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1950 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1950

Field	Value
title	1950 World Figure Skating Championships
comptype	ISU Championship
startdate	6
enddate	8 March
skatingseason	1950
location	UK Wembley, UK
venue	Wembley Arena
championmen	US Richard Button
championladies	Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzanova
championpairs	US Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy
previouscomp	[1949 World Championships](1949-world-figure-skating-championships)
nextcomp	[1951 World Championships](1951-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 1950 championships took place from 6 to 8 March in Wembley, United Kingdom.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	CF	FS	Total	Places
1	US Dick Button	824.71	594.76	1419.47	7
2	Hungary Ede Király	778.86	566.06	1344.92	14
3	US Hayes Alan Jenkins	728.93	549.03	1277.96	25
Austria Helmut Seibt	739.90	534.45	1274.35	29
US Austin Holt	723.21	524.30	1247.51	34
UK Michael Carrington	704.55	537.25	1241.80	38
Australia Reg Park	672.50	497.60	1170.10	51
Canada Roger Wickson	686.00	473.20	1159.20	55
Denmark Per Cock-Clausen	652.98	443.45	1096.43	62

Referee: Switzerland James Koch
Assistant Referee: Netherlands Gustavus F. C. Witt Judges:
Canada Norman V. S. Gregory
Switzerland A. Huber
Austria Fritz Kachler
Denmark Harry Meistrup
UK Graham Sharp
US Harold G. Storke
Hungary Elemér Terták

Ladies

Rank	Name	CF	FS	Total	Places
1	Czechoslovakia Álena Vrzáňová	790.65	568.51	1359.16	12
2	UK Jeannette Altwegg	789.71	556.00	1345.71	18
3	US Yvonne Sherman	782.48	548.10	1330.58	23
Canada Suzanne Morrow	766.38	553.35	1319.73	24
US Sonya Klopfer	734.18	560.93	1295.11	37*
France Jacqueline du Bief	741.53	560.93	1302.46	36
US Virginia Baxter	715.28	552.41	1267.69	54
Czechoslovakia Jiřina Nekolová	755.18	491.98	1247.16	62
Canada Marlene Smith	719.60	537.83	1257.43	64
UK Barbara Wyatt	725.78	514.03	139.81	69
US Andra McLaughlin	707.70	525.11	1232.81	74
Czechoslovakia Dagmar Lerchová	714.93	499.56	1214.49	83
UK Valda Osborn	704.78	496.18	1200.96	85
UK Beryl Bailey	689.15	501.31	1190.46	94

*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings

Referee: UK Kenneth Beaumont
Assistant Referee: Netherlands Gustavus F. C. Witt Judges:
Canada Norman V. S. Gregory
Czechoslovakia J. Hainz
Denmark Harry Meistrup
US Harold G. Storke
France Georges Torchon
Belgium A. Voordeckers
UK Geoffrey Yates

Pairs

Rank	Name	Total	Places
1	US Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy	96.07	15
2	UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks	92.70	28.5
3	Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy	92.25	32
Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame	90.00	44.5
Belgium Suzanne Gheldorf / Jacques Rénard	89.43	48.5
Austria Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis	88.08	61
Canada Marlene Smith / Donald Gilchrist	87.07	63*
UK Joan Waterhouse / Gordon Holloway	88.31	62
Belgium Liliane de Becker / Edmond Verbustel	88.42	64
US Irene Maguire / Walter Mühlbronner	84.26	82
UK Sybil Cooke / Robert Hudson	83.47	93.5
France Denise Favart / Jacques Favart	77.73	108

*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings

Referee: US Walter Powell Judges:
Canada Norman V. S. Gregory
Switzerland A. Huber
Austria Fritz Kachler
Denmark Harry Meistrup
US Harold G. Storke
Hungary Elemér Terták
France Georges Torchon
Belgium A. Voordeckers
UK Ernest Yates

Ice Dance (unofficial)

Rank	Name	Places	1	2	3
US Lois Waring / Michael McGean
UK Sybil Cooke / Robert Hudson
US Irene Maguire / Walter Mühlbronner

References

(November 2025). "On To Oslo (1949-1952)".

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