1947 World Figure Skating Championships
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1947 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | February 13 – 17 |
Season: | 1947 |
Location: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Champions | |
Men's singles: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Pair skating: ![]() | |
Previous: 1939 World Championships | |
Next: 1948 World 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 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 |
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1 | Hans Gerschwiler | ![]() |
7 |
2 | Dick Button | ![]() |
8 |
3 | Arthur Apfel | ![]() |
16 |
4 | Ladislav Čáp | ![]() |
20 |
5 | Per Cock-Clausen | ![]() |
24 |
Judges:
- J. Bizek
Czechoslovakia
- P Sörensen
Denmark
-
United Kingdom
- A. Winkler
Switzerland
-
United States
Ladies[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Barbara Ann Scott | ![]() |
10 |
2 | Daphne Walker | ![]() |
22 |
3 | Gretchen Merrill | ![]() |
32 |
4 | Eileen Seigh | ![]() |
50 |
5 | Jeanette Altwegg | ![]() |
53 |
6 | Janette Ahrens | ![]() |
58 |
7 | Alena Vrzáňová | ![]() |
61 |
8 | Bridget Shirley Adams | ![]() |
71 |
9 | ![]() |
72 | |
10 | Jiřína Nekolová | ![]() |
80 |
11 | Jill Linzee | ![]() |
88 |
12 | Patricia Molony | ![]() |
109 |
13 | ![]() |
116 | |
14 | ![]() |
124 | |
15 | Ingeborg Nilsson | ![]() |
138 |
16 | Leena Pietilä | ![]() |
143 |
17 | ![]() |
159 | |
18 | ![]() |
160 | |
19 | ![]() |
164 |
Judges:
- C. F. MacGillicuddy
Australia
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Canada
- J. Hainz
Czechoslovakia
- Walter Jakobsson
Finland
- Herbert J. Clarke
United Kingdom
- B. Börjeson
Norway
- P. Sörensen
Denmark
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Sweden
-
United States
Pairs[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet | ![]() |
16 |
2 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | ![]() |
19.5 |
3 | Suzanne Diskeuve / Edmond Verbustel | ![]() |
25.5 |
4 | Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne | ![]() |
25.5 |
5 | / Bo Mothander | ![]() |
38 |
6 | Doris Noffke / | ![]() |
43.5 |
7 | / | ![]() |
48 |
8 | / | ![]() |
52 |
9 | Margot Walle / Allan Fjeldheim | ![]() |
58 |
10 | Denise Favart / Jacques Favart | ![]() |
59.5 |
11 | Marit Henie / | ![]() |
76.5 |
Judges:
- M. Nicaise
Belgium
- J. Hainz
Czechoslovakia
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France
-
United Kingdom
- Christen Christensen
Norway
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Sweden
-
United States
Sources[]
- Result List provided by the ISU
Categories:
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1947 in figure skating
- Figure skating in Sweden
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Sweden
- February 1947 sports events
- 1947 in Swedish sport
- International sports competitions in Stockholm
- 1940s in Stockholm