1947 World Figure Skating Championships

1947 World Figure Skating Championships
1947 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	February 13 – 17
Season:	1947
Location:	Stockholm, Sweden
Champions
	Men's singles: ; Hans Gerschwiler
	Ladies' singles: ; Barbara Ann Scott
	Pair skating: ; Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet
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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.

The 1947 competitions for men, ladies, and pair skating took place from February 13 to 17 in Stockholm, Sweden. These were the first World Figure Skating Championships after World War II. Skaters from Germany, Austria, and Japan were not allowed to compete.

Results[]

Men[]

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Hans Gerschwiler	Switzerland	7
2	Dick Button	United States	8
3	Arthur Apfel	United Kingdom	16
4	Ladislav Čáp	Czechoslovakia	20
5	Per Cock-Clausen	Denmark	24

Judges:

J. Bizek Czechoslovakia
P Sörensen Denmark
United Kingdom
A. Winkler Switzerland
United States

Ladies[]

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Barbara Ann Scott	Canada	10
2	Daphne Walker	United Kingdom	22
3	Gretchen Merrill	United States	32
4	Eileen Seigh	United States	50
5	Jeanette Altwegg	United Kingdom	53
6	Janette Ahrens	United States	58
7	Alena Vrzáňová	Czechoslovakia	61
8	Bridget Shirley Adams	United Kingdom	71
9		Sweden	72
10	Jiřína Nekolová	Czechoslovakia	80
11	Jill Linzee	United Kingdom	88
12	Patricia Molony	Australia	109
13		Sweden	116
14		Norway	124
15	Ingeborg Nilsson	Norway	138
16	Leena Pietilä	Finland	143
17		Finland	159
18		Finland	160
19		Finland	164

Judges:

C. F. MacGillicuddy Australia
Canada
J. Hainz Czechoslovakia
Walter Jakobsson Finland
Herbert J. Clarke United Kingdom
B. Börjeson Norway
P. Sörensen Denmark
Sweden
United States

Pairs[]

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet	Belgium	16
2	Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy	United States	19.5
3	Suzanne Diskeuve / Edmond Verbustel	Belgium	25.5
4	Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne	United Kingdom	25.5
5	/ Bo Mothander	Sweden	38
6	Doris Noffke /	United States	43.5
7	/	France	48
8	/	Czechoslovakia	52
9	Margot Walle / Allan Fjeldheim	Norway	58
10	Denise Favart / Jacques Favart	France	59.5
11	Marit Henie /	Norway	76.5

Judges:

Sources[]

Result List provided by the ISU