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.
Medal table
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