The 1967

Blue Swords Blue Swords (german: Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) is an international figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union. It is usually held in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladi ...

(german: Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) was an international senior-level

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competition organized in

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, East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

and

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. East Germany's

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outscored the Soviet Union's

Vladimir Kurenbin Vladimir Ivanovich Kurenbin (, born 15 May 1946) is a former figure skater for the Soviet Union. He is the 1964 Prague Skate bronze medalist, the 1967 Blue Swords silver medalist, and a five-time Soviet national medalist. A native of Leningrad, h ...

for gold in the man's category. East Germans swept the ladies' podium, led by

Beate Richter Beate Richter is a German former figure skater who represented East Germany. She is the 1967 Blue Swords champion, the 1967 Prague Skate silver medalist, and a four-time East German national medalist. She finished in the top ten at the 1967 Eu ...

, who won her first gold medal at the event after three previous podium results. Soviet ice dancers

Lyudmila Pakhomova Lyudmila Alekseyevna Pakhomova (russian: Людмила Алексеевна Пахомова; 31 December 1946 – 17 May 1986) was an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With her husband Alexandr Gorshkov, she was the 1976 Olympic c ...

/ Aleksandr Gorshkov defeated the defending champions, Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger of East Germany, who had beaten them a year earlier.

Results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing