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1952 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1952
Annual figure skating competition held in 1952
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1952 World Figure Skating Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | February 27 |
| enddate | March 1 |
| skatingseason | 1952 |
| location | France Paris, France |
| championmen | US Richard Button |
| championladies | France Jacqueline du Bief |
| championpairs | West Germany Ria Baran / Paul Falk |
| championdance | UK Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy |
| previouscomp | [1951 World Championships](1951-world-figure-skating-championships) |
| nextcomp | [1953 World Championships](1953-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 1952 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 27 to March 1 in Paris, France. The World Championships in ice dancing were the first of its kind.
Medal table
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | US Dick Button | 7 | ||||||||
| **2** | US James Grogan | 19 | ||||||||
| **3** | US Hayes Jenkins | 21 | ||||||||
| Austria Helmut Seibt | 25 | |||||||||
| US Dudley Richards | 34 | |||||||||
| Italy Carlo Fassi | 44 | |||||||||
| Canada Peter Firstbrook | 46 | |||||||||
| France Alain Giletti | 57 | |||||||||
| Austria Martin Felsenreich | 66 | |||||||||
| Australia Adrian Swan | 67 | |||||||||
| Switzerland François Pache | 76 |
Judges:
- Switzerland Jakob Biedermann
- Italy Ercole Cattaneo
- Canada Donald Gilchrist
- Austria Oskar Madl
- France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
- US Harold G. Storke
- UK J. Wilson
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | France Jacqueline du Bief | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| **2** | US Sonya Klopfer | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| **3** | US Virginia Baxter | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Suzanne Morrow | 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Barbara Wyatt | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Gundi Busch | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Marlene Smith | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Valda Osborn | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Erica Batchelor | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Vera Smith | 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Helga Dudzinski | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Patricia Devries | 110 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Eva Weidler | 123 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Annelies Schilhan | 132 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Nancy Hallam-Burley | 129 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Ghislaine Kopf | 124 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands Lidy Stoppelman | 158 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Yolande Jobin | 161 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Gweneth Molony | 170 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Doris Zerbe | 175 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium Liliane de Becker | 192 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium Nicole Vanderberghe | 195 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| US Tenley Albright | DNS |
Judges:
- Italy Ercole Cattaneo
- Canada Norman V. S. Gregory
- West Germany V. P. Gross
- Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
- US Alex Krupy
- UK Mollie Phillips
- France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
- Belgium A. Voordeckers
- Austria Franz Wojtanowskyj
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | West Germany Ria Baran / Paul Falk | 9 | |||||||
| **2** | US Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | 23.5 | |||||||
| **3** | UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | 29 | |||||||
| Canada Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | 31.5 | ||||||||
| US Janet Gerhauser / John Nightingale | 48.5 | ||||||||
| Switzerland Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean | 49.5 | ||||||||
| Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | 68 | ||||||||
| US Caryl Johns / Jack Jost | 72 | ||||||||
| Australia Jacqueline Mason / Mervyn Bower | 81 | ||||||||
| UK Peri Horne / Raymond Lockwood | 83 |
Judges:
- Switzerland J. Biedermann
- Italy Ercole Cattaneo
- UK Pamela Davis
- Canada Donald Gilchrist
- West Germany V. P. Gross
- Netherlands A. W. Knetemann
- US Alex Krupy
- Austria Hans Meixner
- France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
Ice dance
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | UK Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy | 7 | ||||||
| **2** | UK Joan Dewhirst / John Slater | 14 | ||||||
| **3** | US Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan | 23 | ||||||
| US Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | 26 | |||||||
| Netherlands Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam | 35 | |||||||
| Austria Ilse Reitmayer / Hans Kutschera | 44 | |||||||
| Netherlands Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink | 54 | |||||||
| Switzerland Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown | 54 | |||||||
| Austria Paulin Haffner / Herbert Huber | 58 |
Judges:
- Canada Norman V. S. Gregory
- Switzerland Eugen Kirchhofer
- Austria Hans Meixner
- France Henri Meudec
- UK Mollie Phillips
- US R. Sackett
- Belgium A. Voordeckers
Sources
- Result List provided by the ISU
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