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1949 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1949
Annual figure skating competition held in 1949
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1949 World Figure Skating Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | 16 |
| enddate | 18 February 1949 |
| skatingseason | 1949 |
| location | France Paris, France |
| championmen | US Dick Button |
| championladies | Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová |
| championpairs | Hungary Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király |
| previouscomp | 1948 World Championships |
| nextcomp | 1950 World Championships |
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which amateur figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.
The 1949 championships took place from 16 to 18 February 1949 in Paris, France. At the men's event, the favorite, Dick Button won. At the women's event, however, the favorite, Eva Pawlik of Austria, who had been the Olympic runner-up behind Barbara Ann Scott one year before and who had just won the European title in 1949, dropped out because of a broken boot heel just before the free program. which provided Alena Vrzáňová of Czechoslovakia with the opportunity to win the gold medal. She became the first woman to perform a double lutz.
Medal table
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US Dick Button | 5 | |||||||
| 2 | Hungary Ede Király | 12 | |||||||
| 3 | Austria Edi Rada | 13 | |||||||
| US James Grogan | 23 | ||||||||
| Austria Helmut Seibt | 26 | ||||||||
| US Hayes Alan Jenkins | 29 | ||||||||
| US Austin Holt | 34 | ||||||||
| Italy Carlo Fassi | 38 | ||||||||
| Denmark Per Cock-Clausen | 45 | ||||||||
| France Jean Vives | 50 |
Judges:
- Hungary Ferenc Kertész
- Austria Edwin Kucharz
- Denmark Harry Meistrup
- US Harold G. Storke
- Italy Mario Verdi
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | US Yvonne Sherman | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | UK Jeannette Altwegg | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Jiřina Nekolová | 44.5 | |||||||||||||
| UK Bridget Adams | 46 | |||||||||||||
| US Andra McLaughlin | 48 | |||||||||||||
| US Virginia Baxter | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Dagmar Lerchová | 55 | |||||||||||||
| France Jacqueline du Bief | 67 | |||||||||||||
| UK Barbara Wyatt | 68.5 | |||||||||||||
| US Helen Uhl | 71 | |||||||||||||
| UK Valda Osborn | 73 | |||||||||||||
| UK Beryl Bailey | 82 | |||||||||||||
| Austria Lilly Fuchs | 85 | |||||||||||||
| France Liliane Madaule | 105 |
Judges:
- UK Kenneth Beaumont
- Hungary Ferenc Kertész
- Switzerland James Koch
- Austria Adolf Rosdol
- US Harold G. Storke
- France Georges Torchon
- Czechoslovakia Josef Vosolsobě
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király | 7 | |||||||||
| 2 | US Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | 14.5 | |||||||||
| 3 | US Ann Davies / Carleton Hoffner | 31.5 | |||||||||
| Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | 33 | ||||||||||
| Austria Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer | 35.5* | ||||||||||
| UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | 35.5 | ||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Běla Zachova / Jaroslav Zach | 49.5 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame | 56.5 | ||||||||||
| Austria Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis | 56.5* | ||||||||||
| France Denise Favart / Jacques Favart | 63 | ||||||||||
| Belgium Suzanne Gheldorf / Jacques Rénard | 75 | ||||||||||
| UK Pamela Davis / Peter Scholes | 78.5 |
*Better placed due to the majority of the better places
Judges:
- Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
- Hungary Ferenc Kertész
- UK Mollie Phillips
- Austria Adolf Rosdol
- US Harold G. Storke
- France Georges Torchon
- Czechoslovakia Josef Vosolsobě
References
References
- Figure skating: "Favored to win, Eva Pawlik was forced to withdraw", in: Life Magazine, 14.3.1949
- Susan D. Russell, "Eva Pawlik and Rudi Seeliger", In: International Figure Skating Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008
- Matthias Hampe, The genesis of figure skating. Doctoral thesis at the Potsdam University 2010, page 218
- Kelli Lawrence, Skating On Air. McFarland & Company. Jefferson (North Carolina) and London 2011. Chapter "Eva Pawlik - more than an overseas footnote", page 22. {{ISBN. 978-0-7864-4608-7
- Elliott, Helene. (March 13, 2009). "Brian Orser heads list of World Figure Skating Hall of Fame inductees". Los Angeles Times.
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