1961 European Figure Skating Championships

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The 1961 European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles,[1] ladies' singles,[2] pair skating,[3] and ice dancing.[4]

The competitions took place from January 26 to 29, 1961 in West Berlin. West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, but the German Skating Association from East Germany organized the championships[1]. The event took place without the participation of skaters from the Soviet Union not because of a political boycott, but rather because an exceptionally mild winter left the Russian skaters with insufficient ice for practice in their home country. The Soviet team was also withdrawn from the originally planned World Championships for the same reason, but that tournament was subsequently cancelled after Sabena Flight 548.[5]

The defending champions in all four divisions retained their titles. In the pairs competition, however, the champions Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler faced a close battle with Margret Göbl & Franz Ningel, who had defeated them at the West German championships earlier in the season. Göbl & Ningel may have been penalized for including an illegal lift in their program.[6]

In the ladies' event, Sjoukje Dijkstra built up a lead in the compulsory figures that assured her of victory. Her free skating program was described as "exhausting". The stars of the free skating were Helli Sengstschmidt and Jana Mrázková, who both reportedly did triple salchow jumps in their programs.[6]

Alain Giletti likewise assured himself of victory by winning the figures by a large margin. All three medalists in the men's division gave fine free skating performances.[6]

Results

Men

Rank Name Places
1 Template:Flagicon Alain Giletti 9
2 Template:Flagicon Alain Calmat 11
3 Template:Flagicon Manfred Schnelldorfer 23
4 Template:Flagicon Peter Jonas 37
5 Template:Flagicon Emmerich Danzer 51.5
6 Template:Flagicon Robin Jones 55.5
7 Template:Flagicon Sepp Schönmetzler 65
8 Template:Flagicon Bodo Bockenauer 79
9 Template:Flagicon Heinrich Podhajsky 80
10 Template:Flagicon Per Kjølberg 87
11 Template:Flagicon Peter Krick 91
12 Template:Flagicon Wouter Toledo 111
13 Template:Flagicon Michael Flebbe 112
14 Template:Flagicon Giordano Abbondati 122
15 Template:Flagicon Ragnar Wikström 135

Judges were

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 Template:Flagicon Sjoukje Dijkstra 9
2 Template:Flagicon Regine Heitzer 21
3 Template:Flagicon Jana Mrázková 26
4 Template:Flagicon Karin Frohner 49
5 Template:Flagicon Dany Rigoulot 57
6 Template:Flagicon Helli Sengstschmid 58
7 Template:Flagicon Eva Grožajová 66
8 Template:Flagicon Nicole Hassler 73
9 Template:Flagicon Diana Clifton-Peach 77
10 Template:Flagicon Jitka Hlaváčková 83
11 Template:Flagicon Anne Reynolds 85
12 Template:Flagicon Karin Gude 90
13 Template:Flagicon Franziska Schmidt 115
14 Template:Flagicon Christa Fassi 136
15 Template:Flagicon Danièle Giraud 141
16 Template:Flagicon Ursula Barkey 147
17 Template:Flagicon Éva Csoma 162
18 Template:Flagicon Helga Zöllner 169
19 Template:Flagicon Dorette Bek 175
20 Template:Flagicon Silvana Saccozzi 178
21 Template:Flagicon Gabriele Seyfert 179
22 Template:Flagicon Sandra Brugnera 188
23 Template:Flagicon Heidemarie Steiner 190
24 Template:Flagicon Willie ten Hoopen 216

Judges were

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 Template:Flagicon Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 13
2 Template:Flagicon Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel 14
3 Template:Flagicon Margit Senf / Peter Göbel 38.5
4 Template:Flagicon Rita Blumenberg / Werner Mensching 36
5 Template:Flagicon Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl 43.5
6 Template:Flagicon Hana Dvořáková / Karel Vosátka 52.5
7 Template:Flagicon Valerie Hunt / Peter Burrows 69.5
8 Template:Flagicon Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner 74.5
9 Template:Flagicon Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer 75.5
10 Template:Flagicon Renate Rößler / Klaus Wasserfuhr 78

Judges were

Ice dance

Rank Name Places
1 Template:Flagicon Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones 7
2 Template:Flagicon Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel 14
3 Template:Flagicon Linda Shearman / Michael Philipps 25
4 Template:Flagicon Mary Parry / Roy Mason 26
5 Template:Flagicon Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman 33
6 Template:Flagicon Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet 46
7 Template:Flagicon Olga Gilardi / Germano Ceccattini 47
8 Template:Flagicon Ludovica Boccacci / Gianfranco Canepa 63
9 Template:Flagicon Armelle Flichy / Pierre Brun 65
10 Template:Flagicon Jitka Babická / Jaromír Holan 72
11 Template:Flagicon Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi 73
12 Template:Flagicon Christel Trebesiner / Georg Felsinger 87
13 Template:Flagicon Margot Nissen / Klaus Ebel 87
14 Template:Flagicon Marlyse Fornachon / Charly Pichard 95
15 Template:Flagicon Martha Schamberger / Hans-Jürgen Schamberger 98

Judges were

References

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  5. ↑ "News from Europe", Skating magazine, March 1961
  6. ↑ a b c "The European Championships", Skating magazine, May 1961

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Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU
  • printed program of the Europeans

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