1939 World Figure Skating Championships

1939 World Figure Skating Championships
1939 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Season:	1939
Location:	Budapest, Hungary (men and pairs) ; Prague, Czechoslovakia (ladies)
Champions
	Men's singles: ; Graham Sharp
	Ladies' singles: ; Megan Taylor
	Pair skating: ; Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier
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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.

Men and pairs competitions took place from February 17th to 19th in Budapest, Hungary. Ladies' competitions took place from February 11th to 12th in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

These World Figure Skating Championships were the last before World War II. The Austrian skaters Edi Rada, , , Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin, and the judge Dr. H. Deistler represented Germany. The former Austrian skater Herbert Alward represented Hungary.

Results[]

Men[]

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Graham Sharp	United Kingdom	5
2	Freddie Tomlins	United Kingdom	11
3	Horst Faber	Germany	15
4	Edi Rada	Austria	24
5	Herbert Alward	Austria	27
6	Elemér Terták	Hungary	25
7		Hungary	36
8		Germany	39
9	Per Cock-Clausen	Denmark	43
10		Romania	52
11		Poland	53

Judges:

Herbert J. Clarke United Kingdom
J. Kowalski Poland
Germany
Andor Szende Hungary
A. Winkler Switzerland

Ladies[]

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Megan Taylor	United Kingdom	5
2	Hedy Stenuf	United States	14
3	Daphne Walker	United Kingdom	15
4	Lydia Veicht	Germany	18
5		Czechoslovakia	27
6	Emmy Putzinger	Germany	29
7	Marta Musilek	Germany	37
8		United Kingdom	35
9		Norway	52
10		Norway	53
11		Germany	54
12		Norway	57
13		Sweden	52
14		France	65
15		Czechoslovakia	75

Judges:

Herbert J. Clarke United Kingdom
H. Deistler Germany
A. Huber Switzerland
J. Hainz Czechoslovakia
Charles Sabouret France

Pairs[]

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier	Germany	8
2	Ilse Pausin / Erich Pausin	Germany	13
3	Inge Koch / Günther Noack	Germany	24
4	Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy	Hungary	32
5	Violet Cliff / Leslie Cliff	United Kingdom	38
6	/	Switzerland	44.5
7	/	Hungary	48
8	/	Hungary	51
9	/	Poland	62.5
10	/	Yugoslavia	64

Judges:

E. Bedetto Yugoslavia
J. Kowalski Poland
Ethel Muckelt United Kingdom
P. Weiss Germany
A. Winkler Switzerland
C. Witt Netherlands
O. Zöllner Hungary

Sources[]

Result List provided by the ISU