| 1968 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 27th – March 3rd |
| Season: | 1968 |
| Location: | Geneva |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Emmerich Danzer |
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| Ladies singles: Peggy Fleming |
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| Pair skating: Ljudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov |
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| Ice dancing: Diane Towler and Bernard Ford |
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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 1968 competitions for men, ladies, pairs and ice dancing took place February 27 to March 3, 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland. The ISU representative was John R. Shoemaker (USA).
Contents |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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| 1 | Emmerich Danzer | Austria | 12 |
| 2 | Tim Wood | United States | 15 |
| 3 | Patrick Péra | France | 38 |
| 4 | Scott Allen | United States | 38 |
| 5 | Gary Visconti | United States | 41 |
| 6 | Ondrej Nepela | Czechoslovakia | 52 |
| 7 | Jay Humphry | Canada | 57 |
| 8 | Peter Krick | West Germany | 79 |
| 9 | Sergei Chetverukhin | Soviet Union | 83 |
| 10 | David McGillivray | Canada | 93 |
| 11 | Günter Zöller | East Germany | 94 |
| 12 | Philippe Pélissier | France | 106 |
| 13 | Michael Williams | United Kingdom | 117 |
| 14 | Tsuguhiko Kozuka | Japan | 128 |
| 15 | Marian Filc | Czechoslovakia | 133 |
| 16 | Giordano Abbondati | Italy | 142 |
| 17 | Reinhard Ketterer | West Germany | 154 |
| 18 | Günter Anderl | Austria | 162 |
| 19 | Jenő Ébert | Hungary | 167 |
| 20 | Daniel Höner | Switzerland | 179 |
Referee was Karl Enderlin Switzerland. Assistant Referee was Dr. János Zsigmondy West Germany.
Judges were
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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| 1 | Peggy Fleming | United States | 9 |
| 2 | Gabriele Seyfert | East Germany | 19 |
| 3 | Hana Mašková | Czechoslovakia | 29 |
| 4 | Beatrix Schuba | Austria | 35 |
| 5 | Kumiko Okawa | Japan | 46 |
| 6 | Albertina Noyes | United States | 59 |
| 7 | Karen Magnussen | Canada | 62 |
| 8 | Zsuzsa Almássy | Hungary | 74 |
| 9 | Janet Lynn | United States | 89 |
| 10 | Elena Shcheglova | Soviet Union | 89 |
| 11 | Monika Feldmann | West Germany | 94 |
| 12 | Patricia Ann Dodd | United Kingdom | 107 |
| 13 | Linda Carbonetto | Canada | 117 |
| 14 | Marie Vichová | Czechoslovakia | 133 |
| 15 | Elisabeth Nestler | Austria | 139 |
| 16 | Charlotte Walter | Switzerland | 148 |
| 17 | Martina Clausner | East Germany | 147 |
| 18 | Kazumi Yamashita | Japan | 158 |
| 19 | Haruko Ishida | Japan | 156 |
| 20 | Sonja Morgenstern | East Germany | 183 |
| 21 | Mary-Ellen Holland | Australia | 186 |
| 22 | Margaret Betts | South Africa | 198 |
Referee was Josef Dědič Czechoslovakia. Assistant Referee was Sonia Bianchetti Italy.
Judges were
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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| 1 | Liudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov | Soviet Union | 9 |
| 2 | Tatiana Zhuk / Alexander Gorelik | Soviet Union | 19 |
| 3 | Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman | United States | 31 |
| 4 | Tamara Moskvina / Alexei Mishin | Soviet Union | 35 |
| 5 | Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther | East Germany | 48 |
| 6 | Gudrun Hauss / Walter Häfner | West Germany | 54 |
| 7 | Bohunka Sramkova / Jan Sramek | Czechoslovakia | 58 |
| 8 | Sandi Sweitzer / Roy Wagelein | United States | 72 |
| 9 | Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer | East Germany | 80 |
| 10 | Liana Drahová / Peter Bartosiewicz | Czechoslovakia | 98 |
| 11 | JoJo Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley | United States | 99 |
| 12 | Marianne Streifler / Herbert Wiesinger | West Germany | 110 |
| 13 | Betty McKilligan / John McKilligan | Canada | 118 |
| 14 | Brigitte Weise / Michael Brychy | East Germany | 129 |
| 15 | Mona Szabo / Peter Szabo | Switzerland | 128 |
| 16 | Janina Poremska / Piotr Sczypa | Poland | 136 |
| 17 | Glenda O'Shea / Brian O'Shea | South Africa | 153 |
| WD | Margot Glockshuber / Wolfgang Danne | West Germany |
Referee was Alexander Gordon. Assistant Referee was Jakob Biedermann Switzerland
Judges were
| Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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| 1 | Diane Towler / Bernard Ford | United Kingdom | 9 |
| 2 | Yvonne Suddick / Roger Kennerson | United Kingdom | 24 |
| 3 | Janet Sawbridge / Jon Lane | United Kingdom | 24 |
| 4 | Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky | United States | 40 |
| 5 | Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin | Soviet Union | 43 |
| 6 | Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov | Soviet Union | 49 |
| 7 | Vicki Camper / Eugen Heffron | United States | 65 |
| 8 | Angelika Buck / Erich Buck | West Germany | 78 |
| 9 | Joni Graham / Don Phillips | Canada | 82 |
| 10 | Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger | East Germany | 85 |
| 11 | Edith Mató / Karl Csanadi | Hungary | 101 |
| 12 | Milena Tumová / Josef Pesek | Czechoslovakia | 111 |
| 13 | Donna Taylor / Bruce Lennie | Canada | 112 |
| 14 | Susanna Carpani / Sergio Pirelli | Italy | 124 |
| 15 | Claude Couste / Jean-Pierre Noullet | France | 133 |
Referee was Henri Meudec France. Assistant Referee was Emil Skákala Czechoslovakia.
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