
20	Valentin Zakharov		180
21	Igor Persiantsev		188
22	William Cherrel		187
23	Charles Keeble Charles Keeble Charles Keeble is a former Australian figure skater who competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He scored 123.93 points and finished 16th out of 16 competitors in the men’s individual event.- References :...		207

Judges were

• A. Andrianov
• P. Baron
• E. Fenner
• Martin Felsenreich 
• Nigel Sephens  Canada
• B. Srbova
• H. G. Storke  United States
• E. Usemann
• J. Wilson

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Carol Heiss Carol Heiss Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins is an American figure skater. She is the 1960 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, 1956 Olympic silver medalist and five-time World Champion .-Biography:...	United States	9
2	Ingrid Wendl Ingrid Wendl Ingrid Turković-Wendl is an Austrian figure skater, television announcer, and political figure...		19
3	Hanna Walter Hanna Walter Hanna "Hannerl" Walter is an Austrian figure skater. She is the 1959 European champion and World silver medalist. She represented Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics, where she placed 7th.-Competitive highlights:- References :*...		41.5
4	Ina Bauer Ina Bauer (figure skater) Ina Bauer is a German retired competitive figure skater. She is the 1957-1959 German national champion. She twice placed fourth at the World Figure Skating Championships, once in 1958 and once in 1959...		47
5	Diane Peach		68
6	Nancy Heiss Nancy Heiss Nancy Heiss is a former American figure skater. She was the 1955 U.S. junior champion. At the senior level she placed 4th at the United States Figure Skating Championships in 1957 and 1958, and won the silver medal at the 1959 event...	United States	56
7	Patricia Ann Pauley		79.5
8	Joan Haanappel Joan Haanappel Joan Haanappel is a former Dutch figure skater, competitive in the 1950s and 60s, who later worked for television as a sports presenter and figure skating commentator.More recently she became involved with the Dutch figure skating governing body KNSB.She started her sports career in her hometown...		83
9	Carol Wanek	United States	86
10	Claralyn Lewis	United States	89
11	Karin Frohner		111
12	Regine Heitzer Regine Heitzer Regine Heitzer is an Austrian figure skater who competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics.She skated professionally, in the Vienna Ice Revue and Holiday on Ice, from 1967 to 1971 until sidelined by a medical condition that left her without feeling in one of her feet after a...		106
13	Margaret Crosland Margaret Crosland Margaret Crosland was a ladies figure skater who competed for Canada. She was the 1958 and 1959 national champion.-Results:-Navigation:...	Canada	108
14	Dany Rigoulot Dany Rigoulot Dany Rigoulot is a former French figure skater who competed in ladies singles. She is the 1958-59 and 1961 French champion.-Results:-Navigation:...		114
15	Sonia Snelling	Canada	116
16	Sjoukje Dijkstra Sjoukje Dijkstra Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra is a Dutch figure skater. She is the 1964 Olympic champion in Ladies' Singles, the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion , five-time European champion , and the six-time Dutch national champion .Following the retirement of Carol Heiss in 1960, who...		131
17	Jindra Kramperova		127
18	Corinne Altmann		169
19	Petra Damm		174
20	Carla Tichatschek		186
21	Anna Galmarini		193
22	Nicole Erdos		202
23	Nicole Hassler Nicole Hassler Nicole Hassler was a French figure skater. She was the 1963 World bronze medalist, the 1963 European silver medalist and the 1964-1966 European bronze medalist...		200
24	Liliane Crosa		215
25	Lois Thomson		216
26	Rita Müller		222
27	Grete Brogen		239
28	Anne Dehle		248
29	Grunhild Frylen		260

Judges were

• P. Gross
• Oscar Madl 
• G. D. Jeffery  Canada
• Gérard Rodriguez-Henriques 
• Pamela Davis 
• Bruno Bonfiglio 
• E. Fenner
• Emil Skákala 
• M. Drake  United States

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Barbara Wagner Barbara Wagner Barbara Aileen Wagner is a former Canadian pair skater who competed with Robert Paul. The couple captured five Canadian titles and four world titles, and capped their career by winning the gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.After her competitive career, she married fellow skater James Grogan...  / Robert Paul Robert Paul Robert Paul was a Canadian figure skater, who competed in pairs with Barbara Wagner. He was born in Toronto. From their start as a team in 1952, they captured five Canadian titles and four world titles, and capped their career by winning the gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.After skating as...	Canada	10
2	Věra Suchánková Vera Suchánková Věra Suchánková is a pair skater who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. She was born in Pardubice. With partner Zdeněk Doležal, she is the 1957 & 1958 European Champion and the 1958 World silver medalist. They represented Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Winter Olympics and placed...  / Zdeněk Doležal Zdenek Doležal Zdeněk Doležal is a pair skater who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. He was born in Prague. With partner Věra Suchánková, he is the 1957 & 1958 European Champion and the 1958 World silver medalist. They represented Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Winter Olympics and placed...		26
3	Maria Jelinek Maria Jelinek Maria Jelinek is a Canadian pair skater. She competed with her brother Otto Jelinek. They are the 1962 World Champions, the 1961 North American national champions, and 1961-1962 Canadian national champions...  / Otto Jelinek Otto Jelinek Otto John Jelinek, PC is a businessman, former figure skater, and Canadian politician. Jelinek's family fled to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1948 at the beginning of the Cold War.-Figure skating career:...	Canada	28
4	Joyce Coates Joyce Coates Joyce Pamela Coates is a former British pair skater who competed with Anthony Holles. They finished tenth at the 1956 Winter Olympics, captured the bronze medal at the 1958 and 1959 European Figure Skating Championships, and came in fourth at the 1959 World Figure Skating Championships...  / Anthony Holles		41
5	Nancy Ludington-Rouillard / Ronald Ludington Ronald Ludington Ronald Ludington is an American figure skater and coach. He was born in Boston.-Biography:With his then-wife, Nancy Rouillard Ludington, he won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in pair skating four times, between 1957 and 1960, after having been the junior national champions in 1956...	United States	48.5
6	Marika Kilius Marika Kilius Marika Kilius is a two-time Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion in pair skating....  / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler Hans-Jürgen Bäumler Hans-Jürgen Bäumler is a German pair skater, actor, singer and television host.- Biography :...		48
7	Marianne Nagy / László Nagy László Nagy (figure skater) László Nagy was a Hungarian pair skater. He and his partner and sister Marianne Nagy were two time Olympic bronze medalists, two-time European champions , and three-time World bronze medalists . He was born in Szombathely.-Competitive highlights:-References:* -Navigation:...	Hungary	64.5
8	Nina Zhuk / Stanislav Zhuk Stanislav Zhuk Stanislav Alekseevich Zhuk was a pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With partner and wife Nina, he won three silver medals at the European Figure Skating Championships and finished sixth at the 1960 Winter Olympics.He later went on to a long career as a coach...		84
9	Mary-Jane Watson / John Jarmon	United States	78.5
10	Liesel Ellend / Kondrad Lienert		79.5
11	Eszter Jurek Eszter Jurek Eszter Jurek is a Hungarian former Olympic figure skater and current coach. She is a three-time Hungarian champion in singles. She also competed in pairs with Miklós Kucharovits....  / Miklós Kuharovicz	Hungary	98.5
12	Carolyn Krau / Rodney Ward		102
13	Liudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov Oleg Protopopov Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov is a Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With his partner Ludmila Belousova, he is a two-time Olympic champion and four-time World champion .- Career :Protopopov started skating relatively late, at age 15...		119
14	Agneta Wale / Kristian Wale		119
15	Ingeborg Nilsson Ingeborg Nilsson Ingeborg Nilsson was a Norwegian figure skater. She competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.She was Norwegian individual champion in 1953 and 1954, and in pairs in 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959 together with partner Reidar Børjeson....  / Reidar Børjeson Reidar Børjeson Reidar Kristoffer Børjeson was a Norwegian figure skater. He competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.He was Norwegian champion in pairs in 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959 together with partner Ingeborg Nilsson.-Pairs:...		133.5

Judges were

• A. Andrianov
• Bruno Bonfiglio 
• Pamela Davis 
• Martin Felsenreich 
• Metlewicz-Dabrowska
• Nigel Sephens  Canada
• Emil Skákala 
• H. G. Storke  United States
• E. Usemann

Ice Dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	June Markham June Markham June Markham is a British ice dancer. With partner Courtney Jones, she is the 1957 & 1958 World champion and European champion.-Results:-References:...  / Courtney Jones Courtney Jones Courtney John Lyndhurst Jones OBE is a former British ice dancer. With partner June Markham, he is the 1957 & 1958 World champion and European champion. With partner Doreen Denny, he is the 1959 & 1960 World champion and 1959-1961 European champion.Jones and Peri Horne created the Starlight Waltz...		9
2	Geraldine Fenton Geraldine Fenton Geraldine Fenton is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner William McLachlan, she is a three-time Canadian national champion and three-time World medalist.Fenton retired from competition in 1959 in order to take a coaching position.-Competitive highlights:...  / William McLachlan	Canada	25
3	Andree Anderson Andree Anderson Andree Anderson is an American ice dancer. She was born on March 29, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Carl Shurz High School With partner and husband Donald Jacoby, she is the 1958 & 1959 U.S. national champion...  / Donald Jacoby Donald Jacoby Donald Jacoby was an American ice dancer. With partner and wife Andree Anderson, he was the 1958 & 1959 U.S. national champion. They were the 1959 World silver medalists and the 1958 World bronze medalist....	United States	35
4	Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson		37
5	Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby		39
6	Christiane Guhel Christiane Guhel Christiane Guhel is a French ice dancer. With partner Jean Paul Guhel, she is the 1962 European champion, 1962 World silver medalist, and 1960 World bronze medalist.-Ice Dance:-References:...  / Jean Paul Guhel Jean Paul Guhel Jean Paul Guhel is a French ice dancer. With partner Christiane Guhel, he is the 1962 European champion, 1962 World silver medalist, and 1960 World bronze medalist.-Ice Dance:...		46
7	Beverly Orr / Hugh Smith	Canada	61
8	Claire O'Neill / John Bejshak, Jr.	United States	72
9	Ludia Zorn / Rudolf Zorn		96
10	Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet		98
11	Cathrine Odink / Jakobus Odink		99
12	Annick de Tretinian / Jacques Mer		102
13	Adriana Giuggiolini / Germano Ceccattini		108
14	Petra Steigerwaldt / Hannes Burkhardt		131
15	Ludovica Boccacci / Giancarlo Sioli		128
16	Maria Grazia Toncelli / Vinicio Toncelli		138

Judges were

• O. L. Borrajo
• L. Drake  United States
• B. M. Haanappel
• G. D. Jeffery  Canada
• Hans Meixner 
• J. Meudec
• Emil Skákala 
• Hermann Schiechtl
• C. Somasca-Bianchi