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1953 World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 1953
Annual figure skating competition held in 1953
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1953 World Figure Skating Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | February 8 |
| enddate | 15 |
| skatingseason | 1953 |
| location | Switzerland Davos, Switzerland |
| championmen | US Hayes Alan Jenkins |
| championladies | US Tenley Albright |
| championpairs | UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks |
| championdance | UK Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy |
| previouscomp | [1952 World Championships](1952-world-figure-skating-championships) |
| nextcomp | [1954 World Championships](1954-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 1953 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 8 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland.
Medal table
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Age | CF | FS | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | US Hayes Jenkins | 19 | 2 | 925.2 | 1 | 727.2 | 183.6 | 13 | |||||||||
| **2** | US James Grogan | 21 | 1 | 931.9 | 3 | 704.3 | 181.8 | 16 | |||||||||
| **3** | Italy Carlo Fassi | 24 | 3 | 907.1 | 6 | 659.8 | 174.1 | 36 | |||||||||
| US Ronald Robertson | 15 | 7 | 851.8 | 2 | 707.9 | 173.3 | 37 | ||||||||||
| France Alain Giletti | 13 | 5 | 864.7 | 4 | 675.2 | 171.4 | 44 | ||||||||||
| US Dudley Richards | 21 | 6 | 870.6 | 5 | 673.8 | 171.6 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Canada Peter Firstbrook | 19 | 4 | 871.4 | 8 | 640.6 | 168.0 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Canada Peter Dunfield | 21 | 8 | 790.7 | 7 | 656.5 | 160.8 | 73 | ||||||||||
| UK Michael Booker | 15 | 9 | 778.4 | 9 | 622.9 | 155.7 | 81 | ||||||||||
| West Germany Freimut Stein | 28 | 10 | 764.4 | 10 | 609.9 | 152.7 | 88 | ||||||||||
| Austria Kurt Oppelt | 20 | 13 | 712.8 | 11 | 592.2 | 145.0 | 102 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland Hubert Köpfler | 17 | 11 | 745.4 | 12 | 553.3 | 144.3 | 106 | ||||||||||
| Hungary György Czakó | 19 | 14 | 701.6 | 13 | 543.1 | 138.3 | 115 | ||||||||||
| West Germany Klaus Loichinger | 12 | 729.5 | DNF |
Judges:
- Italy Ercole Cattaneo
- UK Pamela Davis
- Canada John D. Greig
- Belgium Henri Hoyoux
- Switzerland A. Jaisli
- US Alex Krupy
- Austria Hans Meixner
- France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
- West Germany Adolf Walker
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Age | CF | FS | Total | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | WD | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | US Tenley Albright | 17 | 1 | 757.3 | 1 | 560.73 | 1318.03 | 188.29 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| **2** | West Germany Gundi Busch | 17 | 2 | 730.9 | 3 | 531.27 | 1262.17 | 180.31 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| **3** | UK Valda Osborn | 18 | 3 | 719.7 | 513.77 | 1233.47 | 176.21 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| US Carol Heiss | 13 | 5 | 705.4 | 2 | 531.29 | 1236.69 | 176.67 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada Suzanne Morrow | 22 | 4 | 716.7 | 516.63 | 1233.33 | 176.19 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Vera Smith | 20 | 1198.68 | 171.24 | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| US Margaret Graham | 1189.79 | 169.97 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Yvonne Sugden | 13 | 1175.51 | 167.93 | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Erica Batchelor | 19 | 1145.62 | 163.66 | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Ann Robinson | 1141.28 | 163.04 | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Annelies Schilhan | 16 | 12 | 642.1 | 499.11 | 1141.21 | 163.03 | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Mary Kenner | 19 | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Norma Skevington | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Rosi Pettinger | 19 | 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Doris Zerbe | 109 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Margaret Dean | 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Yolande Jobin | 22 | 112 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary Eszter Jurek | 16 | 129 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands Lidy Stoppelman | 19 | 130 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Helga Dudzinski | 23 | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Sissy Schwarz | 16 | DNF |
Judges:
- Canada John D. Greig
- Switzerland A. Jaisli
- US Alex Krupy
- Austria Ernst Labin
- UK Mollie Phillips
- France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
- West Germany Adolf Walker
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Age | Total | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | 20/23 | 77.0 | 11.00 | 10.5 | |||||||
| **2** | Canada Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | 23/26 | 76.37 | 10.91 | 16 | |||||||
| **3** | Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | 24/25 | 74.62 | 10.66 | 23.5 | |||||||
| Switzerland Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean | 18/21 | 74.27 | 10.61 | 24 | ||||||||
| UK Peri Horne / Raymond Lockwood | 20/24 | 71.40 | 10.20 | 39 | ||||||||
| Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | 16/20 | 70.14 | 10.02 | 43.5 | ||||||||
| UK Jane Higson / Robert Hudson | 70.07 | 10.01 | 44.5 | |||||||||
| Hungary Éva Szöllősi / Gábor Vida | 18/23 | 67.48 | 9.64 | 57 | ||||||||
| West Germany Eva Neeb / Karl Probst | 19/ | 66.78 | 9.54 | 61 | ||||||||
| Belgium Charlotte Michiels / Gaston van Ghelder | 65.88 | 9.34 | 66 |
Judges:
- UK Pauline L. Barrajo
- Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
- Canada John D. Greig
- Belgium Henri Hoyoux
- Austria Walter Malek
- West Germany Werner Rittberger
- Hungary Elemér Terták
Ice dance
| Rank | Name | Age | CD | FD | Points | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | UK Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy | 22/22 | 1 | 111.4 | 1 | 73.85 | 37.05 | 6 | |||||||
| **2** | UK Joan Dewhirst / John Slater | 17/25 | 2 | 110.0 | 2 | 73.05 | 36.61 | 10 | |||||||
| **3** | US Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan | 20/23 | 3 | 104.4 | 3 | 70.7 | 35.02 | 14 | |||||||
| UK Nesta Davies / Paul Thomas | 5 | 102.6 | 4 | 68.0 | 34.12 | 20 | |||||||||
| US Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby | 4 | 101.0 | 6 | 67.45 | 33.69 | 23 | |||||||||
| Netherlands Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam | 6 | 96.9 | 7 | 66.7 | 32.72 | 30 | |||||||||
| US Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | 40/32 | 7 | 88.9 | 5 | 67.85 | 31.35 | 35 | ||||||||
| Switzerland Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown | 8 | 83.0 | 9 | 61.1 | 28.82 | 42 | |||||||||
| Austria Helga Binder / Edwin Führich | 10 | 81.8 | 8 | 61.5 | 28.66 | 45 | |||||||||
| Netherlands Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink | 9 | 83.7 | 12 | 55.0 | 27.74 | 50 | |||||||||
| Austria Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn | 11 | 82.0 | 11 | 55.4 | 27.48 | 54 | |||||||||
| Austria Luise Lehner / Hans Kutschera | 12 | 76.5 | 10 | 55.9 | 26.48 | 59 |
Judges:
- UK Pamela Davis
- Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
- Austria Hans Meixner
- US R. Sackett
- Belgium A. Voordeckers
Sources
- Result List provided by the ISU
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