World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...
were held in
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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, USA from March 4 to 8. At the event, sanctioned by the
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union (ISU) 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, N ...
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
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.
The ISU Representative was
Jacques Favart
Jacques Favart (30 July 1920 – 27 September 1980) was a French sports official and figure skater.
He won the French Figure Skating Championships in men's singles in 1942. As a pair skater, he competed with his wife Denise Favart from 1946 to ...
of France and the ISU Technical Delegate was
Hermann Schiechtl Hermann or Herrmann may refer to:
* Hermann (name), list of people with this name
* Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language
* Éditions Hermann, French publisher
* Hermann, Miss ...
of West Germany.
Men's compulsory figures were performed on March 4 at 8 am and ladies' figures took place the next day. The number of figures executed by each skater had been reduced from six to three.
Medal table
Results
Men
Referee:
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Benjamin Wright
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Kinuko Ueno
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*, Japanese volleyball player
* Kinuko Y. Craft (born 1940), Japanese-born American painter and illustrator
*, Japanese painter
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Japan ...
Josef Dědič
Josef Dědič (b. 1924; d. June 19, 1993 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak figure skater and sport official. He placed 9th at the 1948 European Figure Skating Championships and retired from competitive skating in that year.
In 1949, he became a sk ...
Kazuo Ohashi
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Possible spellings
It has several written forms, and the meaning depends on the characters used (usually kanji, but sometimes hiragana). Common forms include:
* 一雄: first son, ...
Elemér Terták
Elemér Terták (born 2 November 1918 in Budapest, Hungary; died 8 July 1999 in Budapest) was a Hungarian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won the bronze medal at the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships, the 1937 European C ...
Audrey Williams
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*
Maria Zuchowicz
Maria Zuchowicz (born in Poznań, in 1930 – 24 November 2020) was a Polish lawyer and figure skating official. She was Chairperson of Appeal Commission of the International Skating Union and Vice-President of the Polish Figure Skating Associa ...
Maria Zuchowicz
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World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...