1948 World Figure Skating Championships
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1948 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | February 11 – 15 |
Season: | 1948 |
Location: | Davos, Switzerland |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Richard Button | |
Ladies' singles: Barbara Ann Scott | |
Pair skating: Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet | |
Previous: 1947 World Championships | |
Next: 1949 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 1948 competitions for men, ladies, and pair skating took place from February 11 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland. These were the second World Figure Skating Championships after World War II. Skaters from Germany and Japan were still not allowed to compete.
Results[]
Men[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Dick Button | United States | 11 |
2 | Hans Gerschwiler | Switzerland | 19 |
3 | Ede Király | Hungary | 28 |
4 | John Lettengarver | United States | 32 |
5 | James Grogan | United States | 52 |
6 | Graham Sharp | United Kingdom | 53 |
7 | Helmut Seibt | Austria | 76 |
8 | Hellmuth May | Austria | 79 |
9 | Wallace Diestelmeyer | Canada | 85 |
10 | Ladislav Čáp | Czechoslovakia | 84 |
11 | Fernand Leemans | Belgium | 80 |
12 | Zdeněk Fikar | Czechoslovakia | 105 |
13 | Per Cock-Clausen | Denmark | 115 |
WD | Edi Rada | Austria |
Judges:
- Austria
- A. Voordeckers Belgium
- Melville F. Rogers Canada
- Czechoslovakia
- H. Meistrup Denmark
- United Kingdom
- Hungary
- H. Storke United States
- E. Kirchhofer Switzerland
Ladies[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Barbara Ann Scott | Canada | 11 |
2 | Eva Pawlik | Austria | 25 |
3 | Jiřína Nekolová | Czechoslovakia | 32 |
4 | Jeanette Altwegg | United Kingdom | 36 |
5 | Alena Vrzáňová | Czechoslovakia | 39 |
6 | Yvonne Sherman | United States | 71 |
7 | Marta Bachem-Musilek | Austria | 81 |
8 | Bridget Shirley Adams | United Kingdom | 83 |
9 | Andrea Kékesy | Hungary | 93 |
10 | Dagmar Lerchova | Czechoslovakia | 109 |
11 | Marika Saáry | Hungary | 102 |
12 | Marilyn Ruth Take | Canada | 97 |
13 | Suzanne Morrow | Canada | 107 |
14 | Maja Hug | Switzerland | 124 |
15 | Marion Davies | United Kingdom | 113 |
16 | Barbara Wyatt | United Kingdom | 135 |
17 | United Kingdom | 141 | |
18 | Jacqueline du Bief | France | 149 |
19 | Jill Hood-Linzee | United Kingdom | 163 |
20 | Lotti Höner | Switzerland | 179 |
Judges:
- Austria
- Melville F. Rogers Canada
- K. Zemek Czechoslovakia
- France
- Kenneth M. Beaumont United Kingdom
- Elemér Terták Hungary
- H. Meistrup Denmark
- United States
- A. Winkler Switzerland
Pairs[]
Rank | Name | Nation | Places |
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1 | Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet | Belgium | 13.5 |
2 | Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király | Hungary | 24.5 |
3 | Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer | Canada | 26 |
4 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | United States | 38.5 |
5 | Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning | United States | 45 |
6 | Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne | United Kingdom | 51.5 |
7 | Marianne Nagy / László Nagy | Hungary | 72 |
8 | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | United Kingdom | 80.5 |
9 | Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka | Czechoslovakia | 86.5 |
10 | / | Switzerland | 91 |
11 | Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer | Austria | 92 |
12 | / | United Kingdom | 95 |
13 | / Helmut Seibt | Austria | 104 |
14 | Eliane Steinemann / André Calame | Switzerland | 125 |
WD | Denise Favart / Jacques Favart | France |
Judges:
- Austria
- A. Voordeckers Belgium
- Melville F. Rogers Canada
- Czechoslovakia
- France
- Mollie Phillips United Kingdom
- Hungary
- United States
- Switzerland
Sources[]
- Result List provided by the ISU
Categories:
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1948 in figure skating
- Figure skating in Switzerland
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Switzerland
- Sport in Davos
- February 1948 sports events