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1968 Blue Swords

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1968 Blue Swords
Date:14 – 16 November 1968
Season:1968–69
Location:Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Champions
Men's singles:
 Günter Zöller (GDR)
Ladies' singles:
 Sonja Morgenstern (GDR)
Pairs:
 Lyudmila Suslina / Alexander Tikhomiro (URS)
Ice dance:
 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov (URS)
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The 1968 Blue Swords (German: Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) was an international senior-level figure skating competition organized in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. East Germany's Günter Zöller won his third consecutive title by defeating the Soviet Union's Valeri Meshkov and Vladimir Kurenbin. His teammate, Sonja Morgenstern, won her first Blue Swords title, outscoring Austria's Eva Kriegelstein. The Soviet Union's Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov won the ice dancing title for the second year in a row.

1968 was the first year that the competition was officially named Pokal der blauen Schwerter / Blue Swords.

Results

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Men

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Rank Name Nation
1 Günter Zöller  East Germany
2 Valeri Meshkov  Soviet Union
3 Vladimir Kurenbin  Soviet Union
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Ladies

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Rank Name Nation
1 Sonja Morgenstern  East Germany
2 Eva Kriegelstein  Austria
3 Christine Errath  East Germany
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Pairs

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Rank Name Nation
1 Lyudmila Suslina / Alexander Tikhomirov  Soviet Union
2 Monika Heibig / Axel Salzmann  East Germany
3 Galina Karelina / Georgi Proskurin  Soviet Union
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Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation
1 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov  Soviet Union
2 Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger  East Germany
3 Ilona Berecz / Istvan Sugar  Hungary
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References

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  1. ^ Petkevich, John Misha (1984). The Skater's Handbook. Scribner. ISBN 978-0-684-18016-8.