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: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Pair skating: ![]() | |
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 | ![]() |
11 |
2 | Hans Gerschwiler | ![]() |
19 |
3 | Ede Király | ![]() |
28 |
4 | John Lettengarver | ![]() |
32 |
5 | James Grogan | ![]() |
52 |
6 | Graham Sharp | ![]() |
53 |
7 | Helmut Seibt | ![]() |
76 |
8 | Hellmuth May | ![]() |
79 |
9 | Wallace Diestelmeyer | ![]() |
85 |
10 | Ladislav Čáp | ![]() |
84 |
11 | Fernand Leemans | ![]() |
80 |
12 | Zdeněk Fikar | ![]() |
105 |
13 | Per Cock-Clausen | ![]() |
115 |
WD | Edi Rada | ![]() |
Judges:
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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 | ![]() |
11 |
2 | Eva Pawlik | ![]() |
25 |
3 | Jiřína Nekolová | ![]() |
32 |
4 | Jeanette Altwegg | ![]() |
36 |
5 | Alena Vrzáňová | ![]() |
39 |
6 | Yvonne Sherman | ![]() |
71 |
7 | Marta Bachem-Musilek | ![]() |
81 |
8 | Bridget Shirley Adams | ![]() |
83 |
9 | Andrea Kékesy | ![]() |
93 |
10 | Dagmar Lerchova | ![]() |
109 |
11 | Marika Saáry | ![]() |
102 |
12 | Marilyn Ruth Take | ![]() |
97 |
13 | Suzanne Morrow | ![]() |
107 |
14 | Maja Hug | ![]() |
124 |
15 | Marion Davies | ![]() |
113 |
16 | Barbara Wyatt | ![]() |
135 |
17 | ![]() |
141 | |
18 | Jacqueline du Bief | ![]() |
149 |
19 | Jill Hood-Linzee | ![]() |
163 |
20 | Lotti Höner | ![]() |
179 |
Judges:
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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 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Micheline Lannoy / Pierre Baugniet | ![]() |
13.5 |
2 | Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király | ![]() |
24.5 |
3 | Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer | ![]() |
26 |
4 | Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | ![]() |
38.5 |
5 | Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning | ![]() |
45 |
6 | Winifred Silverthorne / Dennis Silverthorne | ![]() |
51.5 |
7 | Marianne Nagy / László Nagy | ![]() |
72 |
8 | Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks | ![]() |
80.5 |
9 | Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka | ![]() |
86.5 |
10 | / | ![]() |
91 |
11 | Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer | ![]() |
92 |
12 | / | ![]() |
95 |
13 | / Helmut Seibt | ![]() |
104 |
14 | Eliane Steinemann / André Calame | ![]() |
125 |
WD | Denise Favart / Jacques Favart | ![]() |
Judges:
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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