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 1958 competitions for men, ladies, pairs and ice dancing took place February 13th to February 15th, 1958 in Paris, France.
It was the first time that a team from the Soviet Union entered the competition.
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