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1939 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1939
Annual figure skating competition held in 1939
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1939 World Figure Skating Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | February 11–12 (men and pairs) |
| February 17–19 (ladies) | |
| skatingseason | 1939 |
| location | Kingdom of Hungary Budapest, Hungary (men and pairs) |
| Czechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia (ladies) | |
| championmen | UK Graham Sharp |
| championladies | UK Megan Taylor |
| championpairs | Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier |
| previouscomp | [1938 World Championships](1938-world-figure-skating-championships) |
| nextcomp | [1947 World Championships](1947-world-figure-skating-championships) |
February 17–19 (ladies) Czechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia (ladies)
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.
Men and pairs competitions took place from February 17 to 19 in Budapest, Hungary. Ladies' competitions took place from February 11 to 12 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
These World Figure Skating Championships were the last before World War II. The Austrian skaters Edi Rada, Emmy Puzinger, Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin, and the judge H. Deistler represented Germany. The former Austrian skater Herbert Alward represented Hungary.
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | UK Graham Sharp | 5 | ||||||||
| **2** | UK Freddie Tomlins | 11 | ||||||||
| **3** | Nazi Germany Horst Faber | 15 | ||||||||
| Austria Edi Rada | 24 | |||||||||
| Kingdom of Hungary Herbert Alward | 27 | |||||||||
| Kingdom of Hungary Elemér Terták | 25 | |||||||||
| Kingdom of Hungary Kristóf Kállay | 36 | |||||||||
| Nazi Germany Franz Loichinger | 39 | |||||||||
| Denmark Per Cock-Clausen | 43 | |||||||||
| Romania Max Bindea | 52 | |||||||||
| Estonia Alfred Hirv | 53 |
Judges:
- UK Herbert Clarke
- Poland J. Kowalski
- Nazi Germany Fritz Schober
- Kingdom of Hungary Andor Szende
- Switzerland A. Winkler
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | UK Megan Taylor | 5 | ||||||||||||
| **2** | US Hedy Stenuf | 14 | ||||||||||||
| **3** | UK Daphne Walker | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Nazi Germany Lydia Veicht | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Eva Nyklová | 27 | |||||||||||||
| Austria Emmy Putzinger | 29 | |||||||||||||
| Austria Marta Musilek | 37 | |||||||||||||
| UK Gladys Jagger | 35 | |||||||||||||
| Norway Gerd Helland-Bjørnstad | 52 | |||||||||||||
| Norway Anne-Marie Sæther | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland Anita Wägeler | 54 | |||||||||||||
| Norway Turid Helland-Bjørnstad | 57 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden Britta Råhlén | 52 | |||||||||||||
| France Jacqueline Bossoutrot | 65 | |||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Zdeňka Porgesova | 75 |
Judges:
- UK Herbert Clarke
- Austria H. Deistler
- Czechoslovakia J. Hainz
- Switzerland A. Huber
- France Charles Sabouret
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Nazi Germany Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier | 8 | |||||||
| **2** | Austria Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin | 13 | |||||||
| **3** | Nazi Germany Inge Koch / Günther Noack | 24 | |||||||
| Kingdom of Hungary Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy | 32 | ||||||||
| UK Violet Cliff / Leslie Cliff | 38 | ||||||||
| Switzerland Pierette Dubois / Paul Dubois | 44.5 | ||||||||
| Kingdom of Hungary Nadine Szilassy / Ferenc Kertész | 48 | ||||||||
| Kingdom of Hungary Erika Bass / Béla Barcza | 51 | ||||||||
| Poland Stephanie Kalusz / Erwin Kalusz | 62.5 | ||||||||
| Kingdom of Yugoslavia Silva Palme / Paul Schwab | 64 |
Judges:
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Kingdom of Yugoslavia E. Bedetto
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Poland J. Kowalski
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UK Ethel Muckelt
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Nazi Germany P. Weiss
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Switzerland A. Winkler
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Netherlands C. Witt
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Kingdom of Hungary O. Zöllner
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