The 1968 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland from February 27 to March 3. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
On the ladies' singles skating Peggy Fleming finished first in the CF and in the FS too, before Gabriele Seyfert. The South African Margaret Betts finished on the last place in both program. On the pair skating Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov finished first also in the SP and in the FS, before Tatyana Zhuk and Aleksandr Gorelik. On the ice dance competition Diane Towler and Bernard Ford won in the CD and FD too.
Medal table
Results Men Rank Name Points Places 1 Emmerich Danzer 2195.2 12 2 Timothy Wood 2180.9 15 3 Patrick Péra 2090.1 38 4 Scott Allen 2095.1 38 5 Gary Visconti 2086.1 41 6 Ondrej Nepela 2052.5 52 7 Jay Humphry 2047.3 57 8 Peter Krick 1989.4 79 9 Sergey Chetverukhin 1978.1 83 10 David McGillivray 1963.7 93 11 Günter Zöller 94 12 Philippe Pélissier 106 13 Michael Williams 117 14 Tsuguhiko Kodzuka 128 15 Marian Filc 133 16 Giordano Abbondati 142 17 Reinhard Ketterer 154 18 Günter Anderl 162 19 Jenő Ébert 167 20 Daniel Höner 179
Referee: Karl Enderlin Assistant Referee: János Zsigmondy Judges: Miroslav Hasenöhrl Masao Hasegawa Franz Heinlein William Lewis Yvonne S. McGowan Eva Neeb Mollie Phillips Néri Valdes Helga Wiecki
Ladies Rank Name Points Places 1 Peggy Fleming 2269.7 9 2 Gabriele Seyfert 2179.8 19 3 Hana Mašková 2121.3 29 4 Beatrix Schuba 2094.1 35 5 Kumiko Ōkawa 2054.2 46 6 Albertina Noyes 2025.5 59 7 Karen Magnussen 2016.6 62 8 Zsuzsa Almássy 1985.7 74 9 Janet Lynn 1961.5 89 10 Yelena Shcheglova 1954.5 89 11 Monika Feldmann 94 12 Patricia Dodd 107 13 Linda Carbonetto 117 14 Marie Víchová 133 15 Elisabeth Nestler 139 16 Charlotte Walter 148 17 Martina Clausner 147 18 Kazumi Yamashita 156 19 Haruko Ishida 158 20 Sonja Morgenstern 183 21 Mary-Ellen Holland 186 22 Margaret Betts 198
Referee: Josef Dědič Assistant Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Judges: Gerhardt Bubník Sydney R. Croll Ferenc Kertész Haruo Konno Hans Kutschera Carla Listing Joan Maclagan Pamela Peat Edith M. Shoemaker
Pairs Rank Name Points Places 1 Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 315.9 9 2 Tatyana Zhuk / Aleksandr Gorelik 311.2 19 3 Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman 304.3 31 4 Tamara Moskvina / Aleksey Mishin 303.6 35 5 Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther 299.0 48 6 Gudrun Hauss / Walter Häfner 295.0 54 7 Bohunka Šrámková / Jan Šrámek 293.9 58 8 Sandi Sweitzer / Roy Wagelein 290.2 72 9 Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer 286.7 80 10 Liana Drahová / Peter Bartosiewicz 279.4 98 11 Alicia Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley 99 12 Marianne Streifler / Herbert Wiesinger 110 13 Betty McKilligan / John McKilligan 118 14 Brigitte Weise / Michael Brychy 128 15 Mónika Szabó / Péter Szabó 129 16 Janina Poremska / Piotr Szczypa 136 17 Glenda O'Shea / Brian O'Shea 153 WD Margot Glockshuber / Wolfgang Danne DNF
Referee: Alexander Gordon Assistant Referee: Jakob Biedermann Judges: Gerhardt Bubník Wilhelm Kahle William Lewis Carla Listing Yvonne S. McGowan Pamela Peat Oskar Schubert Rolf J. Steinmann Sergey Vasilyev
Ice dance Rank Name Points Places 1 Diane Towler / Bernard Ford 332.9 9 2 Yvonne Suddick / Malcolm Cannon 319.8 24 3 Janet Sawbridge / Jon Lane 319.7 24 4 Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky 311.8 40 5 Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin 310.9 43 6 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov 307.9 49 7 Vicki Camper / Eugene Heffron 298.3 65 8 Angelika Buck / Erich Buck 291.4 78 9 Joni Graham / Don Phillips 289.0 82 10 Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger 285.0 85 11 Edit Mató / Károly Csanádi 101 12 Milena Tůmová / Josef Pešek 111 13 Donna Taylor / Bruce Lennie 112 14 Susanna Carpani / Sergio Pirelli 124 15 Claude Couste / Jean-Pierre Noullet 133
Referee: Henri Meudec Assistant Referee: Emil Skákala Judges: Terese Birke Frances Gunn Miroslav Hasenöhrl Ferenc Kertész Lysiane Lauret Mollie Phillips Margrit Rellstab Edith M. Shoemaker Willi Wernz
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