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1948 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1948
Annual figure skating competition held in 1948
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1948 World Figure Skating Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | February 11 |
| enddate | 15 |
| skatingseason | 1948 |
| location | Switzerland Davos, Switzerland |
| championmen | US Richard Button |
| championladies | CAN Barbara Ann Scott |
| championpairs | Belgium Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet |
| previouscomp | 1947 World Championships |
| nextcomp | 1949 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
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US Dick Button | 11 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Switzerland Hans Gerschwiler | 19 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Hungary Ede Király | 28 | |||||||||||
| US John Lettengarver | 32 | ||||||||||||
| US James Grogan | 52 | ||||||||||||
| UK Graham Sharp | 53 | ||||||||||||
| Austria Helmut Seibt | 76 | ||||||||||||
| Austria Hellmuth May | 79 | ||||||||||||
| Canada Wallace Diestelmeyer | 85 | ||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Vladislav Čáp | 84 | ||||||||||||
| Belgium Fernand Leemans | 80 | ||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Fikar | 105 | ||||||||||||
| Denmark Per Cock-Clausen | 115 | ||||||||||||
| Austria Edi Rada | DNS |
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
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Barbara Ann Scott | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Austria Eva Pawlik | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Czechoslovakia Jiřína Nekolová | 32 | |||||||||||||||||
| UK Jeanette Altwegg | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||
| US Yvonne Sherman | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Marta Bachem-Musilek | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UK Bridget Adams | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary Andrea Kékesy | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Dagmar Lerchová | 109 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary Mária Saáry | 102 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Marilyn Take | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Suzanne Morrow | 107 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Maja Hug | 124 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UK Marion Davies | 113 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UK Barbara Wyatt | 135 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UK Beryl Bailey | 141 | ||||||||||||||||||
| France Jacqueline du Bief | 149 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UK Jill Hood-Linzee | 163 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Lotti Höner | 179 |
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
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet | 13.5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Hungary Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király | 24.5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Canada Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer | 26 | ||||||||||||
| US Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | 38.5 | |||||||||||||
| US Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning | 45 | |||||||||||||
| UK Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne | 51.5 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | 72 | |||||||||||||
| UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | 80.5 | |||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka | 86.5 | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland Luny Unold / Hans Kuster | 91 | |||||||||||||
| Austria Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer | 92 | |||||||||||||
| UK Joan Oglivie-Thompson / Robert Thompson | 95 | |||||||||||||
| Austria Susi Giebisch / Helmut Seibt | 104 | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame | 125 | |||||||||||||
| France Denise Favart / Jacques Favart | DNS |
Judges:
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Austria Rudolf Kaler
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Switzerland James Koch
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Czechoslovakia Vladimir Koudelka
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UK Mollie Phillips
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Canada Melville Rogers
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US Harold G. Storke
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France Georges Torchon
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Hungary Marcell Vadas
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Belgium A. Voordeckers
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