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1951 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1951


Annual figure skating competition held in 1951

FieldValue
title1951 World Figure Skating Championships
comptypeISU Championship
startdateFebruary 23
enddate25
skatingseason1951
locationItaly Milan, Italy
venuePalazzo del Ghiaccio
championmenUS Richard Button
championladiesUK Jeannette Altwegg
championpairsWest Germany Ria Baran / Paul Falk
previouscomp[1950 World Championships](1950-world-figure-skating-championships)
nextcomp[1952 World Championships](1952-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 1951 championships took place on February 23–25 in Milan, Italy. It was the first year after World War II that athletes from Germany and Japan were allowed to compete at Worlds.

Medal table

Results

Men

RankNameCFFSTotalPlaces4567891011
**1**US Dick Button104.3879.33183.717
**2**US James Grogan93.1177.58170.6917
**3**Austria Helmut Seibt94.0874.78168.8622
US Hayes Jenkins90.8077.35168.1525
US Dudley Richards85.6370.93156.5638
Italy Carlo Fassi84.4572.22156.6741
US Don Laws81.9268.60150.5248
UK Michael Carrington83.8864.05147.9354
Canada William Lewis76.6356.35132.9867
West Germany Freimut Stein74.0058.10132.1069
Japan Ryusuke Arisaka73.3056.10129.4074

Judges:

  • Canada Donald Gilchrist
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • UK Mollie Phillips
  • US Walter Powell
  • Austria Adolf Rosdol
  • West Germany W. Schilling
  • Italy Mario Verdi

Ladies

RankNameCFFSTotalPlaces4567891011121314151617181920212223
**1**UK Jeannette Altwegg114.7377.99192.728
**2**France Jacqueline du Bief106.6782.00188.6714
**3**US Sonya Klopfer104.9080.79185.6923
Canada Suzanne Morrow105.6778.96184.6329
UK Barbara Wyatt104.6774.58179.2542
US Tenley Albright99.2579.81179.0643
US Andra McLaughlin100.4377.87178.3047
US Margaret Graham100.1076.89176.9953
UK Valda Osborn98.0376.41174.4456
West Germany Gundi Busch88.6776.28164.9583
US Frances Dorsey91.7073.12164.8285
West Germany Helga Dudzinski87.6275.31162.9389*
Canada Elizabeth Hiscock91.8870.93162.8189*
West Germany Erika Kraft88.6374.70163.3387
Switzerland Susi Wirz91.4769.59161.0694
Austria Lotte Schwenk84.8266.92151.74116
Switzerland Yolande Jobin85.8864.00149.88118
Switzerland Ghislaine Kopf85.7059.98145.68129
UK Yvonne Sugden80.3065.21145.51131
West Germany Inge Jell74.8562.05136.90141
Japan Etsuko Inada81.2954.02135.31144
Netherlands Lidy Stoppelman77.5653.70131.26150
Austria Grete Dunst70.4547.33117.78161

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

Judges:

  • UK Pamela Davis
  • Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
  • Canada Donald Gilchrist
  • Austria Oskar Madl
  • West Germany O. Maly
  • US Harold G. Storke
  • France Georges Torchon

Pairs

RankNamePointsPlaces456789101112
**1**West Germany Ria Baran / Paul Falk10.8910
**2**US Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy10.8511.5
**3**UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks10.5120.5
Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame10.0735
West Germany Inge Minor / Hermann Braun9.9240
West Germany Marlies Schrör / Hans Schwarz9.8145
Switzerland Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean9.4850
US Janet Gerhauser / John Nightingale9.4653
Yugoslavia Silva Palme / Marko Lajović9.1965
Austria Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis8.9665
US Anne Holt / Austin Holt8.9968
UK Elizabeth Williams / John McCann7.9483

Judges:

  • Italy Bruno Bonfiglio
  • Canada Donald Gilchrist
  • Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • UK Mollie Phillips
  • West Germany W. Schilling
  • US Harold G. Storke

Ice Dance (unofficial)

RankNamePlaces123
UK Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy
UK Joan Dewhirst / John Slater
US Lois Waring / Michael McGean

References

References

  1. Hines, James R.. (2011). "Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating". Scarecrow Press.
  2. "On to Oslo (1949-1952)".
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