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1947 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1947

Field	Value
title	1947 World Figure Skating Championships
comptype	ISU Championship
startdate	February 13
enddate	17
skatingseason	1947
location	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
championmen	Switzerland Hans Gerschwiler
championladies	Canada Barbara Ann Scott
championpairs	Belgium Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet
previouscomp	[1939 World Championships](1939-world-figure-skating-championships)
nextcomp	[1948 World Championships](1948-world-figure-skating-championships)

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 1947 competitions for men, ladies, and pair skating took place from February 13 to 17 in Stockholm, Sweden. These were the first World Figure Skating Championships after World War II. Skaters from Germany, Austria, and Japan were not allowed to compete. It was the first time skaters from Australia competed at Worlds.

Medal table

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Places
1	Switzerland Hans Gerschwiler	7
2	US Dick Button	8
3	UK Arthur Apfel	16
Czechoslovakia Vladislav Čáp	20
Denmark Per Cock-Clausen	24

Judges:

Czechoslovakia J. Bizek
UK Hubert Martineau
Denmark P. Sørensen
US Lyman Wakefield
Switzerland A. Winkler

Ladies

Rank	Name	Places
1	Canada Barbara Ann Scott	10
2	UK Daphne Walker	22
3	US Gretchen Merrill	32
US Eileen Seigh	50
UK Jeanette Altwegg	53
US Janette Ahrens	58
Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová	61
UK Bridget Shirley Adams	71
Sweden Britta Råhlén	72
Czechoslovakia Jiřína Nekolová	80
UK Jill Linzee	88
Australia Patricia Molony	109
Sweden Gun Ericson	116
Norway Liv Borg	124
Norway Ingeborg Nilsson	138
Finland Leena Pietilä	143
Finland Kristi Linna	159
Finland Liisa Helanterä	160
Finland Harriet Pantanenius	164

Judges:

Norway B. Børjeson
UK Herbert Clarke
Canada Donald Cruikshank
Czechoslovakia J. Hainz
Finland Walter Jakobsson
Australia C. F. MacGillicuddy
Sweden Thore Mothander
Denmark P. Sørensen
US Lyman Wakefield

Pairs

Rank	Name	Places
1	Belgium Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet	16
2	US Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy	19.5
3	Belgium Suzanne Diskeuve / Edmond Verbustel	25.5
UK Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne	25.5
Sweden Britta Råhlén / Bo Mothander	38
US Doris Noffke / Walter Noffke	43.5
France Denise Fayolle / Guy Pigier	48
Czechoslovakia Běla Zachova / Jaroslav Zach	52
Norway Margot Walle / Allan Fjeldheim	58
France Denise Favart / Jacques Favart	59.5
Norway Marit Henie / Erling Bjerkhoel	76.5

Judges:

Norway Christen Christensen
Czechoslovakia J. Hainz
UK Hubert Martineau
Belgium M. Nicaise
France Georges Torchon
Sweden Einar Törsleff
US Lyman Wakefield

References

Hines, James R.. (2011). "Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating". Scarecrow Press.

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