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 1959 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
Medal table
Results Men Rank Name Age Points Places CF FS Total 1 David Jenkins 22 183.65 7 2 688.1 1 597.5 1285.6 2 Donald Jackson 18 178.07 18 4 662.2 2 584.3 1246.5 3 Tim Brown 19 179.91 19 1 694.9 5 543.5 1238.4 4 Alain Giletti 19 175.22 26 3 666.3 3 560.3 1226.6 5 Karol Divín 23 166.05 42 6 615.9 4 546.5 1162.4 6 Tilo Gutzeit 21 163.37 52 8 608.8 7 534.8 1143.6 7 Alain Calmat 18 162.20 53 7 614.4 9 521.0 1135.4 8 Bradley Lord 19 161.70 56 9 605.8 8 526.1 1131.9 9 Norbert Felsinger 19 161.34 56.5 5 617.7 10 511.7 1129.4 10 Edward Collins 18 161.34 61.5 11 590.7 6 538.7 1129.4 11 Robert Brewer 19 71 10 604.1 12 David Clements 19 84 13 522.7 13 Hubert Köpfler 23 91 12 593.9
Judges: P. Baron Pamela Davis Karl Enderlin Donald Gilchrist Theo Klemm Edwin Kucharz R. Sackett
Ladies Rank Name Age Points Places CF FS Total 1 Carol Heiss 19 194.05 7 1 771.9 1 586.5 1358.4 2 Hanna Walter 19 175.01 20 2 698.4 6 526.7 1225.1 3 Sjoukje Dijkstra 17 174.74 24 3 667.2 3 556.0 1223.2 4 Ina Bauer 19 170.54 30 6 633.3 2 560,5 1193.8 5 Barbara Roles 17 171.55 31 4 680.1 7 520.8 1200.9 6 Lynn Finnegan 166.65 40 7 628.9 4 537.5 1166.6 7 Regine Heitzer 15 160.65 54 9 608.7 8 515.9 1124.6 8 Nancy Heiss 161.58 56 8 621.9 10 509.2 1131.1 9 Anna Galmarini 16 161.01 60 10 592.3 5 534.8 1127.1 10 Sandra Tewkesbury 17 156.74 78 13 563.5 9 515.7 1079.2 11 Margaret Crosland 19 151.72 82 11 575.5 13 486.6 1062.1 12 Sonia Snelling 150.31 82 14 554.6 11 497.6 1052.2 13 Carla Tichatschek 18 150.10 82 15 556.7 12 494.0 1050.7 14 Yūko Araki 148.71 89 12 561.0 14 480.0 1041.0 WD Joan Haanappel 18 DNF 5 633.6
Judges: Grazia Barcellona Charlotte Benedict-Stieber Pamela Davis P. Devine Theo Klemm Alex Krupy Oskar Madl
Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul 9 2 Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 19 3 Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington 35.5 4 Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek 37 5 Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel 40.5 6 Maribel Owen / Dudley Richards 50 7 Gayle Freed / Karl Freed 59 8 Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl 72
Judges: Grazia Barcellona P. Baron Charlotte Benedict-Stieber Pamela Davis Karl Enderlin Donald Gilchrist Theo Klemm Oskar Madl R. Sackett
Ice dance Rank Name Places 1 Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones 6 2 Andree Anderson / Donald Jacoby 12 3 Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan 14 4 Margie Ackles / Charles Phillips 25 5 Ann Martin / Edward Collins 28 6 Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel 30 7 Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson 33 8 Svata Staroba / Mirek Staroba 38 9 Judy Lamar / Ronald Ludington 39
Judges: P. Devine Alexander Gordon Harold Hartshorne Edwin Kucharz Jacqueline Meudec
Sources Result List provided by the ISU