The 1965 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA from March 2 to 7. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
Medal table
Results Men Rank Name Places 1 Alain Calmat 9 2 Scott Allen 27 3 Donald Knight 29 4 Nobuo Satō 41 5 Emmerich Danzer 37 6 Gary Visconti 48 7 Wolfgang Schwarz 72 8 Peter Jonas 82 9 Peter Krick 82 10 Robert Dureville 89 11 Sepp Schönmetzler 98 12 Jay Humphry 103 13 Timothy Wood 115 14 Giordano Abbondati 121 15 Patrick Péra 138 16 Ondrej Nepela 149 17 Sergey Chetverukhin 151 18 Günter Zöller 156 19 Jenő Ébert 170 20 Hywel Evans 173
Judges: Sonia Bianchetti Zdeněk Fikar Ferenc Kertész Edwin Kucharz William Lewis Yvonne S. McGowan Eugen Romminger Néri Valdes Sergey Vasilyev
Ladies Rank Name Places 1 Petra Burka 9 2 Regine Heitzer 23 3 Peggy Fleming 28 4 Christine Haigler 30 5 Gabriele Seyfert 55 6 Miwa Fukuhara 57 7 Valerie Jones 65 8 Nicole Hassler 68 9 Helli Sengstschmid 83 10 Albertina Noyes 96 11 Diana Clifton-Peach 97 12 Kumiko Ōkawa 100 13 Hana Mašková 118 14 Gloria Tatton 120 15 Sandra Brugnera 133 16 Angelika Wagner 147 17 Elena Slepova 151 18 Zsuzsa Szentmiklóssy 158
Judges: Pamela Davis Jeanine Donnier-Blanc Martin Felsenreich Haruo Konno Carla Listing Ralph McCreath Emil Skákala Jane Sullivan Tatyana Tolmachova
Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 9 2 Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph 19 3 Tatyana Zhuk / Aleksandr Gorelik 32 4 Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner 39 5 Sonja Pfersdorf / Günther Matzdorf 45 6 Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman 45 7 Tatyana Tarasova / Georgiy Proskurin 67 8 Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer 80 9 Joanne Heckert / Gary Clark 85 10 Gerlinde Schönbauer / Wilhelm Bietak 96 11 Margot Glockshuber / Wolfgang Danne 101 12 Alexis Shields / Chris Shields 102 13 Ingrid Bodendorff / Volker Waldeck 112 14 Susan Huehnergard / Paul Huehnergard 113
Judges: Ercole Cattaneo Pamela Davis H. Janes Carla Listing Walter Malek Ralph McCreath Erika Schiechtl René Schlageter Tatyana Tolmachova
Ice dance Rank Name Places 1 Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman 8 2 Janet Sawbridge / David Hickinbottom 18 3 Lorna Dyer / John Carrell 26 4 Diane Towler / Bernard Ford 30 5 Kristin Fortune / Dennis Sveum 33 6 Yvonne Suddick / Roger Kennerson 40 7 Susan Urban / Stanley Urban 46 8 Carole Forrest / Kevin Lethbridge 58 9 Brigitte Martin / Francis Gamichon 66 10 Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi 70 11 Lynn Matthews / Bryon Topping 75 12 Christel Trebesiner / Georg Felsinger 84 13 Gabriele Rauch / Rudi Matysik 88.5 14 Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger 93.5
Judges: Robert S. Hudson Ferenc Kertész Lysiane Lauret Dorothy Leamen Walter Malek M. Ridgely Emil Skákala