1966 Blue Swords

1966 Blue Swords
Date:8 – 10 December 1966
Season:1966–67
Location:Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Champions
Men's singles:
 Günter Zöller (GDR)
Ladies' singles:
 Gabriele Seyfert (GDR)
Pairs:
 Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther (GDR)
Ice dance:
 Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger (GDR)
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The 1966 Blue Swords (German: Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) was an international senior-level figure skating competition organized in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. East German national champion Günter Zöller won the first of his four consecutive Blue Swords titles, defeating Czechoslovakia's Marian Filc and West Germany's Reinhard Ketterer. East Germans swept the ladies' and pairs' podiums, led by Gabriele Seyfert, who won her fourth straight gold medal at the event, and Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther. Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger won gold ahead of the Soviet Union's Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov and British duo Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw.

Results

Men

RankNameNation
1Günter Zöller East Germany
2Marian Filc Czechoslovakia
3Reinhard Ketterer West Germany
...

Ladies

RankNameNation
1Gabriele Seyfert East Germany
2Martina Clausner East Germany
3Beate Richter East Germany
...

Pairs

RankNameNation
1Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther East Germany
2Renate Rössler / Klaus Wasserfuhr East Germany
3Marianne Mirmsecker / Peter Göbel East Germany
...

Ice dancing

RankNameNation
1Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger East Germany
2Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov Soviet Union
3Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw United Kingdom
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