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1948 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1948


Annual figure skating competition held in 1948

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title1948 World Figure Skating Championships
comptypeISU Championship
startdateFebruary 11
enddate15
skatingseason1948
locationSwitzerland Davos, Switzerland
championmenUS Richard Button
championladiesCAN Barbara Ann Scott
championpairsBelgium Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet
previouscomp1947 World Championships
nextcomp1949 World 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 1948 competitions for men, ladies, and pair skating took place from February 11 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland. These were the second World Figure Skating Championships after World War II. Skaters from Germany and Japan were still not allowed to compete.

Medal table

Results

Men

RankNamePlaces45678910111213WD
1US Dick Button11
2Switzerland Hans Gerschwiler19
3Hungary Ede Király28
US John Lettengarver32
US James Grogan52
UK Graham Sharp53
Austria Helmut Seibt76
Austria Hellmuth May79
Canada Wallace Diestelmeyer85
Czechoslovakia Vladislav Čáp84
Belgium Fernand Leemans80
Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Fikar105
Denmark Per Cock-Clausen115
Austria Edi RadaDNS

Judges:

  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Czechoslovakia Vladimir Koudelka
  • UK Hubert Martineau
  • Denmark Harry Meistrup
  • Canada Melville Rogers
  • Austria Adolf Rosdol
  • US Harold G. Stroke
  • Hungary Marcell Vadas
  • Belgium A. Voordeckers

Ladies

RankNamePlaces4567891011121314151617181920
1Canada Barbara Ann Scott11
2Austria Eva Pawlik25
3Czechoslovakia Jiřína Nekolová32
UK Jeanette Altwegg36
Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová39
US Yvonne Sherman71
Austria Marta Bachem-Musilek81
UK Bridget Adams83
Hungary Andrea Kékesy93
Czechoslovakia Dagmar Lerchová109
Hungary Mária Saáry102
Canada Marilyn Take97
Canada Suzanne Morrow107
Switzerland Maja Hug124
UK Marion Davies113
UK Barbara Wyatt135
UK Beryl Bailey141
France Jacqueline du Bief149
UK Jill Hood-Linzee163
Switzerland Lotti Höner179

Judges:

  • UK Kenneth Beaumont
  • US Bernard Fox
  • Denmark Harry Meistrup
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • Canada Melville Rogers
  • Hungary Elemér Terták
  • France Georges Torchon
  • Switzerland A. Winkler
  • Czechoslovakia K. Zemek

Pairs

RankNamePlaces4567891011121314WD
1Belgium Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet13.5
2Hungary Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király24.5
3Canada Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer26
US Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy38.5
US Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning45
UK Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne51.5
Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy72
UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks80.5
Czechoslovakia Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka86.5
Switzerland Luny Unold / Hans Kuster91
Austria Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer92
UK Joan Oglivie-Thompson / Robert Thompson95
Austria Susi Giebisch / Helmut Seibt104
Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame125
France Denise Favart / Jacques FavartDNS

Judges:

  • Austria Rudolf Kaler

  • Switzerland James Koch

  • Czechoslovakia Vladimir Koudelka

  • UK Mollie Phillips

  • Canada Melville Rogers

  • US Harold G. Storke

  • France Georges Torchon

  • Hungary Marcell Vadas

  • Belgium A. Voordeckers

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