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1951 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1951
Annual figure skating competition held in 1951
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1951 World Figure Skating Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | February 23 |
| enddate | 25 |
| skatingseason | 1951 |
| location | Italy Milan, Italy |
| venue | Palazzo del Ghiaccio |
| championmen | US Richard Button |
| championladies | UK Jeannette Altwegg |
| championpairs | West 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
| Rank | Name | CF | FS | Total | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | US Dick Button | 104.38 | 79.33 | 183.71 | 7 | ||||||||
| **2** | US James Grogan | 93.11 | 77.58 | 170.69 | 17 | ||||||||
| **3** | Austria Helmut Seibt | 94.08 | 74.78 | 168.86 | 22 | ||||||||
| US Hayes Jenkins | 90.80 | 77.35 | 168.15 | 25 | |||||||||
| US Dudley Richards | 85.63 | 70.93 | 156.56 | 38 | |||||||||
| Italy Carlo Fassi | 84.45 | 72.22 | 156.67 | 41 | |||||||||
| US Don Laws | 81.92 | 68.60 | 150.52 | 48 | |||||||||
| UK Michael Carrington | 83.88 | 64.05 | 147.93 | 54 | |||||||||
| Canada William Lewis | 76.63 | 56.35 | 132.98 | 67 | |||||||||
| West Germany Freimut Stein | 74.00 | 58.10 | 132.10 | 69 | |||||||||
| Japan Ryusuke Arisaka | 73.30 | 56.10 | 129.40 | 74 |
Judges:
- Canada Donald Gilchrist
- Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
- UK Mollie Phillips
- US Walter Powell
- Austria Adolf Rosdol
- West Germany W. Schilling
- Italy Mario Verdi
Ladies
| Rank | Name | CF | FS | Total | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | UK Jeannette Altwegg | 114.73 | 77.99 | 192.72 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| **2** | France Jacqueline du Bief | 106.67 | 82.00 | 188.67 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| **3** | US Sonya Klopfer | 104.90 | 80.79 | 185.69 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Suzanne Morrow | 105.67 | 78.96 | 184.63 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Barbara Wyatt | 104.67 | 74.58 | 179.25 | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| US Tenley Albright | 99.25 | 79.81 | 179.06 | 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| US Andra McLaughlin | 100.43 | 77.87 | 178.30 | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| US Margaret Graham | 100.10 | 76.89 | 176.99 | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Valda Osborn | 98.03 | 76.41 | 174.44 | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Gundi Busch | 88.67 | 76.28 | 164.95 | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| US Frances Dorsey | 91.70 | 73.12 | 164.82 | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Helga Dudzinski | 87.62 | 75.31 | 162.93 | 89* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Elizabeth Hiscock | 91.88 | 70.93 | 162.81 | 89* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Erika Kraft | 88.63 | 74.70 | 163.33 | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Susi Wirz | 91.47 | 69.59 | 161.06 | 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Lotte Schwenk | 84.82 | 66.92 | 151.74 | 116 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Yolande Jobin | 85.88 | 64.00 | 149.88 | 118 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Ghislaine Kopf | 85.70 | 59.98 | 145.68 | 129 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Yvonne Sugden | 80.30 | 65.21 | 145.51 | 131 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Inge Jell | 74.85 | 62.05 | 136.90 | 141 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan Etsuko Inada | 81.29 | 54.02 | 135.31 | 144 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands Lidy Stoppelman | 77.56 | 53.70 | 131.26 | 150 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Grete Dunst | 70.45 | 47.33 | 117.78 | 161 |
*: 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
| Rank | Name | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | West Germany Ria Baran / Paul Falk | 10.89 | 10 | |||||||||
| **2** | US Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | 10.85 | 11.5 | |||||||||
| **3** | UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | 10.51 | 20.5 | |||||||||
| Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame | 10.07 | 35 | ||||||||||
| West Germany Inge Minor / Hermann Braun | 9.92 | 40 | ||||||||||
| West Germany Marlies Schrör / Hans Schwarz | 9.81 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean | 9.48 | 50 | ||||||||||
| US Janet Gerhauser / John Nightingale | 9.46 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia Silva Palme / Marko Lajović | 9.19 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Austria Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis | 8.96 | 65 | ||||||||||
| US Anne Holt / Austin Holt | 8.99 | 68 | ||||||||||
| UK Elizabeth Williams / John McCann | 7.94 | 83 |
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)
| Rank | Name | Places | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy | |||||
| UK Joan Dewhirst / John Slater | |||||
| US Lois Waring / Michael McGean |
References
References
- Hines, James R.. (2011). "Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating". Scarecrow Press.
- "On to Oslo (1949-1952)".
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