1957 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. The 1957 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 26 to March 2 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

1957 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	February 26 – March 2
Season:	1957
Location:	Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
Venue:	Broadmoor Ice Palace
Champions
Men's singles: David Jenkins
Ladies' singles: Carol Heiss
Pairs: Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul
Ice dance: June Markham / Courtney Jones
Previous: 1956 World Championships
Next: 1958 World Championships

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States*	2	1	1	4
2	Canada	1	1	2	4
3	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
4	Austria	0	1	1	2
5	West Germany	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Places
1	David Jenkins	7
2	Tim Brown	16
3	Charles Snelling	22
4	Alain Giletti	33
5	Thomas Moore	35
6	Norbert Felsinger	41
7	Donald Jackson	49
8	Robert Brewer	58
9	Alain Calmat	59
10	Michael Booker	66
11	Manfred Schnelldorfer	81
12	Hubert Köpfler	83
13	Yukio Nishikura	90
14	Hideo Sugita	98
15	Kazuo Ōhashi	105
16	Charles Keeble	111
17	William Cherrell	117

Judges:

• Pamela Davis
• P. Devine
• H. Janes
• Eugen Kirchhofer
• Walter Malek
• Rudolf A. Marx
• Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques

Ladies

Rank	Name	Places
1	Carol Heiss	7
2	Hanna Eigel	17
3	Ingrid Wendl	21
4	Yarmila Pachl	27
5	Claralyn Lewis	40
6	Hanna Walter	43
7	Joan Schenke	63
8	Nancy Heiss	71
9	Erica Batchelor	75
10	Karen Dixon	75
11	Ina Bauer	79
12	Sjoukje Dijkstra	84
13	Joan Haanappel	87
14	Margaret Crosland	87
15	Ilse Musyl	89
16	Emma Giardini	104
17	Junko Ueno	118
18	Carla Tichatschek	128
19	Yūko Araki	132
20	Alice Fischer	137

Judges:

• Bruno Bonfiglio
• Pamela Davis
• Eugen Kirchhofer
• Rudolf A. Marx
• J. A. McKechnie
• Hans Meixner
• Harold G. Storke

Pairs

Rank	Name	Places
1	Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul	8
2	Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel	16.5
3	Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek	17.5
4	Nancy Rouillard / Ronald Ludington	31
5	Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles	32

Judges:

• Bruno Bonfiglio
• Pamela Davis
• H. Janes
• Rudolf A. Marx
• J. A. McKechnie
• Hans Meixner
• Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Places
1	June Markham / Courtney Jones	5
2	Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan	11
3	Sharon McKenzie / Bert Wright	16
4	Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso	22
5	Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby	27
6	Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson	29
7	Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel	35
8	Beverly Orr / Hugh Smith	39
9	Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch	42
10	Christiane Elien / Claude Lambert	51
11	Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera	53

Judges:

• P. Devine
• Eugen Kirchhofer
• Walter Malek
• John R. Shoemaker
• D. Ward

Sources

• Result List provided by the ISU